Foreign Airspace In IFR Charts 'Skeletonized' In June 15 Release Starting with the June 15 release, FAA enroute IFR charts, low and high altitude, will lack much of the customary flight information in foreign airspace bordering the U.S. The decision was announced in a May 23 Charting Notice and publicized[…] Read this article
EAGLE And GAMI: Not A Transparent Process Big league pitcher Gaylord Perry was famous for his goofy, hard-to-hit Vaseline ball, but he was equally renowned for his anemic bat. That led Giants manager Alvin Dark to observe of Perry, “There’ll be a man on the moon before[…] Read this article
Best Of The Web: Early Analysis Of Citation Crash In this brief video, AOPA Air Safety Institute’s Richard McSpadden runs through the likely scenarios that resulted in the June 4, 2023, crash of a Citation in Virginia southwest of Washington, D.C. The pilot became unresponsive and F-16s dispatched to[…] Read this article
Child Crash Survivors Rescued After 40 Days In Jungle Four kids ranging in age from 11 months to 13 were plucked from the Colombian jungle on Friday, 40 days after surviving the crash of a Cessna 206. Three adults died in the May 1 crash, which happened after the[…] Read this article
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Oversight Committee To Probe Claims Of Alien Ship Reverse Engineering Several members have confirmed that the House Oversight Committee has confirmed they’re in the “early stages” of organizing a hearing on claims by a former intelligence officer that the U.S. is in possession of alien spaceships. According to ABC News,[…] Read this article
Trottenberg Named Acting FAA Administrator As expected, longtime senior bureaucrat Polly Trottenberg has been appointed Acting Administrator of the FAA. The announcement was made Thursday and confirmed earlier reports of the appointment. Trottenberg was the Deputy Secretary of Transportation. The White House also appointed the[…] Read this article
Top Letters And Comments, June 9, 2023 Accident Probe: Deferred Maintenance It is the perfect storm. As airplanes age they need more maintenance but the supply chain is withering as suppliers consolidate or simply close with no other enterprise providing the part. Parts costs are rising at[…] Read this article
