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Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas center brings operating experience to mx ops

Business Jet Access focuses on the operational aspects of maintenance, according to general manager Brian Hoffman, who credits his stint as a mechanic and
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Revamps Worldwide Bizjet Service

Bombardier Aerospace has embarked on an aircraft service program in which it will invest some $35 million over the next five years to structure a worldwide
Safety

Gulfstream Forms Service Is Enhancing Safety

Gulfstream says its flight-data monitoring/flight operational quality assurance program “is already making a difference in safety to operators.” Introduced
Accidents

NTSB Expands Accident Reporting Rules

The FAA is notifying operators that the NTSB amended Part 830 to include five new conditions that require immediate notification upon occurrence.
Maintenance and Modifications

Smyrna Air Center Approved for M601 and H80 Service

Smyrna Air Center has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an authorized service center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines.
Maintenance and Modifications

Metrojet Hong Kong Named HBC Service Center

Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) has appointed Metrojet Hong Kong to its network of authorized service centers to support its Hawker 900/800/700 series.
Maintenance and Modifications

Piaggio Aero Service Centers Continue Expansion

Airflite and Piaggio Aero have signed an agreement to qualify and approve Singapore-based AirFlite Asia as an OEM-appointed maintenance provider for the Pi
Maintenance and Modifications

Elliott Aviation Offers EASA-approved Beechjet DFDR

Moline, Ill.-base Elliott Aviation has received supplemental type certificate (STC) approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the instal
Safety

Survey: AOPA’s Airport Watch works

Airports that adopted the voluntary security measures of AOPA’s Airport Watch program saw a steep decline in crime the year after the program’s launch, acc
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Beechcraft opens service facility at Phoenix

Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) opened the doors of its southwest U.S.
ATC

Navigating NextGen

Ask any politician or media person what NextGen is and what it will do, and the chances are that the answers will include three common themes.
Safety

Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar: Speakers shine spotlight on importance of SMS, FOQA

sMS (safety management systems) and FOQA (flight operations quality assurance) are no longer just buzzwords, said Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) president
Safety

Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar: SMS Implementation Tools

Several of the most influential corporate aviation organizations offer specific tools to assist in implementation of SMS programs, according to John Sheeha
Safety

Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar: Agency SMS

SMS is not just for airlines and corporate aviation, as John David, Nav Canada v-p for safety and quality, explained.
Avionics

CMC Electronics adds WSI wx to PilotView EFB

Esterline CMC Electronics has added real-time graphical weather linked through the Iridium satellite network to its 8.4-inch PilotView CMA-1100 Mk II and 1
Avionics

Arinc named Inmarsat airtime reseller

Arinc has become a distribution partner (DP) for Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband satellite communication services, allowing it to buy and resell airtime directly
Avionics

Thrane & Thrane unveils aviator 200

Thrane & Thrane has taken the wraps off what it claims is the smallest, lightest satcom equipment available for linking through Inmarsat broadband serv
Avionics

Thales studies one-display flight deck

Thales is leading a research project toward what might be the ultimate in avionics displays–a single-display flight deck.
Avionics

Jepp takes new approach with SolidFX reader

Pilots now have many choices for viewing approach plates, arrival and departure charts and airport diagrams in the cockpit, from traditional paper to elect
Avionics

Pro Line Fusion enters certification home stretch

About 50 hours of test flying remains before Rockwell Collins will submit the certification paperwork to the FAA for its
Avionics

News Update: Avionics

Avanti Gets Pro Line 21 RetrofitRockwell Collins has teamed with Ruag Business Aviation of Switzerland on a Pro Line 21 cockpit upgrade for th
Aircraft

In the Works: June 2010

Gulfstream – G650Test pilot John O’Meara and senior experimental test pilot Tom Horne flew Gulfstream’s G650 proto- type to its top operating
Rotorcraft

Two Ka-32s Delivered to Azerbaijan Emergency Ministry

Russian Helicopters last month delivered two Kamov Ka-32s to Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Accidents

Newscopter and 737 in Near-collision

The NTSB is investigating the April 28 incident at Houston Hobby in which a Bell 407 operated by Helicopters, Inc.
Rotorcraft

Rega’s Helo Missions Steady in 2009

Swiss rescue organization Rega’s 13 helicopters flew a steady (+0.2 percent) number of missions last year, the tally being 10,443.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Teams with Mercedes for EC145 interior

Eurocopter last month unveiled the EC145 Mercedes- Benz Style, a version of the light twin helicopter that features aesthetic and practical innovations.
Rotorcraft

Bristow Academy Plans Expansion

Bristow will build $10 million in new facilities and add 97 employees at its Florida flight school in Titusville.
Rotorcraft

‘Helicopter Shopping’ In Fatal HEMS Crash?

A Hospital Wing AS350B3 crashed on March 25 after delivering a patient near Brownsville, Tenn., in an area of thunderstorms.
Rotorcraft

Indy PD’s Rotary Wings Grounded

The Indianapolis Police Department’s four helicopters have been grounded since earlier this year after its aviation insurance was allowed to expire.