On December 6, 2012, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) issued a final rule addressing the prohibition against certain flights within the territory and airspace of Iraq. Effective January 7, 2013, U.S. civil flight operations will be allowed to and from Erbil International Airport (ORER) and Sula…
Read More »On December 5, 2012, a working group of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Safety Information Protection Force (SIP TF) held a public listening session at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC. The purposes of the session were (1) to help the SIP TF understand the needs an…
Read More »On October 22, 2012, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) through incorporation of several long standing special permit and competent authorities. The specif…
Read More »On October 23, 2012, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of Delay in Processing Special Permit Applications. In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA published a list of special permit applications that have been in process…
Read More »On Saturday, September 29,th, Andrew McKenna and Jim Beasley, had the honor of performing a fly-over at Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate the Volusia Honor Air WWII Veteran’s Flight Program and its roughly 120 World War II veterans. The program’s mission is to extend the “deepest appr…
Read More »On February 9, 2012, guided by its concerns over its ability to carry out its State of Registry responsibilities, , the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) published a Notice of Proposed Policy Clarification for the Registration of Aircraft to U.S. Citizen Trustees in Situations Involving Non-U…
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