Content Archive: September 2008

Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Introduces Jetflex Interior Coating

Sherwin-Williams has introduced its JetFlex interior aircraft finish, a solvent-based polyurethane enamel and water-reducible polyurethane dispersion coati
Charter & Fractional

Texas Aviation Gets Tampa Police Mod Contract

Texas Aviation Services has been awarded a fourth contract from the police department of Tampa, Fla., to modify one of the city’s new law enforcement helic
Charter & Fractional

Ultraleather Spells Fuel Savings

Noting that “every ounce counts,” Tapis is promoting its Ultraleather as a fuel saver.
Charter & Fractional

Down the Aisle…

While the composite structure, electrical harness and sub-assembly installation for Bombardier’s new Learjet 85 will be done at its Querétaro facility in M
Regulations and Government

Quiet, Please

The full House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has passed a bill that would ban in-flight cellphone use on U.S.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: September 2008

• When the dog days of August arrived, Congress adjourned for five weeks, leaving a number of major bills hanging fire.

Eclipse Aviation Splits Into Two Divisions

As part of its “operational excellence strategy” to finish incomplete customer-delivered airplanes, improve production efficiency, fulfill overdue payments
Regulations and Government

Settlement Reached in 1996 Gulfstream IV Accident

Years of litigation over a Gulfstream IV fatal crash at Palwaukee (Ill.) Municipal Airport (since renamed Chicago Executive Airport) in October 1996 finall
Safety

‘Watch Listed’ Pilot Returns to Work

Manassas, Va.-based regional airline Colgan Air has allowed pilot Erich Scherfen to return to work after he and his wife sued the U.S.