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  • Mar 1, 2015
    Article
    Business & Commercial Aviation

    Convair’s Failed Engine-out Return  

    This month we are looking at another recent approach stall accident involving a large airplane with a highly experienced pilot serving as PIC. The NTSB says the FAA’s oversight of the operating company — Fresh Air Inc. — was lax, the operation of the airplane was sloppy and the crew coordination was poor. Training records were haphazard and de facto SOPs did not comply with the aircraft flight manual (AFM)....More
  • Mar 1, 2015
    Article
    Business & Commercial Aviation

    Managing Helicopter Noise 2

    While the sound of spinning rotors may mean lifesaving, safety or profit to members of the rotary-wing community, to most in the general population, the sound is just noise. Too often, unwelcome noise. And that’s a problem for everyone....More
  • Mar 1, 2015
    Article
    Business & Commercial Aviation

    Pilot's Bill of Rights II and Other News from the March 2 Issue of The Weekly of Business Aviation

    Bipartisan legislation called the Pilot’s Bill of Rights II that would expand the third-class medical exemption and protections for pilots and airmen was introduced in Congress Feb. 25. The civil helicopter industry is facing a "volatile, challenging market" in 2015, an analyst says. NetJets Aviation has signed a five-year agreement with the FAA to implement NextGen projects....More
  • Feb 27, 2015
    Article
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    Helicopter Manufacturers Look Toward Heavier Products  

    As current heavy models become aged, helicopter manufacturers turn to larger types for new product lines....More
  • Feb 27, 2015
    Article
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    After Many Delays, AW609 Now Moving Ahead   2

    AgustaWestland’s long-delayed AW609 tiltrotor is finally making progress toward first flight....More
  • Feb 27, 2015
    Article
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    Busy Year Ahead For Helicopter Developments  

    New and established helicopter makers are planning to roll out several new models in 2015, including the long-awaited Airbus Helicopters X4....More
  • Feb 27, 2015
    Article
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    Regulations, Collaboration Boosting Offshore Helicopter Safety  

    In the wake of recent North Sea crashes, helicopter operators, manufacturers and regulators work together to advance safety programs....More
  • Feb 25, 2015
    Article
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    Rockwell Collins Targets Helo Market With Fusion Avionics  

    Seeking to extend its Pro Line Fusion avionics line into the helicopter market, Rockwell Collins is broadening the system’s capabilities for a wide range of missions...More
  • Feb 25, 2015
    Article
    Business & Commercial Aviation

    Getting the Lead Out: The Future of Avgas

    The Piston Aviation Fuel Initiative, a joint industry-government partnership, could result in a technically feasible and economically viable unleaded avgas....More
  • Feb 24, 2015
    Article
    Business & Commercial Aviation

    Study Accident and Incident History Data to Avoid Risk 1

    If pilots and flight departments don’t study accident, incident and air safety history, drilling down into the root causes of these events, they’re then destined to repeat the same errors....More
  • Feb 24, 2015
    Article
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    Industry Assesses Cost Benefits Of Tracking, Operational Control  

    Taking responsibility for the whereabouts of their aircraft will be a new experience for many of the world’s airlines, and the jury’s out on whether it will be affordable...More
  • Feb 24, 2015
    Article
    Business & Commercial Aviation

    The Future of Avgas

    After years of discussion, a definitive and formalized step has been taken that could result in a solution to not only “get the lead out” of aviation gasoline but also approve an affordable replacement fuel that can be safely and reliably burned by the existing fleet of piston-engine aircraft. This is the Piston Aviation Fuel Initiative, or PAFI, a joint industry-government partnership.
  • Feb 24, 2015
    Article
    Business & Commercial Aviation

    Wheels Up Growth and IS-BAH Certified FBO News from Feb. 23 issue of The Weekly of Business Aviation

    Growth of membership-based private air travel company Wheels Up is on schedule, according to CEO Kenny Dichter. Plus, SRC Aviation is the first compnay to receive International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) certification....More
  • Feb 23, 2015
    Commentary
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    Insurers Could Drive Crashworthy Design Of Small UAS 5

    The FAA may not plan to certify the airworthiness of small UAS, but manufacturers need to pay attention to crashworthiness....More
  • Feb 20, 2015
    Commentary
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    Podcast: Saving Bombardier

    Aviation Week editors talk about what’s ailing Bombardier in commercial and business aviation and its move to bring in aerospace veteran Alain Bellemare to fix things....More
  • Feb 19, 2015
    Commentary
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    General Aviation Industry Continues Upswing  

    Annual aircraft shipment counts suggest the general aviation market is recovering, but challenges remain....More
  • Feb 18, 2015
    Commentary
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    International Bizav Manufacturers Growing U.S. Operations In The Southeast 3

    The Southern U.S., with many favorable attributes, continues to attract business aviation manufacturers from Europe and Japan....More
  • Feb 17, 2015
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    Business & Commercial Aviation

    Popular Charter Airport Searches from January 2015

    Los Angeles International Airport was the airport searched the most in January 2015 for charter arrivals, according to an analysis of Air Charter Guide Worldwide Trip Builder data. Four airports tied with the same number of searches as charter departures....More
  • Feb 17, 2015
    Article
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    FAA Urged To Act Fast On Small UAS Rule  

    More than six years in the making, the FAA’s proposed rules for small unmanned aircraft cannot be finalized fast enough for those on either side of the argument over UAS in civil airspace....More
  • Feb 17, 2015
    Article

    Special ADS-B Out Avionics Pricing and G650 Simulator News from Feb. 16 Issue of The Weekly of Business Aviation

    The NextGen GA Fund has launched a program to accelerate the installation of ADS-B Out avionics on general aviation aircraft by offering aircraft owners special pricing. Plus, FlightSafety International said it is designing and building its fourth full-flight simulator for the Gulfstream G650....More
  • Feb 17, 2015
    Article
    Business & Commercial Aviation

    Circling Approach Survival Guide 10

    If you fly circling approaches in the U.S. on a regular basis and train in a simulator, then you know that what you learn in the box has very little to do with what you need to do in the airplane. We all know the “Memphis Localizer Runway 27, Circle to Runway 18R” is not likely to happen in real life....More
  • Feb 17, 2015
    Article
    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    Decline In Fuel Costs Worries Offshore Helicopter Operators  

    Falling oil prices could slow growth and rein in aircraft acquisition plans for offshore helicopter services....More
  • Feb 15, 2015
    Article
    Aviation Daily

    FAA Urged To Act Fast On Final Small-UAS Rule 19

    Anyone wanting to fly a small unmanned aircraft commercially in U.S. airspace will have to obtain an special operator certificate and pass a test on the “rules of the air”, but the aircraft themselves will not require airworthiness approval....More
  • Feb 12, 2015
    blog

    Bombardier, UTC and the French (Canadian) Connection 1

    Bombardier's new CEO and the French Connection with UTC....More
  • Feb 12, 2015
    Article
    Aviation Daily

    Bellemare Replaces Beaudoin As CEO Of Troubled Bombardier 1

    The moves are intended to reassure investors who are increasingly concerned Bombardier will run out of cash as it funds development of the delayed CSeries narrowbody aircraft....More
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