Queensland-based Aviation Safety Advisor Rob Whittle says the booklet provides very useful information about aerodromes and airspace in the region. ‘We encourage pilots to make the guide a part of their preflight planning,’ he says. ‘However, before flying to or around Cairns or Townsville, ...
While operating in Class C, aircraft must be equipped for two-way radio communication, and the pilot must maintain a continuous listening watch. Transponders are required with Mode C (altitude encoding) capability. Class C airspace reverts to Class-E status when ATC services are not provided....
In 2011, airports and airline companies on the Chinese mainland reported 1,538 bird strikes, which cost 113.3 million yuan in financial losses. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the body that supervises air sports, has ...
Overall, understand that you cannot operate in Class C Airspace (e.g., the Vancouver Terminal Control Area or Langley Airport) without a clearance from the controller; simultaneously, however, the controllers are there to facilitate your movement. The result is that pilots must make “requests”...
This a huge bonus for flight training, meaning you will train in a real air traffic environment. We now have a system to allow for private hire of suitably qualified and endorsed recreational pilots to fly in Class D airspace. Student ground training is conducted in our air-conditioned ...
In the development of a blended wing body (BWB) planform for low-speed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the present design approach relies on rather cost-effective fidelity tools in aerodynamic modeling and testing. This enables efficient analysis management of the huge parametric studies from airfoi...
Since we operate in Honolulu Class Bravo airspace, we use specific departures designed to keep us clear of the fixed-wing traffic. For example, the Shoreline 6 departure keeps us at or below 500 feet as we fly over the lagoon south until we reach Magic Island, where we clear the terminal...
s airspace to the north, we were cleared to climb to FL 340 almost without interruption. A straight-line speed run demonstrated a top mark during our test of 0.53 Mach or 316 ktas at ISA +8 Celsius—the E1000GXhits its sweet spot in speed around FL 260, but this still impressed me...
The slightly higher route (“Skyline route”) keeps you in contact with ATC. You’re allowed to do either route, as long as you follow the rules. Because we were leaving Teterboro, which is in controlled airspace, the easiest arrangement was to depart Teterboro with VFR flight following, ...
airspace. Make both points explicitly clear in your application: you want access to all uncontrolled airspace, but not Class B, C, D, or E airspace. This can be written as the answer to a question, such as: “In what class of airspace will operations conducted under this waiver occur...