Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Albright
The 5G spectrum in the U.S. "could" cause interference for aviation operators.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Albright
To understand the current 5G versus radio altimeter frequency clash, understand what came before 5G.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Langhorne Bond, a former FAA administrator whose focus on safety extended far beyond aviation, died Jan. 29 in Marshall, Va.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

BCA Staff
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
The FBI and a federal interagency committee are scrutinizing Chinese investment in Icon Aircraft and its A5 light sport amphibious aircraft, amid allegations of
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Roger Cox
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By William Garvey
Jury awards nearly $2 million to pilot fired for delaying a flight over hurricane concerns.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Additional features to enhance the educational experience of learning about meteorological and human factors challenges of aviation operations in the alpine environment.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Rapidly changing, localized weather is another risk.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Is it possible to reduce the risk involved with mountain flying training while simultaneously improving aeronautical decision-making in this unforgiving environment?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
This year is shaping up to be a troubling period for general aviation safety, the leaders of GA and business aviation associations say.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
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
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
Investigating the company's safety culture. Stated policies do not always equate to actual policies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
Investigating a Bell 407 air ambulance controlled flight into terrain.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
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.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation