Earlier this year, Textron Aviation CEO Scott Donnelly told investors that the company would be scaling back on the production of certain legacy aircraft due to a lack of demand. Last week, the scaling down began with the announcement that the final Cessna Citation Mustang had rolled off the assembly line in Wichita, Kansas, and […]
A Learjet 35A on final approach to Teterboro’s Runway 1 crashed yesterday afternoon a quarter mile short of the airport. The accident occurred about 3:30 p.m. local time following a short flight from Philadelphia International Airport to New Jersey. The two pilots, the only occupants of the jet, were killed in the accident although no […]
Arguably the most exciting aspect of SpaceX’s most recent launch was watching the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket return to Landing Zone 1 (especially with the split-screen footage). Unfortunately, Monday night’s SpaceX launch won’t feature that same excitement, because this Falcon 9 rocket won’t have enough fuel to make a return trip. That’s […]
The FAA recently complied with President Donald Trump’s February executive order for federal agencies to begin comprehensive regulatory reforms. The order was a fulfillment of his campaign promise to “reduce the regulations that are crushing our economy,” as he ordered every federal agency to create a task force to examine existing regulations and identify those […]
In a month where it seems like more and more airline customers in the news are cranky, if not downright angry, Canada’s WestJet tried something novel to thank a plane full of passengers and celebrate the company’s 21st year in business. Because WestJet delivers more passengers to Las Vegas from outside the United States than […]
The British company Hybrid Air Vehicles has resumed flight testing on what has been called the largest aircraft in the world – the Airlander 10. Though this was the first flight since last summer and only the third test flight of the massive helium-filled structure, it flew for about three hours and the crew accomplished […]
The National Transportation Safety Board met April 25 to detail its investigation into the June 2015 midday crash of a turbine Otter sightseeing aircraft in mountainous terrain 25 miles east of Ketchikan, Alaska. Operated by Promech Air Inc., of Ketchikan, the accident claimed the lives of the pilot and all eight passengers. The investigation uncovered […]
From the scene of the accident to the rendering of the probable cause, the National Transportation Safety Board follows an established process to determine why an aircraft crash happened. For the NTSB investigators that form a crash “Go Team” — experts chosen from a broad range of NTSB aviation specialties — that often means unraveling the […]
The outlook for the fate of Santa Monica Airport remains grim, but all hope is not lost. The U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit has referred a controversial agreement between the FAA and the city of Santa Monica, California, to close Santa Monica Airport to a “merits panel” for further review regarding […]
Aircraft range has been a problem since the Wright Brothers, usually meaning too much mission for the fuel aboard. But after last week’s first flight of the sunlight-powered SolarStratos, range problems just might be headed for a permanent solution. The Swiss two-seat electric aircraft, originally created to mimic the mythical flight of Icarus, uses electricity […]
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