2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Chad Trautvetter

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

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.

Gulfstream Adds Brokerage Service to Pre-owned Sales

Bombardier Adds Upset Recovery Training to Leading Edge Program

Mark Huber

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

FAA Issues Emergency AD for Bell LongRangers

Matt Thurber

Cargo Carriage of Lithium Batteries Suspected in Some Accidents

Battery fires: keeping the Li-ion caged

Neelam Mathews

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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.

Indian airlines are unhappy over the leaking of a government safety audit

Indian Air Safety Audit Could Draw Unwelcome Outside Scrutiny

Accident Rate in Gulf of Mexico Improves

Gordon Gilbert

Year Ends with Significant Increase in Bizav Accidents

Thierry Dubois

Investigators Recommend Main Gearbox Changes in Wake of 2009 Super Puma Fatal Accident

Following a meeting Tuesday with stakeholders to garner ideas and suggestions on the FAA’s plans to start charging for digital charts

FAA Forming Proposals on AeroNav Chart Charges

Vaisala, a provider of weather-measuring equipment and services, has upgraded the quality of its Global Lightning Dataset GLD360

Vaisala Upgrades Lightning Data 

The NTSB plans to hold a one-day hearing on air race and airshow safety at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. 

NTSB To Hold Air Show/Race Safety Meeting

AINalerts reported last week that fire-containment bags, like those sold by Aircare Access and Ship It AOG

Fire-containment Bags Don’t Snuff Fires

AIN Staff

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt has resigned from the FAA in the wake of his arrest Saturday night on a charge of driving while intoxicated (DWI).

Randy Babbitt Quits FAA After Weekend DWI Arrest

Hawaii’s highly changeable, localized weather could be a factor in the fatal crash of another air-tour helicopter. 

Blue Hawaiian EcoStar Crashes on Molokai

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

Safety Standdown Speakers Put Premium on Professionalism

Bombardier Safety Standdown Speakers Put Premium on Professionalism 

The fiery failure of a lithium-ion battery powering an Apple iPhone 4 aboard Regional Express Flight ZL319 last Friday 

Firebags Can Snuff Out Onboard Li-ion Battery Fires

Bill Carey

Southwest Airlines says it will be the first major airline to widely use a wireless ground support communications system.

Southwest To Deploy Wireless Ground Communications

A business jet captain pursuing a master’s degree at Embry-Riddle is asking pilots at Part 91 turbine operators to take a survey to help with her degree

Part 91 Safety Survey Online

CAE Implementing SOQA as New Training Paradigm

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Battery fires: keeping the Li-ion caged

Battery fires: keeping the Li-ion caged

Indian Air Safety Audit Could Draw Unwelcome Outside Scrutiny

Indian airlines are unhappy over the leaking of a government safety audit

Accident Rate in Gulf of Mexico Improves

Year Ends with Significant Increase in Bizav Accidents

Investigators Recommend Main Gearbox Changes in Wake of 2009 Super Puma Fatal Accident

FAA Forming Proposals on AeroNav Chart Charges

Following a meeting Tuesday with stakeholders to garner ideas and suggestions on the FAA’s plans to start charging for digital charts

Vaisala Upgrades Lightning Data

Vaisala, a provider of weather-measuring equipment and services, has upgraded the quality of its Global Lightning Dataset GLD360

NTSB To Hold Air Show/Race Safety Meeting

The NTSB plans to hold a one-day hearing on air race and airshow safety at its headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Fire-containment Bags Don’t Snuff Fires

AINalerts reported last week that fire-containment bags, like those sold by Aircare Access and Ship It AOG

Randy Babbitt Quits FAA After Weekend DWI Arrest

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt has resigned from the FAA in the wake of his arrest Saturday night on a charge of driving while intoxicated (DWI).

Blue Hawaiian EcoStar Crashes on Molokai

Hawaii’s highly changeable, localized weather could be a factor in the fatal crash of another air-tour helicopter.

Bombardier Safety Standdown Speakers Put Premium on Professionalism

Safety Standdown Speakers Put Premium on Professionalism

Firebags Can Snuff Out Onboard Li-ion Battery Fires

The fiery failure of a lithium-ion battery powering an Apple iPhone 4 aboard Regional Express Flight ZL319 last Friday

Southwest To Deploy Wireless Ground Communications

Southwest Airlines says it will be the first major airline to widely use a wireless ground support communications system.

Part 91 Safety Survey Online

A business jet captain pursuing a master’s degree at Embry-Riddle is asking pilots at Part 91 turbine operators to take a survey to help with her degree

CAE Implementing SOQA as New Training Paradigm

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