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October 22, 2009

Safe Flight system enhances Kodiak’s STOL capability

By Stephen Pope

Safe Flight Instrument (Booth No. 5130) has been selected to provide the speed-control system for Quest’s Kodiak turbine single.

The Safe Flight system consists of a heated wing-mounted lift transducer connected to a special computer. Designed to be a next-generation stall-warning system, the setup provides continuous information to the pilots about the airplane’s flight profile, i more

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Marquis Jet sees demand on rebound

By Mark Huber

Marquis Jet’s Randy Brandoff said his jet card company is well positioned to take advantage of the shifting sands of the corporate jet market. Brandoff, the newly appointed executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Marquis Jet (Booth No. 291), said the company’s business is down slightly for the year, but demand is actually on the rebound.

“We are in a very good pl more

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Stratos’ forecast partly cloudy

By Mark Huber

The new CEO of Stratos Aircraft (Booth No. 3905) on Monday made the case for his company’s proposed single-engine, carbon-composite very light jet and its supporting business model, even as he declined to provide details about the company’s current employment or release a timetable for the Stratos 714 project.

Aviation-industry veteran Alex Craig, who previously held engineering an more

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MKC Work Nears Completion

Kansas City Downtown Airport has nearly finished a $70 million refurbishment program. Begun in 2005, the project includes $28 million to raze and resurface both airport runways and $20 million to bulldoze 40 old hangars and replace them with 96 new ones. The airport also allotted $17 million for runway safety projects and construction of a $1 million general aviation terminal, which includes a pil more

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Savannah Air Center Refurbs Completion Center

Savannah Air Center (Booth No. 3997) has renovated a 2,400-sq-ft delivery center for newly completed aircraft. The new two-story facility offers clients controlled ramp access during the delivery phase of their aircraft. Quality assurance and certification personnel are located nearby to expedite the turnover of paperwork and required documents. The delivery center also features a lounge furnished more

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Greenpoint Delivers Sixteenth BBJ Completion

Greenpoint Technologies (Booth No. 2096) is wrapping up the year with “all programs delivering on time or ahead of schedule,” said executive v-p Sloan Benson here at NBAA. Most recently, the Kirkland, Wash.-based completions and refurbishment company delivered it’s sixteenth Boeing Business Jet “months ahead of the contractual delivery date.” The interior was the creation of
Green more

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Roaring Thunder Makes More Noise

Roaring Thunder Media (Booth No. 4016), a specialist in private jet terminal advertising signage, has partnered with Maguire Aviation at Van Nuys Airport in California. According to Amanda Kerwin Dyer, president of Roaring Thunder Media, “The Maguire Aviation private jet terminals–Maguire Aviation South, Maguire Aviation North and Skytrails Aviation–are ideally located and provide exceptiona more

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Alamo Plating Intros Water Transfer Printing

Alamo Plating & Metal Finishing (Booth No. 2888) announced a new finishing process called water-transfer printing, which uses a specialized film to print natural designs, such as burl wood, walnut, marble and geometric patterns, on nearly any substrate. Interior paneling, cabinetry, handles, switches, bezels and other interior parts lend themselves to this film-dipping process. Any material th more

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Snecma Sticks with Silvercrest

Snecma is continuing development of its 9,500- to 12,000-lb Silvercrest engine for large-cabin business jets and RJs, with certification now expected in the 2013 to 2015 time frame. Disassembly after 80 hours of operation, which took the test engine up to takeoff speed and temperature redlines, showed that the engine exceeds the company’s expectations. Snecma (Booth No. 5152) previously announc more

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Gulfstream Bestows Inaugural Outstanding Flight Award

By James Wynbrant

Gulfstream Aerospace of Savannah, Ga., announced the creation of annual Outstanding Flight Awards and its first recipient at a press conference at the NBAA Convention on Tuesday. The awards spotlight flights involving superior airmanship performed in a Gulfstream aircraft in the course of business activity and special-mission operations.

The OEM named Amway Corp. as the first recipient more

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