Archive for October, 2007
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007SEADOG–the Southeast Airports Disaster Operations Group–has added a mobile communications unit to its arsenal of ready-to-deploy tools when supporting airports in need. SEADOG, an informal network of airports that bands together to help airports stricken by natural disasters or other crippling circumstances, got the trailer donated by FAA and Harris. A grant from the Florida […]
DayJet Nuggets
Sunday, October 28th, 2007DayJet representatives were out in full-force at AAAE’s General Aviation Issues conference in Naples last week. The per-seat, on-demand carrier launched services three weeks ago and, through October 21, had racked up about 100 revenue flights. Some nuggets offered several DayJet executives during presentations to attendees at the GA show:
DayJet has 12 Eclipse 500s and […]
New WAAS Brochure For Airports Out
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007FAA has released “Maximizing Airport Operations Using The Wide Area Augmentation System,” a 12-page info booklet. Download it in .PDF format here.
FAA Chief Lauds Runway Safety ‘Call To Action’ Response
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Industry–and airports specifically–have responded well to FAA’s self-described “Call to Action” to improve runway safety, said FAA Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell. Final Fiscal Year 2007 runway incursion numbers were encouraging, he explained:
The serious incursions — the As and the Bs — were at 24, which is down from 31 the previous year. That’s an all-time […]
A380 To MCO
Sunday, October 21st, 2007If you live near Orlando and are longing to see an Airbus A380 up close, you’re in luck. Miss the recent first delivery of an A380 to Singapore Airlines? Airbus documented much of it on this site.
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