With inflight loss of control still responsible for more than 40 percent of all aviation fatalities, Aviation Performance Solutions continued its efforts last week to reduce that number in air transport category aircraft with a newly created upset prevention and recovery training specifically for Airbus aircraft. The APS Airbus A320/A330/A340 type-specific UPRT program complies with […]
The Trump administration’s admission today that efforts to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system have earned a line in the president’s upcoming budget is expected to quickly ignite opposing efforts from the general aviation community. Pushback on ATC privatization in the past has focused on two key issues: who will control the new corporate […]
Jonathan Smith always dreamed of being a pilot, but with a severe stuttering disorder, he was told it was impossible for him to earn a pilot’s license. In 2010, he reached out to multiple flight schools in New Jersey, but was turned down by each one. “I became interested in flying as a kid, but […]
Southern Utah University has upgraded its aviation training program with the purchase of 10 new Cirrus SR20s. “Globally, the aviation industry is expanding rapidly and the demand for qualified pilots is high,” says SUU President Scott L Wyatt. “The addition of the Cirrus aircraft will elevate our program by offering the most advanced and safest […]
Worries about Congress separating ATC from the rest of the FAA aren’t the only concern for much of the aviation industry. Following the near shutdown of most of the nation’s contract control towers during sequestration in 2013, 11 alphabet group executives yesterday said they want confirmation that financial support for the program covering 253 towers […]
When Ford Motor Co. chairman Bill Ford was asked at SXSW if we’d be seeing his company’s logo on a flying car anytime soon, his answer was simple: “No.” Flying car fever is gripping America’s tech-hungry population lately, as Dutch developer PAL-V announced in February that its Liberty, a three-wheel gyrocopter, is for sale and […]
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget trims billions of dollars from several high-profile programs and agencies, and big chunks of money from many more that most Americans have never heard of. One of the lesser-known domestic line items due for elimination is the $175 million Essential Air Services program that provides federal subsidies for commercial air […]
The world lost another aviation pioneer this week as Luigi “Gino” Pascale, the founder, president and chief preliminary design officer of Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam, died at the age of 93. Pascale started designing model airplanes in the 1930s with his brother Giovanni. The brothers built their first real airplane in 1948 — the P48 Astore […]
Embraer says it is forming “innovation teams” in Silicon Valley and in Boston to explore business collaborations with tech startups, investors, academia and corporations, as it looks to develop its next generation of airliners, business jets and perhaps new types of aircraft that we can only guess at. As part of the push to boost […]
As the Aircraft Electronics Association officially opened the doors to its annual convention today, avionics makers were mulling the results of an industry report showing that sales dipped by 6.4 percent to $2.26 billion last year. According to AEA’s latest Avionics Market Report, sales were down from the $2.42 billion reported in 2015 and $2.53 […]
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