Content Archive: January 2008
Aircraft
787 First Flight Delayed Again
Boeing confirmed today that it will delay first flight of the 787 Dreamliner once again, from the end of the first quarter to around the end of the second
Aircraft
Learjet 45 subject of emergency AD
An emergency AD requires certain Learjet 45 horizontal stabilizer actuator assemblies to be replaced with new assemblies before further flight.
People in Aviation: February 2003
Mordechai (Moti) Boness was named president of Israel Aircraft Industries International, the company’s American subsidiary headquartered in New York
Charter & Fractional
European firm offering scheduled bizjet service
February 17 will see the launch of scheduled business aircraft services linking Geneva, London and Paris.
Security
Operation Liberty Shield yields notams and TFRs
In what has been the biggest flurry of notams, TFR issuances and general uncertainty since 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation
ATC
EGPWS software add-on improves airport safety
Honeywell has started demonstrating an optional software upgrade to its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) that is intended to curb runway in
Aircraft
Bell’s bold vision of a civil tiltrotor takes flight
Like the old blues song goes, “It’s been a long time coming.
