FAA LAUNCHES FREE-FLIGHT INITIATIVE

Rapidly expanding demand on ATC and emergence of new technologies like GPS and digital datalink are driving free-flight implementation, FAA Administrator David Hinson said at a free-flight kickoff on March 15. The concept allows pilot-selected routings, altitudes and speeds; and it will be safer...

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