Content Archive: April 2007

Accidents

High Density Altitude Helped Bring Down Helicopter

The pilot’s decision to rapidly maneuver the helicopter at a high density altitude near steeply sloping terrain was the cause of a fatal air-tour helicopte
Accidents

Pilots Killed in Crash of King Air near Lewisburg, W. Va.

Pilot-in-command Lowell Lawson, 67, and copilot James Robinson were killed June 13 when their King Air 200 crashed on a Part 135 positioning flight from it
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Chairman Dean Borgman Retires

Dean Borgman, chairman of Sikorsky Aircraft, retired on July 1.
Maintenance and Modifications

Texas Firm Adding Paint and Refurb to Its Capabilities

Denton Municipal Airport, Texas-based Business Air is adding corporate aircraft refurbishment and painting to its existing FBO and aircraft charter, manage
Regulations and Government

FAA Sets TSO Sights on Night Vision Goggles

The FAA is proposing a technical standard order (TSO) for night vision goggles.
Regulations and Government

FAA/JAA Helicopter Noise Standards Harmonized

Manufacturers of newly designed helicopters will have to meet slightly revised U.S.

Olympic-size headaches for bizav

Greek aviation officials have at last started to release slots and aircraft parking positions for business aviation traffic heading for next month’s Athens
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Bonus tax benefit bill may soon become law

The House of Representatives approved the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (H.R.4520) on June 17, paving the way for a one-year extension of the time all
Security

TSA not enforcing ticket revocation rule

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has quietly suspended enforcement of the rule that allowed the agency to revoke a pilot’s certificate for

Back Up to Speed Again?

SSBJ UPDATE: Elsewhere in this issue (“In The Works,” page 78) is word of Sukhoi’s continuing work on feasibility studies on the S-21, a supersonic busines