Content Archive: May 2015

Safety

EASA Publishes New UPRT Guidelines

All European airline and commercial business jet operators must complete upset-recovery training by May next year.
Safety

Air Safety Award Nomination Opens

The award recognizes achievement in the field of aviation safety.
Safety

FAA Warns of Uncommanded Propeller Feathering

Affected PCUs should be removed and replaced as soon as possible, beginning with twin-engine aircraft with affected PCUs installed on both engines.
Safety

Optimizing the Interface between Human and Machine

One company's performance-measurement tool to predict when people are becoming too task saturated to recognize that they are overwhelmed.
Airports

Perth Adds Surface Movement Radar

The new radar allows controllers to see and prevent conflicts between aircraft and vehicles on runways and taxiways.
Maintenance and Modifications

True Blue Seeking STC for Caravan Lithium-ion Battery

The Caravan STC is the first publically announced application for the TB44 main-ship lithium-ion battery.
Regulations and Government

OMB Signs Off on FAA Noise Study

The study could change the FAA's approach to regulating noise.
Regulations and Government

FAA Seeks Injunction Against KHTO Restrictions

The FAA tells the U.S. District Court an injunction would provide it time to determine the legality of the KHTO restrictions.
Rotorcraft

New Assembly Process Lauded for Bell 525 Relentless

Palletized assembly process uses a major fixture that moves along the different assembly stations, with tooling added or removed at each station.
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Aircraft

Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 8X First Flight

Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 8X First Flight
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