Content Archive: March 2007

Aviation Industry Expo 2007 Report

Aviation Industry Expo 2007 hosted attendees from across the nation and around the globe, including a 30-person contingent from Russia.
Rotorcraft

Jean Phelan remembered

Jean Ross Howard Phelan, a pioneering airplane and helicopter pilot, died early last month at the age of 87.
Aircraft

B/E Aerospace LED lighting approved for Citation 500

B/E Aerospace has received an STC for after-market installation of direct and indirect LED lighting in the Cessna Citation 500 series.
Aircraft

Zonal Comfort System being installed in Boeing 767

The CTT Systems Zonal Comfort System has been ordered by Jet Aviation for a Boeing 767-300ER and is being installed as part of a major executive interior c
Rotorcraft

Civil tiltrotor designs fly in face of several challenges

Last June Bell/Agusta completed initial testing of its BA609 civil tiltrotor at Bell’s Fort Worth, Texas flight-test center.
Aircraft

Jet Aviation delivers Middle Eastern customer’s second BBJ

Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland, has delivered a second Boeing Business Jet to an undisclosed Middle Eastern customer.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

MacCarthy Interiors moves to New Gatwick facility

Business aircraft cabin specialist MacCarthy Interiors has moved its headquarters to a new and larger facility near Gatwick Airport, about 35 miles south o
Rotorcraft

Bristow leads on EC 225

Bristow Helicopters has ordered two Eurocopter EC 225s, with a scheduled service entry of spring next year.

Former Eastern pilot plans to use Jurassic Jet for airshows

Some four billion passengers flew in the Boeing 727 fleet before most were retired from passenger service or converted to freight haulers.
Training and Workforce

SimPro USA looks to change ‘Sin City’ into a ‘Sim City’

A recent indicator of the business climate malaise that California’s new governor has vowed to reverse is the move of flight simulator facility operator Si