Content Archive: October 2007

Training and Workforce

FlightSafety and SimuFlite Show ‘Virtual Sims’

Eliminating the seam between the classroom and simulator has been the goal for both FlightSafety and SimuFlite lately, and both companies displayed “virtua

Safety initiative aims to stem ramp rash

Reducing the incidence of damage to aircraft on the ramp is the aim of the ground accident prevention (GAP) initiative now under way by the Flight Safety F
Aircraft

Up, Up and Avanti

Piaggio Aero Industries delivered 16 Avantis last year, up from 12 in 2001 and six in 2000.
Safety

DOD may save historic NASA crash-test gantry

It took a flood in central Pennsylvania three decades ago to get NASA into the business of crash-testing airframes, and the siren call of the “final fronti
Aircraft

March landing for Greek 'air Force One'

• The Hellenic Air Force was expected to take delivery in late February or early March of a new Gulfstream V contracted for in late March last year.
Charter & Fractional

FAA Refuses To Discuss AMI Suspension/A008 Issues

Despite repeated requests from AIN, the FAA said that no officials would conduct any interviews about last week’s emergency suspension of AMI Jet Ch
Engines

New Honeywell president will see AS907 to market

Russell Turner, a former top executive for Boeing’s United Space Alliance business in Houston, is the new president of Honeywell Aerospace’s $4.7 billion E
Accidents

Fuel Starvation Eyed in King Air B90 Crash

An NTSB preliminary report suggests that the Beechcraft King Air B90 (N10TM) that crashed into a parking lot in Chattanooga, Tenn., on September 19 ran out

Excel-Jet Still Looking for a Place To Roost

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

DaimlerChrysler Aviation is all about versatility

“Business aviation with commercial airline standards” is how DaimlerChrysler Aviation (DCA) describes operations with its fleet consisting of an Airbus Cor