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Boeing Sets New 787 Test, Production Schedule

As Boeing’s Randy Tinseth related in his August 24 blog, the company’s employees “continued to keep [thei
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People in Aviation: September 2009

John Garrison Jr., previously president of Textron’s industrial segment, was named president and CEO of subsidiary Bell Helicopter, replacing
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours Moves into Green Completions

On the strength of contracts with Bombardier to provide executive cabins for three Challenger 850s, Canadian interiors specialist Flying Colours is moving
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Odyssey Makes Bizliner Cabinetry Bids

Odyssey Aerospace Components is making multiple bids on a series of Boeing Business Jets and executive Boeing 747-8s.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

StandardAero’s Springfield Facility Gets ODA

StandardAero’s Springfield, Ill.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

At B/E Aerospace, Waste Makes Money

Three major aircraft manufacturers have selected the new B/E Aerospace lavatory vacuum waste system.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

AMAC Begins Second Phase Expansion

On the shoulders of what it describes as a healthy order book with multiple new completion contracts and signed letters of intent, AMAC Aerospace of Basel,
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Comlux Completion To Invest $3.4 Million In Indy Upgrades

With its first A320 completion job due to arrive in February, Comlux Completion USA of Indianapolis has begun investing $3.4 million in phase two of a majo
Avionics

FlightAware introduces free online flight planner

The flight planner available on Flight-Aware’s Web site is still in pre-release beta form, and FlightAware is asking users to submit feedback.
Regulations and Government

Compliance Countdown: September 2009

Compiance Countdown: September 2009.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Aero Seating offers new options

San Gabriel, Calif.-based seating specialist Aero Seating Technology is now offering an aircraft seat option that provides three inches of vertical travel.
Safety

AmSafe touts airbag seatbelts for airliners and business aircraft

After successfully developing the market for airbag inflatable seatbelts in new and existing light aircraft, Phoenix Ariz.-based AmSafe Aviation is targeti
Accidents

ATR Crash in thailand kills captain

An ATR 72-212 operated by Thailand’s Bangkok Airways crashed into a disused ATC tower on August 4, killing the aircraft’s captain and injuring the copilot

Regionals turn in mixed Q2 results

While second-quarter traffic posted by some of the largest publicly traded regional airlines in the U.S.
Accidents

Birdstrike Doomed Citation

Cessna Citation 500, Oklahoma City, Okla., March 4, 2008–The Board has determined that wing structural damage caused by one or more large
Accidents

Poor Operating Procedures Blamed in Astra Crash

Gulfstream Astra SPX, Atlanta, Sept.
Accidents

Hypoxia Contributed to Fatal Caravan Crash

Cessna 208B Caravan, Naches, Wash., Oct.
Accidents

Hard Landing at Night Causes Fatality

Bell OH-58C, Quitman, Ark., Nov.
Accidents

Turbulence Injures Medevac Patient, Crew

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B100, Rapid City, S.D., June 15, 2009–King Air N4490M, operated as a medical transport under Part 135 by Air Methods, enc
Accidents

Medical Transport Clips Pole on Landing

Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil, Loris, S.C., July 2, 2009–The AS 350 suffered substantial damage while landing to pick up a patient at a hospital heli
Accidents

Rotation during Lift Downs LongRanger

Bell 206L-1, Breckenridge, Colo., July 2, 2009–N38AZ, owned and operated by Mile High Helicopters, was substantially damaged after it rotated during
Accidents

PC-12 Loss of Control Precedes Crash

Pilatus PC-12/45, Raphine, Va., July 5, 2009–The turboprop single crashed into a pasture during an IFR flight from Teterboro Airport to Tampa’s Exec

CityFlyer preps to fly first E170 from LCY

British Airways regional subsidiary BA CityFlyer expects to take delivery of its first Embraer E170 some time around September 10 and initially use the 70-
Aircraft

MyAir grounding forces CRJ1000 order recall

Bombardier Aerospace has lost its firm order for 15 CRJ1000s from MyAir after Italy grounded the airline and suspended its license to fly on July 24.

Sleep Debt Led to Mesa Overflight

The Mesa Air Group CRJ200 pilots who fell asleep during a flight from Honolulu to Hilo on February 13 last year started work at 5:40 a.m.

EAS Program Likely To Get a Lift

The Essential Air Service (EAS) program could see a significant boost next year once FAA reauthorization makes its way through conference committee.

XJet Pax Forced To Do an Overnight

Forty-seven passengers aboard an ExpressJet Embraer ERJ 145 bound for Minneapolis from Houston spent six hours on the tarmac in Rochester, Minn., during th

Pinnacle Reaches Tentative Pilot Pact

After more than four years of contentious negotiation, Pinnacle Airlines has reached terms with the Air Line Pilots Association on a new tentative contract

Republic Seals Midwest, Frontier Deals

Republic Airways, on July 31, completed its acquisition of Midwest Airlines, then won a bid last month for Frontier Airlines after Southwest Airlines withd
ATC

EASA studies satellite approaches to bolster offshore helo safety

The recent spate of accidents in helicopter offshore oil operations has thrown safety research programs–many of which have long been under way–into the spo