Content Archive: March 2008

Space weather affects aviation too

While the term space weather may at first invoke visions of Capt.
Training and Workforce

CAE lands sim contract

Simulator maker CAE last month announced that Bombardier has awarded the company the simulation development contract for the CRJ900 regional jet and upgrad
Charter & Fractional

Piaggio considers frax role for Avantis

Piaggio Aero, the Italian maker of the sleek P.180 Avanti, is engaged in “some very positive” discussions that would create a fractional-ownership fleet of

TRW’s Cote Replaces Bossidy as Honeywell CEO

David Cote, 49, has been named president and CEO of Honeywell, taking over that position from Lawrence Bossidy.
Security

New security regs take shape

Under the first major rulemaking of the DOT’s newly created Transportation Security Administration, scheduled for publication February 22, charter operatio
Accidents

Ice or frost on the wing

A preliminary report issued by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Board on the January 4 crash of Challenger 604 N90AG at Birmingham, England, raises a sus
Airports

Midway Island Airport operation in jeopardy

Midway Phoenix of Cartersville, Ga., operates Midway Island Airport (MDY), some 1,200 mi northwest of Honolulu.
Aircraft

Air-taxi pilot passes out, pax lands 402

The pilot of a Cape Air Cessna 402 lost consciousness during a scheduled flight from Martha’s Vineyard to Hyannis, Mass., on February 8, forcing a Cape Air
ATC

Britain’s NATS wants to pare lateral separation

Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is stepping up operating trials aimed at making greater use of both en route and terminal area airspace.