You know that nagging feeling that comes every now and then
tells you that something bad is about to happen? If you read
through the details of a prelim leading up to a fuel exhaustion
accident that took down a TBM 700 (thankfully with only two minor
injuries), you have to wonder how many times that feeling cropped
up during a brief maintenance flight that went way wrong... If in
doubt, figure it out... on the ground.
Organizations Committed To Cut Accident Rate 80 Percent
Aviation authorities from more than a dozen countries across the
globe will offer their perspectives on safety at the International
Helicopter Safety Symposium taking place in Fort Worth, TX,
November 8-9. The theme of the fifth annual symposium for the
worldwide helicopter industry will be Human Factors: Our Collective
Challenge – Our Individual Responsibility.
An Australian company has developed an app that will bring the
FAA's aircraft registration database to your iPhone. Wavefront
Technology released the app ... called NReg ... on Monday. The app
displays N aircraft registration information, sourced from a
hierarchical database derived from information published on a
weekly basis by the FAA.
Hoffman Engineering, based in Stamford, Connecticut, reports
receipt recently of FAA TSO authorization of its LED standard and
dual mode aircraft navigation and position lights. The standard
lights are functional for daytime operations, while the dual-mode
versions feature covert lighting for use with night vision
devices.
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