Maintain Your Focus on Safety During the Holiday Season
Maintain Your Focus on Safety During the Holiday Season U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – From traditions such as decorating a dried century plant, to stringing ornaments and lights around an inkberry tree or a modern flair to dazzling decorations on an imported North American pine – many of us enjoy the glow of the holidays. It’s a festive time of year. Whether listening to “Ma Ma bake your Johnny Cake” by Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights or gathering with family for an Old Time Crucian Christmas, the holidays present a great time to unwind from everyday life. Though we must not
California law and refinery closure reflect ongoing challenges for the state’s fuel market
On October 14, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed bill Abx2-1 into law, empowering California regulators to set and adjust minimum petroleum product inventory levels for refiners in the state, in part to address the state’s fuel price volatility. Shortly after, refiner Phillips 66 announced plans to close its Wilmington refinery in Los Angeles by the end of 2025, citing uncertainty surrounding the long-term sustainability of the refinery.
The FAASTeam wants YOU!
Calling all airmen in the Cincinnati and Dayton areas! The FAASTeam is recruiting, and we are looking for representatives on the operations and airworthiness sides of the house. If you are a pilot or a mechanic, and you have a desire to promote safety and be an ambassador for the FAA, apply to be a FAASTeam Rep and help us maintain the excellent safety record we have here in southwest Ohio! Just go to www.faasafety.gov, go to the "about the FAASTeam" link and you will find a link to "join the FAASTeam." There you will see the application to join
The case of the missing cinders
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Blaine McCleskey, research chemist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Norris Geyser Basin is one of the most unique thermal areas in the world. It contains a wide variety of hot springs, pools, geysers, fumaroles, and mud pots. The water chemistry of the hydrothermal features at Norris is known as being “mixed,” ranging from acid-sulfate to neutral-chloride and combinations of the two. Norris is home to the highest (300–400 feet [90–120 meters]) erupting geyser in the world, Steamboat Geyser, and the highest temperature
April 24 – The FAA encourages general aviation pilots to learn how to meet the BasicMed requirements
General aviation pilots can now prepare to fly under BasicMed without holding a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical certificate as long as they meet certain requirements. They can fly under BasicMed beginning on May 1, the effective date of the January 10 final rule. It offers pilots an alternative to the FAA’s medical qualification process for third class medical certificates, while keeping general aviation pilots safe and flying affordable. General aviation pilots may take advantage of the regulatory relief in the BasicMed rule or opt to continue to use their FAA medical certificate. Under BasicMed, a pilot will be
The Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) Initiative
On October 1, 2016 airports in the United States began using new reporting terminology to describe contaminated paved runways in both Field Condition Notices to Airmen (FICON NOTAMs) and on Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) messages per the Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) initiative. Under TALPA, Mu (friction) values are no longer provided to pilots. Instead, a three-digit Runway Condition Code (RwyCC) is assigned to paved runways whose surfaces are more than 25% covered by: water, frost, snow, slush, and/or ice. Similar to Mu values, a RwyCC is assigned to each third of a contaminated runway (i.e. touchdown, midpoint
The High Wind Watch has been replaced. Please see the latest information from NWS Midland/Odessa TX on this developing situation.
The High Wind Watch has been replaced. Please see the latest information from NWS Midland/Odessa TX on this developing situation.
To All Pilot flying in the area of the Los Altos Rod Gun Club
To all Pilots flying in the area of the Los Altos Rod and Gun Club: The Los Altos Rod and Gun Club is located in Los Gatos, Ca. in the Santa Cruz Mountains (see location below) at an elevation of approximately 2800 MSL. Be aware of the hazards a live firing range presents to aircraft. Flight within 500 feet of the club presents potential small arms hazards to the aircraft flying over the gun club. Due to low over flights of the gun club recently, the FAA is monitoring flights in the area. Please choose a course and altitude which
The Cold Weather Advisory has been cancelled.
The Cold Weather Advisory has been cancelled and is no longer in effect.
USGS St Petersburg Scientists Present at the Great American Teach-In
Dr. Donya Frank-Gilchrist presenting at the Great American Teach-In. The Great American Teach-In is held every November to expose students to various career paths. The USGS St. Pete has participated in many Great American Teach-In events throughout the years, and our scientists are always enthusiastic to share their passions for science with aspiring future researchers. Research Physical Scientist Donya Frank-Gilchrist visited several classes at Midtown Academy and Mount Calvary Junior Academy to discuss wave dynamics, extreme storms, and how these processes alter coastal ecosystems. Donya used an erosion simulation model to demonstrate these processes and the role of various coastal protection measures to dissipate