Aviation News

Kitty Hawk’s latest entry into the incipient urban mobility market is missing something important and it might be its biggest selling point. The new Heaviside (named for Oliver Heaviside, a controversial early 20th century physicist and electrical engineer) is virtually silent in flight with a noise level of about 38 decibels at 1,500 feet. Helicopters […]

The entire fleet of Boeing 737NG aircraft must be checked for potentially serious structural cracks but the inspections are easy to accomplish and will only add an hour to routine maintenance, unless cracks are found. As we reported last week, Boeing found cracks in the “pickle fork” assembly on a relatively low-time NG that it […]

Textron subsidiary Bell introduced the new Bell 360 Invictus military rotorcraft as its entry for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Competitive Prototype program this week. The aircraft will feature lift-sharing wings to reduce rotor lift demand in forward flight, a fly-by-wire flight control system, supplemental power unit, and articulated main rotor with […]

AVweb’s weekly news roundup uncovered reports on a new position for former Flying magazine editor-in-chief Stephen Pope, a trip to the SAFE Symposium for an engineered woven fabrics company, a line of resistance welding supplies and a company offering precision displacement sensors and systems. Former Flying magazine editor-in-chief Stephen Pope has accepted a position with […]

A Coast Guard helicopter plucked two survivors from a Florida swamp Thursday following a bizarre dual crash of a sheriff’s helicopter dispatched to investigate an earlier downing of a gyrocopter. Both pilots were muddy and wet, but uninjured. The incidents occurred near Fort Meade, Florida, about 24 miles south of Lakeland. The gyrocopter made a […]

United Airlines announced the launch of a new pilot recruitment program on Thursday. Called Aviate, the program offers “structured career pathways” for pilots and promises “the fastest path within the industry to a major airline” with a regional partner minimum requirement of 24 months and 2,000 hours. According to United, Aviate is open to “pilots […]

The closing date for a joint venture that would see Boeing take an 80 percent ownership stake in Embraer’s commercial aircraft and services operations has been pushed to 2020 after the European Commission indicated that it would be opening a Phase II assessment of the deal. Announced in July 2018, the transaction was initially expected […]

The first two Tecnam P2012 Travellers were delivered to launch customer Cape Air in Hyannis, Massachusetts, this week after a 4,000-NM ferry flight from the Tecnam’s headquarters in Capua, Italy. The four-person ferry crew was led by Tecnam Chief Operations Officer Giovanni Pascale, whose family founded the company. The aircraft are the first of an […]

Airbus and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation designed to “bring together their respective experiences and know-how” on developing the next generation of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platforms and associated regulatory framework. According to Airbus, the agreement includes cooperation in areas such as high-speed flight, certification of new […]

A World War II B-17 Flying Fortress owned by the Collings Foundation crashed at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) on Wednesday morning, killing seven people and injuring seven more. There were three crewmembers and ten passengers onboard the aircraft. Victims were transported to three hospitals in the area. Some have since been released. Pilot Ernest […]