All articles by John Croft – Page 55
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GAMA braces itself for bad year despite increase in billings
Despite recording its fourth straight year of increasing industry billings, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association ...
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NewsEclipse furloughs workforce
Eclipse has furloughed most of its remaining 800 employees as court proceedings to sell the bankrupt company’s assets have dragged on longer than anticipated
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FAA mandates third A330, A340 inertial navigation fault fix
The US FAA today issued a final airworthiness directive instructing operators of most Airbus A330 and A340 models to power down suspect air data inertial...
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NewsIce only one factor in flight 3407 forensics
While icing was initially high on the list of potential causes of the loss of control of a Bombardier Q400 on approach to Buffalo Niagara International airport...
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FAA to airline pilots: Turn cell phones off
The US FAA has issued an alert to airlines following an inspector's report that a first officer's cell phone began ringing at a critical phase of a takeoff...
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Sikorksy to test active vibration control for S-92 rotor hub
Picking up vibrations The same technology that vibrates cell phones and is used to counter vibrations locally in helicopter cabins could soon be used...
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Technology preventatives for EMS preservation
Safety technologies are likely to play a key role in combating what US National Transportation Safety Board officials say...
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Still buoyant commercial helicopter industry waits to exhale
The rotorcraft industry gathers for next week's Heli-Expo in Anaheim on an even keel as it manages to hold off the worst of the downturn
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NTSB: Colgan 3407 pitched up despite anti-stall push
Flight data recorder information shows the Colgan Air Q400 that crashed in Buffalo Thursday night pitched 31 degrees nose-up after stick shaker and stick pusher systems activated
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NewsColgan 3407 update: Aircraft appears to have landed in flat attitude
Investigators say the Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 that crashed Thursday night landed in a relatively flat attitude with the stick shaker and stick pusher activated
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NewsNTSB: Severe pitch and roll excursions just before Colgan crash
NTSB says twin turboprop experienced “severe” pitch and roll excursions after the crew selected 15 degrees of flaps in preparation for landing
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NTSB: Hudson A320 struck Canada Geese
The US NTSB has positively identified the biological remains found in both CFM56-5B/P engines on the US Airways A320 that ditched in the Hudson River on...
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NewsFAA to gather supersonic flock March 1
US Federal Aviation Administration will bring supersonics to the foreground at a 1 March meeting to discuss boom mitigation technologies
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US, Russian satellites collide
NASA has revealed that an Iridium communications satellite collided with a Russian Cosmos 2251 communications satellite over the South Pole at 1155h Washington DC time on Tuesday
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A win for Wichita: Bombardier selects National Institute for Aviation Research
Wichita's National Institute for Aviation Research has secured a $10-$20 million long-term contract with Bombardier ...
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NewsSikorsky flies S-76D
Sikorsky completed first flight of its S-76D medium twin helicopter from the company’s West Palm Beach facility on 7 February.
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Schuster: Hawker Beechcraft to cut 2,300 more employees
Hawker Beechcraft chief executive Jim Schuster in a 3 February letter to employees says the company must...