All articles by John Croft – Page 31
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NewsSpaceX shoots for Friday morning Falcon 9 launch
Nascent space services company SpaceX will attempt the maiden launch its Falcon 9 two-stage liquid fuelled rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida...
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Tigerfish proposes King Air on floats
Tigerfish Aviation is seeking investors to apply its patented retracting amphibious pontoon technology to the Beechcraft King Air B200, a conversion the...
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Rolls-Royce reports E3E core progress
Rolls-Royce has accumulated more than 40h of test time on a its latest research test core for a new business aviation and regional aircraft engine line....
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NASA seeks to unveil ice crystal danger
Boeing, NASA and a host of international partners are seeking to develop new cockpit instruments to reveal previously hidden dangers that can rob engines...
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NewsTSB: Pilots exceeded A319 fin limit levels after 2008 wake encounter
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has determined that alternating rudder control by the captain of an Air Canada Airbus A319 that encountered...
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NewsPICTURES & ANIMATION: X-51A Waverider reaches Mach 5 in 140s scramjet flight
US Air Force and Boeing researchers on 26 May took...
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NewsSikorsky completes third-phase X2 tests with 181kt flight
Sikorsky has reached 181kt (335km/h) with its X2 technology demonstrator, completing the third of four test phases ...
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NTSB asks for better bird-proofing
Recommendations for new engine certification procedures, emergency checklists, aircraft equipage and pilot training are included in 34 safety recommendations...
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Honeywell readies next Primus Apex software for Pilatus PC-12NG
Honeywell plans to release its next Primus Apex ...
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NTSB asks for better bird-proofing
Recommendations for new engine certification procedures, emergency checklists, aircraft equipage and pilot training are included the 34 safety recommendations...
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NTSB: United 757 pilots doused windshield fire twice
The captain of a United Airlines Boeing 757-200 that was cruising at 36,000ft (10,973m) en route from New York JFK airport to Los Angeles the night of 16...
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NewsSikorsky X2 breaks helicopter speed barrier
Sikorsky reports that its X2 advancing blade concept technology demonstrator has achieved 168kt (311km/h) forward speed, putting the dual counter-rotating...
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Miami flight signals more mechanical issues for Atlas Air
The crew of an Atlas Air Boeing 747 inbound to the Miami International Airport from Brazil on the evening of 17 May reported that a portion of the aircraft's...
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GE TechX engine set to lead new generation of GE turbofans
GE Aviation says the turbofan that will result from its TechX development programme for large-cabin business jets will be among the first of the company's three new next-generation engine types to be certificated.
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Cessna’s blue-sky thinking on aircraft power
Cessna has applied for a US patent for a module that attaches to a turbofan engine to provide electrical power to aircraft systems, eliminating the need...
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Windshield heater triggers United 757 cockpit fire and diversion
A Los Angeles bound Boeing 757 that took off from New York JFK airport diverted to Dulles International airport on the evening of 16 May after experiencing...
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US crash investigators launch for Tripoli
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has sent a team of investigators to help the government of Libya determine what caused an Afriqiyah Airways...
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GE prepares to roll out smart wrench
GE's Quality Technology Centre is preparing to roll out to maintenance shops and manufacturing plants a "smart" torque system that will ensure technicians...
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NASA, EasyJet to study commuting, fatigue
How does fatigue really affect flightcrews? EasyJet staff are to be monitored by NASA in a bid to measure risks
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NewsNTSB: turbine failure led to fatal California helicopter crash
Cracked turbine blades on a Honeywell LTS101-600A turboshaft engine preceded the May 2008 fatal crash of a single-engined Eurocopter AS350 on Santa Catalina...