Content Archive: February 2010

Aircraft

Boeing 787 Loses Thrust during Test Flight

The first Boeing 787 prototype had to make an emergency landing at Grant County International Airport at Moses Lake, Wash., after test pilots lost thrust o
Aircraft

Evektor – EV-55 Outback

In mid-December Evektor ran the EV-55 Outback’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-21 engines for the first time.

Embraer – Legacy 450, 500

The next new aircraft development program for Embraer comprises the Legacy 450 and 500, and as initial parts begin manufacture, Embraer is testing manufact
Aircraft

Gippsland Aeronautics – Airvan GA10

Australia’s Gippsland, which is in the process of bringing the twin turboprop Nomad back into production as the Airvan GA24, has cut metal on the Airvan GA
Aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft – Premier II

The updated version of the Premier was expected to fly in December but that has been moved to this month, according to Hawker Beechcraft.
Aircraft

Honda Aircraft – HondaJet

The first production conforming HondaJet is now scheduled to fly in the middle of this year, at a date yet to be determined, according to a Honda Aircraft

Night Flight Concepts turns police green

Several law enforcement agencies recently completed Night Flight Concepts’s (Booth No.
Regulations and Government

Southers rejects offer to lead TSA

Erroll Southers, the White House choice to head the leaderless Transportation Security Administration (TSA), withdrew his name from consideration on Januar
Avionics

Cobham HeliSAS Earns TSO

The FAA has issued a technical standard order to Cobham for its HeliSAS stability-and-augmentation/autopilot system.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter expects ‘unpredictable’ 2010

Eurocopter in January reported unexpectedly good financial numbers for l