Safety, Ops & Regulation

Dave Huntzinger, Ph.D.
The simplified safety management system implementation plan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is leading an effort to quantify safety risks that the downturn’s operational interruptions have introduced into parts of the aviation system so industry can adjust long-term safety programs in response to the new issues.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation manufacturers are waiting for clarification to understand the impact President Joe Biden’s sweeping mandate requiring employees of companies with more than 100 workers to be vaccinated or produce weekly negative COVID tests may have on their companies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Existing guidance and information on time of useful consciousness is inconsistent and misleading.
Flight Deck

By Ben Goldstein
The Biden administration said foreigners will be able to enter the U.S. with proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test beginning in November, marking a substantial loosening of entry restrictions put in place at the start of the pandemic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Albright
The influences of ground effect.
Flight Deck

By William Garvey
It took more than a decade, but the General Aviation Modifications Inc. team found a solution.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
The first part of this article series describes what led to the aircraft sliding off the runway into the river. The NTSB conducted a major accident
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