| SM4 PARTNER FEATURE |
| A Brief History of Upset Training
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| On March 3, 1991, a Boeing 737 crashed near the approach end of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport runway 35. The cause of the crash was later determined to be loss of control in-flight (LOC-I) following a rare rudder malfunction. United Airlines Flight 585 struck Widefield Park at a nearly vertical attitude, killing all 25 people on board. Two additional B-737s suffered the same malfunction that decade. In the third event, Eastwind Flight 517, the pilot was able to recover and land safely. The National Transportation Safety Board released its related safety recommendation and pointed to a longstanding concern about additional training. Is that true? Was that concern evident?.... Read More |
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| NBAA Live Event |
| Emergency Response Simulation Drill Planned for NBAA2015
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| Is your flight department prepared in the event of an emergency? Have you ever conducted an emergency preparedness drill with your frontline personnel? Business aircraft accidents are rare, so it is unlikely your staff has actual experience in dealing with the aftermath. It is important for schedulers and dispatchers, who are often considered "frontline" personnel, to practice your organization's emergency response procedures under realistic conditions. Don Chupp, President of Fireside Partners Inc. worked with the NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Committee for nearly a year to bring a live emergency preparedness drill to the 2015 Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference. It was a huge success so is now being brought to the main stage at NBAA2015. This Aviation Emergency Response Frontline Simulation will provide a live and realistic demonstration into various flight department roles.... Read More |
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| NTSB Events |
| NTSB Releases Agenda and Call for Questions for General Aviation Safety Forum |
| The National Transportation Board has released the agenda and participants for its forum titled Humans and Hardware: Preventing General Aviation Inflight Loss of Control. The event will be held on October 14 in Washington, D.C. The NTSB is inviting pilots and aviation safety community members to submit their questions related to inflight loss of control issues by October 9.... Read More |
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| International Aircraft Tracking |
| ICAO Launches New Aircraft Tracking Website |
| The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recently announced the launch of its new centralized online information area for aircraft tracking developments. The new aircraft tracking information area, available on the ICAO Public Website, provides a detailed timeline and all supporting reports and documentation relating to the call for and realization of the world's first global aircraft tracking requirements.... Read More |
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| ASAP Safety Program |
| ACSF's Safety Program Now Covers All of Contiguous U.S. |
| The FAA's Central and Northwest Mountain Regions have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) allowing charter operators, corporate flight departments and fractional program managers to participate in the Air Charter Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP). This declares the ACSF-managed ASAP program now approved in the contiguous U.S. ASAP, an FAA/industry partnership, provides a near consequence-free environment in which participants can identify and report safety issues that could be critical in identifying potential precursors to accidents.... Read More |
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| Pilot Training |
| AOPA Launches New Weather Video Series |
| AOPA has released the first of a new series of weather videos offering pilots "real world" methods to gather and analyze weather with emphasis on preflight planning and en route decision making. The first video, "Weather Wise: Gathering Information," reviews aspects of preflight planning while using Flight Service and other resources, including mobile apps.... Read More |
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News & Events
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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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