2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

AIN Staff

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Higher altitudes mean increased exposure to UV radiation.

Tips for High-Altitude Cancer Prevention

Awards to be presented at October 21 NBAA luncheon.

Five Companies Will Be Recognized for Long-Term Flight Safety

Standdown banquet energized by guest speaker John Travolta.

Safety Standdown Focused on Distraction Issues

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Incursions climbed by 40 percent from 2012 to last year.

Italy Deals with Alarming Number of Runway Incursions

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

Funding shortages for modernization remain a formidable obstacle.

Canso Outlines Vision To Improve African Air Safety

NTSB gives tankers clean bill of health.

California Tanker Fleet Flying Again

Safety standdown begins in Orlando on October 20

Single-Pilot Safety Standdown at NBAA Convention

Bill Carey

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

U.S. authorities are set to begin screening travelers arriving from West Africa for the Ebola virus.

U.S. Will Screen for Ebola at Five Major Airports

James Wynbrandt

The letter, addressed to operators of the entire TBM fleet, reviews the TBM’s pressurization and emergency oxygen systems.

Socata Issues Operator Bulletin in Wake of TBM Crash

Thierry Dubois

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

New emergency breathing systems are in use; study of passenger body size and shape will yield results soon.

North Sea Industry Implements Safety Measures

All were initially examined by DPE Bruce Kalashian from the Fresno FSDO.

FAA Requires Some Pilots to be Re-Tested for Competence

IHST reorganizes helicopter resources as a fresh training aid ###sub###

Helicopter Group Encourages Back-to-Basics Training

Public has until November 24 to comment on new rules

Potential Oil Rig Safety Rules Announced

Research effort designed to test new shock-absorbing composites.

NASA Crashes Helicopter to Test Energy Absorption

Pilot certificate had been revoked after false statements over alcohol offense.

Texas Man Indicted for Flying Without a License

Survey should take just 10 minutes to complete.

Researcher Seeking Assistance with CRM Survey

Matt Thurber

Shared Cockpit Allows Simulating Pilots To ‘Fly’ Together

Mark Phelps

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

IntuVue takes radar tech a step further

Honeywell’s Latest Radar Improves Efficiency and Safety

The NTSB determined the probable cause to be the crew’s continuation of an unstable nonprecision approach.

NTSB Points To Unstable Approach in UPS A300 Crash  

Overruns account for 10 incidents or accidents annually.

FAA Publishes Advice on Runway Overruns

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