All articles by John Croft – Page 20
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Hy-V preps for high flight
The University of Virginia (UVA) is planning a 2012 launch of its Hy-V (high five) hypersonic engine demonstrator on a two-stage sounding rocket out of the...
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NTSB asks for larger holes in Cessna tails
Stuck rudders on three different Cessna Citation 560XL business jets in December have prompted action by the US National Transportation Safety Board.
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NewsEngine issues further reduce Eclipse top altitude
A recurring problem with the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-A engines powering the Eclipse 500 very light jet is behind a new mandate that will prevent operators of 259 US-registered twinjets from flying higher than 30,000ft (11,280m) as of 21 March.
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Heli-Expo: AgustaWestland's understated overtures
AgustaWestland may be poised to emerge from the shadow of Eurocopter as the best-known European producer of civil helicopters and technology. The company's...
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Engine Certification: Meet the Flockers
Two years after Flight 1549's Hudson ditch, regulators ponder avian threat and changes to the powerplant certification process
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NewsUS engine makers gear up for 2025 and beyond
US engine-makers are pursuing technology programmes aimed at realising radical efficiency gains in a 2025 timeframe
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Erickson, China mull over restarting S-64 heavylifter production
The venerable S-64 heavylift twin helicopter could get new life under a memorandum of understanding between certificate holder Erickson Air-Crane and several companies in China, including Avicopter.
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AirAsia MPL cadets pass third gate
Twelve AirAsia ab initio cadets taking part in CAE's first multi-crew pilot license class have finished the third of four phases in the 14-month programme.
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#HE11: Honeywell, Rolls-Royce forecasts signal 2012 market recovery
Forecasts by Honeywell and Rolls-Royce both signal a bright outlook for the rotorcraft sector after used aircraft inventories decline this year and companies...
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#HE11: Marenco launches first Swiss-made helicopter
A Swiss engineering firm-cum-aircraft builder has launched a new 2.5kg (5,500lb)-class single engine turbine-powered helicopter hoping to cash in on what...
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Helicopters in 2011: ready for departure
Optimism is permeating the helicopter sector which has faced up to - and tackled - some long-standing problems
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NewsP&W readies for CSeries “third knob” engine testing
Pratt & Whitney at the end of April will mate the first Bombardier CSeries prototype nacelle, built by Goodrich, to its PW1524G engine number two turbofan...
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NewsNegative numbers and positive trends in GAMA 2010 roundup
The number of general aviation aircraft delivered worldwide in 2010 continued its fall, from a record high 4,270 piston, turboprop and turbojet-powered aircraft...
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NewsEarly-build GTF to fly after positive testing
Pratt & Whitney is to send its second test example of the PW1524G geared turbofan to flight testing, rather than the third, such have been the positive results from newly completed ground testing.
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Pratt & Whitney finishes FETT ground tests, juggles schedule
Ground tests of the first PW1524G geared turbofan prototype for the Bombardier CSeries at the company's West Palm Beach facility are complete, and data confirms...
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Broadband nod galvanizes GPS tribe
Representatives of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Defense and US aerospace companies aim to determine the potential threat to...
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Airport grants under the knife in FAA’s proposed budget
Medium and large airports would be given the green light to increase passenger facility charges to account for a proposed $1.1 billion reduction in airport...
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Canada takes FAA to task for rotorcraft “run dry” exemption
Canada transportation safety officials are calling on the US FAA to remove from helicopter certification standards a clause that allows manufacturers to...
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NewsCockpit alarm change to prevent repeat of Helios crash
Operators of older-variant Boeing 737s will be required to fit new cockpit-warning systems within three years, a measure to prevent the recurrence of the Helios Airways pressurisation crash near Athens six years ago.
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Controller error cited in 777, C-17 airprox alert
Investigators are citing operational error by an air traffic controller after an American Airlines Boeing 777-200 converged head-on with a pair of US Air Force Boeing C-17 transports near New York.