Content Archive: October 2007

Safe flight exec, son of founder, killed in attack

Donald Greene, 52, executive vice president of bizav equipment supplier Safe Flight Instrument and a son of company founder Leonard Greene, was killed on U

Closing the GATE

On September 14, three days after the terrorist attacks, the U.S.

Goodrich Sky Watch Joins King Air Options List

Starting next year, Raytheon will offer the Goodrich Sky Watch HP collision avoidance system as a standard option on the King Air B200 and 350.

GE To Relocate Aircraft by Early Next Year

General Electric’s flight department is expected to move by the end of next January into its new 100,000-sq-ft hangar/office complex on 12 acres at Stewart

More Remote Colorado Areas To Get AWOS

Airports within six critical areas in the mountain passes of Colorado now have automated weather observing systems (AWOS) in operation since installations
Aircraft

Problems on earlier SJ30-2 flight reported

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 that crashed in a remote area of Texas on the morning of April 26 was on the second in a series of flights to complete flutter c

More Paperwork for Regionals If DOT Gets Its Way

Smaller regional airlines will be required to provide substantially more air traffic activity statistics to the DOT, if a notice of proposed rulemaking is
FBOs

Thomas Hirschmann leaves Jet Aviation

Thomas Hirschmann, Jet Aviation president and CEO and son of founder Carl Hirschmann Sr., has resigned from the family-owned business “to pursue other inte

Jump Seats STC’d for King Air 100s, 200s

Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) of Clinton, Mo., recently gained an STC and PMA for its aft jump seat kits for King Air 100 and 200 series airplanes.

Bombardier Expanding Completions Facilities

Bombardier Aerospace is negotiating to acquire a 234,000-sq-ft hangar at Tucson International Airport to expand its aircraft interior completions capacity.