Neuroscience proves that Pilots have different Brains Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Increased Cognitive Functionality and greater Flexibility between their Brain Functions. The role of the pilot, particularly in these times of increased cockpit automation, has…
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FAA Certification in midst of organization and philosophical Change GE9X is a major technological challenge Looks like the TEST was met The Engine & Propeller Directorate (E&PD) is responsible for original type certification or changes…
House requests OIG report on Emergency Evacuation Finds fault with FAA’s data collection and analysis Inspector General ignores two important points The US DOT Office of Inspector General (OIG) was requested by the Ranking Member…
Electric Powered Aircraft are required for a GREEN future Current Batteries Inadequate Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Carnegie Mellon University promising research The 1967 movie “The Graduate” included the quintessential career…
ASTM standard opens more GREEN jet fuel processes with Fulcrum BioEnergy Everything in aviation is disciplined by standards, usually some FAR but increasingly from ASTM in its newly defined Part 23 role. Here the global…
The Green Party, the EU/EASA and to a degree, ICAO, have made demands and set expectations about aviation’s contribution to the reduction of CO2 , as explained by the Tech Explore article: “Aviation accounts for…
#SAFEFLY shares some easily installed GA Safety Equipment Seatbelts, CVR/FDR, GAARD, NGAFID, Enhanced Vision and Non-Required Safety Enhancing Equipment General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GAJSC) Historically, the FAA’s most visible function has been its safety…
Very effective fire retardant is also BAD for the Environment Congress directed FAA to find a GREENER alternative Unique Indoor Research Unit built at FAA Hughes Technical Center The aviation industry had developed an effective…