Content Archive: October 2007

Regulations and Government

FAA Orders Better Bird Ingestion Tolerance for Turbines

Beginning next month, engine manufacturers seeking FAA type certification for new turbine designs with inlet areas greater than 2.5 square meters (roughly
Charter & Fractional

Sentient Buy Shows FAA Succeeds in Erasing AMI Jet Charter

Sentient Flight Group announced yesterday that it has agreed “in principle” to buy TAG Aviation USA’s aircraft management business from Switzerland-based T
Regulations and Government

Will FAA Bill Pass This Year? Flip a Coin…

“In Washington, D.C., no bad idea ever dies,” National Association of State Aviation Officials president and CEO Henry Ogrodzinski said of aviation user fe
Aircraft

Eclipse Pares Workforce, Denies Financial Woes

Eclipse Aviation maintains that financial problems aren’t behind its decision on Friday to trim about 100 of its 1,500 employees.

Production change halts Texan II deliveries

As reported first in AINalerts on September 20, the U.S.
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Accidents

Excel-Jet Sues FAA over 2006 Sport-Jet VLJ Crash

Excel-Jet of Monument, Colo., is suing the FAA over the
ATC

ADS-B Success Depends on User Acceptance and Equipage

In testimony before the House aviation subcommittee yesterday, DOT Inspector General Calvin Scovel told lawmakers that user acceptance and voluntary equipa

‘Power Loss’ Reported in BA 777 Short Landing at Heathrow

Reports attributed to the captain of a British Airways Boeing 777 that sustained heavy damage when landing at London Heathrow Airport at about 12:42 GMT to
Accidents

NTSB: Many Safety Issues with Unmanned Aircraft Ops

As a result of its first investigation of an accident