Transportation Fatalities Drop Overall in 2009; Pipeline,
Marine Deaths Rise
Transportation fatalities in the United States decreased by 9.2
percent in 2009 from 2008, according to preliminary figures
released recently by the NTSB.
Phoenix East Aviation Claims First ADS-B Equipped Independent
Training Fleet
Daytona Beach-based Phoenix East Aviation (PEA) said Monday it
has installed ADS-B systems on its fleet of training aircraft. PEA
says by doing so, it has become the first independent flight
training academy in the U.S. to have such a system.
Becker Avionics has rolled out its newest Audio Control Unit
(ACU) ACU6101 Cabin Audio Control Panel. This new panel design is
based on the standard ACU6101 Cockpit Panel.
GA's Most Effective Leader Offers Advice For The Future
We had a good time with a wide-ranging interview with Phil Boyer
at Oshkosh 2010 and began to realize just how much we missed seeing
him at the helm of that organization. To those of us who watched
aviation work its way through several decades of various trials and
tribulations, Phil Boyer proved himself to be the real deal... a
solid leader with some serious smarts and a true passion for the
world of aviation.
The National Park Service says that on October 8, 2010, a
privately-owned Cessna 172 with two occupants left the Bryce Canyon
Airport for a pleasure flight over Mount Dutton before returning to
Page, Arizona.