Flight Safety
AVweb’s Flight Safety section offers in-depth coverage of aviation safety topics, including accident analyses, risk management strategies, regulatory updates, and pilot training insights. Designed for pilots, instructors, and aviation professionals, this section provides timely information to enhance situational awareness and promote best practices in flight operations.
AOPA, NATA Disagree Over FBO Conflicts
AOPA and 11 other aviation user groups called on the FAA on Tuesday to take action against “egregious FBO fees and denial of airport access.” The groups said hidden fees and unaffordable costs for ramp space deny pilots “reasonable access to federally funded airports.” NATA quickly issued a dissenting statement, citing “misguided assumptions” driving AOPA’s […]
NTSB Schedules Hearing On Southwest Engine Failure
An investigative hearing into the CFM International engine failure on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 in April will be held on Nov. 14, the NTSB announced on Tuesday. The one-day hearing will focus on the engine’s fan-blade design, inspection methods and procedures, containment design and certification criteria. “This was the first fatal accident involving a […]
Miami Flight School Closes After Fatal Crash
Dean International, the flight school that lost two airplanes and four pilots in a midair crash last week, has closed, the Miami Herald reported on Monday. “We can’t live with ourselves; the crash devastated us,” Robert Dean, the school’s owner, told the Herald. “We had already planned to downsize because the embassies have stopped giving […]
FAA May Discontinue Some Wx Broadcasts
Since the early 1980s, the FAA has provided for pilots the Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS), a continuous broadcast of weather advisories over a limited nationwide network of VORs, but this week the FAA said it wants to eliminate the service, which is less needed now. “Currently, multiple sources are available that provide access […]
Redbird GIFT Available At Home
Redbird Flight Simulation’s Guided Independent Flight Training (GIFT) program will now be available for all of the company’s simulators, including the at-home Jay and TD models, Redbird announced at AirVenture 2018. GIFT, which was introduced at AirVenture last year, is a series of smart simulator scenarios that can be used to augment private pilot training. […]
Trainer Sales Drive Growth For Piper
Compared to last year, Piper Aircraft has had marked increases in sales, deliveries and revenue during the second quarter of 2018, the company announced at AirVenture 2018. The growth is strongly driven by trainer sales, with Piper reporting a 126 percent increase over a similar time period last year. The company says its order backlog […]
LSA Weight Restrictions Changing
Major changes to Light Sport weight restrictions are about two years away and the new rules will capture many legacy training and personal aircraft, EAA Chairman Jack Pelton announced on Monday. In a news conference at AirVenture, Pelton said the changes are about halfway through the four-year rulemaking process and are aimed at fixing what […]
Podcast: Vulcanair Enters Training Market
Vulcanair’s V1.0 has arrived in America and has a future in the training market according to Ameravia spokesman Mike McMann. We spoke with him at AirVenture 2018. Duration: 3:40 File Size: download here
