Adrian is Auckland bureau chief for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Adrian was previously based in Aviation Week’s Washington office for nine years, writing for a range of the group’s publications and covering many aspects of the commercial aviation industry. He has won Australasian and international awards for his aviation writing.
Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2002, Adrian covered aviation industry and policy issues for two other publishing companies in Washington. He has also worked for newspapers in Texas and New Zealand, covering a wide range of topics. Adrian graduated from Auckland University with a degree in history and English in 1992.
The prestigious Collier Trophy will this year be awarded to the industry and government teams responsible for developing the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast program (ADS-B), the National Aeronautic Association says. FAA and UPS experts who were instrumental in the ADS-B program were also named as Aviation Week Laureates last week.
The Fiscal Year 2009 budget resolution passed by the House Budget Committee supports full-funding for FAA’s Airport Improvement Program. House Transportation & Infrastructure Chair James Oberstar (D-Minn.) says the budget rejects the $765 million cut to AIP proposed by the Administration, and provides $3.9 billion for AIP in FY2009, increasing to $4.1 billion in 2011.
Defective fan blades on General Electric CF34-3B1 engines should be taken out of service before another in-flight fire or engine failure occurs, according to the NTSB. In its recommendation, the safety board cites two previous fan blade failures, both involving Bombardier CRJ-200s. One was on an Air Nostrum flight in 2006, the other on an Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight in 2007.
