The FAA issued a letter (Notice Number: NOTC2238) today (Feb. 1) again addressing the misuse of expense sharing and misunderstandings related to pilots’ certificate privileges when it comes to operations involving compensation. The agency cited unauthorized Part 135 operations (carrying passengers for compensation) as a nationwide problem, “putting the flying public in danger, diluting safety […]
One of the old sayings in support of air travel is: “A mile of road will get you one mile, but a mile of runway will take you anywhere.” It seems that, lately, pilots have frequently been borrowing those roadways as emergency runways after engine troubles. The latest occurred yesterday (Jan. 31) in Florida when […]
Boeing has sunk another half-billion dollars into Wisk Aero, its partner in the urban mobility sector, to fund its flight test and certification program. Wisk is a collaboration of Boeing and Kitty Hawk, and the Cora electric aircraft is now in its sixth iteration and flying regularly. It has 12 wing-mounted horizontally oriented rotors to […]
Boom Supersonic has picked Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the site for the “superfactory” that will build its Overture supersonic airliner. The company announced last week that the 400,000-square-foot facility will be built on a 65-acre site at the airport, which is also home to Honda Aircraft. Boom founder Blake Scholl […]
The NTSB wants the FAA to issue an AD for old Pipers after two incidents in which the rudder posts snapped and the top section of the rudder folded into a roughly horizontal position. The failure obviously had a big effect on the controllability of the aircraft involved, a PA-12 Super Cruiser and a PA-14 […]
A China Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-400F was heavily damaged after it plowed through a row of pallets and containers on a snowy ramp at O’Hare Airport early Saturday. According to One Mile At A Time, the 18-year-old freighter arrived from Anchorage just before 6 a.m. and was taxiing to its offloading stand when the mishap […]
The FAA and NTSB are investigating a Jan. 22 tail strike that appears to have resulted from evasive action taken by the crew of JetBlue A320 at an uncontrolled airport in Hayden, Colorado. The FAA has confirmed the tail strike and that it’s investigating. The NTSB is classifying it as an accident and is calling […]
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will be hosting a webinar-based event next month focusing on ultralights. EAA Virtual Ultralight Days will take place Feb. 22-24 with five live webinars held each day. Topics addressed will include how to get started in ultralights and how-to instructions on a variety of ultralight aircraft along with maintenance, airport […]
Revenue for Textron’s aviation segment came in at $1.4 billion for the fourth quarter (Q4) 2021, down $201 million compared to the same time period last year, the company announced in its Q4 2021 income report. Textron cited lower aircraft volume as the primary cause of the drop with 46 jets and 43 commercial turboprops […]
Bell announced on Wednesday that it has completed its first Nacelle Improvements Modification on a CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor for the U.S. Air Force. Part of an ongoing Bell-Boeing upgrade program, the modifications include improvements to wiring components within the nacelles and a change to the nacelle structure designed to reduce maintenance time and costs while […]
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