All General aviation articles – Page 253
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UK to acquire six EC135 helicopters for policing
The UK government is set to acquire six Eurocopter EC135 helicopters to...
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NewsEleven feared dead after Il-76 crashes into Lake Victoria
Eleven feared dead after Il-76 crashes into Lake Victoria
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Crash prompts Sikorsky to issue S-76 caution
New, higher impact standards may have averted apparent...
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Fokker 50 fix aims to stop in-flight idled-throttle accidents
Operators of Fokker 50 turboprops are being instructed to modify the engine controls to help reduce the likelihood that pilots will inadvertently move the...
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Canada focuses on green aviation technology
The government of Canada has created its Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN) that is designed to foster the development of technologies...
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VIDEO: Carpatair Saab 2000 captured landing without nose-gear
Video footage has emerged of the emergency approach and touchdown performed by a Carpatair Saab 2000 which was forced to land yesterday at Timisoara, Romania...
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NTSB blames controllers for three near-misses
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that errors by air traffic controllers were the probable causes of three recent near-misses,...
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Linear Air rallies fellow Eclipse 500 owners
US air taxi operator Linear Air is rallying other owners and operators of Eclipse 500 very light jets to join its...
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NewsPICTURE: Serbia's Lasta-95 trainer makes first flight
The first prototype of Serbia's delayed Utva Lasta-95/Lasta 3 piston trainer made its first two flights from Batajnica air base on 5 February ...
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Falcon 7X gets green light to operate at London City airport
Operation of the Dassault Falcon 7X business jet at London...
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Viking studies E-coat process for new Twin Otter
Canada's Viking Air is considering using E-coat in its basic production process for the new DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 as a means of boosting the corrosion...
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NewsEclipse Aviation goes into Chapter 7 liquidation
Creditors of Eclipse Aviation have forced the company in to Chapter 7 liquidation after attempts to rescue...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership to make public debut this July
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (SS2) mothership WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) is to fly...
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Operating in a carbon constrained world
A fundamental change in air travel behaviour and technology will become a necessity if climate protection measures such as a halving global emissions by...
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Calculating the most efficient air traffic routes
Foresight and broad planning could reduce commercial aviation fuel consumption by up to 6% annually. That is more than 3.8 billion litres (1 billion USgal)...
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NewsFinding the right formula
All airlines flying into Europe will soon need to show how they intend to disclose their carbon emissions and transport data, the first time aerospace's environmental impact has ever been so publicly held to account
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Working Week: setting the records straight
Setting the records straight Godfrey Ryan is sales and marketing director and co-owner of Waviatech. Founded in 2002 and based near Gatwick, Waviatech...
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All 18 occupants rescued after Super Puma ditches in North Sea
All 18 occupants of a Eurocopter Super Puma helicopter have been rescued after it ditched in the North Sea next to an offshore platform
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Airlines broaden their business models but GDSs lag behind
As low-cost airlines gravitate towards hybrid models and network carriers go in the opposite direction and unbundle their products, they are finding that their reservation systems are struggling to keep up