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A panel formed by the FAA to advise on whether the agency should increase the mandatory retirement age of airline pilots to 65 has essentially thrown the issue back on the FAAs lap. About the only thing the panel, made up of airline, union and pilot organization representatives, could agree on was that the issue […]

The airport board admits that construction work was underway but it claims that NOTAMs were properly created and distributed and that signs leading to Runway 22, the main 7,000-foot runway that the flight had been cleared to, met all standards and that configuration of the taxiways and runways at the Airport were safe, open and […]

Comair Flight 5191 crashed solely because of the negligence and wrongful conduct of Comair and its flight crew according to a response by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board and the airport corporation to a suit launched by Comair against the airport and the federal government. Comair said the suit is an attempt to spread […]

The aircraft destroyed was the second and newer version of the two prototypes. Before the crash, certification and customer deliveries of the $7.1 million, eight-passenger jet had been anticipated for the third quarter of 2007. Grob had expected that the aircraft would be certified for single pilot operation. So far, Grob has issued only a […]

One of the two Grob SPn Utility Jets flying prototypes was destroyed during a demonstration flight near the company factory in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany on Wednesday, Grob CEO Niall Olver confirmed to AVweb. Chief SPn test pilot Gerard Guillaumaud, 45, the sole occupant aboard the aircraft, was killed. Guillaumaud was a former French air force pilot […]

With an ongoing investigation inviting scrutiny, 10 controllers off duty while that investigation continues, ongoing staff disputes, and commercial flights plagued by delays, the head of Brazil’s air traffic control system has been dismissed. Paulo Roberto Cardoso Vilarinho, director of Brazilian airspace control, was relieved of his post Friday, according to The Associated Press. Vilarinho […]

Brazil’s ATC software is badly designed, contributing to an “unsafe and dangerous” system, the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA) alleges. The radar display will automatically indicate a change in altitude to the assigned flight level, without confirmation from a controller, it says. Thus, the screen apparently showed the Legacy jet at FL360, […]

Brazil should immediately release the two U.S. pilots who have been denied permission to leave the country since late September, when the Legacy jet they were flying collided with a Gol Airlines 737 over the Amazon jungle, the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA) said in a statement. IFATCA also found fault with […]

When the FAA issues a production certificate for an aircraft, the company must be able to ensure that every airplane that comes off the line conforms exactly to the type design that the FAA approved. The FAA’s review process to ensure conformity is “very well defined, detailed and unforgiving,” Eclipse Aviation CEO Vern Raburn says. […]

In a letter to customers and investors, Eclipse Aviation CEO Vern Raburn on Monday addressed concerns that the company has not yet delivered its first aircraft — an event that has been anticipated for weeks. “That important milestone event has not yet taken place and in turn, this may be impacting your confidence that Eclipse […]