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And while the agency works on fixes to prevent a repeat of the radio failure, a new backup for the radar systems at the country’s 20 air traffic control centers is on the way. The Enhanced Backup Surveillance (EBUS) system will get its first run in Denver. It’s supposed to be more reliable than the […]

Meanwhile, there was apparently nothing wrong with the equipment involved in the radio failure at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center last Tuesday. The FAA said a technician neglected to reset an internal clock in the system’s computer and it automatically shut down. The emergency backup system then failed, also due to an […]

Equipment And Facilities Face 12.6-Percent Cut… The FAA is defending a proposed 12.6-percent cut in its equipment budget days after a radio failure caused numerous flight delays and (depending who you talk to) up to five instances of loss of separation in California last Tuesday. Under the proposed budget, the money spent by the FAA […]

Images From The Pits, And The Unlimited Upset! AVweb’s Expanded Reno Coverage (by contributing writer, Tim Kern) People who havent been there ask what the Reno Air Races are like. Theyre unique; theyre not “like” anything else – but to compare, say, Oshkosh to Reno, you might think of the relationship between the Detroit Auto […]

Something that has never been seen in the U.S. happened at Reno: the Red Bull Air Races. This is a concept developed by Hungarian aerobatic ace Peter Besenyei, infamous for (among other things) flying inverted under Budapest’s famed Chain Bridge. The course consists of three laps around a tight course, close to the crowds. Aerobatic […]

The fastest Sport Class plane to date came out of forced retirement on Wednesday and broke the 350-mph barrier. John Parker’s V-12 powered Thunder Mustang, Blue Thunder, qualified at 349.507, and ran a reported 354 in the heat race Thursday. Making things interesting were the friendliest of deadly rivals, Lee Behel and Mike Jones. Behel […]

The Power And The Speed… People who haven’t been there ask what the Reno Air Races are like. The truth is, they’re not “like” anything else — but to compare, say, Oshkosh to Reno, you might think of the relationship between the Detroit Auto Show and the Indianapolis 500. The drama this year was heightened […]

Although the cutting-edge Sport Class has been gaining a lot of attention in recent years, many who attend Reno go to see 60-year-old technology that can’t be matched in terms of sheer gas-guzzling glory. Last year, Skip Holm, piloting Dago Red, a fully tricked-out P-51, broke the 500-mph barrier with a best time of 507 […]

Landing Mishap Knocks Nemesis NXT Out… Instead of getting ready for the most anticipated race at the National Championship Air Races, Jon Sharp’s Nemesis NXT team is trying to figure out what went wrong as the 400-plus-mph hopeful two-seat kitplane landed at Reno Stead Airport on Tuesday. Race spokeswoman Sue Putnam told AVweb the aircraft […]

Kaye said the congressman is not particularly worried about the practical implications of such a bill. He said it would be easy for the Transportation Security Administration to distribute their watch list to small aircraft operators. As for the physical screening of passengers and baggage, he said such measures are accepted as necessary. “For better […]