AAM’s rosy financial scenario and some doubts
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AAM’s rosy financial scenario and some doubts

BySandy Murdock

The featured article, Turning a Profit at the Start of AAM, by Treena Hein, discusses what strategies could support the introduction of this innovative, disruptive technology. The analysis of SERGIO CUCETTA, a recognized advocate of this aerial advance in the urban context, is the primary focus of this assessment of AAM’s immediate finances. He postulates…

Boeing CEO search list-what were they thinking?
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Boeing CEO search list-what were they thinking?

BySandy Murdock

Anyone who follows the news knows that Boeing is in trouble and that same set of humans have opinions of what needs to be fixed. That range of their answers may be infinite; however, if the expertise of the NTSB, Congress, and the investment community are worthy of greater weight, then their critiques should impact…

Aircraft Information Systems as a Powerful SMS tool
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Aircraft Information Systems as a Powerful SMS tool

BySandy Murdock

Connected Aviation Today, see below, has published a most informative and extensive article about aviation’s equivalent of the well-known Internet Service Provider, which is known as THE AIRCRAFT INTERFACE DEVICE (AID). CAT’s Baumgarten analyzes its applicability to SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY, and MAINTENANCE. His assessment of its SAFETY VALUE delves mostly in real time terms. The capacity…

What’s in Aviation’s GREEN BASKET?

What’s in Aviation’s GREEN BASKET?

BySandy Murdock

Below are two fascinating articles about efforts to fill the green basket of tools to reach a daunting challenge for NET ZERO CARBON EMMISSIONS by 2050. The first explains how bacteria PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA may provide a path to this goal. The second paper explores HOW DISTRIBUTED ELECTRIC PROPULSION (DEP)[1] may be an answer. The information is too…

Battery Technological Explosion coming, path to FAA approval
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Battery Technological Explosion coming, path to FAA approval

BySandy Murdock

EP Systems has announced a promising increase in the capacity of its battery and the below articles list the added useable flight time in its EPiC 2.0. ePLANES may or may not be a useful strategy for “GREENING” aviation, particularly general aviation uses with more limited time in flight needs. “NASA’s Glenn Research Center is…

Will the CENTO test flights in CA test federal preemption?
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Will the CENTO test flights in CA test federal preemption?

BySandy Murdock

Flying   magazine has recently published an extremely informative exposition about MightyPro’s obtaining both an FAA special airworthiness certificate (SAC) and a certificate of waiver or authorization (COA)  to test fly its 2024 Cento within a flight corridor between New Jerusalem Airport (1Q4) and Byron Airport (C83) in California.  The article describes in detail the operator parameters…

NTSB talks SMS and its data’s power, but does not release its
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NTSB talks SMS and its data’s power, but does not release its

BySandy Murdock

Below is a page of a recent NTSB Safety Compass Blog. THE BOARD SELF CONGRATULATES ITS PAST EIGHT SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE CATALYST FOR THE FAA’S MOST RECENT EXPANSION OF 14 CFR PART 5 TO THREE ADDITIONAL HOLDERS OF AVIATION AUTHORITY. There is no doubt that the relevant safety discipline, Safety Management System (SMS), have…

Expert Panel on BOEING ODA- symptoms, no diagnosis- REMEDY?
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Expert Panel on BOEING ODA- symptoms, no diagnosis- REMEDY?

BySandy Murdock

Congress statutorily mandated that the FAA commission an Expert Panel (EP) to examine what could be learned from the Boeing Max 8 disasters. The enabling statute specified that the independent study include 6 constituencies from which to draw: FAA and NASA (6),INDEPENDENT EXPERTS (2), individuals holding Organization Designation Approvals (4), airlines (4) and Unions (5)….

ALPA’s training preparing for Accident Investigations and more
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ALPA’s training preparing for Accident Investigations and more

BySandy Murdock

Below is an article from the website of the Airline Pilots Association. It explains how the union prepares members to participate in NTSB proceedings. ALPA is a leading voice in air safety, as its website says: Below is a meticulous review of the union’s training of the members of its Accident Investigation Board (AIB). Potential…

AI at FAA- what’s up status check by Investigative Reporter
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AI at FAA- what’s up status check by Investigative Reporter

BySandy Murdock

Artificial Intelligence is a subject which attracts great attention [1]because few really grasp its potential, because speculation about its potential abounds, but few views are expressed in definitive terms. AI’s applications to the FAA are ripe for exposition on all three criteria. FedScoop’s REBECCA HEILWEIL  has thoroughly examined the current status of the nation’s aviation…