FAA Approves Testing Landmark For Unleaded Avgas Contender The Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) team announced today (Nov. 29) that the first high-octane unleaded aviation fuel has reached an FAA milestone. According to an FAA announcement today, the agency “has approved the advancement to full-scale engine and[…] Read this article
USAF Osprey Tiltrotor Lost Off Japan Coast: At Least One Confirmed Dead A U.S. Air Force CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor crashed yesterday (U.S. time) off the southern coast of Japan. One body has been recovered, and the remaining seven crew members were still missing as of 4 p.m. EST Wednesday (Nov. 29), according[…] Read this article
November 10 Near-Collision At JFK The crew of American Airlines Flight 28 asked to speak to air traffic controllers after a near-collision at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York on Nov. 10. As illustrated in ATC recordings posted on YouTube at the[…] Read this article
Honeywell Awarded Lead Role In AI-Based Single-Pilot Research Earlier this month, Honeywell announced it is leading the DARWIN project under the European Union SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking. The goal of DARWIN (a painfully stretched acronym for “Digital Assistants for Reducing Workload and Increasing … collaboration”) is “to leverage[…] Read this article
GA Industry Mourns Passing Of AAAA's Selina Shilad The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) was among several general aviation organizations mourning the passing of Selena Shilad, leader of the Alliance for Aviation Across America (AAAA). Shilad died on Nov. 24 at age 45 after a short illness. NBAA[…] Read this article
Short Final: Optical Delusion All my flying for the first several years of owning my Grumman AA1-B was VFR, even at night. And my electronic navigation was limited to the Narco Escort 110 in the panel, which could navigate and communicate, but not both[…] Read this article
