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Come meet and have a chat with FASVIG at the LAA Rally at Sywell 4th-6th September 2015. Thanks to a kind offer from the LAA, FASVIG will be sharing the LAA Pilot Coaching Scheme stand on a part-time basis on all three days of the Rally. This is where you will find us: Marquee No. 1 […]
August 20, 2015 – EAA submitted comments this week to an FAA advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking input into removing the exception gliders currently have from mandatory use of Mode C transponders and ADS-B out equipment in certain areas. The ANPRM was largely prompted by a 2006 nonfatal mid-air collision between a glider and […]
Related to FASVIG’s Route & Activity Deconfliction Tools Package of Change, there was news recently of SESAR’s ProGA research project. The SESAR Newsroom article is available here: http://www.sesarju.eu/newsroom/all-news/sesar-seeks-improve-situational-awareness-general-aviation-pilots and is replicated below. 04/08/2015 A recently completed SESAR exploratory research project, ProGA, has investigated a solution to improve the situational awareness of pilots flying General Aviation […]
The Royal Aero Club (RAeC) has been a major supporter, and indeed a sponsor of FASVIG since the very beginning but was never actually listed as such. We are putting that right and the Royal Aero Club now take up their rightful place on the list of Members of FASVIG with the additional status of […]
Following the recent release by the CAA of an additional policy statement on TMZs and RMZs it seems appropriate to highlight this analysis of UK transponder carriage. With the increasing use in the UK of transponder mandatory zones or TMZ’s an understanding of the effects these restrictions have on airspace users can only be truly […]
14 August 2015 Policy Statement POLICY FOR RADIO MANDATORY ZONES AND TRANSPONDER MANDATORY ZONES 1 Introduction 1.1 This document details the policy and guidance for the establishment and operations within Radio and Transponder Mandatory Zones (RMZs/TMZs). 1.2 The CAA’s statutory obligations within reference A include the need to ‘satisfy the requirements of all airspace users’, […]
5th Aug 2015 The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) today confirmed that some of the UK’s existing exemptions from the Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA) will continue. The CAA will continue to work closely with the European Commission, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and UK Department for Transport (DfT) regarding the development and implementation […]
Heathrow launches steeper approach trial to reduce noise Heathrow today announced plans to trial a steeper approach for aircraft landing at Heathrow. This trial is one of 10 practical steps Heathrow is taking through its Blueprint for Noise Reduction to explore ways to improve the noise climate around Heathrow. Read more here: http://your.heathrow.com/heathrow-launches-steeper-approach-trial-to-reduce-noise/
Past issues of all FASVIG public newsletters are now available on fasvig.org. To access via the menu, hover over the ‘Subscribe’ menu item then click on ‘Newsletters – Past Issues’. Here is a direct link to the page: http://fasvig.org/subscribe/newsletter-past-issues