Content Archive: December 2011

AIN Blog: FAA Administrator Babbitt's Big Mistake

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt Arrested for Driving Under the Influence
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Pratt and Whitney Offers EcoPower Engine Washing for Helicopters

Engine maker Pratt & Whitney is expanding the market for its patented EcoPower engine washing system to helicopters.

PHI selects Sagem’s AGS monitoring

Oil-and-gas service company PHI has selected Sagem’s AGS flight operations monitoring system for its helicopter fleet.
Aircraft

In the Works: Piper Aircraft PiperJet Altaire

Shortly after Piper Aircraft posted billboards in Wichita advertising for engineers, the company suspended further development of the single-engine PiperJe
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Aircraft

In the Works: Privateer Industries Privateer

The single-engine Privateer amphibian was to have flown earlier this year, but is currently still under construction, although now in the final assembly ph
ATC

Another FAA Shutdown Looming?

Unless a knotty labor problem that has gridlocked FAA reauthorization negotiations is resolved, another shutdown of the FAA is possible, the chairman of th
Safety

Blue Hawaiian EcoStar Crashes on Molokai

Hawaii’s highly changeable, localized weather could be a factor in the fatal crash of another air-tour helicopter.
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Rotorcraft

Minnesota Fire Taxes Air Assets

One of the largest and longest-lasting wildfires in the Midwest significantly taxed available helicopter assets, destroyed nearly

Turbine Aircraft Deliveries Continue to Slide in Third Quarter

GAMA Deliveries and Billings First Nine Months
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ATC

Legal, Financial and Technical Minefield Threatens LightSquared’s Grand Plans

LightSquared is coming under pressure from several separate directions.
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