FAAST Blast — Week of May 03 – May 09, 2021
Biweekly FAA Safety Briefing News Update
FAA Safety Briefing Live — May 13
The next FAA Safety Briefing Live is coming your way starting at 1900 CT on Thursday, May 13, 2021. The live-streaming broadcast will introduce the May/June 2021 issue, which focuses on the FAA’s integration strategies for new entrants and emerging aviation technologies in the National Airspace System (NAS). The issue also looks at how the FAA is helping to inform, educate, and inspire the next generation of NAS users.
To access this presentation, go to www.faasafetybriefing.com/May-June2021.html. Registration is not required. To earn WINGS credit for viewing the presentation, please click the “Earn WINGS Credit” button from within the presentation window. You can also view and earn WINGS credit on archived broadcasts of FAA Safety Briefing Live. Follow the link on the lower right corner of the page, or go to www.faasafetybriefing.com.
More Space Launch Activity Areas Added to Navigation Charts
The FAA is increasing pilot safety and airspace awareness by marking more space launch activity areas on navigation charts (https://bit.ly/3etdaDn). Adding space launch activity areas to the navigation charts used by pilots who fly visually responds to the recent and expected continued growth of commercial space operations. All 12 FAA-licensed spaceports (www.faa.gov/space/spaceports_by_state), and other federal and private launch and reentry sites, are represented on the charts by a rocket symbol. These areas are in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia.
Pilots can download the free charts and reference the FAA Aeronautical Chart User’s Guide at https://bit.ly/32fJBPq for more information. The FAA also encourages pilots to check NOTAMs (https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch) for any TFRs issued to divert air traffic from where space operations are scheduled.
Sharing the Skies Safely
Technology and innovation are enabling ways of envisioning and leveraging the National Airspace System (NAS) like we’ve never seen before. Whether it’s facilitating infrastructure changes required for this type of sea change, or helping develop the technological and design solutions that will enable these systems to operate safely and harmoniously, the FAA is uniquely poised to provide the strategic direction that will propel these innovations forward. For an overview of the FAA’s strategy on integrating new NAS entrants, check out the article “Who’s New in the Neighborhood?” here: https://medium.com/faa/whos-new-in-the-neighborhood-65139f22e708. You can read the entire new issue at www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing.
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