2020’s Best and THANKS
2020 was a year with few BESTS in Aviation Readers around the Globe, except those from two countries, clicked on these Some of your favorites? BEST and 2020 may qualify as an oxymoron given the…
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Congressional FAA political appointment letter- require NextGen noise resolution skills
Congresswomen Bass and Norton write President Biden Ask that FAA political appointees with noise problem-solving skills There are only seven such positions there- wrong level and not enough Congresswomen Bass and Norton have sent…
SST testing comes to KANSAS with IMPRESSIVE PLANNING
SST is Aviation Technology’s next BIG CHALLENGE Kansas takes SST test site “Ad astra per aspera” Noise and Safety Issues well addressed In 1861, Kansas State Senator Ingalls[1] selected “Ad astra per aspera” as the new…
Creating an AIRPORT AUTHORITY requires Considerable Deliberation–TVC
AIRPORT = Attractive Nuisance & Public Utility Governance at TVC airport from 2 Counties to one Authority Important Predicates for Consideration Airports are both an attractive nuisance and a public utility. Those attributes assure…
OMBUDSing the FAA Noise Ombudsmen Program
In 2018 Congress mandated FAA noise Ombudsmen One Year Deadline to Implement OMBUDSing the FAA Ombudsmen In its infinite collective wisdom, the Congress included the following language in the H.R.302 – FAA Reauthorization Act of…
Adams County wants NEW ROCKET NOISE, not DENVER ‘S PREEXISTING NOISE CONTOUR
Adams County allows Home Development in the DEN noise contour Adams County now wants Hypersonic Drone Rocket Test All Aviation Associations oppose the Tests there for SAFETY Adams County is graciously supporting the addition of…
Missed opportunity or necessary avoidance? FAA Noise Metrics Report to Congress
Missed opportunity or necessary avoidance? Cynthia Schultz, PE While it would be easy to take the FAA to task for ignoring the congressional mandate, it is not so easy to imagine the outcome of…
Tracking Aircraft Noise at Teterboro
TEB is an extremely busy GA airport near NYC Executed Part 150 study Well-designed flight tracks, preferential runway use and useful rules Teterboro Airport (TEB), operated by the Port Authority of New York &…