The General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GAJSC) Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT) Working Group recently met for the last time at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Working Group finished drafting safety recommendations targeted at reducing the number of CFIT general aviation accidents. The GAJSC analyzes general aviation (GA) safety data to develop […]
Over the past decade or so, the global aviation industry has come to realize that pointing the finger of blame at one of our own for a mistake does nothing to identify the real problem at hand. The only exception to ignoring the why behind an incident or accident is when a person is found […]
The second episode of a new PBS series, “Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World,” premieres tomorrow night April 24 with “Airplane,” a look at the people who inspired the Wright Brothers to create the first practical aircraft. The journey to the first successful flight is a story full of passion, danger and death, and […]
The Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC—Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil) last week granted a type certificate for Embraer’s Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet, the first super-midsize jet with full fly-by-wire technology that powers its active turbulence reduction. With four passengers and NBAA IFR Reserves, the Praetor 600 sports an intercontinental range of 4,018 nm at […]
The FAA last Friday grounded all Cirrus Vision Jets through an Emergency AD prompted by Cirrus reporting three incidents on Cirrus Model SF50 airplanes of the stall warning and protection system (SWPS) or Electronic Stability & Protection (ESP) System engaging when not appropriate. Over the weekend, Cirrus senior vice president of sales and marketing Ben […]
Paraphrasing the 19th century British politician John Dalberg-Acton’s well-known take on the corrupting influence of power, “Power tends to spoil pilots, and additional power spoils them even more.” No matter how fast an airplane flies, there’s always someone wondering why it can’t cruise just a little faster, or climb a little quicker or carry just […]
The FAA on Thursday issued an emergency airworthiness directive (2019-08-51) against the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet that grounds the entire fleet until specified maintenance is performed on the aircraft’s angle of attack indicators. The AD was prompted by three incidents on Cirrus Model SF50 airplanes of the stall warning and protection system (SWPS) or electronic […]
This year’s Planes of Fame Air Show takes place on May 4-5 as usual at Chino Airport just over an hour’s drive east of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). There’s a special theme though this year as the world prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe in June 1944 that […]
I recently bumped into Jennifer Storm at Sun n’ Fun in Lakeland and I had to admit that after congratulating her on her new role as VP of the AOPA Foundation, I really knew next to nothing about the organization. She took a few minutes between meetings and the noise of the nearby airshow to […]
Continental Aerospace last week announced a new partnership with Diamond Aircraft that will equip the single-engine DA50 with a 300 hp, Jet-A fueled CD-300 engine. The CD-300, specifically designed for high performance, luxury piston powered aircraft and certified in December 2017, is the third platform in Continental’s Jet-A fueled piston engine lineup. The engine produces […]
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