Another Tuesday; Another 5G C-Band Debacle Delayed (Updated) The telecom industry, specifically AT&T and Verizon, have again backed off from plans to deploy 5G C-Band broadband technology at midnight Tuesday (January 18), at least in areas close to between 50 and 80 airports. The FAA and the airline[…] Read this article
Business Jet Market Heats Up, But Pundits Fear It Could Be Boiling Over A salesman’s eternal conflict: “I have lots of inventory, but no one wants to buy,” contrasted with the other side of the coin: “My phone keeps ringing; but I have no inventory to sell.” The latter is certainly the case[…] Read this article
Close Calls Might Be More Frequent Than You Think The recent double-fatal collision between a cargo-carrying Cessna Caravan and a powered parachute in Class Echo airspace has generated a lot of interest in the dangers posed by such unconventional aircraft when flying at altitudes where pilots of more conventional[…] Read this article
Short Final: Engineering To Bridge I was flying from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Fargo, North Dakota, one evening recently. As we approached the Dakotas, it got rather quiet on Minneapolis Center. Predictably, after about 10 minutes of silence, somebody checked to make sure things[…] Read this article
General Aviation Accident Bulletin AVweb’s General Aviation Accident Bulletin is taken from the pages of our sister publication, Aviation Safety magazine. All the reports listed here are preliminary and include only initial factual findings about crashes. You can learn more about the final probable[…] Read this article
Stratolaunch Completes Third Flight Test Stratolaunch’s gigantic “Roc” carrier aircraft successfully completed its third test flight on Sunday, reaching an altitude of 23,500 feet and airspeed of 180 knots. The flight lasted 4 hours and 23 minutes with test objectives including “evaluation of the aircraft’s[…] Read this article
