| SM4 PARTNER FEATURE |
| The Missing Component of a World-Class Flight Department
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| Where exactly is your aircraft right now? If you don’t know, you are not alone. In an industry where our work needs to be exact, we make a lot of assumptions when it comes to the location of our aircraft while in flight. Employing the strategies described here can ensure that your flight department is aware of the location of your aircraft while airborne, and is proactive in witnessing anomalies than could impact the mission.... Read More |
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| UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS |
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Drone Safety, Risk Management and Insurance White Paper Published by
Global Aerospace
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| Managing safety and insuring against risk will be crucial to the ultimate success of the fast-growing unmanned aviation industry. This is one of the key observations in a new white paper, Unmanned Aviation Risk Management, Accident Prevention and Insurance published this week by Global Aerospace, a leading international aviation and aerospace insurance provider.... Read More
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| TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN FACTORS |
| Op-Ed: Top 5 Modern Improvements in Aviation Safety |
| While the airline accident du jour continues to grab the headlines and be overanalyzed by the media’s self-proclaimed “experts,” airline safety continues to improve by leaps and bounds. All this tends to worry the public, giving them a false perspective on aviation safety. However, in recent decades, improvements and inventions have transformed the cockpit and the airline industry—from impressibly safe to incredibly safe.... Read More |
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| EQUIPMENT SAFETY |
| US Testing Shows Aircraft Safety Systems Can't Prevent Lithium-ion Battery Fire, Explosion |
| International aviation officials are trying to quickly resolve a safer packaging solution for cargo shipments of lithium-ion batteries on passenger planes after U.S. testing confirmed that aircraft fire suppression systems can't prevent overheated batteries from causing powerful explosions and fires. The International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency, met this week in Montreal and heard a presentation by aircraft manufacturers and pilot unions on the potential for the batteries to cause an explosion and resulting fire capable of destroying a plane.... Read More |
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| PILOT TRAINING |
| NTSB Releases Video Safety Alert on Importance of Preflight Checks to Catch Flight Control Problems |
| A Video Safety Alert highlighting the extra vigilance that pilots should take in doing preflight inspections prior to a first flight after maintenance work was released today by the National Transportation Safety Board. The video also addresses the crucial role that mechanics have in ensuring that a plane’s flight control system is rigged correctly after maintenance activities. It features an airborne close-call – an inflight emergency on a general aviation airplane that occurred near St. Louis in December 2014.... Read More |
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News & Events
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Safety Training Events
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May 5 – 7, 2015 — Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) 2015 — Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA, Global Aerospace Booth #745
May 12, 2015 —SM4 Safety Day with Northern California Business Aviation Association (NCBAA) SM4 Emergency Response/Family Assistance Seminar — Presented by Don Chupp, Fireside Partners Inc. — Location: San Jose, CA — www.norcalbaa.org
June 16 – 18, 2015 — Aviation Emergency Response Plans / Assisting Families and Survivors Course — SM4 PARTNER TRAINING EVENT — Presented by: Fireside Partners — Location: Fireside Partners’ Emergency Operations Center at the Wilmington Airport in New Castle, DE — Register and Learn More
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