Safety, Ops & Regulation

Amazon receives FAR Part 135 approval from the FAA for its Prime Air drone delivery service.

Gulfstream Aerospace has opened an Atlanta hub dedicated to global aircraft parts distribution.

Bell has opened a facility in Wichita to support multiple programs and business areas.

Garmin’s autoland system for the Cirrus Vision Jet receives FAA certification.

The FAA has awarded $3.29 million in grants to its unmanned aircraft systems center of excellence.

Bye Aerospace is equipping its electric aircraft with a parachute.

Bell Textron has delivered its first public-safety-configured Bell 505 JetRanger X to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Air Support Unit in California.

Robert Rockmaker is president and CEO, of the Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Flight School Association of North America

Russia develops hybrid; Aerion tunnel tests; German air mobility; UK copter startup; Offshore drone delivery; Amazon, Walmart and drones.

The Swiss Parliament has approved a CHF 150 million ($165 million) equity contribution to support air navigation service provider (ANSP) Skyguide, which has experienced a “massive decline” in income because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An ill-conceived checklist can leave pilots with too little time to carry out all the items and monitor the approach after extending landing gear.

The air navigation service provider of Hong Kong will introduce satellite-based surveillance of aircraft in its flight information region beginning early next year, data provider Aireon announced Sept. 9.

The European Commission (EC) is hoping to rollout a simple color-coded map showing risk levels to overcome the current patchwork of COVID-19 travel restrictions and better-inform the traveling public.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Corporate Angel Network, which arranges flights for cancer patients to travel to and from treatment, was forced to make changes.

Researchers find lack of large flakes may give crews false sense of security in snowy takeoffs.

You’ve probably noticed that a layer of sticky residue remains on an aircraft’s wing after a flight in which it was treated with anti-icing fluids

Operate the APU only when necessary during deicing and anti-icing treatment. Do not operate the wing anti-ice system on the ground when thickened

Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) has received FAA certification for a synthetic vision installation and autothrottle upgrade for the Eclipse Jet, marking IS&S’s first upgrade directly for Eclipse owners.

Cirrus Aircraft and Garmin have announced that Garmin’s autoland system for the Cirrus Vision Jet has received FAA certification.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recommends reserving a portion of C-band radio frequency spectrum and potentially allocating frequencies in flexible-use bands to operate drones.

Piloting demands good vision. But the aviation environment contains numerous hazards to our eyes that can affect our ability to accomplish our tasks

The select soldiers, seamen and airmen who operate in the shadows in U.S. Special Operations forces need rugged eyewear to protect their eyes against

COVID-19-related travel restrictions between European countries, including Germany and the UK, are tightening up, as the novel coronavirus spread accelerates in the region and threatens a fragile recovery in air travel demand.

Apollo Air Service has begun operating charter helicopter flights from England’s Cambridge City Airport, in a partnership both operator and airfield see as important for growth.

Now that the country’s Ministry of Economic Development and Supervisory Committee have issued final approval, Piaggio Aerospace and Banca Ifis have signed a contract for financing on contracts and factoring operations for €30 million euros ($357 million).