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• Pilot Group Sounding Alarms

  Rick Patterson | July 22, 2007 6:31 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The recent plane crash of the Brazilian airliner that exploded into flames while trying to land, brings up concerns that pilots have had for some time. An international pilots' group is urging authorities worldwide to install safety strips at the ends of runways. " The tragic accident ... demonstrates once again the need for Runway End Safety Areas," said the International Federation of Air...

• Body Found in Wheel Well of Plane

  Rick Patterson | July 21, 2007 6:20 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  In what appears to be an attempted stowaway, the crew on a United Airlines Boeing 747 was checking the aircraft after landing in San Francisco International Airport, and in doing so, they came across what appears to be a male. It appears the male had crawled inside the nose gear's housing to conceal himself while attempting to leave Shanghai. "Officials with United Airlines say the remains were...

• Another Indonesian Air Disaster

  Rick Patterson | March 09, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  After Garuda Indonesia flight GA-200 shot off the runway and exploded on Wednesday into what one passenger described as a "wall of fire", Australians and Indonesians alike are left to sort out the remains and the details. That is because many of the passengers on this particular aircraft were public figures in Australia. It is unknown at this early stage exactly what caused this accident....

• Aviation - Proposed Cut backs on Emissions

  Greg Owen | February 28, 2007 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Aviation emissions are or should be a concern. The Australian transport minister, Mark Vaile, made a very important point when he recently spoke of the fact that if something as simple as airline departure times were managed more efficiently it would significantly reduce gas emissions. Vaile pointed out that when airplanes are forced to hold at a low altitude there is four to five times as...

• Are Silent Aircrafts a Thing of the Future?

  Rick Patterson | February 13, 2007 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  When scientists and aerodynamicists want to come up with new ideas for aircrafts they are still looking at nature, and what better place is there to get ideas then from the greatest creations of all time. Take the owl for example, when the owl stalks its prey, it is afforded the advantage of a quirk in its wing which allows a silent hunt. This leaves even a mouse with great hearing at a distinct...

• Bulgaria's Aviation Sector Is to Be Put into Quarantine

  Rick Patterson | January 24, 2007 5:27 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  With Bulgaria's admission into the EU on January 1, 2007, there is cause to apply rigorous safety measures against the new member state. These safety measures will leave Bulgaria outside the single European aviation market, which means that Bulgaria will be treated as any other third country. The EU transport commissioner, Jacques Barrot, was said to be disturbed that there had been little done...

• Runway Safety Is More than an Airport-only Challenge

  Rick Patterson | January 10, 2007 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Most aviation accidents occur in close proximity to an airport. Runway safety is one of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) top safety priorities. In the late 1990's, the FAA decided to address non-compliant safety areas on a national level. Dane County Regional Airport was a high priority safety improvement project. The project was very involved, and the solution required moving...