All articles by John Croft – Page 8
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NewsLightSquared questions FAA intentions
Broadband wholesaler LightSquared is objecting to a government report stating that its modified L-band network is not compatible with "several GPS-dependent...
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NewsKestrel to move to Superior Wisconsin
Kestrel Aircraft chief executive Alan Klapmeier said the inability of Maine officials to come up with the full slate of agreed economic development funds led to the company's decision to build a $100 million production plant with 600 potential jobs for the Kestrel single-engine turboprop elsewhere.
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NewsDOD, DOT: LightSquared cannot coexist with GPS
In what may be the death knell for nascent L-band broadband provider LightSquared, nine federal agencies that have analysed the potential interference to...
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NewsKansas chips in for Bombardier build-up
Wichita, which last week was left reeling by Boeing's closure of its site in the city, has been bolstered by additional investment from airframer Bombardier.
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NewsOperational error likely in Southwest close call at Midway
Tempers flared in the cockpit of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 after landing at Chicago's Midway airport on 1 December and being given clearance by the tower to cross a parallel runway en route to the terminal as a Learjet was preparing to take off.
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NewsSpoilers suspected in Cessna Citation roll control emergency
The pilots of a 1995 Cessna Citation VII (N877G) that experienced severe roll control problems on departure from Fort Lauderdale Executive airport on the morning of 28 December used a combination of alternative control techniques to bring the twin-engine business jet, with eight people on board, back to the airport.
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NewsExelis bids for Nextgen communications nexus
ITT Exelis has revealed that it is competing to win a US Federal Aviation Administration contract to build and operate the ground and airborne portions of...
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NewsWatchdog: Holes in FAA safety net for poorly performing pilots
US government safety auditors say the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of airline pilot training and proficiency programmes "lacks the rigour needed to identify and track poor performing pilots and address programme risks".
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NewsIN FOCUS: Piper’s Simon Caldecott sees safety in numbers
Although Piper Aircraft's new owner lives halfway around the world, new chief executive Simon Caldecott never has to look farther than his conference room wall in Vero Beach to see who he works for.
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NewsPPG electrocoat primer to optimise corrosion protection
PPG Industries has developed a water-based corrosion protection primer that is applied to aircraft metal parts using an electrocoating dipping process, eliminating...
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NewsIcing a key suspect in Teterboro TBM crash
The instrument rated private pilot of a Socata TBM 700 that crashed shortly after departure from Teterboro airport near New York City on the morning of 20 December was attempting to climb out of icing conditions at 17,000ft (5,185m) minutes before the aircraft spiralled into the ground, killing all five ...
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NewsFAA: Business jet activity continues to hustle
Domestic and international business jet operations continued to ramp up in 2011 as part of an ongoing upward trajectory that began in early 2009, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration's enhanced traffic management system count database.
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NewsFAA finalises controversial pilot fatigue rules
Airlines will have two years to implement sweeping changes to pilot rest rules as part of a final pilot fatigue rule for passenger-carrying airlines released...
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NewsGulfstream closes G200 era with number 250
Gulfstream has rolled out its final G200 super midsize business jet at the company's Dallas completion centre, making way for the soon-to-be-certified G280...
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NewsF2 HondaJet joins the flight test team
Honda Aircraft says its third production conforming aircraft, F2, is now taking part in the HondaJet flight test programme along with the first conforming...
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NewsAVIONICS: Fusion forges forward
While all avionics makers will be busy incorporating next-generation communications, navigation and surveillance features into their integrated flight decks...
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NewsNarrowbody engines: Makers mark the way in 2012
Sales were all the rage in the new narrowbody turbofan market in 2011, but 2012 will be the year when warm and fuzzy promises have to be replaced by cold...
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NewsBoeing: FAA certifies 787 with Package B engines
Boeing has obtained US FAA certification of the 787 with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Package B engines, capping a seven month flight test programme for the enhanced...
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NewsNo Humbug in Jet Solutions Baja deal
Jet Solutions' yearly tradition of offering its Flexjet 25 jet card members something special during the holiday season continues in 2011, this time with...
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NewsBack in Black Widow
An series of intrepid expeditions to the jungle of Indonesia has resulted in the world's only flyable Northrop P-61B Black Widow being rescued and rebuilt. Thanks to the dedication of a team of volunteers, it is hoped it will soon take to the skies above Pennsylvania