Content Archive: May 2008
It's dry up there: drink water when flying
The next time you fly, soak a terrycloth hand towel so that it’s dripping wet and hang it up on the flight deck.
Drink up!
Writing in the spring 2000 issue of the FAA’s Federal Air Surgeon’s Medical Bulletin, Rogers Shaw, team coordinator of the FAA’s Civil Aerospace Medical In
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Raytheon Sells Predator Ground Station as UAV Problems Mount
Raytheon has sold a Predator Operations Center to the U.S.
U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight Adds F-22 Raptor
A unique formation wowed the crowd at the recent Joint Services Open House at Andrews AFB in Maryland.
New NBAA board members elected
NBAA held its annual meeting October 31 at its Washington headquarters, a move required by the association’s bylaws and the laws of the District of Columbi
VIP Airbus ACJs on tap for Qatar ruling family
Qatar Airways is planning to use its new Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) to replace a pair of Falcon 900s used by the government and ruling family.
Security
Flimsy airliner cockpit doors soon will be a thing of the past
Following September 11, the FAA issued a requirement that all U.S.
“Never Again,” Says Airbus A400M Chief
The Airbus A400M military airlifter will be ceremonially rolled out on June 26, but the plan to make a first flight by “the end of the summer” seems overly
Training and Workforce
BBA buys Texas flight school
Announcing the purchase earlier this year by the UK’s BBA Group of Tyler International School of Aviation at Texas’ Tyler Pounds Field, David McRobert, chi
