All articles by John Croft – Page 13
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NewsFAA mandate requires yearly training for single-pilot jets
Starting 31 October, the US Federal Aviation Administration will require pilots of business jets certified for single-pilot operations to pass yearly proficiency checks.
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NewsPilot error likely in first in-service Skycatcher crash
What appears to be the first in-service crash of a Cessna C162 Skycatcher - the company's new light sport entrant - will likely be ruled as pilot error.
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FAA slams MIT for lithium battery shipping error
An improperly labeled fiberboard box containing 33 lithium battery-powered electronic devices has landed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in hot...
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NewsD-Jet takes to skies as Diamond picks up programme
Diamond Aircraft has resumed flight testing on its single-engine D-Jet programme after a six-month finance-related grounding.
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NTSB: Emirates 777 continued flight after loud bang, messages
The US National Transportation Safety Board revealed in a...
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NTSB investigates repeat RJ near-miss at O'Hare
Two Embraer regional jets under air traffic control guidance came close to colliding at the Chicago O'Hare international airport on 8 August in clear weather,...
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NewsHawker gets FAA nod for revamped Hawker 4000
Hawker Beechcraft has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval for the Load 20 software for the revamped Hawker 4000's Honeywell Primus Epic...
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FAA investigates Southwest close call with fireworks mortar
The US FAA has posted air traffic control audio tapes revealing a near miss...
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LoPresti set to roll out unpressurised tyres
Florida-based LoPresti Aviation Engineering said it is working with Cessna and at least one other business jet airframer to roll out a new line of aircraft-specific banded tyres that do not require any inflation.
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FAA launches Part 23 update
The US Federal Aviation Administration has launched a new aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) that could produce a slate of more pragmatic certification standards for light business jets and general aviation aircraft several years from now, simplifying and streamlining the path to market for new aircraft.
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GE certifies first performance kit for 787
GE Aviation says it has received US FAA certification for its first performance improvement package (PIP) for the GEnx-1B turbofan engine for the Boeing 787.
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TSB: First Air recorders recovered
Canadian investigators say the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the First Air Boeing 737-210C aircraft that crashed at Resolute Bay on...
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NTSB: Disney, Shuttle key factors in Southwest-Cirrus separation incident
Air traffic controllers in Florida considered an unresponsive Cirrus SR22 en route from Mississippi to the Orlando area on 27 March to be a threat to national...
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AUVSI: Northwest: More oomph, less noise
Oregon-based, family-run Northwest UAV Propulsion Systems is developing a suite of technologies to boost the performance and lighten the load for small unmanned...
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AUVSI: Axiom Electronics wants to ax counterfeits
An abundance of scrapped electronics when combined with aircraft OEM parts obsolescence has led to an increase in counterfeit parts on the shelves of brokers.
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NewsAUVSI: Army cautiously advances stateside ground-based see and avoid
The US Army is preparing to use a prototype ground-based sense-and-avoid (GBSAA) system to allow UAS operators to fly vehicles in civilian airspace corridors between military training areas.
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AUVSI: Rockwell Collins takes driver’s seat on Blue Devil
Avionics maker Rockwell Collins reveals that it has won a broad system-level contract on the US Air Force's $86 million Blue Devil Block 2 airship program.
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NewsAUVSI: Lockheed navigates leading edge with mono-wing research
Lockheed Martin's biologically inspired Samarai mono-wing rotorcraft flew publicly for the first time on Tuesday at AUVSI.
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AUVSI: US Marines eyeing Switchblade option
The US Marines are focusing on the AeroVironment Switchblade unmanned air system (UAS) as a potential armed platform for top-down attack capability.
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NTSB asks for longer hoses on cockpit oxygen masks
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has asked the FAA to increase the length of the hoses that connect cockpit oxygen systems to the masks...