We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect. Henry David Thoreau
Airbus: Uncle Sam, here we come!
The best kept secret in the State of Alabama these days is the Airbus announcement expected to come on Monday, 2 July at 10a local time, that they will open their first aircraft manufacturing plant in Mobile, Alabama. Mobile already hosts the Airbus North America engineering center. Back in the days when Airbus and Boeing… Continue reading Airbus: Uncle Sam, here we come!
An Air Traffic Management Master Plan with Question Marks
If you follow European air traffic management developments, you will have noticed in the news that the ATM Master Plan is undergoing a significant update and the SESAR ATM Master Plan portal promises to have new information on this by mid-2012. About now that is… There was less discussion about interesting events surrounding the Master… Continue reading An Air Traffic Management Master Plan with Question Marks
60 years of commercial jet travel
If asked which airline from which country had operated the first commercial jet flight, most people would say it must have been American. But they would be wrong. It was British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) which, on 2 May 1952, made history when their De Havilland Comet flew from London to Johannesburg with 36 passengers,… Continue reading 60 years of commercial jet travel
Good news for General Aviation – Light at the end of the EASA tunnel
The French-led working group that aims to create a new world of light-touch regulation for European general aviation has produced a set of guiding principles for EASA which will be considered by the Agency’s Board of Management next week. Although the full details are confidential, the basic tenets are that there should be no regulation… Continue reading Good news for General Aviation – Light at the end of the EASA tunnel
Boeing joins SESAR as an Associate Partner to SELEX
Boeing and SELEX Sistemi Integrati, S.p.A – a Finmeccanica company- have entered into a collaboration agreement in support of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program’s development phase Boeing will cooperate with SELEX Sistemi Integrati with research in flight data modeling and data link communications for all phases of flight, and system-wide information management (SWIM).… Continue reading Boeing joins SESAR as an Associate Partner to SELEX
Aviation can also be a great theme for Bible School!
Destin is a wonderful little vacation village in sunny Florida, USA. First Baptist Church Destin is a newly reinvigorated congregation that is well known in the region for some of its activities, including the yearly Bible School that kicks off to-day. Monday morning a helicopter owned by Timber View, a Wellsville, Kansas operator with equipment… Continue reading Aviation can also be a great theme for Bible School!
ATCO Turned Passenger
I can hardly believe it myself, but although I flew for the first time 35 years ago, I still feel the thrill and excitement of an upcoming trip. I think this will remain as long as I live. Getting ready at home, packing, hauling the luggage down to the car and then heading to the… Continue reading ATCO Turned Passenger
Is SESAR Doomed to Fail?
As some of us will remember, SESAR is not the first attempt to remedy the sad state of air traffic management in Europe. Think EATCHIP and ATM2000+… This latter was especially significant, since the ministers of transport of all ECAC States had signed off on it, promising to implement what was required to make the… Continue reading Is SESAR Doomed to Fail?
CANSO ATM Report & Directory 2012
67 ANSPs world-wide are members of CANSO. They handle more than 85 % of world air traffic. CANSO is also in regular contact with those ANSPs not yet members of the organization but which have recognized the value of membership. CANSO publishes the ATM Report & Directory every year with the aim of providing the… Continue reading CANSO ATM Report & Directory 2012