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Rotorcraft
Urban Aeronautics ground tests unmanned fancraft
Israel’s Urban Aeronautics is ground-testing its unmanned Mule fancraft, an unconventional rotorcraft featuring two shrouded main rotors in tandem configur
Charter & Fractional
Rizon Rationalizes in the Gulf
Despite reporting a recent “pronounced upswing” in business jet charter business in the Gulf Cooperation Council territories, Middle East charter and aircr
Aircraft
Stratos Begins Taking Deposits for Its VLJ Single
Bend, Ore.-based Stratos Aircraft on Tuesday began taking refundable escrowed $50,000 deposits for its single-engine Stratos 714 very light jet.
Rotorcraft
Bell Helicopter Strike in Texas Ends
A bitter six-week strike at Bell Helicopter Textron’s transmission and rotor blade component plants in Fort Worth, Texas, ended after union members ratifie
Embraer Sees Bizjet Growth Returning in 2012
“Only in 2012 will [business jet] deliveries start growing again,” Embraer executive vice president Luis Carlos Affonso said Tuesday in a pre-LABACE press
Aircraft
Falcon Cancellations Drag Down Dassault’s 1H Results
Dassault Aviation this morning reported a negative order intake for the first half of this year due to Falcon business jet order cancellations.
Maintenance and Modifications
American Eurocopter Opens Customer Service Center
It was on the occasion of American Eurocopter’s 40th anniversary celebration at its Grand Prairie, Texas headquarters that the company cut the ribbon for i
Maintenance and Modifications
Potomac Management Resources To Administer PAMA
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has retained the services of Alexandria, Va.-based management firm Potomac Management Resources (P
Maintenance and Modifications
EASA Issues ATR 42/72 Airworthiness Directive
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) for ATR cockpit windows.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA To Reconsider Air Tour Operator Maintenance
The FAA has issued a Notice of New Task Assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Commit
Aircraft
Boeing Decides on 787 Fix, but Still Can’t Commit to Timetable
Boeing has identified a remedy to the 787 Dreamliner’s wing-to-side-of-body stress p
Maintenance and Modifications
ODA Approval Goes To StandardAero
StandardAero has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) at its Springfield, Ill.
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter To Upgrade 40-year-old British Pumas
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is proceeding with a controversial upgrade of 30 SA330 Puma helicopters that have already been operated by the Royal Air F
Aircraft
UK Takes Hardest Line Over A400M Airlifter
As negotiations to secure a future for Europe’s troubled A400M a
Regulations and Government
Suit Seeks $60M over Falcon 900 Overrun
Temporary staffing firm Select Staffing filed a $60 million lawsuit against Dassault Falcon in a Los Angeles federal court, alleging that “misleading and i
Safety
NTSB Wants Changes to Learjet 60 Thrust Levers
The NTSB on Friday issued six recommendations stemming from the Sept.
ATC
FAA Changes Controller Error Reporting
The FAA yesterday announced that air traffic controller operational error reporting is moving away from a punitive system to “one in which understanding wh
Aircraft
Learjet 85 Program Moving Along Smoothly
Bombardier Aerospace yesterday said its Learjet 85 program is quickly progressing, having reached several product development milestones, including fabrica
Charter & Fractional
IG Report Accuses FAA of Inadequate Charter Oversight
In a report on the on-demand Part 135 charter industry
Aircraft
VASO Launches An-148 Flight Trials
The first Antonov An-148 built by Russia’s Voronezh Aircraft Plant (VASO), regist
Aircraft
Boeing Assembles First 747-8
Boeing announced today that it has assembled the major sections of the first 747-8 Freighter this week, as mechanics at the factory in Everett, Wash., load
Security
TSA Names Acting GM for General Aviation
Brian Delauter, most recently the federal security director at Savannah (Ga.) International Airport, has been selected to serve as the Transportation Secur
NBAA Still Expects ‘Strong’ Annual Convention
NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen said the association’s 62nd Annual Meeting & Convention–to be held October 20 to 22 in Orlando, Fla.–will be a strong show,
Business Aircraft Flight Activity Levels Off
Business aircraft flight activity continued a near straight line trend last month, according to TRAQPak data from specialized aviation services company Avi
Security
Congressional Hearing Addresses GA Security
Yesterday, at a hearing held by the House Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection, general aviation proponents had an opportu
Regulations and Government
Senate Introduces FAA Reauthorization Bill
A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday introduced a two-year FAA reauthorization bill that speeds up the timetable for implementation of the NextGen ATC
Aircraft
Boeing Lands Order for 13 737-800s
Panama’s Copa Airlines has placed an estimated $1 billion firm order for 13 Boeing 737-800s, in a deal consisting of a mixture of option conversions and ne
Aircraft
First ARJ21 Transferred to Xi’an Flight Test Center
Test pilots yesterday flew the first ARJ21-700 regional jet from its production site in Shanghai to China’s Flight Test Establishment in Xi’an, the capital
