All articles by John Croft – Page 61
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FAA to invert NextGen marketing for industry buy-in
Plans are under way by the US Federal Aviation Administration to "invert" its method of marketing the next generation air transport project NextGen to industry,...
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FAA to invert NextGen marketing for industry buy-in
Plans are underway by FAA to "invert" its method of marketing the next generation air transportation (NextGen) to industry, moving to a palette of "capabilities"...
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Alaska, JetBlue and US Airways to lead ADS-B trials
Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Airways will team with Honeywell while US Airways plans to partner with ACSS to gain early operational knowledge of automatic...
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FAA issues final rule to increase airliner explosives survivability
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a final rule that will require manufacturers of newly certificated commercial aircraft after 28 November...
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Gulfstream fly-by-wireless trials to continue
Gulfstream says it will continue testing a fly-by-wireless system on its G550 advanced flight controls aircraft until...
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Embraer opens third company-owned service centre in USA
Embraer has opened the last of its three planned company-owned service centres in advance of first deliveries of its...
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FAA calls for check of factory installed 737NG engines
The US FAA is proposing that operators of nearly 500 US-registered Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) aircraft inspect the twin-jet's aft engine mounts to determine...
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Bell lays off 500 in wake of ARH cancellation
Bell Helicopter today laid off around 500 employees, 4% of its total workforce and 20% of its management level...
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NTSB puts focus on emergency medical services safety
The US National Transportation Safety Board has elevated the issue of emergency medical services helicopter safety, adding...
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Cirrus tailors production to suit slowing demand
Cirrus Design has decided to reduce production from four days a week to as few as three during some weeks until the end of the year to account for weaker...
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FAA issues final rule to increase airliner explosives survivability
US FAA today issued a final rule that will require manufacturers of newly certified commercial aircraft after 28 November to protect passengers and cockpit...
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NewsPictures: NASA reveals external vision project details with Gulfstream
NASA’s Dryden Research Centre has revealed pictures of the hardware setup installed in its F-18B to test artificial means of forward vision for supersonic business jets with limited forward vision.
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NTSB finds high power, stowed thrust reverser in fatal Learjet 60 overrun
Preliminary analysis of the right Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305A engine on a Bombardier Learjet 60 that overran the runway at Columbia Metropolitan airport...
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NewsAll survive hair-raising Colorado GA mid-air
Two single-engine Cessnas collided in a mountain pass 14mi southeast of Grand Junction, Colorado in clear weather the morning of 22 October, leaving two badly damage high-wing aircraft but no physical injuries to the six occupants involved.
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Eclipse reclaims lead in DayJet fleet sale
Eclipse Aviation has established itself as the exclusive sales agent for the 28 Eclipse 500 very light jets...
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Piper ponders back-to-the-future thrust augmentation for PiperJet
Piper Aircraft is working with jet engine manufacturer Williams International ...
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UAS committee targets 2013 for sense and avoid specifications
RTCA 203, the US government and industry consensus group crafting performance guidelines that could allow unmanned air vehicles to fly in civil airspace,...
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NewsNTSB finds high power, stowed thrust reverser in fatal Learjet 60 overrun
Preliminary analysis of the right Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305A engine on a Learjet 60 that overran the runway at the Columbia Metropolitan airport in South Carolina the night of 19 September after attempting to abort its takeoff run indicates the engine was likely running at high power with thrust ...
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Cirrus raises situational awareness bar with Perspective
Cirrus has raised situation awareness for general aviation pilots to a new level with an optional advanced cockpit fitted to its SR22-G3 light aircraft