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Rotorcraft Update: How to avoid football (and other big public gatherings)

The FAA has released a list of stadiums to help pilots comply with notam 2/0199.
Aircraft

Concorde’s return to service is imminent

British Airways (BA) flew a modified Concorde to Shannon, Ireland, on August 7 before conducting refresher crew-training operations last month.
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: If they'd never brought it up...

For the last 15 years, a northern New Jersey bank has been quietly landing its AS 350 AStar on a grassy patch of ground a few yards from its Ramsey o
Rotorcraft

CHC posted on the big board

CHC Helicopter Corp.
Rotorcraft

Air Methods & Rocky merged

Finalizing an acquisition process long under way, leading aeromedical transport operator Air Methods of Denver acquired Rocky Mountain Holdings (RMH) of Pr
Training and Workforce

Training gives repair stations an extra edge

“It doesn’t matter how small the operation, training is a key component to safety and success,” Sarah MacLeod, executive director of the Alexandria, Va.-ba
Aircraft

CIS aerospace firms to develop Be-132MK

Russia’s Beriev, Irkutsk Aircraft Production Association (IAPO) and Klimov and the Ukraine’s Motor-Sich on June 19 signed a memorandum of understanding on
Rotorcraft

On-demand helo airline to link NE Corridor sites

The successful helicopter airline is the rotorcraft world’s equivalent of the lost continent of Atlantis.
Rotorcraft

IMAX flick shows helos in a good light

Helicopters have traditionally gotten short shrift in the movies.
Avionics

EVS market tightening as competing players emerge

MaxVis Inc., a new company established in Portland, Ore., has thrown its hat into the enhanced vision system (EVS) ring, where competition is heating up.
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: Retooling the FAA

Although the bill is called the Aviation Industry and Reform Act and is designed to give more financial relief to the airline industry, H.R.5506 also conta
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: Stars not yet shining

In a report prepared for several members of Congress, the General Accounting Office (GAO) said the FAA’s standard terminal automation replacement system (S
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: NBAA warns members of U.S. ownership rules

Several NBAA member companies have been informed that if they fail the Department of Transportation definition of U.S.
Aircraft

Sukhoi leads Boeing, Ilyushin in Russian Regional Jet effort

A day before the opening of last month’s Moscow airshow, Sukhoi, Ilyushin and Boeing signed a series of agreements on the regional jet program proposed in
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: November 2002

On November 5, U.S.
ATC

Loran could be used for Alaska GPS corrections

At press time, technical experts from the FAA, the U.S.
Airports

Touching Bases: Palwaukee group tackling noise issues

A noise study will be one of the first jobs of the new Palwaukee Airport Community Engagement Council (PACE), an airport/citizen group organized earlier th
FBOs

Touching Bases: SouthAir lands customs deal in Keflavik

It just got a lot easier to clear customs in Keflavik, Iceland.
Security

Touching Bases: Navigance adds to security system

Navigance, a consortium of several security equipment manufacturers and service providers, has added features to its Safe system.
Airports

Touching Bases: Five Hawaiian airports threatened

The governor of Hawaii, Benjamin Cayetano, has indicated five state-operated airports may close if contract operators cannot be found to administer them un
Airports

Touching Bases: Report on noise study cites comments

Public comments released last month on an FAR Part 161 noise study at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (BUR) support a nighttime curfew (10 p.m.
Airports

Touching Bases: FAA investigating SMO's conformance program

Santa Monica (Calif.) Airport (SMO) has developed a “conformance program” for aircraft using the airport.
FBOs

Jet aviation ramps up its ramp space in Dallas

Jet Aviation at Dallas Love Field (DAL) has launched a project to increase its ramp and infield area by 50 percent.
Training and Workforce

Pilot Lifestyle: Harmonizing your life's work with the rest of your life

Ron flies a Gulfstream IV based at Dallas Love Field and he loves his job–most of the time.
FBOs

Execair opens its first FBO in the Caribbean

Last month, Execair completed a new $700,000 FBO on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.
Avionics

J.A. Air Center Markets Ultimate Caravan Avionics Package

It may be easier to list what is not included in this avionics package for Cessna Caravan turboprop singles from J.A.
ATC

Free Flight vet to lead FAA effort

Charlie Keegan, who has headed the FAA’s Free Flight Office since its inception three years ago, has been named to lead the modernization effort outlined i
Aircraft

Piedmont marketing Saab 340 shuttles

Piedmont Hawthorne has entered an agreement with Saab Aircraft Leasing (SAL) to market twin-turboprop Saab 340s for corporate shuttle use.
Accidents

Final Report: 737 overruns runway as crew ignores destabilized approach and company procedure

BOEING 737-300, BURBANK, CALIF., MARCH 5, 2000–At about 1811 PST Southwest Airlines Flight 1455, a Boeing 737-300 (N668SW), overran the de