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In 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed in the Buffalo, New York, metropolitan area, killing all 49 passengers and crewmembers on board and one person inside the house into which the Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 crashed. The extensive post-crash investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board found that the pilots were completely at fault. The captain […]

Hobbyist drone pilots in the United States face new restrictions after the FAA adopted stricter rules and regulations aimed at keeping the national airspace system safe and available for both manned and unmanned aircraft. Under the new rules, which took effect this month, hobbyist drone pilots are no longer exempt under Section 336, which has […]

Embraer’s Praetor 600 super-midsize biz jet was awarded two type certificates – one from the FAA, the other from EASA – on opening day of the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland. The Praetor 600 is the first super-midsize jet with full fly-by-wire technology, which powers the Active Turbulence Reduction. The Praetor […]

Former Delta Air Lines executive Steve Dickson faced heated questions in the Senate on Wednesday about whether regulators could have done more to prevent two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets. Dickson, who was senior vice president of flight operations at Delta until his retirement last October and a former F-15 fighter pilot, is […]

The FAA’s Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) Program has over the past 11 years used an open exchange of operational data to continuously improve safety. The General Aviation Joint Steering committee, for example, uses operations data to identify risks, develop recommended risk mitigation measures and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented solutions. The NBAA […]

In a move to prevent future complications in the aviation industry akin to those that transpired as a result of the partial government shutdown earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has passed H.R. 1108, the Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. H.R. 1108 was introduced on February 8 and […]

Aspen Avionics has received FAA approval for a software update to address an airworthiness directive the agency issued in February. The AD affects Aspen’s Evolution Flight Displays with software version 2.9 and is intended to prevent a possible inflight reset of FIS-B-equipped EFD1000-500 systems when they are connected to an ADS-B transponder and receive improperly […]

The FAA’s Chicago Aircraft Certification Branch posted an aviation maintenance update late Tuesday for both the Cirrus SR-20 and SR-22 resulting from the investigation into a near-fatal accident at Houston Executive Airport in Katy Texas in May of 2018. The pilot of the Cirrus SR-20 involved in the accident reported shortly after takeoff, that he […]

As a former vice president of flight operations at Delta Airlines, Steve Dickson is probably used to putting out fires on a daily basis. The Atlanta native and former U.S. Air Force F-15 pilot and Air Force Academy graduate will surely be put to the test soon in front of the Senate when it considers […]

Delta Airlines retired senior vice president of flight operations, Steve Dickson is expected to soon be nominated for the permanent position of FAA administrator to replace the agency’s deputy administrator Daniel Elwell who has been running the FAA as acting administrator. Dickson retired last fall from Delta after a 27-year run at the airline where […]