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Maintenance and Modifications
Hot section: Falcon wing tank mod approval goes to StandardWero
StandardAero has become the first authorized independent service center in North America trained to perform wing tank (dry bay) modifications on the Dassau
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot section: Flight safety and Wayfarer establish savings program
Under an agreement reached between Wayfarer Aviation and FlightSafety International, maintenance crew training will be discounted off FlightSafety’s
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot section: Southeast aerospace buys Global Aerospace Cunsulting
Global Aerospace Consulting, which provides design, integration, certification and aircraft technical publications, has been acquired by Southeast Aerospac
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot section: Twin Commander Aircraft relocates to East Coast
Twin Commander Aircraft has completed its relocation from Arlington, Wash., to Creedmoor, N.C.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot section: Hawker Beechcraft signs Hartzell Propeller deal
Hartzell Propeller has entered into a five-year agreement with Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) to be the exclusive provider of constant-speed propellers for all th
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot section: ARSA sets dates for annual repair symposium
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has set March 4 to 6 as the dates for its 2010 annual repair symposium.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Service center opens for Embraer executive jets
Embraer has opened a service center dedicated exclusively to its executive jets at its headquarters in São José dos Campos.
Maintenance and Modifications
Mx industry weighs in on thorny issues for 2010
“The most significant issue facing the maintenance community in 2010 is financial sus- tainability,” Aaron Hilkemann, president of Duncan Aviation, told
Safety
Hot Section Torque: FAA must focus on preventing overrun crashes
The underwear bomber’s abortive attempt to blow up a Northwest/Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit quickly overshadowed aviation’s other lucky break thi
MROs find ripe market in Singapore
Over the past 30 years, Singapore has become a leader in aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work and components supplier in the Asia-Pacific
AW’s cockpit of the future is based on open architecture
A preview of what future AgustaWestland helicopters’ cockpits will look like was seen in the AW149 mockup exhibited at the Paris airshow last June.
BAE takes fight to pirates with new sensors on ships
BAE Systems is offering technology and systems integration expertise to ship owners whose vessels are threatened by pirates in locations such as off the So
Sikorsky moving helo work from Japan to China, India
Helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky (Stand L39) is outsourcing more of its civil production to India and China, while scaling down its partnership with Japan-
Malaysia to add AW139s for maritime SAR ops
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) will step up plans this year to expand its operations with the delivery of three new helicopters.
LCCs take large stake in Asia Pacific
Low-cost carriers (LCCs) in the Asia-Pacific region have made “huge inroads in a relatively short time,” according to the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
MROs bet on Asian growth
Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service providers are here at the Singapore Airshow chasing more market share in a still-promising Asia-Pacific regi
Camcopter finds niche among fixed-wing UAVs
Helicopters can perform a wide array of useful tasks that cannot be done at all or as well in a fixed-wing aircraft, so it probably stands to reason that a
Aircraft
Bombardier’s Chinese ties tighten in C Series program
Given China’s standing as the world’s third largest market for commercial airplanes, it should have come as little surprise when Bombardier moved to consol
Aircraft
AIDC aims for greater role as aerospace sector supplier
Taiwan’s Aero Industrial Development Corp.
Avionics
Sandel’s helo Taws nears certification finish line
Sandel Avionics is concluding certification flight testing of its helicopter-specific terrain awareness warning system and plans delivery of the $18,950 H-
Rotorcraft
Aspen targets Heli-Expo show
Aspen Avionics is exhibiting at this month’s Heli-Expo convention in Houston, marking the first time the six-year-old company has had a presence at a helic
Avionics
Mlat: Aviation’s Swiss army knife
For many, multilateration (sometimes abbreviated Mlat) is one of those vague ATC terms that is always hard to define.
Avionics
Twin Commander Gets Garmin G600
Naples Jet Center in Naples, Fla., last month performed a dual Garmin G600 panel refurbishment in a Twin Commander 1000 as part of a complete panel redesig
Regulations and Government
FAA Blasts OEMs for Rule Delay
The FAA has grudgingly agreed to delay certain portions of an original April 2010 compliance date requiring installation of cockpit voice recorders (CVR) a
Avionics
EMS Satcom Now Part of EMS Aviation
Recent acquisitions by EMS Technologies have created an identity problem for subsidiary EMS Satcom, based in Ottawa, Canada.
Aircraft
In The Works: Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter
Viking Air expected Transport Canada and EASA certification for its new version of the venerable de Havilland Canada Twin Otter by the end of last month.
Aircraft
In The Works: Cirrus Aircraft – Vision SF50
Cirrus Aircraft is still seeking additional capital to see its single-engine Vision SF50 jet program through to certification and production.
