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December 21, 2011

GTN 750 Training App Available For iPad 2

Simulates System Interface To Allow Ground-Based Training

Learning how to operate a new piece of equipment can sometimes be challenging. To help pilots get acquainted with its new GTN 750 interface, Garmin said Tuesday a trainer app for the device is available for the iPad 2. This trainer, downloadable from the iTunes Store, simulates the behavior of the GTN 750 system interface and provides pilots with a safe, on-the-ground environment to learn the basic operation of the system.

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East Hampton Applies For FAA Grant

But NIMBYs Vow The Fight Is Not Over

The East Hampton, New York town board has snubbed NIMBYs and unanimously decided to seek an FAA grant to build a deer fence around the airport's perimeter. The fence is expected to cost as much as $800,000. Some residents are against it, not because the fence isn't needed, but because they fear the grant will give the FAA too much power to override local noise and safety concerns.

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Photographer Searching For Lost Camera UAV In Oregon

Aircraft Lost During Documentary Production

A photographer working on a documentary focusing on Willamette Falls in Oregon has lost a UAV he was using to shoot aerial photos earlier this month, and some residents are taking s dim view of his search for the aircraft.

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AD: Teledyne Continental And Rolls-Royce Motors

AD NUMBER: 2011-26-07

MANUFACTURER: Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) and Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. (R-RM) Series Reciprocating Engines

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AEA Says Proposed Database Updates Compromises Maintenance Regs

Industry Organization Says Changes Compromise Maintenance Regulations

The AEA has offered several comments in response to the FAA proposal to amend the maintenance regulations by removing from the preventive maintenance category the task of updating databases used in self-contained, front-panel or pedestal-mounted navigation equipment. This change would allow pilots who operate certificated aircraft to update the specified databases and eliminate the requirement for certificated mechanics or repair stations to perform the update.

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Senator Rockefeller Draws Parallel Between FAA And Payroll Tax Fights

Chides Speaker Boehner For Not Appointing Conferees On FAA Bill

Senate Commerce Committee Chair John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) agree on one thing ... conference committees are at least sometimes a useful tool. But apparently not always.

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NTSB Prelim Released In SD Fatal Accident

Witnesses Saw Smoke And Flames Trailing From The Airplane's Left Engine

The NTSB has released a preliminary report on a accident which occurred December 9th involving a Cessna 421 departing from Joe Foss Field Airport (KFSD), in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The report indicates that witnesses on the ground saw smoke trailing from the left engine of the airplane on takeoff, as well as flames on the inboard portion of the engine. All four of the people on board the airplane were fatally injured when it went down attempting to return to the airport.

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