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28th March 2018 In line with the CAP1616 process, NATS are undertaking a formal consultation on the design principles and priorities for the London Airspace Management Programme 2 airspace changes. NATS have published a presentation outlining the design principles for the airspace change and want to hear comment and feedback from the GA community. The […]
Published by EAA (EAA website article: DOT to Require Registration of Drones) DOT to Require Registration of Drones October 22, 2015 – This week, Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced a plan to expand registration requirements to all drones, including those used for recreation or hobby. The plan comes as […]
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 […]
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 […]