Monitors Emergency Procedures For Control Tower Workers
The safety of airport traffic control tower personnel is the
focus of an inspection targeting program titled "Federal Aviation
Administration's Airport Traffic Control Tower Monitoring Program,"
which monitors how workers clear a control tower in case of fire
and other emergencies.
It looked a bit like a scene from a movie. A helicopter
hovered over a Greek prison while two inmates climbed onto rope
ladders and were pulled out of the facility. Though guards
fired at the aircraft, they escaped apparently unharmed. But it was
very real and the men remain at large.
FAA Says Airport Must Be Fenced, Or Risk Losing Capital
Improvement Funds
An ongoing problem between the FAA and Orcas Island, Washington
may mean either pilots will lose "through the fence" access to the
airport, or the community may have to raise taxes for airport
improvements.
Comp Air Aviation announced Monday that despite hard economic
times, they are on track to certify the Comp Air 12, a single
engine turboprop, by the first quarter of 2012. Although efforts
have slowed, the company says they continue to work towards full
certification.
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