All articles by John Croft – Page 70
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Civil rotorcraft special: Sikorsky S-76D progress
assembly First Sikorsky S-76D starts to take shape Sikorsky S-76D programme manager Mark Hammond says that the first two fuselage assemblies...
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NewsDOT to consider prize money for alternative fuels breakthroughs
US government officials may offer cash prizes in order to quicken development of alternatives to fossil fuels for airliners.
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FAA budget: Déjà vu all over again
General aviation advocacy groups are lambasting the US Federal Aviation Administration for submitting in the fiscal year...
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Rejected take-off prompts enhanced ERJ elevator checks
The US Federal Aviation Administration is mandating additional checks of the elevator control systems on a wide variety of US-registered Embraer ERJ-145...
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Gulfstream certifies synthetic vision, second-generation enhanced vision
Gulfstream Aerospace has received US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification...
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NASA prepares Aries I second-stage simulator
NASA workers at the Glenn Research Centre in Ohio are assembling components for a mass mockup of the Ares I launch vehicle second stage that will be used...
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Environment special: Descent trials taking to the AIRE
CDA John Croft Washington DC descent trials taking To the AIRE The first transatlantic green approach by Scandinavian Airlines' (SAS) A330-300...
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Snecma pursues launch customer on positive Silvercrest results
Snecma is halfway through a four-month engine core test of its 9,500-12,000lb thrust (42-53kN)
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NASA readies S-3B for turbofan power-loss research
Pilots and engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Centre (GRC) in Cleveland, Ohio will begin...
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Cessna launches large-cabin intercontinental business jet
Cessna Aircraft is to go ahead with a large-cabin, intercontinental business jet that will be its largest-ever aircraft....
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Eclipse and Hampson reach
Eclipse Aviation and Hampson Aerospace have reached "a full and final settlement of all claims and disputes", the companies announced on 22 January. In...
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UPS begins environmental- and capacity-enhancing operations at Louisville
A UPS Boeing 757 equipped with an electronic flight bag (EFB), automatic-dependent...
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Sabena is first to offer third-party Eclipse 500 pilot training
Arizona-based Sabena Airline Training Centre (SATC) has received US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to offer Eclipse 500 type rating pilot training at the company’s Falcon Field facility in Mesa.
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NewsGrob to build Learjet 85 all-composite airframe
Germany’s Grob Aerospace will design the structure of the Bombardier’s new Learjet 85, an eight-passenger super midsize business jet the company first alluded to in October as the NXT.
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Adam Aircraft cuts workforce, seeks capital
Colorado-based Adam Aircraft , maker of the all-composite A500 twin-engine piston-powered aircraft and the A700...
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US air taxi operator a hop, skip and jump away from launch
Long Island-based Hopscotch Air plans to launch an air taxi "limo" service this summer using two new normally aspirated...
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DOT watchdog: Runway status lights “viable” for preventing incursions
Warning lights placed at runway ends and at the intersections between taxiways and runways are "a viable technology for preventing runway incursions", says...