Business & Commercial Aviation

By Bill Carey
The FAA said Aug. 23 that it has assessed $341,413 in civil penalties for improper drone operations since late 2022.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
An FAA special certification review of early Learjets in 1981 provides some insight.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
Safety investigators interview two sons of the captain and delve deeper into the history of the Learjet 25.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
Why did singer Jenni Rivera’s jet plummet into a mountainside in Mexico?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Garmin said Textron Aviation has certified its runway collision avoidance software based on ADS-B In position reporting on the Cessna Caravan turboprop.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
It is important for pilots to thoroughly check NOTAMs before every flight, especially during election season.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The NTSB offers further recommendations for Part 135 operators in a special investigation report.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
The election season is fully underway in the United States. This will certainly impact business and general aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jeremy Kariuki
Listen in as Wastefront CEO Vianney Vales about how the company aims to increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuel by recycling tires.
BCA Podcast

By Roger Cox
The Runway Condition Assessment Matrix is a fine tool for estimating braking effectiveness on landing, but it must be taken with a grain of salt.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
Data captured from the Phenom 300 runway excursion showed the flight differed from manufacturer’s assumptions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
We analyze the runway excursion of an Embraer Phenom 300 at Elk River Airport in North Carolina.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Samaritan Aviation has tailored its Cessna U206G amphibian for the challenging environment of Papua New Guinea.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ross Detwiler
We can’t cover every potential for disaster, but we can try to hit most likely scenarios. It’s time for a simple “Approach In Icing Conditions” procedure.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The developers of UL100E, a leading high-octane unleaded avgas candidate, delivered an update on its status at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ross Detwiler
Negative training can occur whenever ideas or solutions are offered that can be misunderstood.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin, Michael Lavitt, Bill Carey, Jeremy Kariuki
Join in as Aviation Week's Molly McMillin, Bill Carey, Jeremy Kariuki and Mike Lavitt discuss their highlights from EAA AirVenture 2024.
BCA Podcast

By Bill Carey
Alongside Harbour Air’s eBeaver in the static display area at EAA AirVenture was another disruptive technology—Zipline’s P2 autonomous drone.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
NASA Test Pilot Nils Larson spoke to Aviation Week about the space agency's mission to develop a "quiet" supersonic aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
One of the three unleaded fuel candidates being developed for use across the range of piston-engine aircraft is advancing through an FAA testing regime.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Paul Seidenman
Agencies that specialize in aviation insurance are opening new locations, adding staff and improving their customer support services.
Marketplace

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
A rock kicked up by the main gear becomes lodged between the elevator and the horizontal stabilizer, nearly causing a runway excursion.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Antoine Fafard
Charter and fractional operators experienced growth in the number of hours flown during Q2 2024 when compared to a year ago.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Antoine Fafard
Leading business aviation providers experienced an upturn in utilization during Q2 2024 when compared to the same period in 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
The varying conditions of unpaved runways can present handling control challenges.
Safety, Ops & Regulation