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On Monday, the FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive grounding all Sikorsky S-92 helicopters, the type that crashed off the Newfoundland coast on March 12, killing 17 people. The FAA said investigators found two main gearbox studs had broken. “Failure of a stud … could result in rapid loss of oil, failure of the main […]

Randy Babbitt, who served as president of the Air Line Pilots Association during the 1990s, is expected to be nominated by the Obama administration to be the next FAA administrator, the Wall Street Journal has reported. Babbitt’s name has been in the rumor mill for a while, and he’s considered to be a compromise candidate […]

photo by Jerry Search AOPA is urging observers to refrain “jumping to conclusions” about the cause of the crash of a Pilatus PC-12 in Butte, Mont. on Sunday. The PC-12, loaded with seven adults and seven children, has been described by several witnesses as “nosediving” into a cemetery while on short final for Bert Mooney […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. The pilots aboard a FedEx MD-11 died when the aircraft crashed during a hard landing at Tokyo Narita Airport on Sunday. An airport video camera shows the aircraft landing hard and porpoising before […]

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photo by Jerry Search An FAA spokesman is quoted by the New York Times as saying as many as 17 people, many of them children, were on board a 12-seat Pilatus PC-12 and all died when the aircraft crashed and exploded in a cemetery in Butte, Montana on Sunday. Les Dorr told the Times that […]

Terrafugia last week celebrated the public announcement of the successful first test flights made by its two-seat roadable folding-wing aircraft, the Transition, March 5, and maintains its intent to deliver production models for under $200,000 and by 2011. Test pilot Col. (Ret) Phil Meteer reported that the test vehicle remained stable on the ground through […]

The sixth and final 787 Dreamliner test aircraft is in final assembly at Boeing’s Everett, Wash., facility as the first test aircraft gets final paint and analysts continue to apply their doubts. The aircraft’s release to customers is almost two years behind schedule and some analysts are not ready to accept that Boeing will meet […]

“Roel [Pieper] reluctantly took over as CEO of Eclipse in July of 2008,” according to a press release that now announces him as a partner with Mike Press, Mason Holland, Raul Segredo and John Cracken in Eclipse Jet LLC (a.k.a. New Eclipse) — a company that seeks to acquire and operate the assets of Eclipse […]

Quest Aircraft turned over the first of many short takeoff and landing, heavy-hauling, single turboprop Kodiak aircraft to be sold “at cost” as part of the manufacturer’s Quest Mission Team (QMT) program. The Kodiak was designed for the rigors of off-airport mission work and can carry 3,100 pounds (or 10 passengers) into the air after […]