A professional pilot must know an aircraft’s aerodynamic limitations in all phases of flight and be familiar with conditions that cause instruments to display misleading information.
If your aircraft has wing-mounted propellers, you might wonder if the airflow behind them has any influence on the wing's aerodynamics. The simple answer is yes, most definitely.
A wing's true angle of attack is unknown; it can only be estimated by a measuring device on the airplane that has inherent errors that must be addressed.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Boeing reports a single, unidentified customer has ordered two long-range BBJ 787-9 Dreamliners worth $564 million, bringing the number of VIP Dreamliner orders to 16.
Desert Jet began in 2007 when Denise Wilson launched the company as an aircraft management, sales and acquisitions center, later adding a charter operation.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Aerostructures businesses in Belfast. Northern Ireland and Morocco, as well as an MRO business in Dallas. Total value of the deal, which is expected to close in the first half of 2020, will be about $1.1 billion after Spirit assumes pension liabilities and makes other payments. The sale increases Spirit’s capabilities to include Airbus and business jet work and aftermarket services. Bombardier employment centers. Bombardier announced its exit from commercial aerospace in May and had already divested its regional jet and turboprop business.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
A Scottish Fatal Accident Inquiry into the Nov. 29, 2013, helicopter crash that killed 10 people in Glasgow has concluded the pilot ignored low-fuel warnings.
The “No Panic Button” autoland system could become perceived as minimum required safety equipment, along with seat belts, fire extinguishers and emergency exits.
The built-for-comfort, not-for-speed C90 King Air underwent a major upgrade in 2005 when Raytheon Aircraft swapped out the pair of anemic PT6A-21 turboprops for a brace of PT6A-135As.
David Horton began working on the Schweizer acquisition from Lockheed Martin in 2017. His private goal? Earning a rotary-wing rating. Listen in as William Garvey, editor-in-chief of BCA, discusses the process with David Horton.
The latest Garmin G3000 NX avionics package includes an emergency autoland function, essentially a virtual, digital copilot that can take control of the aircraft and land it safely.
Turbulence reports must be carefully evaluated because one citing moderate turbulence encountered by a Boeing 757 would translate into a much worse experience in a King Air. Why? In general, business aircraft are lighter and have lower wing loading than a commercial jet, and many have relatively little wing sweep, all of which increase the gust load factor and thus the amount of turbulence felt.
These graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of the Gulfstream G600 under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.
The investigation into the loss of Aries Aviation International’s Piper PA-31 Navajo C-FNCI along with its pilot and a survey technician on Aug. 1, 2018, prompted Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) staff to do a deep dive into the literature on hypoxia. It seemed nearly certain that exposure to hypoxia and hyperventilation by the single pilot were prime causal factors in this case.
