Content Archive: March 2007

Aircraft

PC-12 Production Headed for a Record-tying Year

Business aircraft sales and deliveries this year are showing early signs of recovery, if the report by one manufacturer points to widespread improvement fo
Safety

Online Tool To Predict In-flight Icing below FL180

Using a new Web-based tool, operators who typically fly below Class A airspace can now obtain icing forecasts up to 12 hours in advance of their flight.
Aircraft

Stage III Still Working on STCs for Hush Kit

LaJolla, Calif.-based Stage III Technologies, which in December received an STC for its Stage 3 hush kit for the Gulfstream IISP, expects to receive by the
Security

Explosive Found in Atlanta’s International Airport

Investigation continues into an explosive device found on April 7 in a men’s lavatory outside a secure area in the atrium at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int
Regulations and Government

Defibrillator Battery Compliance Extended One Year

The FAA extended the deadline from this April 12 to April 30 next year for Part 121 regional and major airlines to equip automated external defibrillators
Rotorcraft

Enstrom Doubles Warranty to Two Years/1,000 Hours

Enstrom Helicopter of Menominee, Mich., is doubling its warranty on all its turbine and piston rotorcraft to two years or 1,000 hours.
Charter & Fractional

Sentient Says Its Jet Charter Card Is Flying High

Sentient said that sales of its block-charter private jet card grew 82 percent in the first quarter over the same period a year ago.
Airlines

American fined $23M for violating scope clause

A federal arbitrator has ordered American Airlines to pay the Allied Pilots Association $23.2 million for scope-clause violations related to its American C

Boeing team vies for next-gen GPS satellites

Boeing has formed an international industry team to compete for the contract to build and deploy the next generation of GPS satellites.The Air
Aircraft

Unique MU-2 seminars enter their 10th year

Mitsubishi garnered top bragging rights in the most recent AIN product-support survey, and the biennial pilots’ review of proficiency (PROP) semi