Aircraft News.Oct 16, 2006 VLJs cramped, but easy to fly. Very light jets will make private flying available to more people, the Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney Scott McCartney is The Wall Street Journal's travel editor, as well as a regular columnist for the newspaper. Background McCartney currently lives in Dallas, though he is a native of Boston. He attended Duke University and graduated in 1982 with an A.B. writes. He recently flew all three VLJ VLJ Very Light Jet (aircraft) models in production and found them cramped but easy to fly. VLJs are no substitute for airlines, but they may take some of the fractional jet business, McCartney says. Oct 14, 2006 New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of airplane crash raises questions about GA security, rules. Questions about current general aviation (GA) flight rules and security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security are being rekindled after the crash of a private plane into a Manhattan high-rise Wednesday. Some are arguing for tighter controls to increase security. Oct 12, 2006 No clear evidence on the safest seats in an airliner. It is impossible to say that one seat on an airliner is safer than another, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. aviation safety expert Todd Curtis of AirSafe.com and AirGuideOnline.com. However, some experts say large planes are safer because they have more structure to absorb energy during an impact and because they are subject to stricter safety regulations. Oct 10, 2006 Collision-avoidance systems effective, becoming more essential. Aviation experts say collision-avoidance systems generally work well and that the technology will become more important as skies become more crowded with very light jets and more airliners. The Sept. 29 collision in Brazil was only the second midair crash out of tens of millions of flights involving two aircraft equipped with anti-collision systems. Oct 9, 2006 AmSafe Aviation Sales of device to protect children while flying take off. AmSafe Aviation has sold more than 1,500 Child Aviation Restraint Systems since the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control approved the device last month. The system, designed by a former Department of Transportation assistant secretary, is similar to a harness. It connects to an airplane seat belt and fits around the back of an airplane seat. Oct 12, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 2, 2006 |
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