Safety, Ops & Regulation

A NASA-funded team is working to connect airborne and cloud-based flight management systems to enable better real-time trajectory optimization and airspace management for advanced air mobility and commercial aviation.

Rapidly changing, localized weather is another risk.

Is it possible to reduce the risk involved with mountain flying training while simultaneously improving aeronautical decision-making in this unforgiving environment?

This year is shaping up to be a troubling period for general aviation safety, the leaders of GA and business aviation associations say.

The aviation and telecommunications industries need a “stronger, more systemic” means of collaboration to prevent conflicts over potential interference from new 5G wireless networks, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said.

AT&T and Verizon Wireless have agreed to limit deployment of their new 5G C-band services around some of the busiest U.S. commercial airports, acquiescing to a last-minute plea by major airlines so that aviation stakeholders can further quantify potential safety risks to radio altimeters and related systems.

In my last The Crosscheck column, I wrote about 5G and radio altimeters. A lot of pilots are concerned about the 5G problem, so I’ll discus it further

Investigating the company's safety culture. Stated policies do not always equate to actual policies.

Many of the radio altimeters currently installed on aircraft likely will have to be retrofitted with filters or replaced to protect against potential 5G interference, experts say.

Investigating a Bell 407 air ambulance controlled flight into terrain.

As the aerospace industry learns to live with COVID, it faces other big challenges from a stressed supply chain to geopolitical disruptions. Listen in as our editors discuss.

Helicopter Association International and other aviation organizations reacted to the FAA’s prior-night release of nearly 1,500 Notices To Air Missions (NOTAMS) that will restrict flight operations near 5G cellular towers that AT&T and Verizon plan to activate on Jan. 19.

Teri Bristol, the top federal executive responsible for running the U.S. air traffic control system, will retire at the end of February, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson announced.

Airline industry stakeholders are working to assess the real-world ramifications of new flight restrictions linked to the 5G wireless network rollout starting Jan. 19, but early indications suggest potentially significant disruptions at scores of commercial airports across the U.S.

The pilot of a Gates Learjet 35A medical jet that crashed in El Cajon, California, on Dec. 27, 2021, had asked to switch from an instrument to a visual approach to land before the jet went down in a residential area, the NTSB said in a preliminary accident report released on Jan. 11.

The takeoff of the Bell 407 before controlled flight into terrain near Zaleski, Ohio.

In “ The 5G Threat to Radio Altimeter Use” (column, Jan. 3),the author fails to understand how embedded radio altimeter signals have become in modern

A major benefit for private fliers is bringing along the whole family on vacations, including beloved pets. But operators and pet owners should be aware of the risks.

How climate change effects such as flooding and temperature changes will impact infrastracture.

Startups may pioneer single-pilot operations in regional turboprops, but also create a virtual co-pilot in light aircraft.

How rising temperatures will restrict runway lengths and aircraft weight.

Business aviation associations were cautiously optimistic about an agreement hammered out between the FAA and telecommunications companies to delay deploying new 5G wireless networks until Jan. 19.

White House-brokered negotiations helped airlines dodge a bullet—for now. Listen in as our editors explain why the aviation industry is so concerned.

Detailing why the rollout of 5G networks has the aviation industry concerned and what's being done.

Tamarack Aerospace Group has petitioned the National Transportation Safety Board to reconsider its findings and probable cause determination on the fatal crash of a Cessna Citation 525A business jet in 2018, saying the final accident report contradicts the facts of the case.