Dunlop Aviation Ice Protection & Structures has been selected by Rinaldo Piaggio to provide anti-icing heater mats for the fore-planes of the Italian manufacturer's P180 Avanti turboprop-powered business aircraft. The mats are bonded to the leading edges of the fore-planes, and can be retrofitted to existing aircraft, says Coventry, UK-based Dunlop.
Source: Flight International
UK investigators have disclosed that a vintage glider was damaged in collision with a small drone being flown by a young operator. The Slingsby T21B – built in 1947 – has a high-wing configuration and an open cockpit, with two seats arranged side-by-side. It had been carrying a pilot and ...
US firm Sierra Nevada (SNC) has been awarded a $170 million contract to deliver two Rapcon-X surveillance aircraft to the Finnish Border Guard.
Norwegian investigators believe aviation regulators and the government should assess whether sufficient consideration is given to flight safety when granting aerodrome licences, following a series of flight-school incidents at Gullknapp Arendal airport.
