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…
Boeing Revs Up Airbus Challenge on $4.75 Billion Embraer Venture Airplane Manufacturers Boeing and Embraer Announce New Partnership Boeing and Brazil’s Embraer form $4.75 billion commercial jet venture There is more to this transaction’s success than…
Additive Manufacturing (3D) has an FAA Roadmap Dr. Gorelick highly qualified to drive the program Industry will help with PERFORMANCE standards? FAA Drafts Plan to Regulate Additive Manufacturing of Aerospace Components The first step…
Reactions to the Kobe Steel Problem FAA’s/Boeing’s Quality Controls Boeing Passenger Jets Have Falsely-Certified Kobe Steel Products: Source EU advises firms to suspend purchases from Japan’s Kobe Steel, major supplier to aircraft manufacturers around world Kobe Steel…
Story seems to think it’s $ Airworthiness Directive shows differences in degree of action needed FAA wants $13.6M fix to Pratt’s turbofan engines The FAA published in the October 12,2017 Federal Register (82 FR…