AeroTube 2025 RAeS AeroTube Get creative and enter our video competition, we are challenging you to show off your creative skills and share your knowledge… The RAeS Next Generation Board is inviting you to produce an informative video on something aerospace or aviation related. It could be anything; a topic they were particularly passionate about, a project from university or...Read More

Woman whose husband died in 1985 plane crash advocates safety to JAL employees Machiko Taniguchi, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, spoke in July directly to young JAL employees involved in flight safety, her first such opportunity since the tragedy. “The safety of the skies rests on your eyes and your hands,”...Read More

Vietnam PM orders stronger measures to ensure aviation safety and security Recent aviation incidents raising concerns about operation safety. Under his Directive No.21/CT-TTg, dated August 12, 2025, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered ministries, agencies, and local authorities to step up aviation safety and security measures in the wake of recent incidents that have raised concerns about operational safety....Read More

Crucial DGCA Unit Meant to Audit Aircraft Safety Is Half Empty and Neglected By Kunal Purohit An RTI filed by The Wire has revealed that 43% of all posts in the Directorate of Airworthiness, meant to conduct surprise technical checks on private airlines, are vacant. A crucial unit at the frontline of India’s air safety apparatus, meant to keep a...Read More

IndiGo Starts Major Expansion Of Bengaluru MRO Hub By Swaati Ketkar IndiGo has started constructing its much-awaited MRO facility at Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) in Bengaluru. As it expands its fleet, the Indian airline hopes to achieve self-reliance in aircraft maintenance and reduce foreign currency spending on maintenance of its aircraft as it expands its fleet. The airline claims the...Read More

In the Spotlight: Cahir’s Kiro Barsoum Cahir News Cahir’s Kiro Barsoum, who is now an aircraft maintenance and airworthiness engineer with Aer Arann Islands, this week has featured on the Alumni Spotlight with the University of Limerick. Kiro Barsoum, who has had a passion for aviation since he was a child growing up in Tipperary, completed a BSc in Aircraft...Read More

EASA Certifies Hartzell Polaris Propeller for Diamond DA40 NG The new propeller and included spinner deliver smoother operation, improved climb rates and a 2 to 3 KTAS increase in cruise speed. Hartzell Propeller has received approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its 3-blade Polaris high-performance carbon fiber propeller for use on Diamond DA40 NG aircraft. Working...Read More

FAA grants limited turbocharger clamp AD extension Continental AMOC approved on eve of deadline By Jim Moore The FAA on July 16 approved an alternative method of compliance (AMOC) submitted by Continental Aerospace Technologies that delays an exhaust clamp replacement mandate until April 15 for some of the estimated 41,058 aircraft and engines subject to a 2023 airworthiness directive. The AMOC allows...Read More

AutoFlight delivers first heavy-lift eVTOL aircraft with full airworthiness certification The uncrewed, all-electric aircraft features a maximum takeoff weight of 4,400 pounds, a payload capacity of about 880 pounds, a cruise speed of roughly 125 miles per hour, and a maximum range of about 125 miles. Questions and answers:  What is the AutoFlight CarryAll eVTOL aircraft designed for? The CarryAll is...Read More

FAA Study Led by Embry‑Riddle Warns of Drone Risks to Aircraft By Michaela Jarvis A nationwide analysis of drone activity led by researchers at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University documents increasing growth in the use of drones and reveals “hot spots” where the risk of a mid-air collision with manned aircraft may be higher. The study, which was conducted for the Federal Aviation...Read More