The captain admitted that his aircraft was hot and high on the approach and that he ignored the first officer’s repeated warnings to go around, according to the NTSB’s preliminary report of the May 1 runway overrun accident at Baltimore-Washington International Airport involving a Flight Options Beechjet 400A (N498CW). “When we were six miles out, I didn’t hear that we were cleared f more
When a Fortune 500 company’s fortunes crash and burn, corporate jets usually go up for sale and pilots end up looking for work. Such is the case with Tyco International, which has had its share of negative headlines over the past month. What that means for Tyco’s 22 flight department employees (11 pilots) at Portsmouth (N.H.) Pease International Airport (PSM) is that Tyco’s two Falcon 2000s, more
An FAA training video for precision runway monitor (PRM) operations, available online at www.faa.gov/avr/afs/prmtraining, is required viewing for all pilots who wish to participate in approaches at U.S. airports with PRM capability. PRM approaches, employed for simultaneous parallel runway operations at airports where the spacing between p more
Operators selling their airplanes may be interested in showing them on an interactive DVD distributed quarterly to more than 6,200 brokers, dealers and operators worldwide, according to Aircraft Shopper Online of Corte Madera, Calif. The online pre-owned aircraft sales service introduced the DVD with 11 aircraft at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Geneva in May. Advertis more
As he promised in March, Under Secretary of Transportation Security John Magaw is considering applications for a director of general aviation security. The position, which pays $104,800 to $150,000, depending upon credentials and experience, is intended to manage general aviation security programs and be a “central point of contact for the general aviation community.” Restoring access for qual more
Sabreliner has developed a special “slot reservation” RVSM pricing structure for the Sabreliner 65. Reminding operators of the impending December 2004 scheduled implementation for domestic RVSM, Sabreliner is warning that “operators will run into modification capacity issues if they wait until the 11th hour.” Sabreliner has set up a special area on its Web site (more
Nav Canada officially opened a new ATC tower at Kelowna International Airport in British Columbia. The facility has better visibility and uses the latest technology, according to Nav Canada. The new tower is located on the east side of the airfield, directly across from the terminal. At a height of 70 ft, the new tower provides enhanced “line of sight for the controllers.” The former tower, on more
Speakers from Eurocontrol and the European Space Agency last month informed attendees at a meeting of the FAA’s Satellite Operational Implementation Team (SOIT) that their organizations would accept liability for system failures when the Galileo satnav system was used in critical applications requiring high-accuracy guidance, such as approach and landing operations. This policy is in contrast to more
Miami-based Quiet Technology Aerospace is nearing completion of about 45 hr of planned flight testing of its first FAA-conforming Stage 3 hush kit for Gulfstream IIs and IIIs. Flight testing of a GII equipped with the company’s translating-ejector type hush kit started in late May and follows 30 hr of baseline flight testing of the aircraft without the hush kit installed.
National Air Traffic Controllers Association president John Carr reacted angrily to former DOT inspector general Mary Schiavo’s citing of controller safety concerns over expansion plans at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Carr said the union endorses expansion of the airport “unequivocally.” He added, “We enthusiastically support the proposed legislation for its intended purpose to more
