Content Archive: April 2009

Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Withdrawing Divisive Repair Station NPRM

The FAA has begun the process of withdrawing a controversial December 2006
Maintenance and Modifications

Kurt Sutterer Retiring from Midcoast Aviation

Jet Aviation, which purchased Midcoast Aviation in 2006 and then was bought by General Dynamics last year, announced that Don Petersen is taking over as pr
Maintenance and Modifications

Sierra Industries Offering Free Loaner Jets

Customers who bring their Cessna Citation to Sierra Industries of Uvalde, Texas, for major maintenance or inspection events can now drop off their jet and
Safety

SAIB Warns of Carbon Brake Freezing Problem

The FAA issued a special airworthiness information bulletin (SAIB NM-09-18) last month warning operators of aircraft equipped with carbon disc brakes that

ADs Seek To Tame Engine, APU Problems

The FAA has adopted and/or proposed a series of Airworthiness Directives (ADs) that will affect operators of Honeywell ALF502/507 and TFE731 engines and Su
Charter & Fractional

Jet Direct Planning To Rebrand as Wayfarer Aviation

On Friday, a Massachusetts judge dismissed leg
ATC

Group Uses Bizjet Backlash To Promote User Fees

In its recent issue of “ATC Reform News,” Reason Foundation director of transportation studies Robert Poole is using the anti-business jet rhetoric to furt
Accidents

Pilot Passenger Lands King Air after Pilot Dies

The FAA is hailing three South Florida air traffic controllers for assisting Doug White, a fixed-wing single-engine-rated private pilot and passenger, in s
Charter & Fractional

‘Runaway Trim’ Questioned in 2007 Citation Crash

An NTSB interim factual report and findings from a flight s
Aircraft

Embraer’s Airliner Production Drops 16 percent in Q1

Embraer delivered 32 commercial airplanes during the first quarter this year, the company announced today.