Content Archive: March 2007

Rotorcraft

British pilot establishes new helicopter record

As the only approved IFR-capable MD 500E in the world, N5144Q is no ordinary MD 500E helicopter.
Airports

Salina runway reopens after $2.7m upgrade

The 12,300-foot Runway 17/35 at the Salina Municipal Airport (SLN), Kan., reopened at the end of July following a three-month rehabilitation period.
Training and Workforce

Chinese try quality trainers

Shanghai Sikorsky has delivered two Shen 3A helicopters (license-built Schweizer 300Cs) to Tianjin’s Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC).
Regulations and Government

Comment time extended again on air-tour proposal

Interested parties are getting more time to comment on the FAA’s controversial proposal to require all air-tour operators to be certified under Part 135 or
Charter & Fractional

california fbo plans development to accomModate growing charter operations

During the Cold War in the 1950s, squadrons of North American F-86 Sabres and, later, F-100 Super Sabres stood guard over the West Coast secreted in hangar
Regulations and Government

Nineteen indicted in jet-a theft at Miami Int'l

An ongoing racketeering and corruption investigation by the Florida state attorney’s office has produced indictments of 19 suspects and seven companies for
Aircraft

BBJs banned at Teterboro by legislation

Boeing’s efforts to gain access to Teterboro Airport (TEB), N.J., for its BBJ have been rebuffed, at least for this legislative year.
FBOs

Mercury FBOs To Be Added to Atlantic Aviation

Publicly traded Macquarie Group, the Australian company that owns the Atlantic Aviation chain of FBOs, is purchasing the FBOs owned by private-equity firm
Regulations and Government

New Legislation Focuses on GA Threats

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Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker 700 Benefits from RVSM Upgrade

Alternative Avionics in Waterford, Mich., has gained an STC for installation of upgraded air-data computers and pitot-static probes in the Hawker 700, a mo