GAMA adds ASTM expertise to its team
New Part 23 shifts from Prescription to Performance ASTM is a source for Engineering Criteria GAMA hires talent from the Standard setting organization A lot of the praise for the new Part 23 focused on…
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EASA changes its Director of Certification
GAMA Bids Farewell to EASA’s Trevor Woods, Welcomes New Certification Director Rachel Daeschler GAMA thanks Woods GAMA welcomes Rachel Daeschler Important Transition for Certification Brussels, Belgium –– The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) today released…
The almost complete Embraer-Boeing deal will define a new regulatory path
Embraer’s Board of Directors ratifies approval of the deal with Boeing Embraer and Boeing Welcome Brazilian Government Approval of Strategic Partnership Commercial Deal agreed to Brazilian Government Approves What Regulatory Steps Needed Brazilian Science and…
EASA’s problems with Russia’s aircraft certification – should others share them?
Incongruent Rules Threaten EASA Certification of Russian Jets Issue : transfer of certification authority within government Could require repeat of 2/3 of flight tests! Should other CAAs worry? Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft plans to deliver…
FAA STC “performance” applied for Part 23 and Part 33 STC
FAA is walking its talk in STC process Post Field Approval Data used for STC Part 23 performance base is justification Part 33 the basis for Engine STC The aerospace industry worked long hard hours…
AIRBUS innovation and implementation scorecard
Six weird and wonderful ideas Airbus have patented – and what happened to them Innovation is the life of Aerospace Airbus has filed a lot of Patents Scorecard of these new ideas The Aerospace Industry…
The 90 second Emergency Evacuation is a Performance-based Safety rule
FAA says: We’re a safety agency, not a creature comfort agency You know you are in trouble when an opinion, signed by all three Circuit Judges, starts with the following sentence: This is the…
China’s and Japan’s Regional Jets experience HICCUPs, as expected
Comac C919 Stumbles on FAA Flight Deck Standards Mitsubishi Heavy’s struggling aircraft unit to gain $2 billion lifeline: NHK Contrary to earlier positive predictions Multiple articles have forewarned the impending doom of Boeing and Airbus,…