Safety, Ops & Regulation

The rate of turbulence-related accidents hasn’t improved since 1989

Control deflections have different effects at high altitude and high speed.

In 2021, the FAA recorded 9,723 reports from pilots on laser strikes – about 27 incidents per day, and up 41% from 2020 figures of 6,800. So far in 2022, the numbers continue to trend upward.

What worked in your previous aircraft may actually have the opposite effect.

Joseph M. Del Balzo, whose 36-year FAA career included time as acting administrator, passed away at age 85 Feb. 11 in Philadelphia.

Nav Canada will require that aircraft be equipped to transmit their position by ADS-B Out by Feb. 23, 2023 when flying above 12,500 ft.

Thick logbooks do not ensure proficiency in specific handling characteristics.

In Part 1, we discussed the circumstances surrounding the crash of a Bell UH-1H in New Mexico. The 57-year-old pilot was employed by Sapphire Aviation

Examining the flight of a Bell UH-1H CFIT that crashed near Raton, New Mexico.

The FAA has formally designated several internal staff roles to support the agency’s effort to coordinate with other aviation stakeholders and telecommunications industry counterparts as part of work being done to minimize the safety risk of new 5G C-band service.

The air navigation service providers of the UK and Canada are to abolish the use of the North Atlantic Organized Track Structure (OTS) for flights below FL330 (33,000 ft.) from March 1.

Be prepared to interact with the NTSB (most business aviation operator are not), and hope that you never have the occasion to do so.

The EU’s transport ministers have issued a declaration that they hope sets the stage for a long-term aspirational goal on aviation sustainability to be adopted at the ICAO Assembly in September.

U.S. trade associations have called on the FAA to step up its process of clearing helicopters and business aviation aircraft to operate near 5G wireless transmitters now that mainline passenger airliners have gained the necessary approvals.

Revamped runway safety zone parameters and a just-launched flight-test program are seen as keys to establishing both short-term and permanent fixes to the 5G wireless challenges facing aviation and telecommunications companies.

The 5G spectrum in the U.S. "could" cause interference for aviation operators.

To understand the current 5G versus radio altimeter frequency clash, understand what came before 5G.

Langhorne Bond, a former FAA administrator whose focus on safety extended far beyond aviation, died Jan. 29 in Marshall, Va.

The FAA has released guidance for pilots and operators planning to attend Super Bowl LVI, scheduled for Feb. 13, 2022, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

The FBI and a federal interagency committee are scrutinizing Chinese investment in Icon Aircraft and its A5 light sport amphibious aircraft, amid allegations of

The number of pre-owned jets for sale is low, but will new business aviation customers return to flying commercial after the pandemic?

The performance study calculated the airplane’s airspeed to be 240 kt. when the roll began, and its roll rate to be 5 deg. per second. This roll rate was significantly less than the roll rate achieved during flight test of the Tamarack Atlas system.

The task of trying to understand what caused the roll of a Cessna 525A and why the pilot failed to recover from it took the National Transportation Safety Board almost three years. In the end, they were able to provide only partial answers.

Jury awards nearly $2 million to pilot fired for delaying a flight over hurricane concerns.

Additional features to enhance the educational experience of learning about meteorological and human factors challenges of aviation operations in the alpine environment.