Content Archive: July 2010

Aircraft

Airbus A321 Crashes in Pakistan, Killing 152

An Airbus A321 operated by Pakistani airline Airblue crashed this morning in the Margalla hills, north of Islamabad, killing all 15
Maintenance and Modifications

Partsbase Acquires PMA Parts Finder

Partsbase, an online business-to-business parts locator service for the aviation, aerospace and defense industries, has acquired PMA Parts Finder (PPF).
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulf Coast Avionics Partners with Brazil’s Quick Aviation

Gulf Coast Avionics president Rick Garcia has announced the company’s expansion into the Brazilian aviation market through a joint venture with Quick Aviaç
Maintenance and Modifications

VNE Jet Named Eclipse Authorized Gold Service Center

Eclipse Aerospace has named VNE Jet of Henderson, Nev., the exclusive U.S.
Aircraft

Klapmeier Confident of Kestrel Capitalization

Alan Klapmeier, the former chairman of Cirrus and new CEO of Kestrel Aircraft, told AIN yesterday at EAA AirVenture that the company still needs to raise a
Aircraft

Extra 500 Composite Turboprop Single Resurrected

Extra Aircraft announced plans Friday to produce the dormant carbon-fiber-fuselage Extra 500 turboprop single in Montrose, Colo., for $1.65 million per cop

Epic LT Kits Back in Production

Doug King, CEO of the LT Builders Group, yesterday at EAA AirVenture said that kits for the $1.9 million (complete) single-engine turboprop LT are back in
Aircraft

Piper’s New Leader Jump Starts PiperJet Program

According to Piper Aircraft’s recently appointed executive vice president, Randy Groom, a year ago only 12 people were actively working on the single-engin

Hawker Dismisses Union Claim of Cuts

In a letter to Hawker Beechcraft employees July 23, vice president of human resources Rich Jiwanlal dismisses union allegations that the Wichita-based OEM

NTSB Go Team En Route to Saudi Arabia to Aid MD-11 Crash Investigation

The NTSB is dispatching a team of investigators to assist the government of Saudi Arabia with its investigation of a cargo airplane accident that occurre