Content Archive: August 2009

Avionics

Passengers get first taste of Aircell Internet service

Business aircraft passengers are finally getting the chance to sample Aircell’s in-flight high-speed Internet service as customer airplanes receive t
Accidents

Medical Transport Clips Pole on Landing

Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil, Loris, S.C., July 2, 2009–The AS 350 suffered substantial damage while landing to pick up a patient at a hospital heli
Avionics

Aspen Avionics Unveils Helo PFD2

Aspen Avionics in Albuquerque, N.M., introduced a helicopter version of its Evolution flight display system called the EFD1000H Pro Helicopter PFD.

XJet Pax Forced To Do an Overnight

Forty-seven passengers aboard an ExpressJet Embraer ERJ 145 bound for Minneapolis from Houston spent six hours on the tarmac in Rochester, Minn., during th

Republic Seals Midwest, Frontier Deals

Republic Airways, on July 31, completed its acquisition of Midwest Airlines, then won a bid last month for Frontier Airlines after Southwest Airlines withd
Rotorcraft

Air-tour operator Maverick focuses on high-end service

The greater Las Vegas area has the highest and most competitive concentration of helicopter tour operators in the U.S.
Avionics

Fusion flight trials start in Global Express XRS

The Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics system took to the air aboard a customer airplane for the first time last month, completing a five-hour initi

Pinnacle Reaches Tentative Pilot Pact

After more than four years of contentious negotiation, Pinnacle Airlines has reached terms with the Air Line Pilots Association on a new tentative contract
Avionics

L-3’s Trilogy Standby Gains TSO Approval

L-3 Avionics Systems said last month that its new Trilogy ESI-1000 electronic standby instrument has received TSO approval and an approved model list STC a
Accidents

Birdstrike Doomed Citation

Cessna Citation 500, Oklahoma City, Okla., March 4, 2008–The Board has determined that wing structural damage caused by one or more large