Content Archive: July 2011

Safety

Air-Care International’s New Facts Fire Trainer

Air-Care International’s Facts training division has added a new simulator to its stable of cabin safety training devices, an in-flight fire trainer.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Hiring 300 Experienced Engineers

Eurocopter is hiring 300 research and development engineers, with at least four years of experience, for its new programs.
Safety

TSB Wants Safer Helicopter in Wake of S-92 Crash

The chairman of Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) wants a mandatory 30-minute “run dry” requirement on all main gearboxes (MGB) for future helicop
Charter & Fractional

First CJ4 Delivered for European Charter Ops

Cessna Aircraft delivered the first Citation CJ4 for charter operation in Europe early last month.Fred Eisele, CEO of Stuttgart-based Eisele Flugdienst, ac
FBOs

ExxonMobil Calls It Quits on Avitat-branded FBOs

ExxonMobil confirmed to AIN that it has decided to exit the general aviation fuels business in the U.S.
Safety

Facts about dry ice

A contingent of U.S.
Regulations and Government

FAA Budget Impasse Forces 4,000 Layoffs

The failure of Congress to agree on an extension of the FAA’s operating authorization by July 23 forced the agency to furlough nearly 4,000 employees and i
Safety

Checklist conundrum offers no easy answers

One lesson to be learned
Engines

Honeywell TPE331 To Power Kestrel T-prop Single

Kestrel Aircraft selected Honeywell’s TPE331-14GR to power its all-composite single-engine turboprop.
Safety

Dodie speaks: flight attendants are safety specialists

“The number-one priority is being safety specialists,” said Dodie Thomas, who works for Altria Client Services and was chosen as vice chairwoman of the NBA