Safety

March 26 is the comment deadline for a widespread proposal that would require operators and manufacturers of airliner-size airplanes (including bizliners)

The FAA last month issued another airworthiness directive related to the Primus Epic avionics system, this time calling for GIV and GV operators to revise

Marinvent, the Canadian research firm, received a U.S.

The use of thrust reversers to shorten landing distance is a great benefit to aviation.

At a briefing at February’s Heli-Expo in Dallas, members of the industry’s newly formed International Helicopter Safety Team briefed delegates on their str

The cost of having a business aircraft worked on by a certified repair station that also works on airline aircraft may go up as a result of new FAA drug an

The FAA is not planning to ground the Mitsubishi MU-2, despite a plea from Rep.

Erica Sheward’s long-awaited book Aviation Food Safety is now available from Blackwell Publishing, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DK, England, te

Avidyne has launched a range of active surveillance traffic systems for helicopters, with prices beginning at $9,900–less than half the cost of competing s

Pilots flying almost every type of business jet and airliner and some turboprops face a risk of inadvertent seatbelt release, according to a bulletin the F

DuPage has 10.8 million sq ft of pavement, including runways, taxiways, ramp area, roads and parking lots.

Ramp accidents and incidents continue to plague the aviation industry, but the good news is that FBOs, charter operators and flight departments are taking

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is praising the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for approving an amendment that protects safety informa

Despite the installation of runway collision avoidance equipment at many of the nation’s largest airports, recently there has been an increase in the numbe

On March 31 exemptions to ACAS II (TCAS II, Change 7) requirements in Europe were set to expire.

The investigation into the apparently accidental death of line employee Joyce Miller, 29, on February 28 at Wilson Air Center’s Charlotte/Douglas Internati

A new FAA program is intended to improve the use of comprehensible English as the international language of aviation and support new English language profi

Applied Biosystems, a Warrington, UK, subsidiary of Applera of Norwalk, Conn., is marketing an avian influenza test kit in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Mid

The FAA last month issued AD 2006-06-06, the result of further icing accidents and incidents involving the Cessna Caravan, flight manual revisions that con

Concerned about the growing number of Cessna 208 Caravan icing accidents, aviation authorities in the U.S.

A new rule will end the hundreds of mode-S installation exemptions currently in effect.

The DOT last month issued a rule amending the requirements for the transportation of hazardous materials by aircraft.

Gulfstream’s Long Beach, Calif., business-jet completions and product support site is now ISO 14001- and OHSAS 18001-compliant.

The spate of high-profile business aviation accidents a little more than a year ago, many of which were Part 135 flights, has prompted industry experts to

The popular but, some would say, odd pastime of planespotting has recruited new high-tech help, a “virtual radar” hooked to a personal computer that allows

The Bombardier Learjet 40 and 60 have been attracting attention after one Learjet 60 operator recently raised word of a potential fire hazard that exists w

Many of you may remember that there was an accident involving a Challenger 600 in Montrose, Colo., in November 2004.

EMS operators in Europe are providing some input in the ongoing debate in the U.S.

FlightSafety will now provide its customers direct access to the full array of Global Jet Services professional development maintenance courses, including

Under the terms of an agreement signed by Gulfstream Aerospace and FlightSafety International (FSI), FSI will provide systems training to Gulfstream techs