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An End To the FSS Debate?

House Amendment Would Kill FAA's Modernization Plan

The House of Representatives has passed the Transportation-Treasury-Housing Appropriations bill -- with an amendment, sponsored by Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). That amendment means, in plain English, that the FAA would be forced to terminate the FSS modernization contract with Lockheed-Martin, the taxpayers would pay a $350 million penalty to Lockheed, and pilots would continue to suffer through interminable hold times and briefers who don't have access to all the data in the system.

Congress's Anti-Modernization Move: What's It Mean To Pilots?

AOPA: Flight Services Won't Get Better And Could Get Worse

Last week, the House passed the Transportation-Treasury-Housing Appropriations bill with the amendment, sponsored by Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). And it means, in plain English, that the FAA would be forced to terminate the FSS modernization contract with Lockheed-Martin, the taxpayers would pay a $350 million penalty to Lockheed, and pilots would continue to suffer through interminable hold times and briefers who don't have access to all the data in the system.

NTSB Closes Book On Missing Tri-Pacer

Still Missing Three Months Later

With no witnesses and, more importantly, no wreckage to go on, the NTSB Thursday closed its investigation into the disappearance of N3766A.

216 NDB Approach Procedures: Gone

Frees Up Money For Better Technology

As of Thursday, 216 NDB approaches have gone the way of the dodo. They're kaput. They're ex-NDBs. In short, they no longer exist.

Hush! NASA Funds Exploratory Studies For Quieting Sonic Boom

Can It Be Done? Consortium Of Manufacturers Bets It Can

NASA and several industry teams are studying how to design and build an aircraft that could demonstrate technology to lessen the noise and window-rattling effects of supersonic flight.