Content Archive: May 2008
Aircraft
Experimental test pilot ranks are no place for cowboys
“Beginning autorotation with left turn.”“Roger.
Aircraft
In The Works: Eclipse 500
With all 173 Eclipse Aviation employees now figuratively under one roof at Sunport International Airport in Albuquerque, N.M., the company expects to begin
Crossair aims for rapid growth as Swissair falls
A task force headed by Peter Siegenthaler, director of the Swiss federal finance administration, has proposed a dozen seasoned executives for Crossair’s ne
Engines
Walter Beech King Air 90 STC expanded
Clintonville, Wis.-based Performance Conversions has received an STC for installing 751-shp Czech-built Walter M601E-11 turboprop engines and five-blade Av
Air Bretagne files for bankruptcy
French regional airline Air Bretagne has gone into financial observation after filing for bankruptcy.
Aircraft
In The Works: McCotter Aviation MC 2400
The GE T58-powered Maverick TwinJet is available only as a kit, but now McCotter Aviation, which purchased 90 percent of Penrose, Colo.-based Maverick Air
Aircraft
Falcons, much in demand, earn 74 percent of Dassault revenue
This year will be one of the best that Dassault has ever had with its Falcon business jets.
Aircraft
The certification fleet
Part of the certification process of a new aircraft design is completing hundreds of tests to hit thousands of data points for both flight and ground tests
Aircraft
In The Works: Dassault Falcon 2000EX
Flight testing of the Falcon 2000EX, a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308C-powered version of the Falcon 2000, began on October 25.
Training and Workforce
The National Test Pilot School
Sean Roberts, an experimental test pilot for both military and civilian projects with more than 18,000 flight hours, started the National Test Pilot School
