Content Archive: December 2009

FBOs

Hot section: SIMCOM offers Mx trainingfor mitsubishi Mu-2

MU-2 operators and maintenance facilities now have a formal training program available through SimCom Training Centers.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: JSSI and Jet Aviation sign service center agreement

Jet Aviation has signed a service center agreement with Jet Support Services (JSSI) to provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance services and to supply
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: West Star expands MX service to Southeast U.S.

The southeast U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: 328 support services gets FAA repair station approval

Munich, Germany-based 328 Support Services has received FAA repair station status for its Dornier 328 executive conversion work.
Engines

Hot section: Good news for BBJ operators

A CFM56-7B powering a Boeing Next-Generation 737 for German holiday airline TUIfly has logged more than 40,000 hours on wing without a single removal, sett
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section MRO profile: Crownair Aviation

Crownair Aviation at Montgomery Field (MYF) in San Diego is improving and expanding its maintenance and FBO facilities in preparation for the economic turn
Safety

Hot section Torqued: Lessons for 2010

One year’s end always gets me thinking about the past 12 months and my hopes for the year to come.
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Robinson Sees Rebound

Robinson Helicopter vice president Kurt Robinson last month said the market for his company’s piston-engine helicopters has improved substantially from ear
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Russian Helicopters Expands in Iran, Uzbekistan

Russian Helicopters and Uzbekistan’s Uzrosavia last month in Moscow signed an agreement to cooperate on the maintenance of Russian-built rotorcraft.

Regional Update: USAPA: Piedmont Jobs in Jeopardy

The union that represents the pilots of US Airways has asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to investigate the potential for anti-competitive