Content Archive: April 2008

Accidents

Final Report: EMS helicopter into Potomac River

Eurocopter EC 135P2, Oxon Hill, Md., Jan.

People in Aviation: April 2008

Hawker Beechcraft named Russ Meyer III the company’s director of new product development.
Avionics

Dassault Picks Honeywell Com Link

Dassault has selected Honeywell to supply a communications gateway (CG-710) and multi-channel satcom systems (MCS-7120) for all Falcon 900 and 2000 series
Avionics

Jeppesen Touts Online RAIM Tool

Through its JetPlan flight planning service, Jeppesen for the last couple of years has been offering RAIM (receiver autonomous integrity monitoring) predic
Avionics

FAA Certifies Eclipse Weather Radar

The FAA has certified a new airborne weather radar system for the Eclipse 500 developed by the Albuquerque, N.M.
Charter & Fractional

Operator gives helo fractional a ‘Whirl’

With the successes of the fractional model for business jet ownership, it was perhaps only a matter of time before a national fractional helicopter operati
Rotorcraft

Challenges ahead for expanding air ambulance service provider

With its 2007 acquisition of Pittsburgh-based CJ Systems, Air Methods has become the largest civil air ambulance provider in the country.
Rotorcraft

Certification effort in full swing for BA609

Bell/Agusta Aerospace engineers working on the BA609 Tiltrotor have stepped up their certification efforts, now working with the FAA and the EASA (via Ital
Aircraft

C Series Sales Team Gets Green Light

Bombardier’s board of directors issued authority to the company’s aerospace division to formally offer its proposed C Series airliner to potential customer
Aircraft

Embraer Goes Full Throttle on Two More Bizjets

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer on Friday announced that its board of directors approved the launch of the mid-light and derivative midsize busines