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Amazon proposes airspace from 200ft-400ft exclusively for autonomous drones, with a further 100ft above it declared a no-fly zone. See Amazon’s document “Revising the Airspace Model for the Safe Integration of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems “
By John Brady, Joint Chair of FASVIG. The CAA’s press release on targeting infringement hotspots has caused a fair amount of consternation amongst the GA community, particularly the concept that if airports fail to reduce infringements they will be rewarded with more regulated airspace. We need to know more about this and how this will […]
FASVIG is pleased to have received a request from GATCO, the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers, to join FASVIG. GATCO are now a FASVIG Member. GATCO will attend future FASVIG Meetings and will provide a useful resource and expertise to help us create the FAS VFR Deployment Plan. We welcome John Welton and Adam […]
The British Parachute Association has requested to join FASVIG and we are delighted to welcome BPA as a member. Tony Butler, Chief Operating Officer, BPA, said “We are sure that the aims of FASVIG can only be of benefit to our members in helping to secure and protect access to the airspace upon which all […]
New Listening Squawk of 3660 for Warton comes into operation on 23rd July 2015. For use only during Warton hours of operation. More information here: Warton3660.pdf
FASVIG views transparency and evidence-based decision making as vital underpinnings for its endeavours “to provide a sustainable future for VFR operations”. FASVIG is aware of the Infringement Hotspots announcement made by the CAA and the Airspace & Safety Initiative on 23 June 2015. Although FASVIG is not currently directly involved with this initiative we do have […]
TAG Farnborough Communication Dear Stakeholder TAG Farnborough Airport – Airspace Change Proposal I wrote to you last year to advise you that Feedback Report Part A was published on 29th August 2014, which is a summary analysis of all responses received from the consultation period that finished on 12th May 2014. Feedback Report Part B, […]
Using NextGen concepts (FAA’s equivalent to CAA’s FAS) Alaska Airlines arrivals at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s runway 16R are delivering environmental, fuel and time savings as well as using less of the sky! As part of the “Greener Skies” initiative to help airlines enhance operational efficiency, Boeing has designed and implemented precise Area Navigation, Required Navigation […]
The FAA’s NextGen is the U.S. equivalent of the CAA’s Future Airspace Strategy. The NextGen Implementation Plan 2015 published in May is available to read here: NextGen Implementation Plan 2015 Although it is largely about CAT it presents a useful overview of the breadth of the transformation that aviation is undergoing.