All articles by John Croft – Page 54
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NewsSearchers find Cougar S-92A fuselage, bodies in 120m water
Search teams have located the fuselage and detached tail boom of the Cougar Helicopters S-92A that crashed en route to oil fields off the coast of Newfoundland Thursday morning
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Ares I-X booster segments take the rails to launch site
Alliant Techsystems has shipped four solid rocket motor segments to KSC, the last remaining major hardware elements needed to build up the first suborbital test vehicle for NASA’s next generation Ares I booster system.
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NewsOne confirmed dead in Cougar Helicopters Sikorsky S-92 downing
Newfoundland-based Cougar Helicopters has confirmed that one of 18 passengers on a company S-92 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean enroute to oil platforms this morning is dead.
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NewsCox to offer simple fix for persistent CRJ flap failures
(corrects testing time period) New York City-based Cox and Company plans this spring to begin flight testing a CRJ100/200 flap actuator...
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FAA issues directive to prevent Boeing 737 pilot-induced oscillations
A material defect in one batch of wire that Boeing purchased to make springs is at the root of a proposed airworthiness directive for...
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FAA issues directive to prevent Boeing 737 pilot-induced oscillations
Material defects in one batch of wire that Boeing purchased to make springs is at the root of a proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for dozens...
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Investigation shows errors rampant in FAA airport runway safety database
A new audit by the US Transportation Department's inspector general (IG) faults the FAA's airports organization for poor bookkeeping in its effort...
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Crash prompts Sikorsky to issue S-76 caution
New, higher impact standards may have averted apparent...
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Chromalloy: PMA prospers under egregious economy
PMA can deliver savings as airlines search for ways to cut maintenance costs without jeopardising quality
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NewsAgustaWestland Da Vinci for Rega Code Red
AgustaWestland has unveiled a purpose-built version of its Grand light twin called the Da Vinci for the Swiss Rega air rescue operator.
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Marines: Host of errors in fatal F/A-18 crash
US Marine Corps officials dismissed four squadron officers and reprimanded eight others in the aftermath of the 8 December 2008 crash of a Boeing F/A-18...
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NTSB blames controllers for three near-misses
The US National Transportation Safety Board has found that errors by air traffic controllers were the probable causes of three recent near-misses, according...
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Mach without metal: Bombardier’s Learjet 85 takes shape
Bombardier's eight-seater to be first all-composite business jet approved under Federal Aviation Administration Part 25 rules
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NTSB blames controllers for three near-misses
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that errors by air traffic controllers were the probable causes of three recent near-misses,...
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HELI-EXPO 2009: backlog boosts spirits amid dearth of new orders
Missing from this year's Heli-Expo show in Anaheim, California were the jumbo orders for new helicopters so prevalent in the boom years just past. Gloom...
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Slips and skids prompt FAA runway safety reminder
Concerned by a spate of incidents in which commercial or corporate aircraft have "departed" airport paved surfaces during taxi, take off or landing, the...