King Air 200 and 200 Pilots Rejoice!

Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S)—an Exton, Pennsylvania-based systems integrator and purveyor of flight guidance and cockpit displays—announced on 04 January 2023 that its ThrustSense auto-throttle system has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for installation on Beechcraft King Air 200 and 300 aircraft equipped with G1000 and NXi flight decks. Subject certification allows ThrustSense to be installed on all certified glass cockpit systems for the King Air.

Pathos and Artifice

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA)—the public policy group that represents the interests of the general aviation business community before the U.S. Congress, as well as federal, state, and local government agencies—has lauded Joe Biden’s signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023.

The Ethics of Privacy in the Age of Smash-and-Grab

Beverly Hills has bolstered the ranks of its drone fleet with a new device known as Hawkeye. The sophisticated contraption is designed to help safeguard the affluent Los Angeles suburb’s gilded streets by affording responding police officers overhead views of crime scenes, and aiding in locating and pursuing fleeing suspects. That such capability invites praise from engineers and skepticism from philosophers and historians encapsulates the ethical conundrum to which Hawkeye and its ilk have given rise.

Trouble on the Rotary Wing

The administration of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has launched an inquiry into allegations that Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) pilots misused state funds by operating aircraft for personal reasons and obtaining advanced flight training unrelated to and inconsistent with the department’s mission. The impetus by which the inquiry was set in motion derives of two letters sent to members of the Kansas legislature by a state employee and a concerned taxpayer.

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Aero Linx: Wings of Mercy For patients who can’t travel commercially, Wings of Mercy is a unique, nonprofit organization providing free air transportation to distant medical centers. As a faith-based organization, we seek to honor God by serving and sustaining life for those in need. Serious or rare illnesses are not always treatable at local or even regional medical centers. Sometimes the best or only treatment can be hundreds of miles away. And, even when a patient’s health insurance will cover treatment, it rarely covers transportation to those services. That’s where we come in, connecting people in need with volunteer pilots who can fly them safely to their destination.

Waypoint A predetermined geographical position used for route/instrument approach definition, progress reports, published VFR routes,  visual reporting points or points for transitioning and/or circumnavigating controlled and/or special use airspace, that is defined relative to a VORTAC station or in terms of latitude/longitude coordinates.

"After significant engagement with the government of The Bahamas on this issue, the members have not seen or received any details that confirms that Bahamas’s air navigation charges are consistent with their treaty obligations. Accordingly, the members resort to requesting that the department exercise its authorities under IATFCPA (International Air Transport Fair Competitive Practices Act of 1974) to remedy the unjustifiable, unreasonably discriminatory, anticompetitive activities of the Government of The Bahamas." Source: Part of a complaint by Airlines for America (A4A)  with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) alleging unjustifiable, unreasonably discriminatory, anticompetitive, and unreasonable charges have been