All articles by John Croft – Page 38
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NASA: all is well on Boeing 747SP open-door front
NASA reports positive results from initial open-door testing of its Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia), a research platform that includes...
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Airbus submits patent for airspeed error monitoring
Airbus has submitted a US patent application for an independent means of monitoring an aircraft's pressure-based airspeed measurement for errors.
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Eclipse works on US, European avionics, icing upgrades
Ninety days into its revival of the Eclipse 500 very light jet, Eclipse Aerospace reports that the most recent...
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NTSB: multiple data sources lost in Northwest A320 overflight
New information released by the US National Transportation Safety Board about the Northwest...
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China Eastern, Naverus improve Lhasa access for 737
China Eastern Airlines has completed a performance-based navigation validation flight at Lhasa Gonggar airport in a Boeing 737, the first demonstrated required-navigation...
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Sacramento reports four birdstrikes during a 14h time period
Bird strikes damaged four aircraft on final approach to the Sacramento International airport at various times over a 14-hour period this past weekend.
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FAA stops Cirrus SR22 from flight into known icing
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an immediate airworthiness directive that barred Cirrus SR22s from flight into known icing from 19 December,...
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NewsCFM studies Airbus-specific variant of CFM56 engine
CFM continues to study a more efficient variant of its Airbus A320 family turbofan engine, the CFM56-5B. The advances will be based in part on progress...
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FAA had concerns with Phenom 300 ice protection
Engine temperature constraints are behind a series of special conditions that the US Federal Aviation Administration levied on Embraer before issuing US...
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NewsFAA had concerns with Phenom 300 ice protection
Engine temperature constraints are behind a series of special conditions that the US FAA has levied on Embraer as a condition for receiving certification in the US for the Phenom 300 light business jet.
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NetJets loss guts Hawker Beechcraft backlog
Hawker Beechcraft has lost nearly half of its $6 billion backlog for aircraft orders on the cancellation of post-2010 orders by fractional provider NetJets....
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NTSB investigates American Airlines wing scrape at Charlotte
American Airlines has confirmed that it is working with the FAA and US National Transportation Safety Board to analyze an MD-82 landing...
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Glitter leads to grindstone
Hard work of testing follows celebrity launch for Virgin Galactic's suborbital ambitions
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NewsGuardian leads Predator B modernisation push
New and upcoming technology injections for the US government's Predator B family of unmanned aircraft systems will see first operations on a prototype maritime...
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Virgin Galactic reveals VSS Enterprise
Nascent suborbital space ride company Virgin Galactic unveiled its six-passenger prototype, the VSS Enterprise, at a star-studded roll-out ceremony at the...
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EASA orders check of Airbus ram air turbines
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has mandated that operators of a large variety of Airbus aircraft fitted with Hamilton Sundstrand ram air turbines...
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IAE overhauls top slot
International Aero Engines (IAE) has appointed an executive from within its ranks, Ian Aitken, to take the president and CEO position now held by Jon Beatty....
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Cross-cutting Honeywell flight management system takes flight with Gulfstream G650
Honeywell is getting in-flight experience with the new wave in flight management system technology on board the Gulfstream G650, which has the company's...
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FAA highlights snow, slush and ice problems for CRJ700s and CRJ900s
The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised an airworthiness directive that requires Bombardier CRJ700/900 operators to update aircraft flight manuals...