Flight Safety

The former Korean Air executive who offloaded a flight attendant at JFK in December over a bag of nuts is appealing the one-year prison sentence handed down Thursday, the Korea Times reportedFriday.A district court judge in Seoul ruled that Cho Hyun-ah, the daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho, was guilty of acts of violence […]

Beginning in 2017 any aircraft, GA included, with ADS-B Out transmitting at 1090 MHz will be automatically tracked and the precise location of its last transmission anywhere on earth recorded. At last week’s ICAO High Level Safety Conference, Aireon LLC, which is launching the first space-based global air surveillance system, announced that the headquarters for […]

When a LAN Chile DC-3 went missing in the Andes in April 1961 with 24 people on board, rescuers found the tail section, but then abandoned the recovery effort. It was clear there were no survivors, and searching on the steep, remote, glacier-topped mountainside was dangerous. This week, a nine-member expedition team announced that it […]

Heard this exchange on the radio a few (many) years ago. Cessna 123:“Center, Cessna 123 with you at angels eight five.” ATC:“Cessna 123, traffic 2 o’clock, four miles, eastbound. Say altitude.” Cessna 123:“No joy. Angels eight five. Looking.” ATC:“Cessna 123, say altitude.” Cessna 123:“Angels eight five.” ATC:“Cessna 123, we’re not making a war movie here. […]

I’ve been covering and writing about businesses of various kinds for a long time and I’m trying to recall if executives always coveted buzz phrases they way they do now. Probably they have, but I just found it less obnoxious when I was younger. (Now, everything is obnoxious. Didn’t I warn you about being on […]

More than 2,500 people took part in the creation of a Zenith 750 Cruzer in seven days at EAA AirVenture in 2014. AVweb’s Russ Niles recently took a flight in the One Week Wonder. view on YouTube

We bow to no one in our willingness to reject ATC clearances and forcefully but politely seek what we want and need from a controller. Since our chair usually is moving faster than their’s, we cop the attitude that our needs are more important than ATC’s. At the same time, we certainly understand controllers often […]

TransAsia Airways ordered its ATR pilots to undergo written and oral exams in the next few days to continue flying, CNN reported Friday. The airline also plans to have the 71 pilots take simulator tests, according to the report. The moves come as investigators probe the cause of this week’s ATR-72 crash with 58 people […]

I’m up early every morning and my normal sweep of the overnight aviation news turned up that stunning video of the ATR crash in Taipei. Even in my pre-caffeinated state, the video practically lifted me out of my chair. My brain couldn’t quite parse what my eyes were seeing. And now, what I think all […]

I love GPS. It’s absolutely great the way you can program the most complex route from anywhere to anywhere else. With a little help from your friends at the other end of the radio, you can often even just make a straight (great-circle) line to your destination, or at least to some intermediate point. GPS […]