PC-12 Fleet Passes Ten Million Flight Hour Milestone The Pilatus PC-12 single-engine utility turboprop has now logged more than ten million flight hours since the first examples of the model were delivered in 1994. According to Pilatus, 71 PC-12s have flown for more than 20,000 hours each with[…] Read this article
Qantas Names New CEO Australia-based airline Qantas has announced that Vanessa Hudson will be taking over as CEO and managing director. She will succeed outgoing CEO Alan Joyce, who will be retiring in November 2023. Hudson currently serves as the company’s chief financial officer.[…] Read this article
GOES Satellite Imagery You’ve probably heard someone tossing around the term “GOES satellite” at one time or another. This refers to a NOAA satellite program that has been in operation for 47 years. GOES stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, in other words, a[…] Read this article
AEA 2023: DMC's LaceLok Tool Avionics guru Larry Anglisano was at the Aircraft Electronics Association show last week and caught up with DMC Tools for a demo of the LaceLok. It’s a combination of zip ties and conventional lacing methods in a prefabricated form. A[…] Read this article
FAA Calls For Public Comment On Noise Policy Review The FAA is asking the public for comments as it launches a review of its civil aviation noise policy, which “sets forth how the FAA analyzes, explains, and publicly presents changes in noise exposure from aviation activity.” According to the[…] Read this article
Accident Probe: Time In Type? It’s an article of faith in aviation and other endeavors that having more experience with a specific machine is less risky than having less. In aviation, we measure this by the number of hours accrued in a specific aircraft type.[…] Read this article
