Content Archive: June 2019

Accidents

Pilot in Break-up Flight Not Instrument Rated

The June 7 crash claimed the lives of all four people on board the turboprop-powered Piper.
Training and Workforce

AIN's Thurber Takes Top Aerospace Journalism Award

AIN editor-in-chief Matt Thurber has won the Aerospace Media Award for Safety Training & Simulation
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Aircraft

IAG Deal Gives Major Boost for Beleaguered Boeing Max

The British Airways parent plans to take as many as 200 of the narrowbodies to fly out of Gatwick Airport.
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Aircraft

Meggitt Wins Work On Cessna Denali, SkyCourier

The U.K.-based supplier will provide fire protection systems on Cessna's new airplanes.
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Engines

MRO Urges Operators To Mind the (Z) Gap

Dallas Airmotive is reminding HTF7000 operators of the OEM's Service Bullentin AS907-72-9067
Avionics

Airbus Picks Thales FlytX Suite for H160M

The new Thales FlytX avionics suite combines touchscreen technology with artificial intelligence helping pilots fly more efficiently.
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Aircraft

Boeing Weighs 777X Timing while GE Works Engine Fix

GE Aviation is redesigning a component on the GE9X after discovering a compressor stator wearing prematurely.
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Rotorcraft

EASA Certifies Safran Arrano Engine For Airbus Helicopters' H160

New Safran Arrrano 1A helicopter engine will be 15 percent more efficient and require less time to maintain
Engines

Safran Makes First Ground Run of Tech TP Engine

Safran's new turboprop engine is designed to be more electric, fuel efficient, and produce fewer emissions
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Rotorcraft

French Military To Consolidate Light Helo Fleet with Multi-role Cheetah

The H160M has been named the Guépard, or Cheetah, by its launch customer the French ministry of defense.
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