Content Archive: February 2011

Engines

Pratt Finishes Ground Testing First PW1000G

Pratt & Whitney announced today that it has finished initial ground testing on its first
Aircraft

UAL’s 757s Returning to Service, Disruptions ‘Mininal’

United Airlines says it expects “minimal disruption” today resulting from its grounding of its 96 Boeing 757s after a check of maintenance records showed t
Aircraft

Sixteen Die in Two L-410 Crashes

Two separate crashes involving Let L-410 regional turboprops claimed a total of 16 victims on Monday.  The first involved a scheduled flight
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Falcon Announces 2011 Mx Seminar Series

Dassault Falcon has 13 regional maintenance and operations seminars planned in eigh
Maintenance and Modifications

Chromalloy To Add Tampa Ceramic Core Facility

A ceramic core facility is under construction in Tampa and slated to be operational by the first quarter of 2012.
Maintenance and Modifications

Era Helicopters Selects eMan To Centralize Pubs

AviITís eMan Solution, an Internet-based, centralized technical publications management and delivery system, will be implemented all of Era Helicopters bas
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer Expands Support Network in India

Air Works of Mumbai, India, has been named an Embraer-authorized service center for Phenoms.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Pacific To Build Singapore Service Center

Hawker Pacific will build an $11.6 million customer sales and service center at Seletar Aerospace Park, Singapore.
Charter & Fractional

Gulfstream V Stuck in Congo

A Gulfstream V managed by New York City-based Arcadia Aviation was seized last week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the flight crew and
Aircraft

FAA OKs Falcon 7X Enhanced Vision System

Dassault Falcon received FAA operational certification for the Falcon 7X’s enhanced vision system (EVS) late last week.