2025 IFA Whittle Safety Award Nominations NOW OPEN! We are thrilled to announce that the 2025 IFA Whittle Safety Award nominations are now open! Any member of IFA can nominate any individual, group or organisation worldwide for the Safety Award. All members have an important and responsible part to play in identifying those deserving special […] This content is only...Read More

FAA Expands Landing Gear Checks After Improper MRO Work By Sean Broderick The FAA plans to order Boeing 737 and 757 operators to review maintenance or conduct inspections to ensure aircraft do not have improperly maintained landing gear components. A pair of notices of proposed rulemaking set for publication July 8 would mandate the inspections, which Boeing recommended in January 2024. Checks would be...Read More

REGENT Completes Successful First Foil Testing in Seaglider Sea Trials REGENT’s latest sea trial campaign tests the vessel’s hydrofoiling capability on water ahead of the first flight later this year. The Seaglider vessel operates exclusively over the water in three modes: floating on the hull, foiling on hydrofoils, and flying in ground effect, within one wingspan from the surface of...Read More

Decommissioning By Eric Kulisch FedEx Corp. said Tuesday that it permanently retired 12 aircraft and took a $21 million impairment charge during the fourth quarter as part of an effort to streamline the air network in line with anticipated demand and modernize the fleet. The Memphis, Tennessee-based express logistics giant said it removed seven Airbus A300-600 aircraft, three large MD-11...Read More

Hydrogen Aviation: Pushing the Envelope By Mike Hirschberg and Jesse Schneider The Vertical Flight Society held its fourth annual H2-Aero Symposium on April 2–3, 2025, in Long Beach, California, with the theme, “Pushing the Envelope.” This year’s symposium featured two days of groundbreaking presentations with the latest cutting-edge developments by the who’s who of the hydrogen aviation and fuel cell...Read More

In February Boeing informed 787 customers (and the FAA) that “multiple cargo barrier fitting links were possibly manufactured with an incorrect titanium alloy material” The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 787-9 and 787-10 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of multiple supplier notices of escapement (NOEs) indicating that...Read More

CAA Safety Notice: Maintenance of Historic Piston and Gas Turbine Airframe Fuel/Hydraulic System Switches and Components The purpose of this Safety Notice is for historic aircraft operators and maintainers to draw their attention to the importance of monitoring and maintaining the airworthiness of ageing tertiary fuel and hydraulic system switches and similar components. Safety Notice SN-2025/009  Read More

Pentagon funding for firm’s new unmanned helicopter By Ross Pollard, BBC News A former Royal Navy pilot who now makes unmanned helicopters said he has “never had a job as exciting as this”. Certo Aerospace, based near Frome, Somerset, said it has made the UK’s heaviest, operational, unmanned helicopter. Part-funded by the Pentagon, it is hoped the aircraft – currently...Read More

Paul Fromme, Chair of the Aerospace Division, Institution of Mechanical Engineers comments on Air India plane crash “The first step will be to recover and analyse the flight data and cockpit voice recorders (‘black box’). While it obviously was a catastrophic crash, it occurred in an accessible area and from low altitude, therefore there is a good likelihood that these...Read More

Groundbreaking roadmap for aircraft of the future released At a glance: Landmark roadmap established between national aviation authorities from the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. It aims to ensure safety, foster collaboration, and promote technological innovation. It also aims to streamline the certification and validation process for new aircraft types across international boundaries. Across much of...Read More