Content Archive: October 2010

Maintenance and Modifications

Mid-Continent STCs Lithium Emergency Power

Mid-Continent Instruments has received an approved model list (AML) supplemental type certificate (STC) from the FAA for its MD835 lithium emergency power
Maintenance and Modifications

Precision Aviation Expands Facility

Precision Aviation Group (PAG) has begun a project expanding its Atlanta headquarters.
Maintenance and Modifications

Tailwind Buys Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems’ Assets

Hartzell Propeller’s parent company, Tailwind Technologies, has purchased the assets of Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems of Montgomery, Ala., for an undiscl
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Reopens Springfield TFE731 MPI Shop

StandardAero is now offering TFE731 heavy maintenance, repair and overhaul out of its 265,000-sq-ft production and support facility in Springfield.
Maintenance and Modifications

Constant Offers Beechjet 400XP Pro Line 21 Upgrade

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport-based Constant Aviation has delivered its first retail Pro Line 21 upgraded Beechjet 400XP.
Engines

Turboprop Version of GE38 Turboshaft Due Mid-decade

A new General Electric turboprop engine, derived from the 7,500-shp GE38-1B turboshaft engine, could become available by the middle of the decade.

Sixth Boeing 787 Takes Flight, Company Reports ‘Good Progress’ with Test Program

The sixth and final Boeing 787 to join the flight test fleet flew for the first time yesterday from Paine Field in Everett, Wash.
Engines

Pratt & Whitney Canada Launches Global Flight Test Operations Facility

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) joined Canadian and Quebec government officials in inaugurating the company’s global flight test operations center yesterday

Air Mekong Launching Service in Vietnam with SkyWest CRJ 900s

Vietnam’s Air Mekong, 30-percent owned by U.S.
Avionics

TrueNorth Introduces Iridium E-mail Module

TrueNorth Avionics has introduced a plug-in hardware module that lets owners of several brands of airborne telephone use their personal smartphones to se