Content Archive: July 2007

Final Report: Update on Canadian Caravan crash

Cessna Caravan 208B, Lake Erie, Ontario, Jan.
Charter & Fractional

How many players?

One prediction about which most fractional providers’ executives and consultants agree is that within five years there will be only two strong major provid
Accidents

Final Report: Mechanical failure blamed in fatal sightseeing flight

McDonnell Douglas MD-369D, Volcano, Hawaii, June 15, 2003 – The commercial pilot and three passengers were killed when the MD-369D lost power and cr
Rotorcraft

Piasecki compound X-49 makes first flight

Retrofit technology that could turn the Pentagon’s fleet of Black Hawks and other helicopters into 200-knot, high-altitude speedsters, and later be applied
Rotorcraft

‘Salute To Excellence’ Nominations

The Helicopter Association International (HAI) is accepting nominations for its “Salute To Excellence” awards to be presented during its convention next ye
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Scores Major Orders

Eurocopter logged orders for 114 civil and military helicopters worth E1.2 billion at this year’s Paris Air Show and says it is on track to sell 700 helico

Final Report: Four survive CitationJet overrun

Cessna 525A CitationJet, Dexter, Maine, Oct.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Caravan engine fire under investigation

Cessna 208B Caravan, Quepos, Costa Rica, March 22, 2007 – Costa Rican-registered Cessna Caravan TI-BBG landed at the Aeropuerto La Managua, near Que

Preliminary Report: JetStar loses left flap

Lockheed JetStar 1329-23E, Houston, Texas, May 15, 2004–Lockheed JetStar N57NR sustained minor damage following an in-flight separation of the left
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky X-2 To Fly Late this Year

Sikorsky is readying its X-2 demonstrator for flight tests late this year.