All articles by John Croft – Page 59
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American 757 back at work after anti-skid failure
An American Airlines Boeing 757-200 is back in service after its left main landing gear anti-skid system failed 7 December, locking up both left main gear...
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Nascent executive engines get new lift
Honeywell has just retired its ageing Boeing 720 in favour of a 1980s-vintage 757-225 (above) business aviation Younger executives Engine...
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Cirrus snubs EASA over Vision jet certification user fees
Cirrus Design chief executive Alan Klapmeier says his company will file an application to certificate the Vision...
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NTSB: Dash-8 crew departed despite “creaking and groaning noise”
The crew of a US Airways Express Dash-8 that was forced to land at the Philadelphia International Airport with its nose wheel landing gear retracted on the...
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Pilot injured in American MD-82 laser incident
US authorities are investigating an apparent laser incident on an American Airlines Boeing MD-82 preparing to land in Austin, Texas, Sunday evening.
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Truth or consequences: testing the door on NASA’s new window on the universe
NASA's latest window on the universe is mounted in a Boeing 747SP. If all goes well the $500 million cutout for the infrared telescope will be a silent partner
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Reality check: defence industry dials up simulator fidelity
Ever expanding computer power is being put to good use in the latest generation of battlefield environment simulators that allow air and ground forces to co-operate
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FAA approves next phase of ADS-B ground rollout by ITT
FAA has cleared the way for its automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) network prime contractor, ITT, to roll out the next generation surveillance...
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NewsVideo - ATK test fires Orion launch abort system
Alliant Techsystems reported a successful full-scale test of its Orion crew exploration vehicle launch abort system (LAS) at the company’s Promontory, Utah, test site on 20 November.