Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Honeywell is exhibiting a Pilatus PC-12 turboprop fitted with its fifth-generation Anthem flight deck during the 2023 edition of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
Flight Deck

By Sean Broderick, Mark Nensel
Among the more controversial issues on the table, the House opted to leave flight limits at Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) in place.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) applauded the FAA’s release of the Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification draft rule on July 19.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By William Garvey
Air Tractor’s AT-802F, which can be fitted with scooper floats, has proven to be robust and cost-effective at suppressing wildfires.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Characterized as a serious incident, the near collision between a business jet and a commercial aircraft resulted in a minimal vertical separation of 665 ft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The Allied Pilots Association, ALPA, and Southwest Airlines Pilots Association wrote an open letter to Congress and President Joe Biden.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The agency’s final policy made few changes to its initial proposals.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Weather appears to have been a major factor in the fatal crash of a 1979 Cessna Citation 550 on July 8, carrying two pilots and four passengers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
There is a place for relatively simple, pragmatic solutions to safety issues.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The bureau worries about inconsistent safety standards between small aircraft and large commercial jets flying in the same airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
In a regulatory filing July 6, ALPA called on the DOT to close a loophole it says is being exploited by public charter operator JSX.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
United Airlines is prioritizing improvements to crew technology following a week its CEO described as “one of the most operationally challenging" in my career.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has secured long-awaited U.S. FAA certification for H160 twin-engine medium helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The new towers, based on a “sustainable” concept the agency previewed in April, would replace ATC towers that are functioning beyond their intended design life.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
The ability to project ahead in time is vital to accurate situational awareness.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Predicting how the current situation will evolve and impact future operations is an often overlooked but vital element of situational awareness.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Predicting how the current situation will evolve and impact future operations is an often overlooked but vital element of situational awareness.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
Safety authorities recommend that operators pay more attention to the performance limitations of the aircraft when choosing the type for each mission.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jeremy Kariuki
Action Aviation confirmed June 23 the passing of its chairman, Hamish Harding, who was on board OceanGate’s Titan Submersible on its tour of the Titanic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Knowledgeable passengers are key to combating illegal charter operations, which spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to FAA safety inspectors.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
Clues to why the Phenom crashed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Leesburg Executive Airport will place into service a mobile tower after the FAA cancelled its remote tower project.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
We describe an EMB-500 hard landing in Paris and related incidents.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Aaron Karp
The U.S. FAA has announced it is closing less airspace during launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, leading to fewer commercial reroutings.
Airports & Networks

By Bill Carey
BCA Senior Editor Bill Carey discusses the progress of the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions Initiative with NATA CEO and Managing Director of Safety.
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