Content Archive: July 2007

Bell: survival requires fewer vendors

Bell Helicopter’s commercial division knows as well as anyone about the challenge of making a living in a stagnant industry that appears unlikely to grow b

Korea will build and market IFR Bell 427

Korea Aerospace Industries and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace will collaborate with Bell to “develop, certify, produce and market the 427i light twin IFR helicopt
Aircraft

Autothrottles now available for Gulfstream 200

Automatic throttle systems are now available as a $220,000 option for new Gulfstream 200s, as well a retrofit for the more than 90 Galaxy/G200s currently i
Aircraft

Fatal Westwind crash probe centers on controls

Preliminary analysis of the fatal crash of an air ambulance IAI Westwind on July 2 at Panama City Tocumen International Airport indicates both Honeywell TF
Charter & Fractional

Air Limo iFly air taxi is renamed Pogo

Pogo is the new name for the former iFly Air Taxi, a company that plans initially to use 75 Adam A700 very light twinjets as a start toward a national “air
Aircraft

Quest Wins Certification for Kodiak

Six years after opening its doors, two-and-a-half months after flying its first fully conforming aircraft and less than a month after losing company chairm
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Cessna Revenue Up 15 Percent in 2Q

Cessna parent Textron said today that revenue for the Wichita-based manufacturer was up by 15 percent in the second quarter of the year, representing a $19
Aircraft

Dassault Clarifies Super-midsize Falcon Thrust

Dassault senior v-p for civil aircraft Olivier Villa has clarified that the unusually high thrust (two 10,000-pound engines) on the still-under-wraps super
Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes Cabin Certification Alternatives

The FAA unveiled a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) last week that addresses airworthiness standards related to cabin interiors for transport-category