Content Archive: January 2007

Training and Workforce

New 737 Training Source Up and Running

Former Boeing 737 flight department manager and pilot Larry Bond founded Bond Aviation Services in Orlando, Fla., to offer 737 training.
Engines

PW307A on target for Falcon 7X, says P&WC

Pratt & Whitney Canada is striving to keep fuel burn on target for its PW307A engine, which will power the Dassault Falcon 7X.
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Regulations and Government

Part 135 Rewrite: In the Beginning…

The FAR Part 135 Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) delivered a long-awaited briefing on its research and a preview of the coming notice of proposed rulem
Safety

FAA rules aim to improve CVR and FDR reliability

“This is a recording” will have more meaning to accident investigators if the FAA enacts a proposal to beef up rules regarding cockpit voice recorders (CVR
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: January 2005

Having missed the October 1 deadline for funding nine of the 13 government agencies that had been neglected, a lame-duck Congress made up for that lack of
Aircraft

First global XRS takes to the air in four-hour flight

Bombardier began shakedown flights January 16 of the first Global Express XRS, a longer-range successor to the Global Express.
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Safety

Multinational aircraft icing story under way

Researchers from the U.S., Canada, Britain and France are participating in a major aircraft icing study taking place this winter primarily in the Montreal
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Maintenance and Modifications

Raytheon offers RVSM solution for King Airs

Raytheon Aircraft teamed with AeroMech to develop an RVSM solution for most of the Beechcraft King Air fleet and has STCs for the King Air 200, 300 and 350
Aircraft

In The Works: Aviation Technology Group Javelin

According to Aviation Technology Group, the assembly of its Javelin demonstrator prototype is progressing rapidly at Soloy’s facilities in Olympia, Wash.
Aircraft

In The Works: Utilicraft FF-1080-300

American Utilicraft last month said it will spin off Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, a newly formed Nevada corporation, as part of an agreement with The N