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Errant Pilot Gets a Break
October 9, 2006, 6:36 AM
July 2005

Hayden Sheaffer, the pilot-in-command of the Cessna 150 that violated the Washington, D.C. ADIZ on May 11, will be allowed to reapply for his airman certificate in 10 months. The FAA reduced the original one-year penalty and Sheaffer, 69, agreed to drop his appeal to the NTSB.

EASA will further delay for-hire SEIMC
October 9, 2006, 6:34 AM
October 2006

The saga surrounding European approval for commercial operation of single-engine aircraft in IMC (SEIMC) continues. Late last month, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was preparing “in the next few days” to invite proposals for a new year-long study that it hoped to launch by year-end.

FAA Notice Addresses Part 135 Ops
October 9, 2006, 6:34 AM
July 2005

Part 135 operations are the subject of FAA Notice 8400.83 focusing on clarifying the responsibility for operational control during air-taxi operations and spelling out the limitations of using doing-business-as (DBA) names.

Chicago and FAA settle over Meigs
October 9, 2006, 6:33 AM
October 2006

The City of Chicago settled an FAA enforcement action that arose after it bulldozed Meigs Field’s runway on March 30, 2003.

Embraer E175 gets FAA nod
October 9, 2006, 6:28 AM
October 2006

The 78- to 88-seat Embraer E175 earned its FAA certification last month, paving the way for deliveries to start in the U.S. Indianapolis-based Republic Airlines, still the only U.S.

C series gets its engine, launch delayed until fall
October 9, 2006, 6:28 AM
July 2005

Pratt & Whitney Canada plans to build a brand-new engine for Bom-bardier’s C Series line of single-aisle airliners.

Seminars set for new UK regs
October 9, 2006, 6:23 AM
October 2006

Owners, operators and manufacturers of aircraft registered in any of the UK’s overseas territories have been advised to get familiar with a comprehensive set of new requirements.

Seat belt failure found in Hawker
October 9, 2006, 6:17 AM
October 2006

After the NetJets-operated Raytheon Hawker that collided with a sailplane in Nevada on August 28 (see page 106) prepared to land, one of the jet’s passengers cinched up his seat belt and the inboard portion of the seat belt detached.

Insulation rule still of concern
October 9, 2006, 6:15 AM
October 2006

Controversy continues to swirl around the FAA’s September 2005 regulations regarding aircraft thermal and acoustic insulation.

U.S. airframers challenge subsidies for foreign OEMs
October 9, 2006, 6:15 AM
July 2005

“We cannot compete with na-tional treasuries,” Gulfstream Aerospace president Bryan Moss testified at a May House aviation subcommittee hearing on foreign govern-ment subsidies for their civil aircraft manufacturers.

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