All articles by John Croft – Page 41
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NASA to fund Boeing for open rotor noise study
NASA's Langley Research Centre plans to issue a contract to Boeing to perform noise studies of open rotor engine configurations on several types of airframes...
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NewsFAA proposes massive Piper airworthiness directive
The US Federal Aviation Administration is proposing that owners of nearly 42,000 piston-powered Piper-built aircraft have their right and left control columns inspected and possibly repaired due to faulty factory assembly work
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FAA mulls GPS interference detector, corrector
The US FAA is studying the possibility of deploying a nationwide network of GPS interference detectors that would be placed on cellular communications towers...
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FAA: Pilot performance questioned in upset recovery training
A recent study by the US FAA's Office of Aviation...
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Airframers request additional time for CVR, FDR rule
Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier are requesting an exemption from the US FAA for a 7 April 2010 deadline to equip new part 121 aircraft with enhanced flight...
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Competing Cirrus operators rush to fill SATSair void
While questions remain as to whether the shutdown of the US's largest SR22-based air taxi company, SATSair, on 24 October is more than temporary, competing...
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FAA cautions operators on foul weather landings
The US FAA is alerting airlines to retool procedures and training in several areas linked to landings in bad weather. In two safety alerts for operators...
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Eurocopter boosts R&D, slashes costs
Eurocopter has launched a three-pronged Shape programme to cut costs, reduce inventories, redeploy workers and boost technology to maintain competitiveness...
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FAA to mirror EASA S92 emergency directive
The US Federal Aviation Administration plans issue an airworthiness directive calling on Sikorsky S-92 operators to repetitively inspect the helicopter's...
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FAA: special training eliminates MU-2B accident spree
The US Federal Aviation Administration says the reduction of fatal accidents in the three years since a special pilot training mandate for Mitsubishi MU-2B...
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FAA contract to accelerate NextGen data communications
The FAA has signed a $12 million contract with Honeywell and Rockwell Collins to develop prototype avionics hardware and software for air-to-ground digital...
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NTSB: Overfly pilots immersed in scheduling discussion on laptops
US NTSB investigators say the two pilots on a Northwest Airlines A320 (N02374) that was out of radio communications with air traffic controllers for more...
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NewsShuttered SATSair to explain outlook today
Embattled US air taxi operator SATSair will update its pilots and employees today on its decision to temporarily shutdown operations over the weekend, industry sources tell Flight International
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NewsNTSB investigates errant Northwest A320
Officials from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating what happened to a Northwest Airlines A320 (N03274) with 147 passengers...
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NBAA 09: Avionics pierces through the Orlando overcast
Avionics advances were many in an otherwise subdued NBAA show in Orlando last week as the industry prepares for at least one more year of depressed production....
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NBAA 09: PPG readies first shipment of King Air interactive windows
PPG Aerospace (booth 1881) says it will deliver 12 shipsets of 15 windows each for the new King Air 350i before year's end. The electrochromic window shades,...
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NBAA 09: Saab, BAE ready for low-cost HUD customers
Saab Avitronics says it is finished development work of a new low-cost head-up display for fixed- and rotary-wing business aircraft, the first of several...
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NBAA 09: Saab, BAE ready for low-cost HUD customers
Saab Avitronics says it is finished development work of a new low-cost head-up display for fixed- and rotary-wing business aircraft, the first of several...
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NBAA 09: news in brief
ACSS has certificated its Class A TAWS+ terrain awareness warning system for the Hawker 900XP and Hawker 750 business...
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NBAA 09: Nextant begins Pro Line 21 upgrades for Beechjets
Nextant Aerospace has gained Federal Aviation Administration approval for a Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 cockpit upgrade for the Beechjet 400A/XP, the first...