Tag: FAA

Captain Tammie Jo Shults Performed a Safe Emergency Landing At Philadelphia International Airport

The damage to the Boeing 737 caused rapid, violent depressurization. Passengers described a chaotic scene but Captain Shults’ “nerves of...

Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) Phase 1

RVSM is an aviation standard that reduces the required vertical separation between aircraft from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet between...

First Pilot to Fly a Million Miles in a Jet Airplane

In 1959, Garlow was flying a jet-prop Vickers Viscount, which Capital Airlines first put into service on July 26, 1955. ...

Gulfstream G280 Set Overwater Record

  The G280, which entered service in November 2012, can fly eight passengers 3,600 nm/6,667 km at Mach 0.80. Source...

Gulfstream G550 Set Three Transcontinental Speed Records between Cities in Asia and the United States of America

On November 21, 2005, Gulfstream Aerospace announced that a Gulfstream G550 had set three speed records. The first of the two...

First Anniversary of the Gulfstream G280’S Entry into Service

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp first announced the G280 on Oct. 5, 2008, and its first flight took place on Dec. 11,...

Gulfstream Celebrated the G700’s Certification

On April 4, 2024, at the Savannah Convention Center riverwalk, the newly FAA-certified G700 jet flew over the Savannah River....

Denver International Airport’s Opening Day

DEN, which is owned by the city and county, has grown from serving 31 million passengers in 1995, to more...

Gulfstream G650’s Flight Test

The high Mach number was achieved to validate the aircraft’s maximum speed for stability characteristics, a requirement for receiving a...

First Commercial Nonstop Flight

A Pan American World Airways Boeing 377 Stratocruiser completed the first commercial nonstop flight from Tokyo, Japan, to Honolulu, Hawaii...