Textron’s Citation Longitude Gets FAA Certification Company cites Long FAA testing and Employees’ Efforts Minimal mention of FAA support ACO had issues with performance-based justification–new Part 23 performance-based standards “Textron Aviation’s Cessna Citation Longitude has…
Investigator says FAA training inspectors weren’t qualified Sends letter to President concluding FAA test pilots unqualified FAA sends letter stating contradictory position Letters, our insights included-what do you think? “Federal investigators say some safety inspectors…
Aircraft Black Box Market Projected to Gain Significant Value by 2023 CVR/FDR history and NTSB recommendations ALPA opposes Cockpit Image Recorder Immediate Access now available This article’s title suggested that someone had researched where the…
Global aviation leaders gather amid climate protests, MAX safety talks There’s a long and technical agenda Then there’s CORSIA And the FAA Administrator meeting on the B737 Max8 By Allison Lampert MONTREAL, Sept 22…
This Journal is intended as a place for ideas about aviation safety to be posted and commented. Last week a provocative article from The New York Times Magazine by William Langewiesche appeared here. His extensive research and analysis…
ICAO IS 75 YEARS OLD This UN body is known by many in Aviation Few knew what ICAO does Jim Loos recounts some significant ICAO accomplishments probably By Jim Loos December 7 2019 is the…
Bill Would Effectively End Most Heli Tourism in U.S. Tour Helicopter fly no lower than 1,500′ AGL 55 dbA maximum noise over occupied areas Allow every state to impose greater restrictions “Citing a…
Lufthansa And Airbus Work On A320neo Center-Of-Gravity Limits Lufthansa Stops Selling Seats in the Last Row of A320neo Software GLITCH is being addressed by airline by blocking out last row of seats Lufthansa Planes flying…