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December 13, 2011

NTSB Factual Report On FIT Accident Indicates Fuel Select Lever Set To 'Off'

Four Fatally Injured When PA-44 Went Down Just After Takeoff

The NTSB's factual report in an accident involving a Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) Piper PA-44 on an instruction flight indicates that a checklist item may have been missed. Investigators found the fuel select lever set to "off" during the post-accident inspection. There was also no fuel found between the fuel selector valve and the engine's fuel pump. On board the airplane were the student pilot, an instructor, and two passengers.

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Female WWII Pilot Gives $2 Million To Flight Nursing Program

Estate Of Forothy Ebersback Will Establish Center For Flight Nursing

A pioneering female aviator who served her country during World War II has made a gift to Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing — a gift that combines her love of flight and her dedication to nursing. Alumna Dorothy E. Ebersbach, who passed away Nov. 14, has pledged $2 million to establish the Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center for Flight Nursing. The center will expand on the flight nursing program's mission of training graduate-level nursing students to provide critical, on-site care during emergencies and transport to medical facilities.

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US Congresswoman Introduces STRIP Act

Under The Blackburn Bill, No More Badges And Uniforms For Untrained TSOs

Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-7) has introduced legislation she says is designed to rein in the Transportation Security Administration, and provide more transparency for American travelers. H.R. 3608, the Stop TSA's Reach In Policy (STRIP) Act, would prohibit any TSA employee not trained as a federal law enforcement officer or eligible for federal law enforcement benefits from wearing law enforcement uniforms or wearing a police-like metal badge.

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Hersman Delivered Kotaite Lecture On The Future Of Aviation Safety

Speech Addresses Accident Investigation In Aviation Safety

National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman delivered the 8th Annual Assad Kotaite Lecture last evening at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hosted by the Montreal Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society, the annual lecture is a tribute to Dr. Assad Kotaite, former Secretary General of ICAO and President of the Council of ICAO.

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Angel MedFlight Comments On NTSB Safety Report

Outlines Medical Aviation’s Safety Practices

In a recently released NTSB probable cause report, the board concluded that pilot error and possible fatigue were responsible for a July 2010 West Texas incident involving a Cessna 412 operating as an air ambulance to go down just minutes after takeoff, killing all five people on board. Just days after the findings were announced, a forced landing of another medical transport company’s twin-engine plane claimed three more lives.

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EASA Approves Garmin GTN Touchscreen Avionics

Deliveries Set To Begin In Europe

The European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) has validated the FAA's Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Garmin's GTN 650 and GTN 750 series touchscreen avionics. With this validation, these avionics are certified and approved for installation in hundreds of makes and models of European-registered general aviation aircraft.

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