The News Review:
- Missing Plane’s Pilot Not Cleared to Fly
- NJ Newark airport to lead US with navigation system
- Aviation Heritage Events Planned For 2009
- New Indon aviation law hailed
Missing Plane’s Pilot Not Cleared to Fly
New York Times United States
The pilot sent an emergency signal about 35 minutes after takeoff and then the plane disappeared from the radar. He was flying in low visibility said the.
NJ Newark airport to lead US with navigation system
Reuters
airport to adopt anew navigation system that uses satellites and ground-basedantennas to replace radar-based technology that dates back toWorld War Two the airport-owning agency said on Wednesday. The New York-New Jersey Port Authority the FederalAviation Administration Continental Airlines and HoneywellInternational are collaborating on the program that should beup and running within the next 12 months agency officials toldreporters after a board meeting. The so-called Ground-based Augmentation System will be ademonstration project that should be more accurate partlybecause its signals are not blocked by hills or buildings. Italso will enable aircraft to take curving approaches instead oflimiting them to straight ones. Though the Federal Aviation Administration is not expectedto change rules requiring aircraft to fly three miles apartthe newer system should compress flight paths which now oftenare wider to that maximum distance agency officials said. “Full implementation of satellite next generationtechnology is a long way away” and will cost billions ofdollars one of the officials cautioned.
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Aviation Heritage Events Planned For 2009
WHIOtv.com OH
After the event the National Heritage Alliance continued the focus on the Wrights with an announcement on special activities planned for 2009. Tony Sculimbrene said the group will observe the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ homecoming parade in Dayton. A film festival will also be held in March to show hoe Hollywood has told the story of aviation in America. Later in the year a replica of the Wright flyer will take to the skies over Huffman Prairie to mark the anniversary of the 1905 flight there. For more information go to the National Aviation Hall of Fame web site at: www.
New Indon aviation law hailed
Straits Times Singapore
Indonesian-registered aircraft were banned from EU airspace last year following a series of crashes. The new regulations passed on Wednesday incorporate safety standards recommended by the industry’s international body including the creation of a safety committee answerable to the president which would investigate crashes. ‘The European Commission congratulates the Indonesian authorities on the passing of the aviation law through the house of representatives’ it said in a statement. ‘This was one of the elements called for by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and is a significant development for the improvement of air safety in Indonesia. ‘ ‘The new committee will be held responsible directly to the president and carry out investigations of aviation accidents’ Transport ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan said. Violators of the safety procedures will also face tougher penalties up to five years’ jail and fines up to 500 million rupiah (S$66162) he said. Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said the EU should lift its ban as soon as the ICAO approved the new regulations.