Content Archive: May 2008

Engines

Startup to offer 560-lb-thrust turbofan

Price Induction, a startup company based in Anglet, France, is studying a 560-lb-thrust high-bypass-ratio turbofan that would establish a new thrust class.

Piper plans second round of dismissals

Piper, which said it experienced at least a 45-percent decline in sales across the board, is preparing for another round of downsizing this month.
FBOs

Fruchter Aviation being sold to company president

Marc Fruchter, 55, who started Fruchter Aviation in 1982 and built it into one of the largest FBOs at Reading Regional (Pa.) Airport, is selling the busine
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Hold-harmless agreements are too often anything but

You roll up to an FBO in a multi-million-dollar business jet, and they roll out the red carpet.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Downsizes, Terminates Pilots

Ohio-based Flight Options on Friday closed its maintenance facility at Cleveland Cuyahoga Airport and dismissed about 200 employees, 68 of whom were pilots

It may have TWA markings, but American is callsign

After being purchased last year by American Airlines, TWA and its callsign ceased to exist, but not airplanes with its livery.
Avionics

L-3 SmartDeck Gets TSO and STC Approvals

L-3 Avionics late last week received TSO and STC approvals from the FAA for its SmartDeck integrated avionics system.

Editors' Choice: September 11, 2001: Darkest day in the history of aviation

It was premeditated mass murder, almost flawlessly executed, and civil aircraft were the weapons of choice.
Regulations and Government

FCC proposes rewrite of aviation rules

A total rewrite of Federal Communications Commission Part 87 has been proposed.