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Northwestern UK firms trek south en masse
The importance of northwest England in the UK’s aerospace industry is reflected in its representation here.
Regulations and Government
FAA Forum To Review Age 60 Rule for Pilots
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey yesterday established a forum of airline, labor and medical experts to recommend whether the U.S.
EASA Further Delays For-hire Single-engine IMC
The saga surrounding European approval for commercial passenger-carrying operations of single-engine aircraft in IMC (SEIMC) continues.
Eldec does electronic balancing act
The Eldec division of Crane Aerospace & Electronics (Hall 4 Stand G20) is showing an example of what it reckons is the ideal means of reconciling a growing
Accidents
Hawker in Midair Had Seat Belt Failure
As the Raytheon Hawker 800XP that on August 28 collided with a sailplane in Nevada prepared to land, one of the jet’s passengers cinched up his seat belt a
Aircraft
Airbus awaits answer on new A380 wake proposal
Airbus has issued a new “conservative and interim” recommendation for A380 separation minimums backed by 100 hours of flight testing performed in Toulouse,
Aircraft
Boeing preps latest, largest 737 variant for first flight
Boeing is now offering a variant of the 737–its smallest model–designed to carry about as many passengers as the biggest example of its first jetliner, the
Aircraft
Piper To Put Substance, at Last, To Years of Talk
Piper Aircraft will reveal details of its next-generation aircraft, widely believed to be a single-engine very light jet, during the NBAA Convention next m
Charter & Fractional
NetJets Europe To Nest 24 Falcon 7Xs
NetJets Europe has placed a “historic” $1.1 billion order for 24 Dassault Falcon 7Xs scheduled for delivery between the first quarter of 2008 through 2014.
Aircraft
Boeing books first order for 747-8 passenger jet
Boeing last month quietly booked a single order for a 747-8 “Intercontinental” jet– its first for a passenger 747 in several years and thought to be a VIP
ADS-B devil is in the details
Automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) is poised to make the transition from promising technology to fundamental air traffic management tool, a
Aircraft
EADS, Irkut, MiG team on A320 freighter project
EADS has teamed with Russia’s NPK Irkut and RSK MiG in a joint venture to convert Airbus A320 airliners into freighters.
Aircraft
A380 breaks another record
The world’s largest passenger aircraft set another record last month, when Airbus deployed 16 emergency slides at the same time using only the A380’s batte
OAK: brave new world or return to the past?
Five months ago, on February 20, the long-awaited creation of Russia’s new Unified Aircraft Co.
Aircraft
Despite setbacks, Typhoon orders continue to mount
The Eurofighter Typhoon program is one of the longest running projects in the history of military aircraft.
Aircraft
Airbus revives freighter fracas
Airbus A380 director of product marketing Richard Carcaillet hasn’t let go unanswered the potshots taken by his Boeing counterpart, Randy Baseler, whose In
Turbomeca keeping design engineers busy
Turbomeca is ready to launch new variants of its helicopter engines.
Czechs build 100th S-76C fuselage
On March 13 Aero Vodochody engineers finished work on their 100th Sikorsky S-76C helicopter fuselage.
Healthy portfolio gives BAE scope to swing deals
Record numbers of orders last year indicated a short supply of available aircraft as the world’s airlines began to recover from the global recession of the
Aircraft
Airbus offers help recycling airliners
Now that the first Airbus aircraft built in the 1970s are reaching the end of their useful lives, for the first time in its history the company must consid
Aircraft
Airbus takes measured approach to A320 update
A pair of six-foot-tall appendages sprouting from the wingtips of an A320 immediately caught the attention of plane spotters scanning the ramp outside Airb
A. Marchetti copter school opens in Italy
AgustaWestland has recently opened its new “A.
Despite strong growth, leaders call for more aerospace funding
For member companies of Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) as a whole, 2005 was a remarkably good year, with revenues of €113 bil
FBOs
Bidding To Reopen for a Third FBO at Hanscom
Boston Hanscom Field may yet get a third FBO to compete against Jet Aviation and Signature Flight Support.
Airports
Chicago Settles with FAA over Meigs Destruction
The City of Chicago settled FAA enforcement action that arose after it bulldozed Meigs Field’s runway on March 30, 2003.
Engines
Falcon 50 Engine Upgrade Expected By Year-end
Premier Aircraft of East Alton, Ill., continues to work with Honeywell on an engine upgrade program for the Falcon 50.
Study: VLJ Market Worth $2.5 Billion through 2011
The market for very light jets (VLJs) will be worth $2.52 billion over the next five years, according to a new
ATC
Joint venture seeks key to NATO radar RFP
AGS Industries, a recently formed joint-venture company headquartered in Ottobrunn, Germany, is working on a response to a formal request for proposal for
