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November 09, 2019

TSB: Air-Taxi Industry, Transport Canada, And Stakeholders Should Work Together

Makes Four Recommendations To Raise The Bar On Safety

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has published its safety issue investigation report (A15H0001) Raising the bar on safety: Reducing the risks associated with air-taxi operations in Canada. The Board is issuing four new recommendations aimed at improving safety in this vital sector of Canadian aviation—a sector that continues to have more accidents, causing more fatalities, than all other sectors of commercial aviation in Canada combined.

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Report: Helicopters Market Worth $37.4 Billion By 2025

Represents Annual Growth Of 2.8 Percent

According to the new market research report "Helicopters Market by Point Of Sale (OEM, Aftermarket), OEM Type (Light, Medium, Heavy), OEM Application (Military, Civil & Commercial), OEM Component & System, Aftermarket by Component & System, and Region - Global Forecast to 2025", published by MarketsandMarkets, the Helicopters Market size is expected to reach $37.4 billion by 2025 from $31.7 billion in 2019, registering a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 2.8% from 2019 to 2025.

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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report From Fatal Motorglider Accident

Aircraft Appears To Have Gone Down Among Trees During Accident Sequence

The NTSB has released a preliminary report from an accident which occurred on October 18 involving a Sportine Aviacija Lak-17B motorized glider. The commercial pilot was fatally injured and the aircraft was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain near Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the personal local flight that departed Blairstown Airport (1N7), Blairstown, New Jersey about 0945. The glider was owned and operated by the commercial pilot.

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Kaman To Deliver K-MAX To Helicopter Express In 2019

Order Placed In May For December Delivery

Kaman Aerospace has announced the pending delivery of a new K-MAX medium-to-heavy lift helicopter to Helicopter Express of Chamblee, Georgia. Helicopter Express currently operates 24 aircraft providing dedicated services in heavy lifting, utility construction, firefighting and disaster relief. Helicopter Express placed their order in May and will take delivery of their new K-MAX in December of 2019.

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Astronautics Continues Cybersecurity Research With FAA

FAA ASISP Phase 2 Runs Security Risk Assessments on Core Avionics

Astronautics Corporation of America has received additional research and development (R&D) funding from the FAA to continue its cybersecurity research on core avionics systems as part of the Aircraft Systems Information Security/Protection (ASISP) R&D program, Phase 2.

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James Webb Space Telescope Is Prepared For Liftoff With Arianespace

Multiple Milestones Reached In Recent Months

With multiple pre-flight milestones achieved in recent months, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) – which will succeed the Hubble Space Telescope – is on course for its historic launch by Arianespace on an Ariane 5.

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Navy Demonstrates New Shipboard Air Traffic Control Radar

Scheduled For Deployment In Fiscal 2021

The Navy demonstrated its new Shipboard Air Traffic Radar, AN/SPN-50, for the first time Oct. 23 at Webster Field in St. Inigoes, Maryland. The AN/SPN-50 , which is currently in the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase, is scheduled for a production decision in late 2020.The AN/SPN-50 radar will begin replacing the Navy’s current radar system, AN/SPN-43C, on Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships in fiscal 2021.

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StandardAero Achieves FAA Certification Of San Antonio RB211-535 Test Cell

Now Processing Engines For Multiple Customers

StandardAero has received FAA approval for acceptance testing of the Rolls-Royce RB211-535 turbofan engine at its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in San Antonio, Texas. This achievement, which followed a test cell correlation effort undertaken in partnership with the engine manufacturer, marks StandardAero’s attainment of full capability on the RB211-535, in support of the life-of-type maintenance services partnership signed with Rolls-Royce in 2018.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.09.19)

"Although overall, commercial aviation in Canada has shown improved safety performance over the past 10 years, air-taxi operations remain at higher risk." Source: Kathy Fox, Chair of the Canadian TSB.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.09.19): Negative Static Stability

The initial tendency of an aircraft to continue away from the original state of equilibrium after being disturbed.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.09.19)

Deaf Pilots Association

The association is made up of men and women, teachers and students, mechanics and farmers, bankers and programmers, priests and writers, working and retired from all over the United States, many European countries, and Australia.

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