Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
It was the night of May 3, 2019, and a hard rain was falling in Jacksonville, Florida. The rain was coming down so hard that the runway was slippery
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has identified 313 aerospace businesses to be awarded $482.3 million in funding, with Spirit Aerosystems garnering the lion’s share at more than $70 million.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
"The Crosscheck" column examines pilots' use of common and illicit drugs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
The RedTail Flight Academy celebrated the opening of a flight academy at New York Stewart International Airport and a partnership with Wheels Up, a private aviation provider, on Sept. 10.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Drone industry pioneer Brendan Schulman has left DJI for a position with Boston Dynamics.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Seven people were injured Sept. 9 when a Cape Air Cessna 402 left the runway and crashed into nearby woods while landing at Provincetown Municipal Airport (PVC)
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s Alia eVTOL hews as close to a conventional fixed-wing aircraft as possible.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s cockpit philosophy carefully contains the unfamiliar within the familiar.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Germany’s Becker Avionics and drone detect-and-avoid system developer Iris Automation have entered into an agreement to jointly develop a collision avoidance system for general aviation aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Turbulent atmospheric conditions can exceed other structural and/or performance limitations of a rotorcraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The startup is aiming for Part 23 type certification of its aircraft in late 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Turbulence can cause catastrophic mast bumping, main-rotor stall, loss of control and external load entanglement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Unique weather conditions in urban landscapes are a key challenge for the safety and reliability of advanced air mobility operations that will require the development of new sensing and forecasting capabilities.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Collins Aerospace, already one of the largest commercial aerospace suppliers—let alone as part of Raytheon Technologies—is buying high-profile flight tracking data provider FlightAware.
Connected Aerospace

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Council has recommended removing the U.S. from the EU’s “safe” list of countries, dealing a blow to airlines that were hoping for a further easing of restrictions on transatlantic travel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Following a call to action from Airbus and Boeing, an advisory group under the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is bringing together stakeholders to develop a global vision for future integrated air traffic management that meets the needs of all existing and emerging airspace users.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The FAA and U.S. Defense Department (DOD) are seeking solutions from industry to display certain special-use airspace areas to comply with congressional direction to make that information available to pilots in real time.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is investigating a second midair collision involving a police drone and an aircraft in the last 18 months.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Aircraft collect airborne data samples. What are the results?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Business aviation operators and repair stations that have not already done so should start developing safety management systems now in anticipation of an FAA rulemaking process that is expected to begin early next year, an industry safety expert advises.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Australia brush fires shows smoke changes winds in the stratosphere.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
This new form of monstrous cloud is so strong that it ejects ash into the upper levels of the stratosphere
Safety, Ops & Regulation

What commitment was there to training, safety systems?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Former longtime congressional staff director Jennifer Homendy took the oath of office as the new chairperson of the U.S. NTSB on Aug. 13, succeeding Robert Sumwalt as leader of the independent safety agency.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
The sequence of a Cessna Citation 500 loss of control at Kelowna, BC.
Safety, Ops & Regulation