A European Union-funded research project to improve aircraft ice protection is preparing upgraded wind tunnels for testing of a hybrid system capable of detecting icing caused by supercooled large droplets (SLD).
Embraer has placed all employees at sites in Brazil who cannot perform their jobs remotely on temporary paid leave through March 31 because of the virus causing COVID-19, the company said.
Oil-and-gas helicopter operator Bristow Group has converted three of its helicopters to perform evacuation missions for oil workers with suspected cases of novel coronavirus.
The FAA is increasingly relying on contingency plans for its air traffic control (ATC) facilities as COVID-19 coronavirus infections have been detected at several airport towers and one of the 22 air route traffic control centers (ARTCC) responsible for managing en route aircraft.
As airlines and providers of commercial air travel services continue to make robust cases to governments for state-level aid, smaller airports may be left to fend for themselves.
The FAA must work to “lift impossible compliance barriers” to keep pilots and aircraft in regulatory compliance during the coronavirus pandemic, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association said.
Fractional operator Flexjet will ferry pilots and flight crews to assignments using its own aircraft rather than its usual method of relying on commercial carriers.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The episode analyzes a Learjet 35A crash while circling to land at Teterboro Airport, New Jersey, in visual conditions and the events that led up to the accident.
