Articles

Dec

EASA and CAAS Deepen Cooperation to Make Aircraft Type Certification Process More Efficient for Industry

Articles

Updates to agreements to make Aircraft Type Certification Process more efficient for industry.

Dec

50,000th engine rolls off the Pratt & Whitney Production Line

ArticlesAircraft

The 50,000th PT6 turboprop engine has rolled off the production line achieving an exceptional milestone in General Aviation

Dec

Lessons to be learned – Report of US National Commission on Military Aviation Safety on Aviation Mishaps from 2013 to 2020

ArticlesLessons Learned

Report examines past mishaps and make recommendations on ways to improve aviation safety and readiness in the military. (IFA Comment)

Dec

Volga-Dnepr AN-124s grounded with immediate effect

ArticlesLessons Learned

Information on grounding of AN-124s, links to video clips, photos and incident reports.

Dec

QF32, A Decade on – An Interview with First Officer Matt Hicks

ArticlesPeople

Airways speaks to Matt Hicks, where he discussed it being 10 years since the event happened, what he is doing now as well as Covid-19 and the Airbus A380.

Nov

EASA CRD 2018-11

Articles

Link to newly published Certification Specifications & Guidance Material for Maintenance certifying staff type rating training.

Nov

FAA Moving Forward to Enable Safe Integration of Drones

ArticlesUAS

The FAA has published airworthiness criteria for the proposed certification of 10 different UAS or drones as special class aircraft.

Nov

EASA Data4Safety Programme – ASC2020

ArticlesTechnology

Link to video of info session at ASC 2020 giving an introduction of the D4S programme to the aviation community. (IFA Comment)

Nov

A Need for Digital Standards in the Aerospace Industry

ArticlesTechnology

As new technologies develop, an interconnected systems-level approach is needed to better integrate standards into engineering workflows. (IFA Comment)