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All News

August 11, 2024

RAA Approves Industry Committee Training Report

Rulemaking Committee Report Calls for Creation of Additional Pilot Training Regulatory Pathway

The Regional Airline Association (RAA) has applauded the release of the Air Carrier Training Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ACT ARC) Report, which includes recommendations based on a year of focused work by a diverse group of aviation safety and training experts. The ACT ARC working group was comprised of safety and pilot training experts, as well as organizations like the Regional Airline Association (RAA), Airlines for America (A4A), the National Air Disaster Foundation (NADF), the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), Coalition of Airline Pilots Association (CAPA), CAE, Inc., National Air Carrier Association (NACA), Flight Safety International (FSI

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Third Joby Production Prototype Completed, Fourth On Way

Flight Test Ahead as Q2 Financials Reported

Joby Aviation, the Santa Cruz, California, -based electric aircraft manufacturer, announced the third production prototype aircraft has been completed on the production line in Marina, California. A fourth aircraft is expected to be finished in the coming weeks and its flight testing is expected to begin during Q4 of this year. The company also issued its Second Quarter 2024 Shareholder Letter containing the financial and operational results for the period ending June 30, 2024.

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Outpost Technologies Gets USAF Contract for Space Cargo

Cargo Would Be Stationed in Orbit for Immediate Delivery

The US Air Force has chosen a little-known space cargo outfitter with an eye towards 'warehousing in space', stationing equipment in orbit for later use. The firm broke news with a tweet, announcing "Outpost has been awarded a $1.25M contract with the Air Force to develop the capability to to use Ferryall and Carryall to warehouse cargo on orbit for just in time delivery anywhere on Earth." 

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Bell's HSVTOL Program Proceeds Apace

Army’s Black Hawk Tiltrotor Replacement Passes Development Milestone

While enthusiasm to replace the Army's Black Hawk helicopters with a high-speed tiltrotor may not be great news riding on the heels of a recently released V-22 Osprey accident report, the firm says they're making good headway on the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, getting the US Army's Approval to move on to Milestone B. "Milestone B" is a part of the 'Major Capability Acquisition process', and comes along after Bell and the Army "decompose requirements, reduce risk and inform the weapon system acquisition".

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Klyde Morris (08.09.24)

Klyde Deals With The Realities Of An Election Year

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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At the Intersection of NORSEE and Innovation

Enhanced Technology and Safety Collide

The FAA's Non-Required Safety Enhancing Equipment (NORSEE) rule is a regulatory framework that allows for the installation of certain safety-enhancing equipment in aircraft without the need for traditional certification processes. Introduced to promote the adoption of advanced safety technologies, the NORSEE rule covers equipment such as angle of attack indicators, traffic advisory systems, weather information systems, and electronic visual displays among others.

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Aviation Supplies & Academics Releases Multi-Engine Oral Exam Guide

Ninth Edition Contains New & Expanded Content

The new 2024 Ninth Edition of the Multi-Engine Pilot Oral Exam Guide has been released in softcover, PDF, and Ebook formats as announced by the publisher, Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA). The Ninth Edition, by Jason Blair based on the original text by Michael D. Hayes, is aligned with the Airman Certification Standards (ACS) and has been updated with new and expanded content on multi-engine operations, aerodynamics, aircraft systems, maneuvers, and engine-out procedures.

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Ohio University Receives Grant to Study Needs of Appalachian Airports

Appalachian Regional Commission Preparing for Electric Aircraft

A group of researchers at Ohio University has received a $500,000 grant to study what airports in the Appalachian areas of Ohio, Kentucky, and North Carolina must do to prepare for electric aircraft. There are more than 200 airports in rural areas of Appalachia not served by commercial airlines. Instead they are used by smaller aircraft for the usual purposes of general aviation: delivery of smaller shipments of supplies especially medical supplies, emergency as well as non-emergency transportation, agricultural aerial applications, and so on.

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NTSB Prelim: Air Tractor AT802

Airplane... Began To Descend In A Steep Attitude Before Striking Mature Corn And Impacting The Ground In A Nose Down, Wings Level Attitude

On July 13, 2024, at 1527 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-802A, N2003Y, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cuba, Kentucky. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 137 agricultural flight. Prior to the accident flight, the airplane was loaded with 190 gallons of agriculture chemicals and fueled at the owner’s operating base in Murray, Kentucky, about 25 miles east of the accident site. Preliminary aerial application data was obtained from the company’s cloudbased servi

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Classic Aero-TV: IXI Dronekiller - For When Good Drones Go Bad

From 2018 (YouTube Version): Designed To Disable All Types Of Drones

IXI Technology displayed its "Drone Killer" at AUVSI earlier this month. According to the company, the Drone Killer disables Unmanned Air Vehicles of all types. The Drone Killer enables Defense and Security Forces to thwart the use of drones by criminals and enemy combatants for surveillance and direct attacks to drop bombs, grenades, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on fighting forces. The Drone Killer can also be used by First Responders and others to disable a

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.11.24)

Aero Linx: International Civil Aviation English Association (ICAEA) ICAEA works to improve standards and understanding of the role of English as used by all aviation professions: by pilots and air traffic controllers in air-to-ground communications, by multi-national crews on the flight deck and in the cabin, by maintenance personnel, ground staff and aviation training organisations.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.11.24): Buffer Area

Buffer Area As applied to an MVA or MIA chart, a depicted 3 NM or 5 NM radius MVA/MIA sector isolating a displayed obstacle for which the sector is established. A portion of a buffer area can also be inclusive of a MVA/MIA sector polygon boundary.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.11.24)

“This pivotal report reflects the consensus of a broad array of pilot training experts, unified behind a recommendation that FAA create additional, structured-training based pilot qualification pathways to improve safety. FAA must now act swiftly to create new, safety-enhancing R-ATP pathways...”  Source: RAA CEO Faye Malarkey Black, discussing the release of the Air Carrier Training Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ACT ARC) Report, which includes recommendations based on a year of focused work by a diverse group of aviation safety and training experts. 

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