It is well known now that experts and enthusiasts alike started thinking about a new Hungarian airline almost the day after the sad collapse of the 66 years old icon, Malev. Not much has happened so far, obviously, investing in a new airline is not a high priority for anyone and investing in a new… Continue reading Will there ever be a new Malev?
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Station calling – Visiting To70
Driving a US sized mini-van is not easy on the narrow streets of Den Hague and avoiding the ever-present cyclists is a task unto itself but visiting aviation consulting firm To70 was a challenge mainly because of the house numbers. Don’t ask me why No. 60 is tucked away between two much higher house numbers of three… Continue reading Station calling – Visiting To70
RIASS in Amsterdam – What is this?
RIASS stands for Runway Incursion Alerting System Schiphol and it is a system to warn air traffic controllers in the tower of an imminent danger involving the un-authorized presence of an aircraft or vehicle on a take-off runway or landing runway already in use. The system was developed by Air Traffic Control the Netherlands and… Continue reading RIASS in Amsterdam – What is this?
Amsterdam’s SARA – an important step towards the future
If you read the current SESAR documentation, you cannot fail to notice one of the more serious misunderstandings that still prevail in the project. In SESAR terminology, ATM progress goes from time-based operations to trajectory based operations (TBO) and then to performance based operations. This reveals the, oft bemoaned, confusion between TBO and performance based… Continue reading Amsterdam’s SARA – an important step towards the future
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Anna Kurlanc – Brace for impact! Anna Kurlanc is currently an R&D engineer at the Dutch Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) Air Transport Safety Institute (ATSI) What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? This may sound strange, but aviation was never on my mind back then… Architect, journalist and press photographer were the… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Paul Hopff – The winding road to Belgocontrol What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? Until about age 6, I was determined to become a railroad station master, you know the guy with the red cap. But then the aviation bug bit and I never recovered… What moved you to become… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…