Content Archive: September 2010

Maintenance and Modifications

Rotorcraft Services Group Renames Subsidiaries

Rotorcraft Services Group (RSG) is rebranding subsidiaries Texas Aviation Services and Integrated Flight Systems as RSG Aviation and RSG Products, respecti

Second Half ‘Crucial’ for Bizjet OEMs

“Elevated used inventory, attractive used pricing and macro uncertainty continue to hold down demand for new business jets,” JPMorgan Equity Research said

Bizav Flight Activity Regains Momentum

Business aircraft flight activity returned to positive ­territory in August, increasing 1.7 percent from last year, after posting an almost 1-percent year-
Regulations and Government

FAA Launches Review of Flammability Regs

The FAA has assigned the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) the new task of ­reviewing and submitting recommendations in response to the agenc
Training and Workforce

Simulator tech just keeps evolving

Just when we might have thought that flight simulators are about as “leading edge” as they can get, it turns out that the engineers have been busy developi
Aircraft

Another CRJ in Gear-Up Landing

Yet another Bombardier CRJ landed with one side of its main landing gear retracted yesterday.
Aircraft

New Business Jets 2010

Cirrus VisionCirrus Aircraft has weathered the recession by embarking on a stringent efficiency improvement program that is helping the compan
Aircraft

Gulfstream G250, G650 Programs ‘On Track’

According to Jay Johnson, chairman and CEO of Gulfstream parent company General Dynamics, the Gulfstream G650 and G250 test programs are proceeding on tr

Cessna machinists have to accept new contract

Fifty-eight percent of Cessna Aircraft’s union workers voted to reject a contract offer by the Wichita-based OEM but ended up returning to work rather than
Maintenance and Modifications

QTA Finding Customers for Gulfstream II/III Hush Kit

Quiet Technology Aerospace (QTA) has the most Gulfstream II/II