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.
Recently, an airliner checked in with Boston Center at FL340. Pilot:“Boston Center, good morning. Airliner 123 at FL340. Light chop.” ATC:“Airliner 123, good morning. That light chop has been there for the last 29 years.” Luigie Martinezvia e-mail
Two glider pilots escaped unhurt after their aircraft collided over Little Gransden, England on Sunday. Circumstances of the midair weren’t available but one pilot parachuted onto the roof of a building and the other was able to land his glider. Thankfully nobody seriously injured apparently as glider corkscrews out of the sky – amazing sight, […]
Senior officials in the government of Laos, including its defense chief Douanchy Phichit and head of security Thongbane Sengaphone, were killed in the crash of a government aircraft Saturday. At least five people, all of them ranking officials of the authoritarian government, were killed. There were 18 people aboard the AN-74TK-300, a Ukraine-built 50-passenger regional […]
Recently, the FAA changed how it recruits candidates for ATC positions, focusing on hiring candidates from its FAA Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) program. This may seem logical, but the devil is in the details. Historically, candidates for AT-CTI program were evaluated on their work and educational experience directly related to ATC job functions, […]
Our weekly review of the news in aviation revealed that attitude information is now available for the Garmin aera 796/795, Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. has been created to produce a two-place electric airplane, Europe-American Aviation is upgrading its training capabilities in Naples, Fla., and General Atomics announced new technology to allow drones to sense and […]
Eclipse Aerospace Inc. has partnered with Jeppesen to offer a web-based delivery system for E-Chart and navigation subscription data updates. This digital download solution eliminates the shipping of physical disk media to Eclipse subscribers, and also puts an end to manual data entry by these subscribers into their avionics system.“This secure, web-based delivery system automates […]
Our friends in Colorado may have gotten 14 inches of snow this week, but that will not stop the fly-in season from providing everything from a Texas hot air balloon fest to a T-6 gathering in Torrance, Calif. – all reported on SocialFlight. On Saturday, May 16, Thompson Field, Van Zandt County, Texas, will be […]
The agricultural aviation community needs to do a better job dealing with fatigue, risk management, and aircraft maintenance, the NTSB said in a special report (PDF) issued on Tuesday. “Ag operations are inherently flown at low altitudes, often close to obstacles and hazards,” said NTSB board member Earl Weener. “That kind of flying requires rigorous […]
Just as a combination of radar, transponders and active traffic systems improved flight safety for manned aircraft, the UAS industry may benefit from different twists on the same technology. At the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International show in Orlando this week, General Atomics, the maker of the Predator UAS, explained its novel approach to […]
Satellite-communications company Inmarsat has offered to provide airlines with free global tracking service over its network, the company announced on Monday. “This service is being offered to all 11,000 commercial passenger aircraft, which are already equipped with an Inmarsat satellite connection, virtually 100 percent of the world’s long-haul commercial fleet,” the company said. The offer […]
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