While the advantages of ADS-C/CPDLC (or FANS 1/A) are legion, the datalink component is not without its pitfalls that can confuse the inattentive flight crew or one grown complacent due to the automation that characterizes the system.
BCA breaks down mission costs — direct costs, fuel expenses and per-mile costs — as well as flight times for heavy jets built by Dassault, Embraer, Bombardier, Gulfstream and Airbus.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Airbus Group Innovations has flown its E-Fan proof-of-concept electric aircraft with hybrid propulsion, adding an internal-combustion engine as a range extender.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
West Star Aviation has received a supplemental type certificate for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Out. The STC is applicable to CL-601-3A, CL-601-3R, Falcon 900B and Falcon 900EX aircraft with Honeywell GNSSU Global Position Sensors and Rockwell Collins TDR-94D transponders.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Quest Aircraft Co. recently completed a 27,000-sq.-ft. expansion of its Sandpoint, Idaho, production facility giving it a total of 110,000 sq. ft. under roof.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
In a short preliminary report posted on Aug. 4, the National Transportation Safety Board says the Bell 525 that crashed in a flight test a month earlier broke up in flight.
BCA breaks down mission costs — direct costs, fuel expenses and per-mile costs — as well as flight times for the Bombardier Learjet 70, Learjet 75, Cessna Citation XLS+ and Gulfstream 150 in the 2016 Operations Planning Guide.
In July 2016, Teterboro Airport was the business aviation airport viewed the most by acukwik.com users, according to a review of site metrics. As the temperatures in the United States increased, interest in certain warm weather destinations decreased. In Europe, a general trend toward resort travel was evident as well.
Elliot Sequin, experimental test pilot, Mooney Aircraft; founder/pilot Wasabi Air Racing, Mojave Air & Space Port, Mojave, California; [email protected]
The primary purpose of investigating any aircraft accident is to prevent recurrence. Legal teams may wrestle with "who" when assigning blame, but investigators are focused on the "why" to make sure the "what" never happens again.
Aircraft operating costs are presented in a format that separates the data into seven areas: Mission Costs, Variable Costs, Fixed Annual Costs, Periodic Costs, Personnel Costs, Training Costs and Facilities Costs.
Managing an aircraft flight path, along with its energy level, is a basic piloting responsibility. The professional pilot community has been told for decades about the importance of the stabilized approach. It has been a consistent message from aviation safety organizations around the world. And yet the problem of unstabilized approaches continues.
Jet spacing over the North Atlantic was reinstated to 120 mi. at all altitudes. The FAA cited the complexity of a double standard above and below 29,000 ft., and excessive ATC workload from numerous requests for altitude changes. With this decision, the FAA validated ALPA’s arguments for such reinstatement.
Despite there being only a handful of the 30-seat regional turboprops still in service, it is such an extraordinary machine that we decided to focus on it for this month’s used aircraft report.
