Two legal systems deal with conflict between SAFETY and Intellectual Property Both safety organizations lack the competence to judge IP issues Assume IP vs. SAFETY– RIGHT? Ukrainian court orders seizure of 5 Volga-Dnepr An-124s Press…
OPINION Boeing 737 Max: Don’t rush into criminal case and don’t make safety a political football Technical matters far from resolved Standards for grounding and reauthorizing flight based on software NOVEL issue International…
Another Airworthiness Issue with an AoA The Vane is linked to Software AD points to faulty parts The Cirrus SF50 has had problem with its angle of attack (AoA) vane interacting with its stall warning…
Embraer E195-E2 gets triple type certification ANAC, EASA and FAA all certificate the aircraft Issuance based on Brazilian authority Recognized based on bilateral airworthiness agreements March 11 actions put that system at risk; JATR…
News reports about the Ethiopian Airlines crash, the Boeing 737 MAX8, the FAA and Boeing have offered a variety of “expert” opinions on the certification process. In particular, these talking head have thrown the terms…
Bye Aerospace is developing an ELECTRIC aircraft eFlyer is doing well on test flights Heading for new Part 23 and ASTM AOPA is tracking the development of a promising electric two seat aircraft. The developer…
SAIC’s Barbara Smith, an FAA ‘Trailblazer,’ Recognized with Women in Aerospace Leadership Award Talented African American worked her way up the ATC ranks At SAIC she led the effort to train new ATCers…
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…