Just 6 Years Old: 2 Airbus A321neos Sold To Teardown For Spare Parts By Luke Bodell Two Airbus A321neo airframes aged just six years old are to be scrapped for parts as the industry continues to grapple with supply chain shortages. The two aircraft flew for IndiGo for almost six years but have now been acquired by aircraft aftermarket firm Setna iO. Despite being so young...Read More

Bristow and Beta Start Testing Electric Aircraft Routes in Norway Flights could connect the coastal cities Bergen and Stavanger By Charles Alcock Helicopter operator Bristow Norway and Beta Technologies have started operational tests in Norway with the U.S. manufacturer’s Alia CX300 electric aircraft. Trials will last several months and got underway on August 8 using a “test arena” approved by...Read More

Manchester Air Disaster remembered 40 years on By Richard Stead A man who lost his 18-year-old daughter in the Manchester Air Disaster said he would never forget dropping her off at the airport exactly 40 years ago. Fifty-three passengers and two crew members perished on 22 August 1985 after an engine on a British Airtours aeroplane caught fire on the...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

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

How Boeing is quietly betting on a ‘brilliant’ 39-year old engineer—and setting the stage for a turnaround By Shawn Tully As an aeronautics grad student at MIT in the 2010s, Brian Yutko was obsessed. He’d work deep into the night mining “black box” data and destination codes buried in antiquated computer languages like Fortran for obscure flight stats. He wowed...Read More

Cockpit Video Recorder Mandates Remain Elusive Lawmakers once again decline to require cameras in airline cockpits By Hanneke Weitering As another FAA reauthorization bill makes its way through the legislature, the decades-old debate over cockpit video recorders has reared its head once again. While the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has had cockpit cameras on its “Most Wanted” list since...Read More