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EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT VOTING ON PILOT BILL
The European Parliament is
expected to vote today or Thursday on whether to essentially cancel some
of the privileges of pilots holding FAA certificates in European Union
countries. Proposed regulatory changes put forth by the European
Aviation Safety Agency would also make it more difficult to operate
American-registered aircraft in Europe. In a special
edition podcast interview with AVweb, Emmanuel Davidson, vice
president of AOPA in France, said the proposals put forth by EASA
"represent the greatest threat to general aviation in Europe in the last
decade" and virtually all pilot groups and many companies and industry
groups are trying to get it derailed. One of the difficulties with that
is the measures are hidden in a larger bill of changes deemed positive
by most in GA in Europe and the American issues will have to be
separated from them. More...
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WORK
STARTS ON PIPERJET FACTORY
Piper Aircraft has hired a
contractor to renovate a 75,000-square-foot building at its Vero Beach
headquarters that will become the PiperJet factory. The news is welcome
in Vero Beach, where there have been persistent rumors that the company
was planning to move. It was purchased by the government of Brunei 18
months ago and now has a presence in that country. The recent
announcement of a European sales office further fueled speculation but
the announcement of the factory work may quell those fears, even if
repeated assurances from Piper brass haven't. "We're committed to Vero
Beach for the long haul," Piper VP Randy Groom told TCPalm. More...
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FAA
OPEN TO "CLARIFYING QUESTIONS" ON DUTY REGS
The FAA said on
Tuesday it will accept written requests for clarification of its
proposed new pilot
duty-time rules until Oct. 15, and will respond to them by Oct. 22.
The FAA said the question period is its response to
"numerous requests" from stakeholders for some kind of forum to get
answers to questions and technical clarifications before the end of the
comment period on Nov. 15. For example, the FAA said, one commenter
noted that in at least one instance, the new regulations refer back to
the existing regulations, which would no longer exist if the new
regulations are adopted. The FAA said "it makes sense to provide
additional clarity where commenters believe the draft regulatory text is
unclear or omits pertinent information." More...
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Aviation Training Workshop on
the Current
Governance Issues Facing Aerospace to Be Held in
Seattle
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Learn more.
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FAA:
RUNWAY INCURSIONS DOWN BY HALF
The number of runway
incursions has dropped by half for the second year in a row, the FAA
says. The number of serious incursions at U.S. airports dropped from 12
in 2009 to six in 2010 (on FAA's fiscal calendar, 2010 ended on Sept.
30). Half of the incidents involved commercial aircraft, and the other
half were general aviation events. The numbers are down drastically from
2000, when 67 serious incursions occurred. To improve those numbers, the
FAA has upgraded the signage and markings at airports, improved pilot
training on runway conflicts, and installed new technology at some major
airports. The FAA said it has also conducted extensive outreach and
training for GA pilots. At a news conference last week at Boston's Logan
Airport, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said the ultimate goal is zero
runway incursions. More...
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MCNARY
JOINS HBC AS VP
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McNary |
Heidi McNary is Hawker Beechcraft's new
vice president and chief technical officer. She was formerly chief
operating officer and executive vice president of sales and marketing at
DeCrane Aerospace. More...
WHO'S
WHERE? YOU TELL US
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include it in our new section, "Who's Where." The items will be
permanently archived on AVweb for future reference, too.
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WingX Pro7 Moving Map for
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NBAA
NEXT WEEK, AVWEB IS THERE
The business aviation
world is collectively shining its shoes and pressing its suits for the
largest convention dealing specifically with bizav. The National
Business Aviation Association Meeting and Convention will be held at the
Georgia World Congress convention center from Oct. 19-21 and
AVweb will be there to provide a full package of news, video and
audio reports on the big show, which, despite the economy, is still a
big show. This one is shaping up to be a battle of the
heavyweights. Related Content: - We've already heard
from many of the exhibitors at NBAA 2010, but if you're planning to be
at the show and have announcments you want us to know about, please send
your news to editor@avweb.com.
More...
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Instrument Survival
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15
YEARS AND NOW 15 GRAND GIVEAWAYS ... IT'S YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A
LIGHTSPEED ZULU HEADSET
Win a Lightspeed Zulu aviation headset as we
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Congratulations to Ronald C. Hanna of
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(click here to get your own from PS
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