Safety

A system now under development could help protect rotorcraft operators from rogue drones.

One study shows the unmanned aircraft can be a distraction for ag operators.

LOC-I is linked to more fatalities in business aviation and airline travel than any other accident category.

Experts address the complicated issues at work to ensure safe operations.

Manufacturer is developing the retrofit kit for AS350B2s, B3s and B3es and EC130B4s.

Annual Conference Offers a World of Help

Unlike accidents based on wreckage, pilot murder-suicide "brings us into an area of the profiler of criminal behavior."

Schwartz, a longtime NBAA board member, is a pioneer of crew resource management in business aviation.

Study recommends making 300 feet, rather than 1,000 feet agl, the go-around height for unstable approaches.

Agostino warns of inherent biases that come into play during stressful flight events.

Do pilots who fly airplanes with fly-by-wire flight controls need upset prevention and recovery training?

Serious incident caused Dassault to ground Falcon 7X fleet in 2011. Final report highlights organizational problems at industry and authority levels.

Already a part of its web-based SMS tool, the company has integrated the Aviation Fatigue Meter in its mobile app so customers can take it in the cockpit.

Norwegian investigators rule out “human error on board."

The ultrasound ice accretion sensor and particle ice probe address “an industry-wide gap” in cost-effective icing mitigation.

There has been a documented case of a copilot’s seat sliding aft in a Falcon on rotation due to fatigued springs.

Present bird protection regulations apply only to transport category rotiorcraft and have not been updated since being adopted in 1966.

Loss of control inflight remains among NBAA's top safety issues as it is a leading cause of accidents.

The Médaille de l'Aéronautique recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the field of aeronautics

The agency asks employers to listen to front-line workers. It should do the same.

All nine persons aboard died when the jet crashed into an apartment building two miles from Ohio's Akron Fulton International Airport.

Association says that "reactive" regulations for UAVs is insufficient to keep drones from colliding with aircraft.

FAA says more restricted airspace is necessary to support NASA testing and Navy training requirements, including weapons firing.

Both the pilot and passenger were not injured in the Dec. 15, 2015 accident, but the aircraft was substantially damaged.

The two companies signed an agreement that improves Honeywell’s health and usage monitoring system in Greater China.

The iPreFlight iPad app includes runway analysis and weight-and-balance calculations, optimizing business jet payload capability.

The industry-government partnership is targeting a reduction to 0.61 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours by 2019.

Improved training seems to have resulted in an improved accident rate for the MU-2.

The move by Icon Aircraft to control numerous aspects of ownership of its A5 amphibious airplane seems heavy handed to many industry watchers.

The dash-mounted system uses an LED-lit display and features a pilot-settable reference marker.