Rob Mark

The National Transportation Safety Board took a giant leap forward last week in effort to remind pilots of the limits to the see and avoid concept, the primary method of avoiding midair collisions. The Board released a series of animations created from the pilot’s view in the cockpit from three of the four aircraft involved […]

In the wake of the recent Republican sweep of government in the United States, a change in the White House is expected to refocus energy on the topics that have been plaguing air traffic control in the nation for decades, such as an inconsistent funding stream and the snail’s pace of many capital improvement projects. […]

The FAA this week granted a supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation of Garmin’s GTX 345 ADS-B In/Out and the GTX 335 ADS-B Out transponders on more than 60 models of helicopter. The approval is expected to provide a simplified path to ADS-B certification for aircraft on the Part 27 approved model list (AML). Both […]

In recently released details for its Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) strategy for the airspace above the U.S., the FAA has provided insights into the how it will make necessary system changes, in addition to why. PBN defines the accuracy, availability and integrity of the satellite signals used to create the nation’s future navigation system by eliminating […]

Although loss of control accidents have declined on the commercial side of U.S. air transportation, the data shouldn’t lull pilots of any size aircraft into believing the top cause of fatal accidents around the world has been reined in, a point demonstrated when the pilots of a chartered Hawker 700 lost control of their aircraft […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) released a statement outlining its safety policy designed to cement the extensive efforts of the association’s safety committee with those of the real world of business aviation. The new policy recognizes safety as the cornerstone value of business aviation and its critical importance to the association’s mission and purpose. […]

In a bizarre admission of guilt by a person nabbed for shining a blue laser at an aircraft, Colorado man Kenneth Karol not only confessed to his crime on camera, but also broke down nearly into a state of tears asking the crew of Denver’s Fox 31 helicopter crew to accept his apology for any […]

Most people know the term hypersonic, but few can probably define it. Hypersonic flight occurs when an object travels at speeds in excess of five times the speed of sound, or about 3,800 mph in dry air at sea level. At last month’s Forum on American Aeronautics held at the Mojave Air and Space Port, […]

The two-hour and 27-minute maiden flight of Canadian aircraft builder Bombardier’s new Global 7000 went off on Monday without a hitch. The first of the Global 7000 test aircraft departed Bombardier’s Toronto test facility with two pilots and one test engineer and allowed ample time for the crew to evaluate the airplane’s flight controls and […]

Aircraft recovery parachute maker BRS says more than 300 lives have been saved after pilots deployed the company’s system, one that gently returns an aircraft in distress back to earth. Cirrus reports more than 60 BRS deployments, many on the 3,600-pound SR22. Cirrus is also bringing a BRS parachute to the 6,000-pound SF50 Vision Jet. […]