This week, Governor Nikki Haley proclaimed June 2011 as General Aviation Appreciation Month in South Carolina. There are now 23 states that have publicly recognized the value of general and business aviation to their respective economies. She writes, in part, [...]
We were proud to host about 45 young ladies last week from The Girl Scouts of South Carolina to Mountains to Midlands chapter as they earned their Aerospace Badges. Mad Science of the Upstate provided a workshop at the Runway [...]
Aviation has been blessed with advances in aerodynamics, engine efficiencies, avionics and the best in technology today, yet ATC and pilot communications are still experiencing age-old limitations of human nature that can distort messages. Probably the greatest inherent problems to voice communication [...]
SMS (Safety Management System) has been around since 2006, but what is it? Simply put, "it brings structure, communication, and a lot of involvement" said Don Baldwin, President and CEO of Baldwin Aviation, to your flight department. You may say [...]
A program developed in the early 1990’s as an airspace management tool is the Aircraft Situation Display. It provides a real time depiction of the location, altitude, airspeed, destination, estimated time of arrival and tail number of most aircraft operating [...]
"For 28 years, the Northwest area of the United States has had an aviation conference and trade show that attracts over 10,000 people a year," according Eric Ramsdell, President of the South Carolina Aviation Association (SCAA). "The SCAA wants to [...]
So, with all the advancements in electronics over the last few years, are you still using paper charts or have you converted to an electronic format? These days, many newer aircraft come equipped with a full glass panel cockpit. Usually, [...]
Situation Awareness (SA) is how one sees and perceives the environmental and circumstantial elements within a specific measure of time. SA involves understanding or comprehending information and events and their potential impact on goals and objectives. Lacking or having inadequate SA [...]
We sometimes get calls, usually in the middle of the night from companies that arrange air transportation for organ procurement teams, or for the donated organs, themselves. I have a friend in NC that runs one of these companies and [...]
Title 55 is the South Carolina code of laws that establishes the Division of Aeronautics and their authority. This code defines the aviation system in SC. The South Carolina Aviation Association in correlation with the South Carolina Division of Aeronautics [...]