Congress Confirms New FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) welcomes Bryan Bedford as its new Administrator. He will lead a workforce of more than 40,000 employees dedicated to ensuring the safe and efficient operation of the most complex national airspace system in the world. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to join the FAA team. I have a...Read More

UK Civil Aviation Authority and Ministry of Defence join forces to build pathway into civil aviation for military personnel UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the British Army have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Agreement makes it easier for soldiers both past and present, who have served in the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers Aviation (REME Aviation) to get jobs...Read More

NPA 2025-01. Take-off performance parameters and position errors — large aeroplanes COMMENTS INVITED This NPA proposes to require some large aeroplanes to be equipped with a take-off performance monitoring system (TOPMS). The proposal addresses new designs, with an amendment of the Certification Specifications and Acceptable Means of Compliance for Large Aeroplanes (CS-25), and some already approved designs when the aeroplane...Read More

VIDEO: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024: Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementation One Year Later Recent video from Official YouTube site for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure DemocratsRead More

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