Aviation News

With only three months to go before the 2020 ADS-B deadline, avionics shops are backed up three to nine months and most expect the backlog to increase next year. The ADS-B mandate has ignited demand for panel upgrades in general and many customers are scheduling ADS-B now, and full panels later. “I am currently scheduling […]

The GA accident rate has improved dramatically during the past two decades and with it, the stall/spin accident incidence has also decreased. Yet stalls account for nearly 20 percent of all light aircraft fatal accidents, amounting to about 35 a year. In this, the first of five podcasts on the subject of preventing stalls, we […]

Airbus-owned Voom launched its on-demand helicopter “air taxi” booking platform in the U.S. on Thursday. The company is beginning its U.S. service in California’s San Francisco Bay area, offering flights between airports in Napa, Oakland, Palo Alto, San Francisco and San Jose. Voom, which is also headquartered in San Francisco, has been operating in São […]

Bombardier’s Global 5500 and Global 6500 business jets have been awarded their Transport Canada type certifications, according to a company announcement on Tuesday. Bombardier says it expects FAA and EASA certifications to follow shortly. Flight testing of the aircraft was completed at Bombardier’s Wichita, Kansas, test center and both models are scheduled to enter service […]

The NTSB issued a report on Thursday asking the FAA to ensure aircraft regulators and designers consider the effects of multiple cockpit alarms and what can happen when pilots don’t react as expected to emergency situations. According to the NTSB, the report’s seven recommendations stem from its support of the ongoing investigations by Indonesia’s Komite […]

Aviation insurance company Avemco teamed up with the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) last week to discuss some of the common safety issues and pilot personality traits highlighted by the types of insurance claims filed after aircraft accidents. Presented by pilot and head of Avemco’s underwriting operations Mike Adams, the seminar focused on data […]

Boeing has created a new safety committee to oversee both design and manufacturing in a move the company said reaffirms its “longstanding commitment to aerospace safety and the safety of its products and services.” Called the Aerospace Safety Committee (ASC), this permanent office will be headed by retired Admiral Edmund Giambastiani Jr., former vice chairman […]

The pilot of the Eurocopter AS350 that ditched in the East River in March 2018 told the NTSB he was worried about the tethers securing passengers for so-called doors off tours. All five passengers drowned when the aircraft touched down in the river after the fuel valve was inadvertently turned off. The findings were released […]

Texas Aircraft Manufacturing’s Colt LSA has been picking up speed over the summer, with a soft launch in the early summer, a public debut at Oshkosh, and now it has gained approval under the ASTM standards required to produce in the LSA category. The company has already begun production at its facility in Hondo, Texas. “After […]

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation announced plans to establish a center in Montreal, Canada, last week. The company, which also opened U.S. headquarters in Renton, Washington, in May, says the move will help it “prepare for the next phase of its global growth” as it looks toward beginning deliveries of the first of its new SpaceJet family […]