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October 22, 2009

Primus Elite TSO’d, ready for deliveries

By Stephen Pope

Honeywell said it has received European TSO approval for Primus Elite, a newly introduced display system that is intended to provide an upgrade path for aircraft equipped with early versions of the avionics maker’s Primus cockpit screens.

Primus Elite converts the existing CRT displays to more reliable and capable active-matrix LCDs. The LCD displays, which slide into the holes of CRT more

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F’boro show organizer looks to sweeten the pot

By Dale Smith

If you’re looking for a positive sign that international business is alive and well, the news from Farnborough International Ltd. (FIL), organizers of the Farnborough International Airshow, is a great place to start.

In an effort to repeat the record-breaking success of the 2008 show, which resulted in more than $88.7 billion in orders, FIL (Booth No. 3273) said it is continuing to lo more

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Lear 60 joins Lear4Ever family

By Kirby J. Harrison

Stevens Aviation (Booth No. 3201) introduced the newest addition to its Lear4Ever line in a press conference here Tuesday– the Lear 60 Business Liner.
With barely a passing nod to the continuing economic crisis, Stevens president of business jet sales Dana Arnold, noted that “the greatest challenges result in the greatest advances.” And with that he introduced the Lear 60 Business Liner more

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New Finance Terms Available for Cessna Props

Cessna Finance has introduced new lower-rate financing for Cessna piston singles and Caravan turboprops. The program, which applies only to 2009 purchases, covers the Cessna 172, 182 and 206 high-wing pistons; the Corvalis and Corvalis TT high-performance low-wing pistons; and the 208/208B Caravan/ Grand Caravan turboprops. Information about the program is available through authorized Cessna prope more

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Grey Owl’s Human-factors Course Meets PDP Goal

Richard Komarniski, who has for 16 years been teaching human factors and safety subjects, spoke on Monday at the NBAA IA renewal session on safety management systems (SMS). Komarniski is founder of Grey Owl Aviation Consultants, which recently signed a letter of understanding with the FAA Safety Team welcoming Grey Owl as a national industry member specializing in human factors and SMS training. N more

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Schedulers & Dispatchers Adds Sponsor, Awards

NBAA’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Committee has added Jet Aviation FBO & Charter Sales to the list of companies that sponsor the scholarships it administers. Other sponsors include Ac-u-Kwik, Air BP Aviation Services, Chevron Global Aviation, ExxonMobil Aviation and the Avitat FBOs, Jeppesen DataPlan, Signature Flight Support and Universal Weather and Aviation. The Schedulers & more

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Northstar Is Now Mint Turbines

Northstar Aerospace Turbine Engine Service Group has a new name: Mint Turbines. Operations and personnel of the turbine engine repair and overhaul facility in Stroud, Okla., remain as before privately owned Mint Turbines acquired Northstar on May 27. Northstar specializes in maintenance, repair and overhaul of Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A and PT6T turbine engines. Mint Turbines (Booth No. 2 more

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Six Entering EAA Hall of Fame

The Experimental Aircraft Association (Booth No. 1263) inducted six aviators into its Hall of Fame at an event held at the EAA Aviation Center, Oshkosh, Wis., on Friday, October 16. The inductees were Bob Hoover (International Aerobatic Club), who was also the keynote speaker at the event; Lance Neibauer (EAA Homebuilders); the late Steve Pitcairn (Vintage Aircraft Association); George Baker more

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GA Caucus takes on the TSA

By Paul Lowe

Shortly after congressmen Vernon Ehlers and Allen Boyd spearheaded the formation of a General Aviation Caucus in the House of Representatives in April, the group mobilized to rein in the Transportation Security Administration’s policymaking-by-decree practices. The issue came to a head following an outcry from the general aviation community in reaction to the TSA’s Security Directives 08F and more

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Airframer takes the long view of the market for business jets

By Matt Thurber

Steve Ridolfi, president, Bombardier Business Aircraft

Steven Ridolfi joined de Havilland as a structural dynamics engineer in 1982, 10 years before Bombardier Aerospace bought the company from the Canadian government. Ridolfi’s career since then includes positions in airline analysis, marketing, research and development, product planning, aircraft programs, customer suppo more

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