All articles by John Croft – Page 16
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NewsChoreographing the symphony of fire destruction: Conair
Aviation plays a worldwide role in fire control. We called on Canadian contractor Conair to observe spring training
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NewsGarmin alerts operators to years-old avionics threat
Garmin is warning operators that a wide range of its integrated flightdeck products could experience "momentary interruptions" of attitude and heading information for as long as 45s, a condition the company says has existed since 2004.
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Hawker 200 test campaign in full swing
Hawker Beechcraft's fourth and final Hawker 200 twinjet certification aircraft completed its first flight on 31 May in Wichita.
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NewsHampson scores more HondaJet work
Hampson Aerospace has increased its workshare on the HondaJet programme with a new contract to supply ailerons on the business jet, which is set for certification in the second half of 2012.
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FAA sets bar for head-up synthetic vision system
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a series of special conditions that Bombardier and avionics provider Rockwell Collins must meet to certificate...
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FAA guts block aircraft registration programme
The Federal Aviation Administration has made final its decision to remove a tail number tracking exemption now available to certain aircraft. The block aircraft...
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Electronic stability protection helps make Cirrus immune to loss of control
Pilots of Cirrus aircraft equipped with Garmin's electronic stability and protection (ESP) system and other new speed-related safety aids should be virtually immune to a variety of loss-of-control accidents with the software protections.
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Experts: GPS at risk with LightSquared 4G
A government/industry panel will warn the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a 3 June report that the expected interference from a new 4G ancillary...
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PICTURES: JetSuite Phenom 100 runway prang in Sedona
The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a JetSuite Phenom 100 runway overrun at the Sedona airport in Arizona. According to initial...
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NewsStevens Crash: NTSB faults FAA medical, equipage rules
The US National Transportation Safety Board wants safety regulators to revise medical guidance for certifying pilots after a stroke, and to issue new rules...
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Lawyer: Judge issues “stinging indictment” of Brazilian ATC
A Brazilian judge on 19 May called for a criminal investigation into how Brazil's military-based air navigation service provider runs that country's air...
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FAA proposes Boeing 757 roll fix
The US FAA is proposing that operators of 686 US-registered Boeing 757 perform corrective actions on the twin-jets within five years to prevent possible...
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US pilots to appeal Brazilian sentence in Gol crash
Lawyers for two American pilots who were flying a US-bound Embraer Legacy 600 involved in a mid-air collision with a Gol Boeing 737-800 in 2006 over the...
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EBACE: Dassault's EASy II on course for June certification
Dassault is expecting June European and US certification for its second-generation EASy avionics suite EASy II in the Falcon 900LX, to be followed one year later by approval in the Falcon 2000LX and Falcon 7X.
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EBACE: CAE to double global footprint for business aviation
Montreal-based simulation and training company CAE will double its global footprint for business aviation pilot and maintenance training over the next 12-24 months, bringing training closer to customers in emerging markets in Mexico, Brazil, Europe and Asia.
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EBACE: Aerion seeks fresh revenue stream
Nascent supersonic business jet maker Aerion has not given up its effort to find an airframer to build its eight- to 12-seat Mach 1.6 twinjet, but meanwhile the Reno-based company plans to earn revenue while at the same time helping the subsonic sector to fly more efficiently.
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EBACE: More digital-do in the cabin for Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins is bolstering its high-definition digital cabin management system (CMS) prowess with the expansion of the Venue line and its interfaces as well as the introduction of a new high-definition "overlay" for a lower-cost update to legacy cabin systems.
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PWC: Roomier fuselage key for next generation turboprop
Pratt & Whitney Canada this summer will begin assembling portions of its next-generation turboprop engine in anticipation of a launch platform for a clean...
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NewsVIDEO: Maryland nears human-powered award
Engineering students and faculty at the University of Maryland in College Park are close to hovering a 31m (103ft)-wide ultra-light human-powered helicopter in preparation for record attempts and the $250,000 Sikorsky prize for human-powered helicopter flight.
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Rockwell Collins quantifies head-up benefit
Rockwell Collins says recent flight tests with the Pro Line Fusion avionics on a Bombardier Global 5000 reveal that a combination of synthetic vision on a head-up display increased instrument landing system tracking accuracy by 70% laterally and 25% vertically compared with guidance from traditional head-down gauges.