By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The de Havilland name has returned to aircraft manufacturing with the $300 million Dash 8 program sale by Bombardier to Canada's Longview Aircraft Capital.
Robinson delivered its first FAA-certified model 40 years ago and not only is it still in production, but early on it became the foremost light helicopter.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Uber has partnered with charter helicopter operator Heliflite to launch Uber Copter, a manifestation of the company's planned urban aerial ridesharing service.
While turbine-engine makers continually and admirably improve the fuel burn rates of their products, the undeniable facts are that combustion produces CO2emissions. As a result, some people — quite a lot of people, actually — object to aviation’s increasing carbon fallout. And they’re gaining voice and power.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The FAA and EASA grounding of Cessna Citation 525, 525A and 525B business jets with Atlas active winglets forced Tamarack Aerospace into bankruptcy in June.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
A Passenger Air Vehicle, an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing prototype developed by Aurora Flight Sciences, crashed during unmanned flight testing in June.
The differences between what a human would “see” versus an automated station’s report can be significant when it comes to measuring ceiling and visibility.
Serious pilots have to monitor the performance of doctors and computers in exam rooms as carefully as they do with other pilots and computers in the cockpit.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The pre-owned business jet market will be worth $61 billion over the next five years, nearly two-thirds the value of new aircraft delivered, says Jetcraft.