Category Archives: FAA
Avionics: The iPad-centric cockpit
Behold the power of the tablet By Dave Hirschman In less than one year, the iPad has been transformed from a weight-and-balance calculator to a pre-flight planner, to an onboard electronic flight bag with charts, checklists, and instrument approach plates. Now, aviation software developer Hilton Software also has made the iPad into a colorful flight [...]
ASPIRE Partnership Goes Green On A Daily Basis
Pan-Pacific Partnership Looks To Save Fuel, Reduce Emissions The Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE), a partnership with the FAA’s counterparts and airlines in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore to reduce aviation’s impact on the environment, is moving beyond the demonstration stage with the launch of ASPIRE-Daily service in selected Pacific markets. [...]
NTSB Study Shows That Introducing “Glass Cockpits” in General Aviation Doesn’t Lead to Expected Safety Improvements
POSTED BY: Robert Charette / Wed, March 10, 2010 The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) sent out a press release yesterday saying that it had “adopted a study concluding that single engine airplanes equipped with glass cockpits had no better overall safety record than airplanes with conventional instrumentation.” This was counter [...]
New VFR wall planning chart to debut in February
Nothing shows the big picture of a proposed flight like a VFR wall planning chart. Starting in February 2011, pilots will be able to purchase a VFR wall planning chart that was designed by the FAA’s AeroNav Products team with aviators’ suggestions in mind. The new chart will measure 59 by 36 inches and feature [...]
