Assemblymember Amy Paulin urges the legislature to pass her bills to make small planes safer, A.3920 and A.1175. The legislation would require small plane owners to register with the NYSDOT and show proof of third-party insurance, helping to track small plane use and protect victims of plane crashes. The second bill authorizes the study of general aviation flight operations by the New York State Department of Transportation

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The Hidden Face of 35 Unrevealed Improvements
35 (unrevealed) proposals suggested by the eight member panel of aviation experts will be implemented rapidly, in the wake of the crash of Air France 447.
Findings on that crash hinge on the lost black box and wreckage; a fourth search effort is beginning this year, funded by Air France and Airbus, and if anything is found, the recovery will be government funded.
The failure is blamed on faulty readings from the plane’s pitot tubes (speed sensors) after they iced over and fly by wire systems consequently failed.
Air France’s deficient safety culture is detailed in the book La face cachée d’Air France