Content Archive: October 2006
People in Aviation: July 2005
Meggitt/S-Tec announced that it has promoted two employees to director positions.
Accidents
Final Report: Elevator cable failed
Swearingen SA-226TC, Denver, April 5, 2006–The NTSB blamed the accident on the failure of the elevator down cable due to improper routing.
Awards & Honors: July 2005
The Tennessee Museum of Aviation and Aviation Hall of Fame selected its honorees for this year; the formal induction ceremony will take place in Nov
Final Flights: July 2005
Curtis Pitts, creator of the popular aerobatic biplane known as the Pitts Special, died June 10 from complications from a heart valve replacement.
Airports
Van Nuys proposal is effectively a stage 2 ban
Proposed noise mitigation measures under study by the Los Angeles World Airport Authority do not contain an outright ban on Stage 2 jets at Van Nuys Airpor
ATC
Collins’s Latest Satcom Makes Debut Aboard Global 5000
Rockwell Collins’s new SAT-6100 satellite communication system made its world debut aboard the Bombardier Global 5000 at the Paris Air Show last month.
FBOs
Business Jet Center Dallas Starts DCA Flights
Business Jet Center, a Dallas Love Field-based FBO, has been authorized as the first Dallas/Fort Worth-area gateway station for general aviation flights to
Airports
Port Columbus International Named DCA Gateway
Looking for a new Midwest gateway airport into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)? Look no further than Port Columbus International Airport in
