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Thales chief commits to improve aviation security

From his Paris office thousands of miles away François Lureau was as horrified by what he saw on September 11 as the millions of Americans who watched on t
ATC

Boeing’s ATC initiative offers enhanced security, capacity

When Boeing rolled out its new ATC management system last summer, a satellite-based arrangement that takes a significantly different direction from the FAA
Accidents

Rotorcraft Update: Milwaukee ENG helicopter crash claims pilot

A Robinson R44 operated by Milwaukee TV station WISN crashed late in the afternoon of December 12, killing its pilot, 47-year-old John Michael Wilson, and
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Layoffs continue at Bell...

Coping with a slowdown in both commercial and military sales, Bell Helicopter has laid off 45 more nonunion employees, bringing to 800 the number of jobs i
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: ...as civil tiltrotor development slips

Despite the fact that the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-67A engines are installed on the first BA609 prototype tiltrotor, Bell is letting the development
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Helos for homeland defense

It’s a sad fact of economic life that there is often opportunity in tragedy, and while some helicopter industry leaders aren’t necessarily looking to cash
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Portugal goes for a gaggle of EH 101s

AgustaWestland scored a big win last month with the sale of 12 new search-and-rescue (SAR)-configured EH 101 helicopters to the Portuguese government.
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Powers get power from new Turbomeca engines

Agusta has delivered the first A109E Power to be driven by Turbomeca’s newly FAA-certified Arrius 2K1 engines to Erie, Pa.-based aeromedical transport prov
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Helicopters haul mountaintop privies

There are some jobs only helicopters can do.
Rotorcraft

Putting it on the line: Koala proves its salt at Life Flight

For the helicopter owner, operator or flight program looking to cut costs while simultaneously maintaining or expanding existing levels of service, Agusta’
Rotorcraft

British International thinks big with scheduled tiltrotor service

British International has ambitions to introduce scheduled services in the UK within the next 10 years using the proposed Bell/Agusta BA619 tiltrotor airli
Rotorcraft

Newscopters back on the air after frustrating restrictions

It took a deadly act of terrorism to knock the nation’s fleet of electronic newsgathering (ENG) helicopters out of the air and, ironically, it required ano
Security

Leading Edge: New NBAA chair selects security as priority

Tell us about the new security committee.It is basically a combination of the Corporate Aviation Management Committee and the
Airports

Touching Bases: Santa Monica ups noise fine to $10,000

Last month, the Santa Monica city council adopted an ordinance that increased the fines for repeat violations of the Santa Monica Airport noise abatement p
Training and Workforce

Touching Bases: NATA acquires Aviation Training Institute

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has acquired the Aviation Training Institute (ATI) from Denver-based Aviation Resource Group Internation
Airports

Touching Bases: Oakland International Airport sees bizav influx

According to FBO KaiserAir, business jet traffic at Oakland International Airport has increased at least 25 percent since September 11.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Execair opens an FBO in Prague

Growing European FBO group Execair has opened a new facility at Prague Ruzyne Airport in the Czech Republic.
Airports

Touching Bases: Suit filed against airport expansion

Residents of Stuart, Fla., have filed a lawsuit against the Martin County Commission concerning a master plan that discusses increased capacity.
Airports

Touching Bases: Report cites need for better tower comms

A Flight Safety Foundation publication cites a report from the John A.
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: U.S. launches aerospace commission

Although the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry was created by Congress long before September 11, a Bush Administration offic
Avionics

Washington Report: New convective wx tool goes online

The National Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF), which combines National Weather Service (NWS) radar mosaics and cloud-to-ground lightning data into a
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: January 2002

As the first session of the 107th Congress wound down, the wonderful days of bipartisan behavior that followed September 11 gave way to partisan bickering
Accidents

Learjet crashes on takeoff

LEARJET 25B, PITTSBURGH, PA., NOV.
Accidents

King Air fatal downunder

MOUNT GAMBIER, AUSTRALIA, DEC.
Accidents

Fog complicates VFR approach

PIPER CHEYENNE, GRAHAM, TEXAS, NOV.
Accidents

Maintenance error led to gear-up landing

BEECH 1900D, ROCHESTER, N.Y., JUNE 3, 2000–The Safety Board determined probable cause for a gear-up landing by a CommutAir Beech 1900D dur
Accidents

Fatal Learjet crash

LEARJET 24D, EL PASO, TEXAS, DEC.