It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s …

Researchers at Embry-Riddle, the private aeronautical university with campuses in Vero Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona—have received a $371,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to study the inflight, air-traffic detection systems of un-crewed aerial systems (UASs). The research seeks to determine means by which to improve the safety of such systems as their widespread implementation looms imminent. The research will inform the development of standards and requirements for the sensitivity and accuracy of TCAS-style, detect-and-avoid systems, which will improve safety—especially in instances comprising contemporaneous operation of multiple UAS in a common airsp

Aerospace Enterprise Sparkles In the Sunshine State

UAV Corp, the parent company of Skyborne Technology and Sentinel mobile communications, has awarded the contract for the construction of its new, lighter-than-air drone hangar to Winfield Construction of Fairburn, Georgia. Plans and building permits for Florida’s first, one-hundred-foot high, three-hundred-foot long, lighter-than-air drone hangar are expected to be finalized by August, 2022. The completion of the facility—which will house and support operations of UAV Corp’s Skyborne Technology subsidiary—is a major step for the respected builder of unmanned aerial systems.

Law Enforcement Received A 911 Call That The Helicopter Had Crashed In The Driveway Of The Pilot’s Residence

On June 7, 2022, about 0940 eastern daylight time, an Enstrom F28F helicopter, N600TA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Greenville, Ohio. The private pilot and his wife (a student pilot) were fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot owned the helicopter, which was also used for agricultural spraying on his family farm. The helicopter was based at a private hangar facility in Greenville. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, who visited the facility after the accident, the pilot, and his

AD 2022-13-15 Prompted By A Report Of Cracks In The High-Pressure Turbine (HPT) Disk Posts

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Williams International Co., L.L.C. (Williams) FJ44-2A, FJ44-2C, FJ44-3A, and FJ44-3A-24 model turbofan engines. This AD was prompted by a report of cracks in the high-pressure turbine (HPT) disk posts and failure of an HPT disk post, resulting in the contained fracture of an HPT disk post and blade. This AD requires removing the HPT disk, part number (P/N) 67093, from service before reaching defined cycle limits and replacing it with a part eligible for installation. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products. This AD is effective August 9, 2022. 

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