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Nigeria working toward ICAO Standard
Long known for substandard aviation, changes seem to be in Nigeria’s future.
Nigeria’s airports are slated to be revamped to meet international standards according to Stella Oduah, Minister of Aviation. Safety and security are intended to be the new priority, as they aim for “zero” accidents.
Infrastructure and services are also slated to be improved.
The ICAO’s AFI plan is part of the Third Pan-African Aviation Training Coordination Conference.
The conference is organized by the ICAO Comprehensive Regional Implementation Plan for Aviation Safety in Africa (AFI Plan) in cooperation with the aviation regional organizations in the AFI Region, and hosted by the Government of South Africa will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 27 to 29 July 2011.
The agenda for the conference is here.
NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION SPACEWALK
July 28, 2010
MEDIA ADVISORY:
HOUSTON — NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the
International Space Station during a news briefing at 1 p.m. CDT on
Tuesday, Aug. 3.
Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson
are scheduled to perform a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Aug. 5. The two NASA
astronauts will outfit the Russian Zarya module for future robotics
work and prepare the station for the installation of a new U.S.
permanent multipurpose module.
The news briefing on the spacewalk will take place at NASA’s Johnson
Space Center in Houston. It will air live on NASA Television and the
agency’s website. Journalists may ask questions from participating
NASA locations.
The briefers are:
– Dan Hartman, Integration and Mission Operations manager,
International Space Station Program
– Courtenay McMillan, Expedition 24 spacewalk flight director
NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5 a.m. on Aug. 5.
Wheelock and Caldwell Dyson are expected to begin the spacewalk from
the Quest airlock at 5:55 a.m. It will be Wheelock’s fourth spacewalk
and Caldwell Dyson’s first.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information,
visit:
Trigana Air Flight 267 Crash: Black Box to be Sent to France after Unsuccessful Data Retrieval Attempts
According to a preliminary report released by Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), the black box from Trigana Air jet that crashed in August will be sent to France for data retrieval.
The flight TGN267 crashed after it lost contact with the ATC during a flight from Sentani airport, Jayapura, to Oksibi, Papua. There were 54 people aboard at the time; all of them were killed.
The report released on October 7 said, “The downloading process to retrieve data from the FDR was unsuccessful. For further examination, the FDR data will be downloaded at BEA facility in Paris, France.”
The report further said that the cockpit voice recorder had a 2-hour recording but it did not give any clue as to what caused the crash.
News Alert-FAA Facing Cuts
Is this alarming? The Federal Aviation Administration may be facing a billion in mandatory cuts in January.
Consequences of the cuts would result in fewer ATC, customs and security personnel.
According to Aerospace Industries Association, the cuts will “cost up to 132,000 aviation jobs.”
You can read or download”Economic Impact of the Budget Control Act” here (23 pages):

Magical Christmas plane delivers warm holiday vibes to Lake Hood
The nights are long and dark in Alaska during the winter months, but at Lake Hood in Anchorage, one family is ensuring that bright lights that embody the Christmas spirit are shining bright for all to enjoy.

“Black boxes” from crashed South Korean plane stopped recording about four minutes before disaster, officials say
Flight recorders from the passenger jet that crashed in South Korea last month, killing more than 170 people, stopped working minutes before it exploded on the runway, investigators said Saturday.