Content Archive: September 2010

Sikorsky To Start Light Single Helo Certification Tests In January

Sikorsky is to start certification testing on the S-434 light single helicopter in January, thus postponing FAA certification to a targeted December 2011,
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Aircraft

Terrafugia Announces Production Plans for Its Roadable LSA

Terrafugia is planning to build its new aircraft/auto hybrid, the Transition, in a new facility in Woburn, Mass.

Ryanair’s O’Leary Calls for Single-Pilot Commercial Flights

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary is pushing for single-pilot commercial aircraft operations.
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Engines

Prospects for Re-engined Boeing 737 Become More Remote

Pratt & Whitney and CFM might not like to hear it, but if the assertions of Boeing CFO James Bell prove accurate, the 15- to 16-percent fuel efficiency
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ALPA Attacks ‘Outsourcing’ during United/Continental Merger Talks

Major airline pilots have long complained about the practice of “outsourcing” flying to lower-cost regional carriers, despite the existence of clauses writ
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Engines

Boeing 787 Flight Test Aircraft Keeping Busy

Boeing moved quickly this month to erase any doubts about the progress of the
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Consulting Firm Suggests Solutions to Aircraft Program Delays

David Bonnus, cofounder of Paris-based Step Consulting, recently analyzed the causes of major aerospace program delays and suggested how airframers could b
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FAA Proposes New flight- and Duty-time Rules

The FAA today proposed new pilot du

Flight Attendant's Conference

The annual NBAA corporate flight attendants conference has grown steadily, and on June 24 through 26 celebrated its 15th year and a new name and focus as t
FBOs

SheltAir FLL Hosting NASA Hurricane Test Base

A NASA Earth science field experiment is being conducted from a temporary base at SheltAir’s FBO facility at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (Fla.) International