All articles by John Croft – Page 33
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EBACE: Rockwell Collins: hold your head up
Guidance technology has progressed in leaps and bounds since its development in the 1970s, with the latest products enhanced with synthetic vision
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CUTAWAY: P-8A Poseidon - A Boeing with boost of bravado
The US Navy's P-3C replacement will transform anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions
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NTSB investigates close-call at Burbank
The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the near-miss of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 and a single-engine Cessna 172 at the Burbank...
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NewsAir force launches US military's first spaceplane
The successful launch to orbit from Cape Canaveral on 22 April of the US Air Force's X-37B marked the flight debut of the US military's first-ever spaceplane...
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NewsNavy Green Hornet goes supersonic with biofuel
The US Navy marked "Earth Day" today with a M1.2 supersonic demonstration of a "Green" F/A-18 Super Hornet using a 50/50 mixture of JP-8 jet fuel and biofuel...
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Southwest to inspect tugs for safety switch fault
Southwest Airlines is performing a fleet-wide check of its baggage tugs after a runaway vehicle damaged the engines and fuselage of an aircraft leaving the...
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Embraer rethinks Phenom 100 brake-by-wire system, training
A series of runway overruns, blown tyres or failure indications on landing have prompted Embraer to review the flight training regime and design of the brake-by-wire system for its Phenom 100 six-seat twinjet.
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MRO USA: Engine diagnostics: GE opens the envelope
GE Aviation's prognostics health management tools are improving safety as well as cutting costs, shop visit time and disruptions
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NewsNTSB documents: Multiple crew errors in Charleston CRJ200 overrun
Interviews, cockpit voice recorder transcripts and flight recorder data released by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today reveal numerous...
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NewsFAA to propose Citation X elevator change-out
Cessna could pay as much as $4.3 million to replace the elevator controls on as many as 253 US-registered Citation X business jets under a new US Federal...
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FAA broadens NextGen systems engineering base
The US FAA has issued a $280 million systems engineering contract to CSSI, the first in a series of up to six contracts the agency plans to award this spring...
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FAA details impact of tarmac rule on controllers
The US FAA has issued guidance for air traffic controllers to manage requests...
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NTSB: industry unaware of tyre pressure dangers
A seemingly minor uncompleted maintenance task spawned a "perfect storm" accident chain that led to disastrous consequences for a Bombardier Learjet 60 crew and passengers during a late night departure from Columbia, South Carolina in September 2008.
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FAA targets 2015 for unleaded GA fuel
The US Federal Aviation Administration is planning to spend $10 million over the next five years to develop an unleaded aviation gasoline to replace the...
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NewsNASA, Boeing complete X-48B flight test campaign
NASA and Boeing have completed the first phase of flight testing on the agency's X-48B blended wing body aircraft concept, accumulating 80 test flights on...
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Spanair crash prompts FAA best practices list
The US Federal Aviation Administration has created a website to help carriers improve safety
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FAA investigates JetBlue JFK tailstrike
The US FAA is downloading the digital flight data recorder of a JetBlue Airbus A320 that experienced a tailstrike on departure from New York's JFK airport...
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NTSB investigates Phoenix near-miss
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating a serious runway incursion between a Southwest Boeing 737-700 and an Empire Airways Cessna...
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Cirrus, L-3 in legal tussle over rumours, $20 million tab
Cirrus Design and avionics maker L-3 are locked in multiple legal battles over alleged bankruptcy rumours by one and claims of more than $20 million in unpaid...