Content Archive: December 2022

Accidents

AINsight: Adaptations, Groupthink Down Twin Otter

Canada TSB drills down into group dynamics to find root cause of fuel starvation that led to a crash of a de Havilland Twin Otter.
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Aircraft

NASA's Retired SOFIA Flying Telescope Heads to Museum

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will be immortalized at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
NASA's SOFIA flying telescope is pictured in flight.
Aircraft

Bombardier Expresses Concern on Canadian CMMA Tender

Bombardier president and CEO Éric Martel voiced concern that the Canadian government was considering a sole-source contract with Boeing.
Special mission equipped Global 6500 in flight

GAMA Announces 2023 Executive Committee Appointments

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association has announced the makeup of its executive committee leadership team for 2023.
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NTSB: Lear Landed Long, Fast on Wet Rwy before Excursion

An NTSB preliminary report indicated a Learjet 45 touched down at 190 knots and about 2,000 feet past the threshold of the wet runway before an excursion.
Learjet 45 on airport ramp
Airlines

Ukraine Crisis and Engine Overhaul Delays Challenge AirBaltic

AirBaltic has shifted its business model in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while also dealing with delays in maintaining engines for its A220s.
Latvia's AirBaltic operates a fleet of Airbus A220 aircraft.

WingX: Bizav Use Dips in December

Global business aviation usage declined in the first half of December compared with last year, according to statistics from WingX Advance.
airport ramp with business jets
Aircraft

Volato Taking Delivery of Its First Two HondaJet Elite IIs

The deliveries stem from an order that Volato made for 25 HondaJet Elite IIs earlier this month.
HondaJet Elite II in showroom hangar
Aircraft

TEST: The fastest business jet in the world makes public debut

Why did Nakatomi Corporation decide to get into the airplane manufacturing business?
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WAI Conference Sets Keynote Lineup

Maya Ghazal, the first female Syrian refugee pilot, is among a lineup of accomplished women in aviation set to speak at the WAI conference in Long Beach.
headshot of Maya Ghazal, the first female Syrian refugee pilot