A Roll  Call Of Those We Lost This Past Year

John Gillespie Magee, Jr wrote: "Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence."

Software Simulates Arriving And Departing Traffic To Assist In Runway Assignments And Sequencing

For several years, the FAA has used the results of an airport capacity tool called the runwaySimulator model that was developed by MITRE to efficiently evaluate an airport’s capacity.

Airbus Consolidates, Production Rates Increase, Manufacturers Look To The Future

Bigger, faster, more efficient, and more of them sums up much of the airline industry this year, as manufacturers ramped up production on airplanes and introduced new models with more seats and better efficiency. Norwegian Air spent most of the year trying to get authorization to fly from the U.S. with much of the industry objecting, and one airline lost two 777s with a total of nearly 600 people on board. Here are some of the stories making headlines in the airline industry in 2014.

Recommends Inspection Of Rotor Drive-Tail Rotor Drive Flange Shur-Lok Nut

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin calling for the inspection of Shur-Lok nuts on Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter, Eurocopter France, or Aerospatiale) Model SA 365 C, SA 365 C1, SA 365 C2, SA 365 C3, SA 365 N, SA 365 N1, AS 365 N2, AS 365 N3, and SA 366 G1 helicopters, all serial numbers with modification 0763B64; and EC 155 B, EC 155 B1 helicopters, all serial numbers.

A Year Of Successes And Challenges In The Aerospace Industry

This past year saw several spectacular successes in the field of aerospace and space exploration, including the launch of NASA's first new spacecraft intended for human spaceflight in 40 years. But there were some challenges as well, particularly in the private sector. Orbital lost a resupply spacecraft bound for the International Space Station, and the space tourism industry was dealt a setback with the accident involving SpaceShipTwo. Here are many of the stories that made headlines in the aerospace industry over the past year.

MOUS Works Like A Smartphone Network From Space

Navy military and civilian engineers are preparing the latest military communications satellite for a planned Jan. 20 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Fasteners May Be Missing, Which Could Lead To Skin Cracks

The FAA has proposed an AD for certain Boeing model 767 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports that six fasteners may not have been installed in the left and right stringer 37 (S-37) between body station (BS) 428 and 431 lap splices on certain airplanes.

"This third MUOS launch is another major step toward achieving a fully operational MUOS end-to-end capability by 2016. The Navy, in close collaboration with the Army, Air Force and our industry partners, is bringing the future of worldwide mobile satellite communications into reality for the United States and potentially allied nations." Source: Navy Capt. Joseph Kan, the MUOS program manager, commenting as Navy and civilian engineers prep the latest military communications satellite for a planned Jan. 20 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The satellite is part of MUOS, or Mobile User Objective System, which operates like a smartphone network from space, vastly improving secure satellite communications fo

A lateral deviation from a cleared track, normally in excess of 25 Nautical Miles (NM).

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics

The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) tracks the on-time performance of domestic flights operated by large air carriers.