Content Archive: September 2008

Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland Sets Up in Portugal

AgustaWestland has announced that orders in the first half of this year have risen by 10 percent over the same period last year, to U1.62 billion ($2.5 bil
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Enhances 2008 Forecast

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling in July predicted that the company would sell between 650 and 700 helicopters this year, up from previous expectations of 600.
Rotorcraft

Pumas Upgraded in South Africa

South African-based maintenance specialist Thunder City is offering for Eurocopter Pumas a modernization program that the company claims  extends the
Rotorcraft

Georgia governor gets rotor-rated

While many politicians enjoy “fact-finding” trips to far-flung places during their vacations, Georgia Gov.
Aircraft

In The Works: Comp Air CA-9 and 11

The CA-9 single-engine turboprop program is warming up, with a first flight accomplished in July and plans for FAA certification in 2013, although initial
Aircraft

Eclipse Downplays DayJet Shutdown

After Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet–the per-seat, on-demand charter operator of the Eclipse 500–on Friday ceased operations and let go most of its employee

Web site an oasis for potential pilots

Any pilot who has ever found himself on the receiving end of the question “How can I learn how to fly?” now has a ready reference to which to direct the wo
Accidents

Blown Tire Eyed in Learjet 60 Crash

NTSB investigators are still on scene at the Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan Airport, sorting through the wreckage of a chartered Learjet 60SE (N999LJ) that c
Aircraft

In The Works: Gippsland Aeronautics Next-Generation Nomad

The dwindling ranks of Australian-designed and -built Nomad twin turboprops may yet grow again as Gippsland Aeronautics has purchased the Nomad program and
Accidents

NetJets Consolidating Pilots Into Single Seniority List

NetJets pilots will be consolidated into a system-wide seniority list, per a letter of agreement penned by NetJets and the NetJets Association of Shared Ai