All articles by John Croft – Page 64
-
News
First production CJ4 takes flight
Cessna says the first production version of its CJ4 light jet completed its first flight on 19 August, slightly more...
-
NewsUS Congress, FAA to review Eclipse 500 certification
Separate reviews of the Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ) certification processes are underway by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the US Congress.
-
News
TSA inspector delays 40 American Eagle flights
A US Transportation Security Administration inspector testing security protocols at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport caused 15- to-45-minute delays...
-
NewsGoodrich landing gear for Cessna Columbus a first
Cessna has contracted North Carolina-based Goodrich to build the landing-gear system...
-
News
Boeing delivers first BBJ3 for auxiliary fuel tank installation
Boeing has delivered its first BBJ3...
-
News
Alliant Techsystems gets NASA green light to launch
NASA has set 21 August as the first opportunity for Alliant Techsystems (ATK) to launch...
-
News
Honeywell patents wake turbulence visualisation tool
Honeywell has received a US patent for a system it claims to be the first to visually show pilots whether their aircraft...
-
News
Spectrum agrees 'nine-digit' deal with start-up Starfish
Spectrum Aeronautical says it has sold a combination of its S-33 Independence and S-40 Freedom composite twinjets...
-
News
Satsair to buy five Vision SJ50 personal jets
US air taxi company Satsair has signed an agreement with Cirrus to purchase five Vision...
-
News
DARPA algae-to-fuel programme stalled
A Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency programme to create technologies that could produce 50 million barrels a year...
-
News
NTSB: no obvious malfunctions in Eclipse 500 crash
US National Transportation Safety Board investigators say the Eclipse 500 that overran a runway when landing at a Pennsylvania general aviation airport on 30 July showed no signs of pre-impact issues with the airframe, mechanical subsystems, engine or braking controls.
-
NewsDual Phenom 300s in Embraer flight test stable
Embraer completed first flight of its second of Phenom 300 light business jet flight test aircraft on 5 August in Brazil,...
-
News
Earmark to jumpstart Aviation Partners spiroid wingtip flight tests
Aviation Partners plans to begin testing its patented spiroid wingtip technology this autumn on the company's...
-
News
NTSB investigates Eclipse 500, Hawker 800 accidents
The US National Transportation Safety Board dispatched investigators to two business jet accidents in the USA this week,...
-
News
Boeing offers to plug 'performance gaps' for future AH-64D Apache
Boeing is proposing a host of new performance, survivability and advanced crew station technologies for the US Army's Block III Enhanced Apache attack helicopter ...
-
News
NTSB investigates Raytheon Cobra crash at US Air Force Academy
A Raytheon Cobra unmanned air vehicle crashed at the...
-
NewsPICTURE: Piper flies PiperJet
Piper Aircraft has successfully flown its prototype six-passenger single-engine PiperJet from the company’s home base in Vero Beach, Florida.
-
NewsNTSB investigates Raytheon Cobra crash at Air Force Academy
A Raytheon Cobra unmanned aircraft system (UAS) crashed at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, yesterday afternoon, apparently as school administrators evaluated the platform for inclusion in the prestigious institute’s aerospace curriculum.
-
-
News
Stratos aims to shatter single-engine jet performance paradigm
Oregon-based start-up Stratos Aircraft has launched a single-engined personal jet that it says will deliver...