“There Are Ways That 5G Can Be Deployed While Maintaining Our High Level Of Aviation Safety.."

In response to the recent airworthiness directive issued by the FAA, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) once again called on the mobile wireless industry to work cooperatively with the aviation community on implementing mitigations that will ensure an equivalent level of safety by protecting against radio altimeter interference. Aviation industry representatives recently proposed a safety risk mitigation strategy for the Federal Communications Commission’s and mobile wireless industry’s consideration, which would reduce power levels in the vicinity of airports and heliports that are seen by aircraft, to reduce the safet

Airbus gives Sneak Peek into the Airliner Building Business

Airbus began final assembly on its A321XLR testbed aircraft, a major step in the program for their upcoming freighter program. The aircraft will be the first of 3 built to undergo flight testing and type certification beginning in 2022, with an eye towards entry into service sometime in 2023. The structure sits surrounded by gantries, boxes, and platforms as personnel of the Final Assembly Line in Hamburg, Germany equip a series of major component assemblies. Parts from all over Europe have arrived in a steady stream, the nose and forward fuselage brought in from Saint Nazaire, France;  the wings from Broughton, UK; vertical stabilizer from Stade, Germany; and the horizontal stabiliz