All articles by John Croft – Page 19
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NewsP&W on A320neo: More pressure, less cooling
Pratt & Whitney plans to boost the overall pressure ratio of its PW1100G geared turbofan engine for the A320neo to approximately 50:1, up 11% from the 45:1...
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NTSB: No signs of smoke in United A320 emergency
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have found not found "any signs of burning" or "indications of smoke or other anomalous system...
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Advanced technologies gets boost from NASA funding
NASA has awarded $16.5 million in additional funding to three companies and one university who had been developing "N+3" technologies for 2030-timeframe...
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Airframers say China fears overblown
Top executives at Piper, Cessna and Cirrus are not worried by the increasing number of attempts by China's AVIC and its many subsidiaries to purchase general aviation companies based on US soil.
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NewsCirrus contemplates new trainer under CAIGA
Cirrus Aircraft chairman Dale Klapmeier says a trainer aircraft is key to the long-term strategy of proposed purchaser China Aviation Industry General Aircraft.
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Epic: there is life after China
Epic Aircraft delivered its first two experimental category Epic LT turboprops in late March, one year after winning a court battle that put the company...
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NTSB to FAA: decouple controller duty
US air traffic controllers should be prohibited from providing supervisory oversight while performing operational air traffic duties, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending.
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PICTURE: Corvalis to become first all-glass Cessna piston single
Cessna on 29 March at the Sun n' Fun exhibition in Lakeland, Florida, unveiled the newest member of its single-engine piston line, the all-glass Corvalis TTX.
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DOD, DOT slam FCC over GPS interference concerns
The US Department of Transportation and Defense Department on 25 March issued a strongly worded letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing...
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NTSB to FAA: Decouple controller duty
The US National Transportation Safety Board has issued a recommendation to the FAA to prohibit air traffic controllers from providing supervisory oversight...
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Air Force launches mission, opts not to drop X-51A
The US Air Force says it "elected not to launch" the second prototype Boeing-built X-51A hypersonic vehicle from the B-52H mothership the morning of 24 March. According...
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NTSB: DCA controller admits to sleeping on job
A 20-year FAA air traffic control supervisor working in the tower at Washington National airport told the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)...
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NATCA: Front-line controller needed in DCA tower
The air traffic controllers union says it supports the US Transportation Department's move to a "front-line controller" for the midnight shift at Washington...
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Pilots given option to land at “uncontrolled” airport
Pilots of at least two airline flights arriving at Reagan National airport just after midnight on 22 March were given the option of landing at the airport...
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FAA extends 737 hypoxia protection to next generation aircraft
Mirroring a February rule for early generation Boeing 737s, the FAA on 24 March will propose new rules to prevent pilots of next generation 737 models from...
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NBAA says most aircraft don't qualify for tail blanking
A survey prepared by the National Business Aviation Association reveals that most members would no longer qualify to have their tail numbers blocked from the Federal Aviation Administration tracking databases.
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NewsGA is focus of FAA safety blitz
A persistently high fatal accident rate for general aviation has spurred the US Federal Aviation Administration to take outreach action on certain segments...
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NewsFAA calls for Boeing 737 thrust reverser inspections
The US FAA wants operators of more than 1,000 next generation Boeing 737s to begin periodic inspections of the twinjet's thrust reverser assemblies.
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Watchdog to review FAA’s wildlife controls
US DOT auditors on 21 March will begin reviewing the FAA's wildlife hazard mitigation programmes at airports due in large part to concerns about an increasing...
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P&W readies modified scramjet for second X-51A hypersonic flight
The second Boeing X-51A Waverider, set for a 22 March launch attempt, includes modifications designed to eliminate the problems that prevented the first prototype from achieving its goal of 300s of powered flight at Mach 6 last May.