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Maintenance and Modifications

Children's hospital maintenance director receives award

Mike Dwyer, helicopter maintenance director for transport services at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, has been awarded the Arkansas Aviation Maintenance Tech
Accidents

M7 Aerospace recieves EASA approval

In its most recent AS9100 surveillance audit, Sabreliner’s southeast Missouri operations received a score of 98.9 percent, its highest rating for quality s
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream to expand Savannah facility; gets NetJets award

Gulfstream Aerospace president Bryan Moss has announced plans for a $300 million, seven-year expansion of the company’s manufacturing and service facilitie
Maintenance and Modifications

Aircraft cleaning service moves into Colorado

Immaculate Flight, a nationwide aircraft detailing company, has announced it is expanding its aircraft cleaning and detailing services into the Colorado Sp
Training and Workforce

New Training Center Getting More Simulators

CAE is relocating its Sikorsky S-76 and Gulfstream IV simulators from its SimuFlite facility in Dallas, to its new business aviation training center near M
Avionics

Without NASA, SATS needs more industry involvement

The Small Airplane Transportation System (SATS) demonstration came to what most consider a successful conclusion last summer with demonstration flights and
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Safety

New safety initiative takes first steps

At a briefing at February’s Heli-Expo in Dallas, members of the industry’s newly formed International Helicopter Safety Team briefed delegates on their str
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky, union workers ready for a lengthy strike

Late last month Sikorsky said it remained “open for business” as a strike by production workers entered its second month.
Rotorcraft

Bell MAPL Rotor Flies

Bell’s new high-performance main rotor system flew for the first time at Mirabel, Canada, at the end of February.
ATC

Collision Avoidance for the Little Guy

Avidyne has launched a range of active surveillance traffic systems for helicopters, with prices beginning at $9,900–less than half the cost of competing s
Rotorcraft

New Sikorsky Design Center

Sikorsky is to open a third engineering design center to support its aftermarket, commercial and U.S.
Rotorcraft

Honeywell Builds Engine for Bell 210

Honeywell has announced plans to build an FAA-certified, 1,800-shp version of its military T53 turbo-shaft engine to fit the recently certified Bell 210.
Charter & Fractional

HeliExpo06: EXPO News at a glance

New Engine for AStars Canada’s Heli-Lynx helicopter services delivered two AS 350BA AStars powered by the Hone
Rotorcraft

Landing on Mt. Everest

Eurocopter test pilot Didier Delsalle (center) and president and CEO Fabrice Brégier (right) accepted the world record verification from Fédération Aéronau
Accidents

Hendrick King Air crew lost situational awareness

A Beech King Air 200 carrying members of the Hendrick Motorsports Nascar race team crashed near Martinsville, Va., on Oct.
Rotorcraft

The market for used helos

As demand for new helicopters surpasses the manufacturers’ ability to deliver, marketing consultant HeliValue$ said that prices are increasing dramatically
Rotorcraft

Heli Expo 06: Sales records tumbles in Dallas

If deals closed are the standard by which a trade show’s success is measured, Heli-Expo 2006 was an unqualified triumph.
Aircraft

AIN Special Report: VLJs fly in the face of critics

The dawn of the very light jet (VLJ) is nearly upon us, with the first, the Eclipse 500, set to receive FAA certification in June.
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Aircraft

In solo global odyssey, Fossett's 26,389 miles is longest nonstop flight

Steve Fossett saddled up the single-Williams-turbofan Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer once more and, after takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center’s 15,000-foot
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Aircraft

GoJet pilots choose Teamsters

The pilots of St.
Aircraft

Ukraine, Russia aim to build 24 An-148s by 2008

Ukraine’s Aviant and Russia’s Voronezh Aircraft JSC (VASO) plan to assemble 24 Antonov An-148 regional jets over the next two-and-a-half years, Aviant dire
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Charter & Fractional

NetJets hires more pilots in Europe

NetJets Europe will hire more than 100 pilots this year–the largest intake of aircrew since the fractional ownership program started in 1996.
Aircraft

Asian regional jet market remains on slow simmer

Slower-than-anticipated growth of regional air transport markets in Asia has apparently reached the consciousness of market prognosticators at Embraer, who
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Safety

NTSB wants less trust in thrust reversers

The use of thrust reversers to shorten landing distance is a great benefit to aviation.

ATRs set to ply Siberian skies this month

After several delays, Siberian regional airline UTAir finally expects to begin flying passengers aboard a pair of Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42-300s

Northwest sets new deadline for Pinnacle

Northwest Airlines has extended the deadline for regional partner Pinnacle Airlines to pay another $21.7 million in aircraft sublease security deposits to

Northwest TA sets stage for Airlink overhaul

A tentative labor accord reached last month between Northwest Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association includes scope-clause language that would allow
Accidents

Luton Challenger overrun under investigation

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch has launched a formal investigation into the factors leading to the February 5 overrun of a German-registered Cha

FAs Go to Bat against Comair

Members of the executive board of the local Teamsters chapter representing Comair’s 818 flight attendants unanimously passed a resolution to authorize a st

Republic To Resettle Pittsburgh

In a move advertised as another triumph for Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell’s economic stimulus plan, Republic Airlines has agreed to establish a new over