| SM4 PARTNER FEATURE |
A Source of Stability Amidst a Torrent
of Change
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| Our industry is on the bow wave of some of the greatest change in the last 50 years. Tens of thousands of new pilots and maintenance professionals are entering the workforce each year; NextGen Airspace is coming online; automation continues to evolve at an ever-increasing pace; and, oh yeah, after this holiday season, nearly 700,000 new UAS (drones) will be in the hands of hobbyists. Challenging times, indeed. What is needed to navigate this whitewater is a source of stability upon which we can anchor. Something that can preserve our safety, culture and values during this great sea change.... Read More |
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| Global Aerospace News |
| Contracting With and Between UAS Operators White Paper Published by Global Aerospace, Inc., and Dentons
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| Businesses today are choosing to outsource their drone operations to professional operators. This is one of the significant observations in a new white paper, "Contracting With and Between UAS Operators", published this week by Global Aerospace, a leading international aviation and aerospace insurance provider, and Dentons, an international law firm expert in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The white paper offers a comprehensive review of significant questions companies should consider when contracting drone services.... Read More |
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| Safety Systems |
| Data Comm Remains on Track for Expansion Next Year |
| The FAA remains on track to deliver its new Data Communications (Data Comm) system to more than 50 ATC towers and TRACONS next year, followed by the en route centers in 2019. Data Comm, which transitions pilot/controller communications from the current analog voice system to primarily digital text, is considered a key part of the FAA's NextGen efforts. Data Comm promises to ease congestion on frequencies and also reduce the potential for misunderstanding critical safety information.... Read More |
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| Flight Crew Training |
| Eye-Opening Information About Sleep |
| A hot topic in business aviation is how to balance a day of flying with the need for much-needed rest. Mayo Clinic aerospace medicine team physician, Dr. Steven Altchuler, has recommendations to help flight crews adjust to work hours that often extend beyond 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: "Ideally you want to set your watch, and you want your body to live on that watch time wherever the sun happens to be at any point in time." ... Listen to the complete NBAA Flight Plan podcast. |
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| Drone Registration |
| NBAA, AOPA Join UAS Registration Task Force |
| NBAA and AOPA are joining a new task force charged with devising a proposed registration system for private and recreational unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx
detailed plans this month for a UAS national registry and announced the creation of the UAS Registration Task Force Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). The task force will recommend a proposed framework for the registry by November 20 to provide the FAA time to establish it in advance of the holiday season.... Read More |
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| Safety Regulation |
| Ready for Performance-Based Navigation? |
| An example of how technology has revolutionized aviation is the satellite-based air navigation that offers significant opportunity for quicker aircraft operations and improved fuel consumption. But what is Performance Based Navigation (PBN), and how does it work? PBN focuses on precise operations within a particular airspace, rather than the location of traditional navigational devices such as VORs, NDB and Instrument Landing Systems.... Read More |
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News & Events
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| News |
Live Emergency Simulation Drill Featured at NBAA.... Learn More
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| Events |
November 16, 2015 — NBAA 2015 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition — Location: Las Vegas, NV — Single Pilot Safety Standdown
November 17 – 19, 2015 — NBAA 2015 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition — Location: Las Vegas, NV — Visit Global Aerospace at Booth #C11612.... Learn More
November 19, 2015 — NBAA 2015 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition — Location: Las Vegas, NV — National Safety Forum
SM4 Partners Participate at NBAA15 — Full Details on SM4 partner participants and program schedules can be accessed
here.... Learn More |
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