All articles by David Learmount – Page 22
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UK warns of circuit collision danger for business jets
The UK Airprox Board says that there needs to be a greater awareness among pilots and controllers of the risks inherent in mixing high-performance aircraft with slow traffic at general aviation airports.
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RAA's strategic safety initiative
INITIATIVE STRATEGY FOR SAFETY LAUNCHED within a few months of the 2009 Colgan Air crash at Buffalo, the US Regional Airline Association's strategic...
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Have US regionals improved safety standards since the Colgan accident?
Is the regional aviation sector learning the lessons on training and discipline following the Colgan crash in 2009?
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Single European Sky starts to show signs of progress
The Single European Sky is starting to show signs of progress, although the real surge is not likely to begin until 2013
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European air navigation service providers work as a team to aid SES progress
ALLIANCE FAB partnerships Parallel with SESAR Joint Undertaking-driven processes, several other complementary changes are evolving alongside...
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Working Week: Dr Steve Jarvis
Getting the best out of people Dr Steve Jarvis works at the School of Engineering at the UK's Cranfield University, where as an expert in civil aviation...
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ASH CLOUD: Europe practises for next ash event
Eurocontrol, together with Europe's national aviation authorities and air navigation service providers, will mark the anniversary of the disruption caused...
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Al Ain Goose crash followed loss of control
The preliminary factual report by the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority into a Grumman G-21 Goose amphibian accident on 27 February has found that the aircraft crashed out of control shortly after rotate from Runway 19 at Al Ain airport, United Arab Emirates.
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NTSB tells business aviation to sharpen up its act
The US National Transportation Safety Board has issued a list of recommendations that effectively tell business aviation operators and pilots to smarten up their act.
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ATM future moves to alliances rather than FABs
The air navigation service providers of Europe's nine northernmost states are starting the process of defining a formal alliance. The states involved...
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Recession obscures European airport capacity crunch
A European airport capacity shortage that will begin to damage the EU economy within a decade is being obscured from public and political view by the current...
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NewsManx2 probe indicates stall
The Manx2 commuter aircraft that crashed at Cork airport on 10 February killing the two pilots and four of the 10 passengers may have stalled on short final approach, according to the interim factual report from the Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit.
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Europe's ATM future threatened by industrial unrest
The first measures heralding a new-age air traffic management system in a Single European Sky will be in place by the end of this year.
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Cork crash Metro may have stalled on final approach
The Manx2 commuter aircraft that crashed at Cork airport, Ireland on 10 February killing the two pilots and four of the ten passengers may have stalled on...
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NewsUS GA suffers mechanical failure blight
The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's annual safety analysis has highlighted a significant increase in general aviation crashes resulting from mechanical failure, and a reports a slight increase in the overall GA accident rates.
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Single European Sky - the first deliveries 'are imminent'
The long-awaited Single European Sky will see its first tangible service deliveries this year, says Patrick Ky, executive director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking,...
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Anglo-Spanish bids for airport ATC at newly liberalised Spanish airports
A new Anglo-Spanish joint venture, FerroNATS, is bidding for air traffic control contracts at Spain's newly liberalised airports. Spanish company Ferrovial...
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'Economic and cultural change poses airline safety risk'
Global economic and cultural changes pose challenges for maintaining good airline safety performance, the Flight Safety Foundation has warned at its European...
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Safety expert proposes low-cost loss of control fixes
Industry safety veteran Don Bateman has proposed a study of low-cost technology modifications to reduce loss-of-control accidents.
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Airbus modifies TCAS to avoid false 'climb collision' warning
Airbus intends to secure certification this year for a modification that will eliminate the large number of false collision-avoidance warnings generated when aircraft are about to level off from a cleared climb.