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No matter your perspective about the integration of drones into the national airspace system (NAS), Skyfront’s recent flight of its Perimeter 4 hybrid gas-electric drone beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) of the operator looks like nothing other than a complete success. Conducted over a rugged, four-mile stretch of mountainous terrain along the Trans-Alaska pipeline, the unmanned aerial vehicle […]

After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June in the wake of an emergency airworthiness directive issued by the FAA and EASA this past spring, Tamarack Aerospace Group says it is again installing its Atlas active winglets on Cessna Citations. The move follows a decision by safety regulators in the U.S. and Europe to again […]

It’s a change that has been a long time in coming, and thanks to the proliferation of flight-planning apps it won’t have much of a practical impact, but the FAA confirms that starting at the end of next month pilots must file IFR flight plans using the international ICAO format. The new format appears on […]

Family members of two victims of an August 14, 2016, crash of a Piper Navajo have filed a lawsuit in a District Court in Mississippi claiming air traffic controllers failed to provide the pilot with accurate information, data that plaintiffs say could have prevented the accident. The NTSB found the cause of the accident to […]

Summer time may mean vacation for some, but for the providers of flight training materials, it’s an important time to roll out updates to the date-sensitive products they supply to students. At EAA AirVenture last week, Aviation Supplies & Academics updated Flying on its line of training materials for 2020, including a new version of […]

Steve Dickson, a former executive for Delta Air Lines, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next FAA Administrator after a contentious process that included charges that the airline retaliated against a safety whistleblower while Dickson was a top executive at Delta. With the confirmation process now behind him, Dickson will be expected […]

On July 10, the FAA approved an alternative method of compliance (AMOC) for all Active Winglet equipped Citation jets, which returned CJ1, CJ2, CJ3 and M2 aircraft to flying status. EASA regulators also recently resolved flight restriction issues in Europe created around the recent Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) against Tamarack active winglet installations awaiting a […]

With the January 1, 2020, deadline for ADS-B out certification drawing near for aircraft flying in U.S. airspace that currently requires a Mode-C transponder, the FAA says pilots will be required before takeoff to assess how well their position-reporting avionics will perform along their filed flight plan route. The agency is specifically targeting GPS receivers […]

It’s an effort designed to cut out the middle man. Pilots departing IFR from non-towered airports should now call the appropriate ATC facility directly for their clearance rather than dialing 1-800-WX-BRIEF, a change that should speed the process and reduce the chance for errors, according to the FAA. The change comes as the FAA has […]

The FAA issued an Airworthiness Alert on June 27, 2019, out of its Wichita ACO Branch, calling for input from owners and operators of Cessna 177 Cardinal and 210 model aircraft regarding the potential for cracking in the wing carry-through spar. The alert-level Concern Sheet stems from an accident report in Australia involving a Cessna […]