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The FAA and EASA have awarded STC authorization to Continental Motors Group for the Cessna 172 family of aircraft powered by the jet fuel diesel engine CD-155 . The certification now includes the integration of Garmin G1000 integrated avionics system.
Federal investigators have recovered a bright orange data recorder, often referred to as a "black box," after the fiery crash of a small plane into a suburban Atlanta subdivision.
It sounds like a giant bumblebee, the 2-foot-square drone whirring to life. Its four props lift it off the ground outside Bruce Bowsher's house and once it's about 4 feet in the air, they lift up to give a camera an unobstructed 360-degree view.
Drones offer real estate professionals myriad ways to showcase their listings from a new and inexpensive perspective. Below, real estate photography provider VHT Studios outlines 10 tips for entering the drone zone: 1. Know your strategy.
TRU Simulation + Training will continue to expand its pilot training capabilities throughout 2017 to include several popular Textron Aviation business jet models including the Cessna Citation Longitude, Citation Sovereign+, Citation Latitude and Citation CJ3+. Most recently, the Citation CJ3+ training program, which is available at the TRU ProFlight Pilot Training CenterTampa successfully received full program certification and is currently accepting customers.
With the need to authorize the FAA before September 30 of this year, a host of GA leaders have joined together to send letters to House and Senate transportation leaders underscoring their, "real and long-standing concerns" regarding a concept being pushed by some big airlines regarding ATC. Specifically, the organizations cited concerns over a proposal promoted by some big airlines for the creation of "a new governance and funding model for our nation's aviation system, based on systems in other parts of the world.
Actor Harrison Ford said he was distracted and concerned about turbulence from another aircraft last month when he mistakenly landed on a taxiway at a Southern California airport after flying low over an airliner with 116 people aboard, according to an audio recording released Friday. "I'm the schmuck who landed on the taxiway," Ford told an air traffic controller shortly after the near-miss on Feb. 13 at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
The City of St. Louis is taking preliminary steps to explore the idea of privatizing St. Louis Lambert International Airport, according to a source. City leaders were in Washington, DC Wednesday where they filed a preliminary application with the Federal Aviation Administration, a document which essentially serves as a placeholder for St. Louis to begin the process of determining if privatization is in the city's best interest.
U.S. regulators ignored expert warnings that hot-air balloons like one that crashed in July in Texas, killing 16 people, have higher accident rates than other aircraft and similar fatality rates, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The newspaper relied on government documents and internal emails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, as well as testimony given at a federal hearing on the hot air balloon crash near Lockhart.
Aviation industry players have been challenged to implement cost cutting measures in a bid to remain afloat due to declining revenues. Kenya Airports Authority KAA Managing Director Jonny Andersen said that airports should diversify revenue sources if they are to remain in business.
Federal officials say more than two dozen aircraft have violated airspace restrictions near President Donald Trump's estate in Florida. The Sun Sentinel reports that last month, the Federal Aviation Administration reported 27 violations of the airspace restrictions near Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.
The Sun Sentinel reports that last month, the Federal Aviation Administration reported 27 violations of the airspace restrictions near Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. In one instance, Air Force jets speeding to intercept an aircraft caused a sonic boom that rattled Palm Beach and Broward counties.
Bob Di Meo said he advised former Newburyport mayor Alan Lavender through the process of building his own plane and is unsure what could have caused the aircraft to crash Tuesday, killing Lavender. Lavender had flown the plane for nearly a year after taking it for an inaugural flight last May, according to Di Meo.
One person was killed and five were injured when a small plane crashed into two homes Monday evening in Riverside shortly after taking off from a nearby airport, leaving fiery wreckage that nearly destroyed one of the homes, officials said. Four people were aboard the plane, and two of the victims were pulled from one of the burning homes, Riverside Fire Department Capt.
Authorities say at least one person is dead and five are injured after a small plane crashed into two homes and sparked a huge fire in Southern California. Riverside fire Capt.
The Federal Aviation Administration said a Cessna 310 crashed under unknown circumstances about a half-mile northeast of Riverside Municipal Airport. The plane was headed to San Jose from Riverside, according to the FAA.
Elon Musk logged on late Sunday night to tease potentially significant news coming out of SpaceX, the rocket company he founded in 2002. An industry expert who's familiar with SpaceX, but wished to remain anonymous, shared some best guesses - and they all jibe with SpaceX's recent progress and long-term ambitions.
With the Federal Aviation Administration advancing its NextGen air traffic control system, everyone in Orange County needs to truly understand the impact it is already having in our communities around John Wayne Airport while the FAA debate insists there will be no significant impact. Residents in the region are experiencing drastic differences in the air traffic above their neighborhoods and businesses.
Microsoft is betting that as drones proliferate, demand for mapping services and platforms will grow; this was recently demonstrated by the tech giant's investment in the real-time drone-mapping startup AirMap, according to The Verge . AirMap provides software that offers drones information about other aircraft in their immediate airspace, as well as notify individual drones where other members of their fleet are in real time.
Orange County's John Wayne Airport has released video of Harrison Ford's close call with a jet Monday. Seen from a variety of angles, the video show's Ford's yellow Aviat Husky private plane coming in for a landing uncomfortable close to a taxiing American Airlines jet.