Aviation

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in concert with the US Pentagon are understood to be concluding a memorandum of understanding with regard to the growing fleet of combat drones in its arsenal. It is believed that the Pentagon wishes to ultimately work with the Federal Aviation Administration to open US airspace to its robotic aircraft. These flying robots need to be shipped home and for the military to station these drone squadrons at various military bases for utilization within US...Read Full Story

According to a Press Release issued in March 2010, Virtual Aviation's new Virtual Type Rating enables you to train like a professional pilot in either their Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 simulator. This makes new Virtual Type Rating the closest thing to becoming an airline pilot. The team of instructors at Virtual Aviation have spent six months designing, preparing and testing this Virtual Type Rating to ensure that it is just right. Virtual Aviation company logo. If you have...Read Full Story

Cockpit View of a Fatal Crash : The plane went missing on the 10th of August in 1984. It was a Cessna L-19E “Bird Dog” – a two-seater liaison and observation aircraft built for the US Military. L-19 Crash Documents [The pilot] had been offered a contract by the Colorado Dept. of Forestry to videotape a particularly nasty type of beetle infestation that had been ravaging hundreds of acres of Colorado forest in and around some of the higher-elevation foothills surrounding some of the Rockies...Read Full Story

Boeing MAX v Airbus NEO; Fan size and optimizing the LEAP for MAX, Part 2 : The war of words between Airbus and Boeing continued unabated at the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance 11th Annual Conference this week in suburban Seattle. As fully expected, Airbus said its planes are better than Boeing and Boeing said its planes are better than Airbus. No news there. But Boeing revealed a little bit more detail on the 737 MAX vs the A320 neo that suggests their analysis gives another percentage...Read Full Story

Boeing and Airbus Continue Competition For Bad News : The on again, off again competition between the world’s two largest airplane makers continues with each company suffering recent issues with their newest aircraft. The Airbus A380 wing crack woes continue as the European Aviation Safety Agency expanded the airworthiness directive to cover all 68 of the A380s currently in service. In January only 20 of the super jumbos with the most take offs and landings were affected. The issue is not one...Read Full Story

Accredited Online Aviation College Program in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Aviation Institute of Maintenance Review: If you are looking for an ambitious career in the maintenance of the aviation industry then Aviation Institute of Maintenance is the place to start. Over the past few years, AIM became one of the most prestigious institutions in the United States. Today AIM offer one of the country's most complete aviation maintenance technician (amount) plan - to be approved by the...Read Full Story

Aerospace Engineering Technician Job in ATLANTA, GA Vacancy No.     AAC-INT-12-JW3411C-24292   Department     Federal Aviation Administration Salary     $59,987.00 to $77,981.00   Grade 11 to 11 Perm/Temp     Permanent     FT/PT     Full-time Open Date     2/6/2012     Close Date     2/26/2012 ATLANTA, GA WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED :  FAA Employees - Organization Wide - This announcement is open to permanent employees of the FAA's Technical Operations, Aviation System Standards, Aircrafty...Read Full Story

Airlines for America (A4A) recommended Congress for its bipartisan leadership in passing the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, a comprehensive bill which will facilitate create air travel even a lot of safe and economical for passengers and shippers whereas avoiding more tax will increase for patrons and airlines. “We commend Congress for passing a accountable bill that acknowledges that business aviation is central to America’s world competitiveness and a key enabler of job growth...Read Full Story

Congress Asks Obama To Accelerate Use of Drones in U.S. The pending authorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration directs the Secretary of Transporation to develop within nine months “a comprehensive plan to safely accelerate the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.” Congress Calls for Accelerated Use of Drones in U.S. The Department of Defense is pursuing its own domestic UAS activities for training purposes and “domestic operations...Read Full Story

FAA Air Traffic Control System Changes of the Day: Congress has approved $63.4 billion in funding over the next four years for the Federal Aviation Administration, in a bill that also allows the FAA to upgrade its air traffic control system from radar to more precise GPS technology. $11 billion of the $63.4 billion authorization will go toward modernizing the air traffic system, with landings at the nation’s 35 busiest airports set to use GPS navigation by 2015. The switch will allow planes...Read Full Story