Content Archive: July 2008

Aircraft

58-Year-Old British Pilot Takes F-35B into the Air

Lockheed Martin realized there is no substitute for experience.
Aircraft

787 Horizontal Stabilizer Passes Fatigue Tests

Alenia Aeronautica has completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabilizer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the companies announced today.
Aircraft

Cirrus Rolls Out ‘SJX’ Personal Jet

Duluth, Minn.-based Cirrus Design rolled out its single-engine jet prototype on Thursday, almost a year to the day after it unveiled a cabin mock-up to cus
Aircraft

PiperJet Poised To Start High-speed Taxi Tests

Piper Aircraft today said that the PiperJet proof of concept’s Williams FJ44-3AP engine was started and tested on June 19, describing the first on-ship run
Safety

Aeromed Helos Collide, No TCAS Aboard Either

The two aeromedical Bell 407s involved in a fatal midair over Flagstaff, Ariz., on Sunday afternoon were not equipped with traffic collision avoidance syst

Boyer To Retire from AOPA’s Left Seat

Phil Boyer, the former broadcast executive who guided AOPA through some of its most turbulent times, announced yesterday that he will step down as AOPA pre
Charter & Fractional

VistaJet Signs To Buy Bombardier Skyjet

Zurich, Switzerland-based VistaJet Holding today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bombardier Aerospace’s Skyjet International