All articles by John Croft – Page 6
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NewsIN FOCUS: Gulfstream family cutaway - Market confirms family values
Sales of Gulfstream's large-cabin jets are increasing across the globe, with the Asia-Pacific region a particularly hot zone
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NewsIN FOCUS: Bell Helicopter primes XworX, Amarillo for Relentless work
Bell Helicopter has started technology risk reduction work for the 525R "Relentless" super-medium twin helicopter.
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NewsAvionics update paces G280 final certification
Gulfstream Aerospace says an avionics software update is the chief item standing between its new G280 super midsize business jet and the global market.
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NewsNextGen procedures underway at Charlotte, Atlanta metroplexes
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Delta Air Lines, US Airways and other stakeholders have officially kicked off an airspace and flight procedures...
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NewsFAA proposes 1,500h for first officers
The US Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday will propose that airline first officers be required to hold an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate...
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NewsLoss of control risk behind proposed 737 wiring change
Three reports of pilots failing to manually activate air data sensor heating systems on Next Generation Boeing 737 aircraft have prompted the US Federal...
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NewsNTSB calls for safety upgrades for Boeing 737 cabin, pilot seats
Passengers and pilots in a series of survivable Boeing 737 crashes may have been injured by approved cabin overhead systems or crew seat belt restraints...
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NewsGAMA: Business aircraft sales hit by 'wait and see' attitude
Business aircraft sales are lagging corporate return to profitability more than usual during the economic recovery, fuelled in part by continued uncertainty in Europe, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) states in its latest annual general aviation shipping and billings report.
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HELI-EXPO: Helicopter OEMs promise high tech cockpits
Rotorcraft will likely leapfrog fixed wing aircraft in the realm of cockpit technology within a decade, judging by new products and details announced at Heli-Expo, including Bell's 525R super-medium twin and new information from Eurcopter on its X4 twin.
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NewsHeli-Expo: Honeywell to pilot helicopter operations centre
Honeywell this quarter will launch a pilot programme to offer tracking and messaging services to helicopter operators through its Global Data Center (GDC)...
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NewsHeli-Expo: Sikorsky studying “super medium” helicopter
Sikorsky president Jeff Pino said the company is studying how to position itself in the offshore market with respect to seating capacity as competitors...
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NewsCessna matches Embraer with Latitude range boost
Cessna has said its new Latitude midsize jet will have a range of 2,300nm (4,260km), up 15% from the 2,000nm target the company announced when unveiling the stand-up cabin eight-passenger twinjet in October.
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NewsHeli-Expo: Bell expands medium class with 525 Relentless
Bell Helicopter will directly confront AgustaWestland and Eurocopter in the upper-medium helicopter class beyond 2014, following the 12 February unveiling...
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NewsHeli-Expo: Asia, Latin America star in Honeywell helicopter forecast
Fleet replacement and addition expectations from operators in Asia and South America are highlights in an otherwise mildly positive five-year turbine helicopter forecast issued by Honeywell at this year's Heli-Expo show in Dallas.
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TECHNOLOGY: Photons key to Rockwell Collins radio nexus
Rockwell Collins may be within 10 years of building radios composed almost entirely of software, thanks to progress being made through a Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project.
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NewsHawker Beechcraft appoints Steve Miller as CEO
Hawker Beechcraft has appointed American International Group (AIG) chairman and self-proclaimed "Turnaround Kid" Robert "Steve" Miller as chief executive of the Wichita-based airframer, keeping former chief executive Bill Boisture on as chairman of subsidiary Hawker Beechcraft Corp.
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NewsGulfstream launches used aircraft brokerage service
Gulfstream Aerospace has launched a brokerage service to help owners of existing mid- and large-cabin Gulfstreams to sell their aircraft.
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NewsDOT lobbies for GPS buffer
US government officials are proposing to develop a buffer around the spectrum allotted to GPS signals, an L-band zone that is highly sought after by the...
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NewsBombardier goes live with upset training
Bombardier has begun sending crews of newly purchased Challenger, Learjet and Global Express aircraft to a three-day, in-aircraft upset prevention and recovery...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Global demand grows for helicopters able to access remote oil and gas fields
Four years after the US Republican party's rallying cry of "drill, baby, drill" failed to produce a presidential win, the insatiable need underlying the chant - the world's growing addiction to oil - is producing a win for the rotorcraft industry: a demand for more and better utility helicopters to ...