briefs

Just in case your FSS briefer misses something, technology continues to trot out new ways for pilots to help themselves. Jeppesen announced this week that it would offer icing and turbulence forecasting to its subscribers. The company says it’s the first to offer the services on a worldwide basis. The maps were developed with Norman, […]

Interactive briefings over the Internet, e-mail and PDA NOTAM alerts and guaranteed service parameters are all part of the plan as Lockheed Martin takes over the Automated Flight Service Station system. The company won the outsourcing competition for the system last Tuesday and, two days later, met with AOPA executives. “After spending about 90 minutes […]

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_______COLUMNS Say Again? #46: When Things Go WrongTo get your IFR clearance at a non-towered field, you could call Flight Service or the local Center RCO, but you know you’re gonna get a delay waiting for some arrival to cancel IFR. Just launch VFR and pick up your IFR clearance in the air, right? AVweb’s […]

Well, so much for the image of the unflappable, cool-under-fire, steely-nerved pilot. Chances are, others will just think you’re drunk. That’s what happened to the crew of a British Airways flight from Lyon, France, to Manchester, England, on Jan. 16. The pilots got a warning light when they lowered the gear on the RJ100, so […]

Simulators aren’t just for those who fly airplanes; they’re also for those who have to listen to them. The city of Eagan, adjacent to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, is preparing its citizens for the October 2005 opening of a new runway at MSP by holding a series of open houses in which the simulated sounds […]

The Discovery Wings network may have morphed into The Military Channel but there are still plenty of aviation-related programs to watch, even if it does mean a little more wear and tear on the remote. The Outdoor Channel is taking up some of the slack with a new series, set to debut in July, called […]

Surprise, surprise. Pilots who have drunk-driving convictions are more prone to aircraft accidents, but a new study has quantified the link. If you have a DWI, you are 43 percent more likely to be involved in an air crash, according to a study of 300,000 pilot records by Johns Hopkins researchers. “If the crash risk […]

Adam Aircraft says it’s making progress in development of its A700 AdamJet. A company news release says they’re getting down to the nitty-gritty of testing the various components of the airframe and they’ve also completed construction of a “wing-mounted belly pod” for extra fuel storage. The pressurization and environmental control test system has also been […]