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October 15, 2009

Baldwin Aviation, TrainingPort.net, Sign Mutual Agreement

Pact Will Enhance SMS Training And Availability, Companies Say

Baldwin Aviation, and TrainingPort.net have announced that they have signed an agreement to enhance the content and delivery of IS-BAO compliant Safety Management training to their customers. The joint program will be launched at the NBAA convention in Orlando, Florida next week.

Hopes To Swap An Unused Building At Double Eagle Airport

Eclipse Aerospace, which recently re-opened the Eclipse Aviation facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is asking the city to allow it to operate rent-free for five years, and forgive an additional $2.5 million in back rent owed by the former company.

FAA Part 141 Approval For Initial, Recurrent, And Instructor NVG Courses

Night Flight Concepts (NFC), says it has received FAA FAR Part 141 approval for NVG Initial, Recurrent, and Instructor Pilot courses. The approved courses offered by Night Flight Concepts are part of a strategic alignment effort between NFC and Palm Beach Helicopters.

Sheriff's Office Had Pitched To Re-Start Aviation Program

The Monterey County, California Board of Supervisors did not approve funding for a Robinson R44 helicopter for the Sheriff's department at it's meeting Tuesday, but left the door open for funding in the future.

Turner Explains the Statistics, Preventative Efforts Regarding Fuel Incidents

Fuel exhaustion and fuel starvation are two of the most preventable causal factors leading to incidents in the general aviation community. Tom Turner, Manager of Technical Services for the American Bonanza Society and leading instructor for FlightSafety, Bonanza’s international pilot training program, has dedicated a significant effort to understanding what factors lead to this seemingly simple, but dangerous piloting mistake.

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NTSB Cites Pilot Error In 2007 Milwaukee Citation Accident

Pilot Mismanagement And Improper Actions Found As Probable Cause

The NTSB determined Wednesday that the probable cause of an aircraft that lost control and impacted water was the pilots' mismanagement of an abnormal flight control situation through improper actions, including lack of crew coordination, and failing to control airspeed and to prioritize control of the airplane.