Jacobs Honored for Making Hawaii Airports Safer

Martinez Jacobs is being honored by the Hawaii State Chapter of the American Heart Association and the Hawaii Department of Transportation for his efforts to get defibrillators installed at Hawaii’s airports. Jacobs, the Airport Fire Fighting Staff Officer for the Hawaii Airports Division of the Hawaii Department of Transportation, has seen over thirty years of […]

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Alaska Controllers Use Next Generation Air Transportation Technology to Improve Safety

Air traffic controllers in the Alaska region are now officially using Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) technology to improve safety and efficiency in Alaska’s rugged terrain. The system – Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) – is a core technology under NextGen. “NextGen technology is already helping make aviation safer and more efficient,” said U.S. Transportation […]

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State of Alabama Uses Caravan for Enviornmental Mission

John Eagerton, Chief of the Alabama Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Bureau, brought to our attention a recent article in Twin & Turbine magazine’s June issue about the state of Alabama’s use of a Cessna Caravan in its environmental monitoring and enforcement program of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. "I think it is a good […]

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Deal Reached on Transfer of Worcester Regional Airport to Massport

Christopher Willenborg, (pictured) provided the following press release from the Massachusetts Port Authority. Mr. Willenborg is the Adminstrator for the Massachusetts Aeronautics Division. As part of the Patrick-Murray Administrations historic transportation reform efforts to simplify the state’s transportation system, the Massachusetts Port Authority and the City of Worcester today signed an agreement on the transfer […]

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Industry Leaders Agree that Multilateration and ADS-B are Cornerstones of NextGen Surveillance

At the ATC Global conference in March, industry leaders participating in Sensis Corporation’s “Multimode Surveillance – the Cornerstone of NextGen Surveillance” workshop agreed that multimode technology is a critical component of “next generation” air traffic systems. Workshop speakers indicated that the highly reliable, easily tailorable surveillance coverage from multilateration, including Wide Area Multilateration (WAM), and […]

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Thanks Dad!

by Andrew Stevens I found my love for aviation when I was young because I was lucky enough to grow up around it.  I thank my Dad for sharing his love for flying and all of aviation, because now I share this love also.  One of the coolest things that I remember as a child […]

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Nebraska NAVAIDs Chief Retires

For decades Nebraska Department of Aeronautics’ (NDA) personnel have shared their expertise and wealth of information on weather and navigational aids to airports not only across the Cornhusker state, but with the nation through their participation with the National Association of State Aviation Officials. (NASAO)   Lyle Jacobsen, Nebraska’s Chief of the NDA’s Navigational Aids […]

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