All articles by John Croft – Page 17
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EBACE: Superman vision in sight for future cockpits
Innovations in cockpit technology could bring an era of 'superman vision'
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GE: Deadhorse RNP goes live
GE Aviation has deployed two new required navigation performance instrument approaches for the Deadhorse airport in Alaska, giving the company the distinction...
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Tribunal: Hawker Beechcraft to pay Airbus
Hawker Beechcraft has reported that a tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce has ruled that the airframer owes Airbus $14.2 million to settle a complaint between the two.
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NewsGulfstream holds to 12 green G650s this year
General Dynamics chief executive Jay Johnson says the company's Gulfstream Aerospace unit is moving forward with all "non-flying" aspects of G650 certification while an US National Transportation Safety Board continues its investigation of the 2 April fatal crash of a flight test aircraft, one of five in the nascent fleet.
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Props prop Hawker deliveries
Hawker Beechcraft during its first quarter 2011 earnings call reported a 32% increase in deliveries year-over-year, highlighted by 24 King Air turboprop family deliveries and 10 piston-powered Beechcraft family deliveries, each up more than 50% from first quarter 2010 results.
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Poor airspeed in FedEx ATR 42 crash in Lubbock
Poor airspeed control led to an aerodynamic stall that caused an Empire Airlines ATR 42 to crash while landing at Lubbock, Texas, two years ago.
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NTSB: Pilot error in FedEx ATR 42 crash in Lubbock
The US NTSB says poor airspeed control led to an aerodynamic stall that caused the 27 January 2009 crash of an Empire Airlines ATR 42 landing at Lubbock,...
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Duo of Gulfstream G100s now supporting siblings
Gulfstream has added a second G100 business jet, three pilots and two technicians to its airborne product support...
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Wind a likely factor in Global prang at Teterboro
A Bombardier Global Express XRS was substantially damaged on 21 April at Teterboro...
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Losses will lead Cessna to squeeze CJ4 suppliers: Textron
Textron chairman Scott Donnelly says Cessna will bring down production costs for its new CJ4 light...
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How far can RNP extend its reach?
Their efficacy has been demonstrated repeatedly at exotic locations worldwide - but how far can required navigation performance procedures extend their reach?
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Dissecting NextGen: a look inside the FAA’s NIEC
A Federal Aviation Administration laboratory in Atlantic City is taking risk out of its NextGen air transport system planning
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NTSB pursues multiple pilot, controller error incidents
The US NTSB is investigating two separate incidents in which errors or poor judgement on the part of pilots and controllers may have led to inadequate airborne...
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NewsFAA requires new procedures for ATC around presidential transport
The US FAA has issued new procedures for air traffic controllers handling presidential, vice presidential and flights carrying the First Lady. The...
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NewsNTSB factual: TAWS may have been turned off in Ted Stevens crash
A required terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) on a de Havilland DHC-3T Otter that crashed on August 2010 in Alaska, killing former Sen Ted Stevens...
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WATS 2011: Cathay floats cruise co-pilot MPL
Cathy Pacific Airlines is trying to build support for a "cruise copilot" multi-crew pilot license (MPL) under ICAO rules as another solution to meeting pilot...
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WATS 2011: Piper offers buyer PPL package
Piper Aircraft as part of its "Ready, Set, Fly" programme is now offering a three-week "highly concentrated" private pilot license (PPL) course at its Vero...
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WATS 2011: CAE, airlines extend ab initio training pacts
CAE Global Academy, under extended pilot provisioning contracts announced this month, will qualify 150 pilots to take a seat in the cockpits of several Asian...
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WATS 2011: Delta ponders pilot sources
Delta Air Lines is considering a "blue sky" theory for how to meet future pilot demands. Called "CAPT," for Civil Airline Pilot Training programme, the carrier...
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WATS 2011: Australia's Rex cuts GA pilot pipeline
Australia's Regional Express Airlines no longer expects to obtain pilots from the general aviation community, a pipeline that as of two years ago had supplied...