Content Archive: July 2010

Aircraft

Ruag nears first delivery of revived Do-228 turboprop

Switzerland’s Ruag Aerospace plans to deliver its first new-build 19-seat Dornier Do-228 New Generation to an as yet unidentified Japanese commuter airline
FBOs

ALLFBO develops web booking service

Chase Larabee has launched a new Web-based service called AllFBO.com to eliminate the problem of pilots showing up at an FBO only to find that the customer

Bizav Warriors: David Cassalia

Some in the business aviation industry leave behind their families and jobs to serve in active war zones.
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Safety

Author urges close look at Part 91 runway data

Aircraft performance is a subject that many pilots dread, during both preflight planning and post-lunch ground school sessions in stuffy classrooms when th
Safety

APG Offers Part 91 Performance-analysis Software

Aircraft Performance Group (APG) cofounder Rogers Hemphill believes that the business aviation industry is moving into a new era of applying technology to

People in Aviation

Rod Holter has joined Hawker Beechcraft as v-p and general manager for aircraft manufacturing.
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer To Open Tech Support Subsidiary in China

Embraer is opening its first wholly owned subsidiary in China.
Maintenance and Modifications

Snecma and Royal Jet Sign Maintenance Contract

Abu Dhabi-based Royal Jet has awarded a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contract to Snecma for the CFM56-7B engines that power its Boeing Business J
Maintenance and Modifications

AS350B AStar First Helo To Get EX600 MFD

Vista Aviation of Pacoima, Calif., has completed the first STCed helicopter installation of an Avidyne EX600 multifunction display (MFD)–in a Eurocopter AS

Sikorsky and Timken Team in Australasia

Sikorsky Helitech, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) company based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, has entered into a distribution agreement with Tim