Content Archive: September 2006

Maintenance and Modifications

Sikorsky Selects Globalnet For Maintenance Tracking

Helotrac II, Sikorsky’s next-generation Web-based customer aircraft maintenance tracking program, will use Avtrak GlobalNet maintenance management technolo
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Midcoast Aviation–Big and Getting Bigger

Midcoast Aviation of Cahokia, Ill., has plans to build a new $9 million, 115,000-sq-ft hangar and has added more than 160 employees in the last year.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Premier/West Star Goes for Gulfstreams

Premier/West Star has launched a Gulfstream program that, in addition to minor and major inspections and repairs and avionics service, will include exterio
Regulations and Government

Senat Bill Contains Incentive for R&D

Before leaving for the Thanksgiving break, the Senate passed a bill with tax credits to encourage innovation in aerospace and defense research and developm
Cabin Interior and Electronics

DeCrane not Taking a Back Seat

DeCrane Aircraft Seating has announced a patent on core technology around which a new line of lightweight 9-g and 16-g executive single and double passenge
Aircraft

Pilot Report: Cessna Mustang

The champagne corks were surely popping in Wichita on September 8 when Cessna Aircraft announced it had earned full type certification of its newest jet, t
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Technik Carving a Bigger Market Share

The hangars at Lufthansa Technik are filling rapidly with new jobs, and there are more to come.
Maintenance and Modifications

ExpressJet To Offer Thrust Reverser Maintenance

Aircelle has expanded its global maintenance network into the U.S.

Farnborough hosts regional forum

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) staged a successful regional forum at the UK’s Farnborough Airport on September 13.
Rotorcraft

Robinson Stands out in L.A. League

Robinson Helicopter has been recognized as one of Los Angeles’ fastest-growing private companies.