All articles by David Learmount – Page 21
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NewsBoeing prepares for pilot training surge as 787 nears service
The industry will have to train 466,650 new pilots and nearly 600,000 new technicians between now and 2029 according to the latest update of Boeing's industry training needs forecast.
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Eurocontrol extends Free Route Airspace Maastricht programme
Eurocontrol is extending its Free Route Airspace Maastricht (FRAM) service further into peak traffic periods each day, and eventually into the weekends....
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Norway to monitor offshore oil traffic by ADS-B
Norway's air navigation service provider Avinor is to employ automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast to monitor helicopter traffic serving the Ekofisk, Sleipner and Heimdal North Sea oil fields. The system should be fully operational by 2013.
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NewsAirbus offers runway overrun protection system to competitors
Airbus has decided not to keep its patented runway overrun prevention system (ROPS) as a "product differentiator", but will release it to competing aircraft builders.
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NewsDassault still working on 7X trim fault
Following the emergency grounding of the Dassault Falcon 7X fleet on 26 May, the European Aviation Safety Agency on 30 May issued a flight condition approval...
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NewsDassault begins probe into Falcon 7X fault as fleet grounding continues
Dassault has begun a probe into the cause of a pitch trim failure on one of its Falcon 7X business jets that has led to the grounding of the 112-strong 7X...
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European proceedures cope with new ash cloud
When news emerged that the Grimsvötn volcano in Iceland had begun erupting at 19:00 GMT on 21 May, the aviation industry could have been forgiven for fearing...
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NewsASH CLOUD: UK Met Office defends lack of ash test flights
The UK Met Office, which operates the London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre, stands by the quality of its atmospheric ash tracking systems despite the absence of the only test aircraft normally available to it.
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EBACE: Jet bargains are running out
Opportunities to buy business jets at bargain prices are drying up as the market recovers, according to major US-based aircraft broker Jetcraft.
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EBACE: Britain's bureaucrats make a fortune out of the ETS
The UK tops the European league for taxes and proposed taxes on business aviation, and for bureaucratic charges associated with the emissions trading scheme.
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EBACE: Rockwell Collins likely first with HUD to liberate business aviation
Rockwell Collins (stand 7036) is about a year away from the head-up display that will liberate business aviation by allowing approaches into local aerodromes...
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EBACE: Power line warning system ready for Enstrom 480B helicopter
Improved safety in low-level flight or for approach and departure is now available to Enstrom 480B helicopter owners, through fitting Safe Flight Instrument's power-line detection system, which has just been certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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EBACE: Altenrhein expands Gulfstream MRO support to Kiev
Northeastern Switzerland-based fixed base operator Altenrhein Aviation is expanding its Gulfstream aircraft MRO support by establishing a line maintenance station in Kiev, Ukraine and by preparing support for the all-new G250
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EBACE: Caravans to Italy
Cessna says it is to deliver three 208B Grand Caravans to an unnamed Vicenza, Italy-based commercial aircraft operator and 10 Skyhawk 172s to the Turkish Aeronautical Association. All the aircraft to be delivered this year.
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EBACE: Seminar hears how latest avionic suites will cut fatal accidents
The European Business Aviation Safety Workshop at EBACE yesterday examined whether better flightdeck design can help eliminate the accident categories that result in the highest number of fatalities
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UK cabin fume study finds no danger to crew or passengers
Fume events in aircraft cabins cause no danger to crew or passengers, the UK's Cranfield University has concluded, after it carried out a study involving 100 flights.
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EBACE: Corporate aviation safety management systems - a case study
SCE&G, a US-based energy utility company with a fairly new corporate flight department operating corporate services under Part 91, recently presented its own experience of setting up and operating a safety management system and operating according to industry best practice.
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EBACE: Safety management and other safety regulation in business aviation
The Flight Safety Foundation has assessed global corporate aviation safety in 2010 as fairly good based on accident figures, but similar numbers have often been achieved in the past decade, so no serious claims for improvement can be made.
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Indonesia moves to address airline crash problem
Indonesia, which has consistently had one of the world's worst airline accident records, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Netherlands-based European Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) to set up a major training centre to produce aviation safety management skills for its own needs and those of ...
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US pilot training industry gets serious about reform
Ab initio pilot training in the USA is still based on Second World War methodology and concepts, a major symposium in Atlanta has heard.