EZ-FLY: Researching Easier To Fly Aircraft »

EZ-FLY: Researching Easier To Fly Aircraft

By Paul Bertorelli | January 15, 2019

In the airline and military realm, fly-by-wire control has become old hat but because of expense and certification complexity, the technology hasn’t trickled down to light aircraft general aviation. Some in the industry, however, believe that digital control architecture and the enhanced stability it can offer might make airplanes easier to fly and would thus kick the door open to higher aircraft demand. A company called Flight Level Engineering is just completing a project for the FAA that could lay the foundation for certification of such systems, for which there may be no significant manufacturing barriers.

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New Flight Deck Features For Cessna, Beechcraft Models »

New Flight Deck Features For Cessna, Beechcraft Models

By Kate O'Connor | January 15, 2019

Textron Aviation has announced that it will be offering improved flight deck capabilities for 2019 Cessna and Beechcraft piston models. According to the company, the upgraded features include new standard and optional equipment as part of Garmin’s G1000 NXi next-generation flight deck and are designed to provide “enhanced control and connectivity in the cockpit.”

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Ethics Concerns Halt Shutdown Fundraiser For Controllers »

Ethics Concerns Halt Shutdown Fundraiser For Controllers

By Kate O'Connor | January 16, 2019

A GoFundMe campaign aimed at supplying groceries and gas money for local air traffic controllers not receiving pay during the partial government shutdown has been suspended by its founder due to the potential for ethics violations.

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Lion Air Voice Recorder Recovered »

By Russ Niles | January 14, 2019

More than two months after the crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX off Indonesia, divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the seabed. More

707 Crash Kills 15 »

By Russ Niles | January 14, 2019

Fifteen people died when a Boeing 707 cargo plane overran the runway in bad weather at Fath Airport in Karaj, near Tehran, went through a perimeter fence and buried its nose in a house. More

FAA To Propose Relaxing Drone Rules »

By Russ Niles | January 14, 2019

The FAA is proposing relaxing rules for flying drones over people and at night. The FAA released a draft of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Monday. The NPRM will be published in the Federal... More

Sick Calls Close TSA Checkpoints »

By Russ Niles | January 14, 2019

The Transportation Security Administration is warning that there could be more security checkpoint closures and longer lines at the screening points that are open after at least two closures over... More

Shutdown Delays Navigation Update »

By Russ Niles | January 13, 2019

The government shutdown is delaying an urgent update of the World Magnetic Model, the underlying basis for all modern navigation systems, and those systems are in danger of becoming unacceptably... More

MiG-23 For Sale In Texas »

By Russ Niles | January 13, 2019

You don’t have to join the Air Force and wait for the next generation of supersonic business jets to fly a Mach-busting jet. The only flying MiG-23 in the U.S. is for sale in Texas and it can... More

SpaceX Laying Off 10 Percent Of Staff »

By Russ Niles | January 13, 2019

After celebrating a series of successful launches, including the final shipment of Iridium satellites to low earth orbit last week, SpaceX has announced it’s laying off about 10 percent of its... More

Pizzas Across The Border For Controllers »

By Russ Niles | January 12, 2019

In a show of solidarity with their unpaid U.S. counterparts, Canadian air traffic controllers ordered pizza for FAA controllers at facilities across the U.S. over the weekend. More

 

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Assessing Red Line Weather

Assessing Red Line Weather »

January 14, 2019

Few weather phenomena are truly a “red line” that cannot be safely flown. Is the cold front one? More

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Press Releases

Cirrus Unveils G2 Vision Jet with True Blue Power Batteries

True Blue Power intelligent batteries, inverters and Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics Standby Attitude Module (SAM(R)) are standard equipment on the Generation 2 Personal Jet.

Favendo takes passengers to their destination at Germany's largest international airport

Location-based services specialist Favendo has implemented a BLE sensor infrastructure in terminals one and two at Frankfurt Airport for FRAPORT AG. In addition, the company developed and provided the positioning and navigation software for the Frankfurt Airport App.

Airspace inquiry takes off.

Concerns over the design of the aviation skies above Britain were raised during the first Oral hearing session of an inquiry commissioned by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation (APPG-GA).