Bethany Whitfield

The Airbus A320 that Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger famously ditched in the Hudson River is finally making the remainder of its journey to Charlotte, NC, 2 ½ years after the airplane originally took off for the destination. This time around the US Airways jetliner, which has been housed in a New Jersey warehouse since it […]

A new study presented to the FAA last week is adding fuel to the debate over the proposed expansion of broadband communications by a company called LightSquared, a plan that has drawn extensive concern from the aviation community about potential interference with GPS reception. The study, conducted by the non-profit RTCA, confirmed what many critics […]

The Martin Jetpack reached new heights during its test flight in Canterbury, New Zealand, this weekend, giving momentum to those attempting to develop a modern-age rocket belt.** ** The Martin Jetpack, which was first introduced to the public at Oshkosh in 2008, contains a 200-horsepower engine encased in a carbon fiber composite structure that spans […]

Gulfstream has resumed flight testing of its G650 business jet nearly two months after the crash of a test aircraft during takeoff at Roswell, New Mexico, that killed all four Gulfstream employees on board. “We have conducted all the necessary reviews to assure ourselves that we can safely resume the flight-test program at this point,” […]

An official investigative report confirms speculation that Air France 447, the flight that crashed into the Atlantic two years ago under then-mysterious circumstances, suffered a high-altitude stall before descending 38,000 feet in 3.5 minutes and crashing into the ocean According to the preliminary accident report issued by the BEA, the captain had just relinquished control […]

House Representative Bill Shuster (R – PA) has withdrawn an amendment that some say would have further stalled a bill attempting to increase the amount of rest required for airline pilots.**** Shuster’s legislation would have required the FAA to investigate the economic effects of new rules, as well as any possible alternatives, before they could […]

Cessna announced last week that the Citation Ten is on schedule to make its first flight by the end of 2011. Deliveries of the midsize jet are expected to begin in the latter half of 2013.** ** According to Cessna, the Citation Ten has a new design and performance capabilities that allow it “to fly […]

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is looking into an incident in which two regional jets came within just a few hundred feet of each other while crossing paths at Chicago O’Hare International Airport last week.** ** The event occurred around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 16, when an Embraer ERJ-145 operated by ExpressJet Airlines […]

After a difficult 2010, Cirrus shipments bounced back during the first quarter of 2011, according to recent data released by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. A GAMA report showed Cirrus made 61 aircraft shipments in the first quarter, up from the 53 the Duluth, Minnesota-based manufacturer reported during the same period last year. The company’s […]

The FAA last week proposed one of the most wide-reaching overhauls of air carrier training ever seen in the history of U.S. aviation. The proposal, which aims to give pilots and other crew members better hands-on emergency training, is the culmination of years of effort triggered in large part by the 2009 crash of a […]