All articles by John Croft – Page 67
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A Mountain Too High
Why did Adam Aircraft and ATG find the jet manufacturing terrain so tricky? Production and timing foiled the best-laid plans of the Colorado-based start-ups
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Honeywell, P&W win US Army demonstrator engine contract
The US Army has awarded a $108 million contract to a joint venture between Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney to develop the companies' HPW3000 next-generation...
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FAA mandates near-term A320 stabiliser inspections
The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised an airworthiness directive for tailplane trim inspections after concerns about incorrect installations...
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Embraer Phenom 300: bolder big brother
When Embraer polled the aviation community about the viability of launching a very light jet in the early 2000s, the...
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FAA accelerates ERJ elevator gust lock fixes
The US Federal Aviation Administration has mandated that operators of certain twinjets in the Embraer ERJ-135 and ERJ-145 families replace mechanical elevator...
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NewsPICTURE: Embraer's Phenom 100 completes cold soak tests
Embraer completed "cold soak" tests of its Phenom 100...
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NewsNTSB: Double engine trouble disabled Beech 1900C in Southern Sudan
The US National Transportation Safety Board is reporting that “power loss in both engines” preceded the crash of a chartered Beech 1900C that crashed on Friday, killing both pilots and all 18 passengers on board, including Sudan defence minister Dominic Dim Deng.
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Eclipse gains Indian, Australian certification for EA500
Eclipse gains Indian, Australian certification for EA500
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FAA mandates A320 stabilizer inspections
The US FAA has finalized an airworthiness directive (AD) first proposed in October, calling on operators of 721 US-registered Airbus A320-family aircraft to perform a one-time inspection of the aircraft’s trimmable horizontal stabilizer actuator (THSA).
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Rockwell Collins wins avionics trio for Airbus A350
US avionics maker Rockwell Collins has won communications, data network and landing system avionics packages for the Airbus A350, adding to the company’s previous win for the widebody’s trimmable horizontal stabilizer actuator.
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FAA calls for heightened 737 trim actuator vigilance
The FAA wants operators of a wide variety of Boeing 737s to perform repetitive inspections, lubrications, repairs and overhauls to the horizontal stabilizer trim actuators on the aircraft to prevent possible loss-of-control accidents.
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NewsCessna rolls out first Citation XLS+
Cessna has completed and rolled out the first production version of its Citation XLS+ super-light business jet, the newest member of the world’s “best-selling business jet model,” according to the company.
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Eclipse files civil subpoena to identify critics
Eclipse Aviation has confirmed it is behind an attempt to get Google to release the IP addresses of dozens of...
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FAA: Pilots again blamed for DFW controller errors
A soon-to-be-released report by the US Transportation Department's Inspector General (IG) will reveal that managers...
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NewsEclipse acts to oust critical bloggers
Eclipse Aviation has confirmed it is behind an attempt to get Google ...
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DOT watchdog: No rules violated in Newark low-fuel landings
Despite a drastic increase in the number of “low” fuel warnings at a New Jersey airport last year, government auditors have determined that all aircraft had landed with the required FAA minimum fuel levels onboard.