The NTSB says it’s pretty sure a news helicopter hit a drone over downtown Los Angeles last December, causing minor damage to the helicopter, which made a safe precautionary landing. There was a pilot and two passengers onboard the Airbus AS-350, which was operating as an electronic news gathering helicopter for the local ABC affiliate […]
An MIT study says blocking the middle seat in airliners cuts the risk of transmission of the coronavirus by almost half. Forbes is reporting that the MIT paper, which has not been peer reviewed, says the chance of getting the virus on a packed airplane is about one in 4300 but keeping the middle seats […]
Environmental groups are asking the FAA to do a full-scale environmental assessment on SpaceX’s explosion-prone facility in Texas. Seven organizations have jointly signed a letter to three FAA administrators to look into the activities at the Boca Chica assembly and live test site in south Texas. The site is used for development and testing of […]
Premier Aircraft Sales has become the largest Diamond Aircraft dealer in the U.S. with the addition of new sales territories. Premier is now the exclusive dealer for Diamond in 19 states as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. “This is good news for general aviation in North America and great news for […]
Boom Supersonic has announced plans to roll out its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft on Oct. 7, 2020. The rollout event will feature commentary from Boom’s engineers, test pilots and company leadership focusing on “the technical and design innovations, the flight and handling criteria and how the demonstrator positions the company to build its flagship, Overture.” […]
EAA has announced that its Spirit of Aviation Week will include an online expo that allows exhibitors to offer product showcases, show specials, multimedia presentations and more via virtual storefronts. Exhibitors will also be able to hold special events like forums, workshops and how-to videos. To navigate the expo, visitors can search for a specific […]
Bombardier announced on Thursday that it has delivered its 350th Challenger 350 business jet. According to the company, the Challenger 350 fleet has logged over 648,000 flight hours and more than 383,000 landings since it entered service in June 2014. The aircraft has also gotten some upgrades along the way including an option for a […]
Honeywell announced on Thursday that it has received a Technical Standard Order (TSO) from the FAA for its IntuVue RDR-7000 weather radar system. The IntuVue RDR-7000 offers weather detection, analysis and avoidance capabilities such as automated 3D volumetric scanning up to 60,000 feet and out to 320 nautical miles, turbulence detection out to 60 nautical […]
The Aircraft Restoration Company has announced plans to paint up to 80,000 names on a Spitfire in honor of the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) and “the hospitals, communities and individuals who have been at the forefront” of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To further that cause, the company is taking donations for NHS Charities Together […]
A joint NASA-Boeing independent review team has completed its evaluation of three anomalies that occurred during the December 2019 orbital flight test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew capsule. During the uncrewed test, the Starliner team ran into intermittent space-to-ground communication issues and two software coding errors that resulted in the capsule failing to make it […]
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