Russ Niles’ report on the recommendation of the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) that OEMs install cockpit voice recorders in new General Aviation Aircraft. The Foundation explained that the current costs of this important safety equipment make it unaffordable for most small aircraft owners. The back
Joby Aviation was completing a flight test of its JAS4-2 under Part 91on February 16, 2022, and the EXPERIMENTAL uncrewed eVTOL vehicle suffered a separation of one of its propellors which cascaded into another propellor separating multiple propulsion motor/propeller assemblies and loss of remote pilot
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced that it had initiated a CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION “WHETHER THE [Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max] PANEL BLOWOUT VIOLATED TERMS OF A 2021 SETTLEMENT that let Boeing avoid prosecution for allegedly misleading regulators who certified the 737 Max.” The charge
Advanced civil drones (UASs), green aircraft, air taxis, other eVTOL applications and a whole host of aerospace innovations are being created by this industry. Contemporaneously, a number of traditional type and production certificates are showing some cracks in their performance. On March 22,2024 BOOM Supersonic
This post will not follow the ordinary format. Today, it begins with an opinion expressed by the Travel Detective. In response to the recent spate of FAA and industry awful incidents, he was asked to express his opinions on the regulatory surveillance of aircraft certification.
A long tortuous trail towards allowing greater innovation in developing and certificating Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes has been in place for 10 years. Does the Piper announcement of its new, innovative Piper M700 FURY (see below for detailed technical description by Piper) signal
The people of Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District should recognize his persistence as witnessed by his January 29th Press Release (see below). As he notes, the Member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has been advocating that the FAA’s (and MOST OTHER CAAS’[1]) must revise
A lawsuit, see below article, alleges that Spirit AeroSystems disregarded complaints of its quality personnel that defects were present in the company’s production lines, although the B737 Max 8 plug door was not specified. Spirit did not reply to the author; so, the company’s position
Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met recently (see below article) and they discussed expanding air service between the US and the PRC. The article mentions that US ambassador Nicholas Burns was present and conducted some of the talks at his home. Curiously, there was
The global goal for reducing aviation’s carbon emissions can only be achieved by a multinational shared strategy with measurable results. It is not enough for individual government to declare that “we’ll be better”- such a commitment MUST HAVE SPECIFIC DATES, PRECISE QUANTIFICATION, AND CLEARLY ARTICULATED/RELIABLE CO
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Russ Niles’ report on the recommendation of the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) that OEMs install cockpit voice recorders in new General Aviation Aircraft. The Foundation explained that the current costs of this important safety equipment
Joby Aviation was completing a flight test of its JAS4-2 under Part 91on February 16, 2022, and the EXPERIMENTAL uncrewed eVTOL vehicle suffered a separation of one of its propellors which cascaded into another propellor
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced that it had initiated a CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION “WHETHER THE [Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max] PANEL BLOWOUT VIOLATED TERMS OF A 2021 SETTLEMENT that let Boeing avoid prosecution for
Advanced civil drones (UASs), green aircraft, air taxis, other eVTOL applications and a whole host of aerospace innovations are being created by this industry. Contemporaneously, a number of traditional type and production certificates are showing
This post will not follow the ordinary format. Today, it begins with an opinion expressed by the Travel Detective. In response to the recent spate of FAA and industry awful incidents, he was asked to
A long tortuous trail towards allowing greater innovation in developing and certificating Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes has been in place for 10 years. Does the Piper announcement of its new, innovative Piper
The people of Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District should recognize his persistence as witnessed by his January 29th Press Release (see below). As he notes, the Member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has been
A lawsuit, see below article, alleges that Spirit AeroSystems disregarded complaints of its quality personnel that defects were present in the company’s production lines, although the B737 Max 8 plug door was not specified. Spirit
Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met recently (see below article) and they discussed expanding air service between the US and the PRC. The article mentions that US ambassador Nicholas Burns was present and conducted
The global goal for reducing aviation’s carbon emissions can only be achieved by a multinational shared strategy with measurable results. It is not enough for individual government to declare that “we’ll be better”- such a commitment
2 POSTS A DAY — OVER 2,500 ARTICLES
Published daily since 2009, the JDA Journal has earned a reputation as a source for concise, unbiased, no nonsense, non-jargon, in depth analysis and incisive commentary on the latest news and important current issues of interest to the aviation community. No other daily aviation journal is as thought provoking, insightful, interesting and sometimes even fun to read at no cost, without advertisements and without overt or subtle marketing messages.
JDA Journal is a forum for JDA Aviation staff and Associates to post their insights on aviation Safety.
Our head writer, Sandy Murdock, was former FAA Chief Counsel and FAA Deputy Administrator. Also NBAA’s former Sr. VP Administration and General Counsel.
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