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There has long been a lack of clarity on the regulatory status of ADS-B Out via a Mode S transponder sourcing its position data from an uncertified GPS. FASVIG has been working closely with the LAA and the CAA to seek to bring clarity to this situation. The LAA has now announced that for non-certified […]
Reported by the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34351841) A request by Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli to close the air space over her wedding venue has sparked a row between the country’s transport minister and the civil aviation authority (CAA). The CAA had agreed to close the skies over the hotel in northern Israel. But Transport Minister Yisrael Katz then […]
The formal Release of Controlled and Segregated Airspace Change Proposal “Solent CTA-6: Reclassify to Class G below 3000ft” document has been submitted to the CAA today, 21st September 2015. Read the proposal here: http://fasvig.org/acp/acp-solent-cta-6
The July 2015 meeting of the UK Airprox Board assessed an airprox reported by a Royal Navy Lynx helicopter pilot flying at 2500ft just west of Bristol earlier this year which came within 30-50ft of a drone. THE LYNX PILOT reports transiting to RNAS Yeovilton. The aircraft was descending from 2500ft to 1500ft when a small […]