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                  Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri G.M. Siddeshwara informed the Lok Sabha  that the Government has accorded site clearance for the Greenfield international airport project at Dholera at Ahmedabad in Gujarat being developed by the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board in 2014.                      Taj International Greenfield airport project proposed at Hirangoan, Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh is presently under the preliminary scrutiny of the Government.   Government identified 50 locations for small airports   AAI has recently upgraded Bhopal, Indore and Raipur airports to international standards and the Government has initiated the process of declaring these airports as international airports.  Further, the Government of India has granted in-principle approval for development of the Greenfield airport projects as international air...

                  Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri G.M. Siddeshwara informed the Lok Sabha today 21st July that the Government has so far identified 50 locations with potential for small airports in various states namely,  Kadapa, Tirupati, Vijayawada,Warangal in Andhra Pradesh,  Along, Daparizo, Pasighat, Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh,  Jorhat,Rupsi,Silchar in Assam,  Gaya, Raxaul in Bihar,  Bilaspur, Raigarh in Chattisgarh,  Daman, Diu in Daman & Diu,  Bhawanagar, Jamnagar, Kandla, Keshod in Gujarat,  Hisar, Karnal in Haryana,  Kishtwar in J&K,  Deoghar, Jamshedpur in Jharkhand,  Belgaum,Hubli in Karnataka,  Gwalior, Jabalpur, Rewa in Madhya Pradesh,  Akola, Amravati, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Solapur in Maharashtra,  Jharsuguda in Odisha,  Ludhiana in Punjab,  Bikaner, Kishangarh, Kota in Rajasthan,  Thanjavore in Tamil Nadu  ...

           The DGCA has amended its Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) relating to air safety    to allow the use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) including cellphones. The use of PEDs shall be in the non-transmitting mode commonly called flight/airplane mode”             Para 4 of CAR deals with training requirement of crew where stowage of PED is one of the point. But nowhere mentioned regarding ''securing'' of PED used by passenger.              There is an important distinction that needs to be made between “stowing” and “securing” PEDs. If a PED is to be “stowed”, it must be placed into an approved carry-on stowage location. These locations have been designed and certified to comply with the requirements for retention of articles of mass during emergency landings. Approved carry-on stowage locations have specific weight and size limitations. When a PED is “secured”, i...

                                  CAR 145 Issue 2   is effective forthwith and shall be complied by all new / existing organisations. Maintenance approvals issued in accordance with revision 1 of  CAR 145  shall continue to remain in force. However such organisations may demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this CAR, before 1st January, 2014.             GM-145.A.60 (b) Occurrence reporting                   The following examples can be considered occurrence  reporting in a CAR 145 environment but should not be  considered as the only case of occurrence reporting:       a) A defect detected on the aircraft during a maintenance  inspection (scheduled or non-scheduled) which may  have its origin in a maintenance or design error. - During rou...

     AMC No. 2 to 145.A.50 (d) Certification of maintenance       1.1 A component which has been maintained off the aircraft  needs the issue of a certificate of         release to service for  such maintenance and another certificate of release to  service in regard to being installed properly on the aircraft  when such action occurs. In the           case of base maintenance  this takes the form of a separate task sign off for the       maintenance and installation tasks.      1.2 When an organisation maintains a component for use by  the organisation, a CA Form 1  may not be necessary  depending upon the organisation’s internal release  procedures    defined in the MOE  .       2. In the case of the issue of CA Form 1 for components in  storage prior to CAR-145 and CAR-21 and not released on...

  CA Form 1 Block 12 ‘Remarks’     Examples of data to be entered in this block as appropriate: • Maintenance documentation used, including the revision  status, for all work performed and not limited to the entry  made in block 11. • A statement such as ‘in accordance with the CMM’ is not  acceptable. • NDT methods with appropriate documentation used when relevant. • Compliance with airworthiness directives or service  bulletins. • Repairs carried out. • Modifications carried out. • Replacement parts installed. • Life-limited parts status. • Shelf life limitations. • Deviations from the customer work order. • Release statements to satisfy a foreign Civil Aviation Authority maintenance requirement. • Information needed to support shipment with shortages or re-assembly after delivery. • References to aid traceability,  CAR 145 Issue 2

        AMC-145.A.35 (c )Certifying and support staff -  For the interpretation of “6 months of actual relevant aircraft maintenance experience in any consecutive 2-year period”, the provisions of AMC 66.A.20 (b) 2 are applicable.        CAR-145.A.35 (n) Certifying and support staff -  The holder of a category A aircraft maintenance licence  may only exercise certification privileges on a specific aircraft  type following the satisfactory completion of the relevant category A aircraft task training carried out by an organisation  appropriately approved in accordance with CAR-145 .This  training shall include practical hands on training and theoretical  training as appropriate for each task authorised. Satisfactory  completion of training shall be demonstrated by an examination  or by workplace assessment carried out by the organisation            AMC-145.A.35 (n) Certi...

                                       CAR 145 Issue 2   is effective forthwith and shall be complied by all new / existing  organisations.                                                  AMC 145.A.30 (g) Personnel requirements                   In para 2, the following tasks have been added in the  Typical  Task permitted after appropriate task training  to be carried out by the CAR 66.A.20 (a) (1)  personnel,       (q) Inspection for and removal of de-icing/anti-icing fluid  residues, including  Removal /closure of panels, cowls or covers or the use  of special tools.       (r) Any other task agreed by DGCA as a simple task for a ...

HIET AME Instructor's Refresher Course 

                     Orient Flights training department will conduct a workshop on Aviation Safety Management (Flight Safety & SMS) on September 11, 2013, at Orient Flight Centre, Pondicherry.                        Workshop is tailored for aviation safety practitioners responsible for the formation, implementation or expansion of an SMS within their organizations.                  The workshop will provide basic SMS concepts while also covering safety risk management (hazards, risks and controls); human factors; reactive, proactive and predictive safety management tools and methods; positive safety culture; and SMS implementation overview. Those who attend workshop will understand the theory, principles and application of an SMS as well as ICAO requirements for implementation and DGCA guidance for operators and organizati...

              The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced that it will no longer be a requirement to routinely carry out a check flight to qualify for the renewal of an expiring National Certificate of Airworthiness; annual EASA Permit to Fly; National Airworthiness Review Certificate; or Certificate of Validity. However, a check flight for the initial issue of these certificates and permits will still be required.          This  policy  change reflects a more proportionate and risk based approach to continuing airworthiness management and comes into effect immediately. The responsibility for deciding when a check flight is required will rest with the aircraft pilot-owner, maintainer or continuing airworthiness management organisation, as applicable, as part of the continuing airworthiness oversight of the aircraft.             This change will reduce the time and cost requi...

 DGCA/Cessna 172/33 R1  FAA AD 2013-11-11  E ngine oil pressure switch  life limit- 3000 hrs     (c) Applicability     :  Cessna 172R, (S/N) 17280001  through 17281618;                                                  172S, S/N 172S8001 through 172S11256;                  Due to   internal failure of the  engine oil pressure  switch, which could result in complete loss of engine oil with consequent partial or complete loss of  engine power or fire. FAA  place a life limit  of  3,000 hours time-in-service (TIS)  on the engine oil pressure switch, requiring replacement  when the engine oil pressure switch reaches its life limit.                   Compliance through ...