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Boeing Reports 2008 Order, Delivery Totals

Boeing today reported that it took orders for 662 commercial airplanes last year, raising its backlog of unfilled commercial deliveries to more than 3,700.

Captain Used Tiller in Effort To Recover During 737 Takeoff Crash

A preliminary report issued by the NTSB yesterday on the facts surrounding the December 20 accident of a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 at Denver Inte
Maintenance and Modifications

Revised AMT Training Award Program Launches Soon

The FAA’s new online aviation maintenance technician (AMT) awards program should be available shortly on the FAA Safety Team Web site.
Maintenance and Modifications

AirCare Expands Into EMS Equipment Mx Market

AirCare Solutions Group, which provides emergency training, products and services to business aviation and airline operators, purchased Majestic Aerotech,
Maintenance and Modifications

Cabin Innovations Formed from Yankee Pacific Merger

Yankee Pacific Aerospace has merged two of its holdings–Executive Aircraft Completions (EAC) and Cabin Innovations–into a single division called Cabin Inno
Maintenance and Modifications

AAR Hires FAA Maintenance Division Chief David Cann

David Cann, the FAA’s former chief of the Flight Standards Service’s aircraft maintenance division, is now vice president of regulatory compliance for airc
Maintenance and Modifications

HBS Opens in Mesa, Closing VNY Service Center

Hawker Beechcraft Services will become the second major business jet OEM service center to leave California when it closes its Van Nuys Airport facility on

Continental Flies Biofuel-powered 737

Continental Airlines today became the first North American airline to demonstrate the use of sustainable biofuel to power a commercial aircraft when one of
Accidents

Fuel Exhaustion Cited in Citation II Crash

A Cessna Citation II that ran out of fuel and landed gear-up early Sunday morning at Wilmingto

Piper Delaying Second Phase of Financial Incentives

Piper Aircraft has notified local Indian River County and Florida state authorities that it is
Accidents

PHI S-76 Down In Louisiana

Six of seven passengers and both pilots died when a two-year-old Sikorsky S-76C++ crashed into
Regulations and Government

Weather Forecasters Oppose FAA Consolidation Plan

An FAA plan to consolidate all of the 84 National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters now co-loca

UBS: Business Jet Flight Activity Down 11% YTD

UBS Investment Research’s recently issued business jet update indicates that flight activity, m
Regulations and Government

LASP Gets Cool Reception at Town Hall Meeting

The first of the Transportation Security Administration’s series of town hall meetings, held to

GKN Takes Over Former Airbus UK Factory

GKN Aerospace assumed full ownership of the former Airbus wing component and assemblies factory at Filton, UK, on Monday.
Avionics

Honeywell offers low-cost handheld GPS

Except for some early models, Honeywell’s Bendix/King division hasn’t in recent years focused on the market for GPS handheld navigators.

Sat Monitoring of 121.5 ELTs Ending

As of February 1, search-and-rescue satellites will stop monitoring 121.5 MHz, one of the frequencies used by emergency locator transmitters.
ATC

WAAS LPV Approvals Picking Up

A number of WAAS LPV (lateral precision with vertical guidance) equipment approvals for business jets have been completed recently or will be finished soon
Avionics

Retrofit altimeter chosen for Challenger

Bombardier has selected Revue Thommen’s AD20 two-inch electronic standby altimeter as a retrofit option for the Challenger 601-3A/3R and 604.
ATC

Go Direct helps users achieve RNP approval

For most flight department managers, the thought of navigating the maze of FAA rules to fly required navigation performance (RNP) approach procedures is en
Avionics

Flying with XM Weather-equipped AV8OR

Bendix/King’s new AV8OR handheld GPS receiver can display XM Weather’s Aviator LT and Aviator products, making it a handy cockpit tool.

People in Aviation: January 2009

San Antonio-based aerospace maintenance, repair and manufacturing company M7 Aerospace has named J.R.

Final Report: Insufficient rotor speed blamed

Hughes 269A, Bremen, Ohio, Aug.

Final Report: Citation suffered in-flight loss of control

Cessna S550 Citation S/II, Dillon, Mont., May 3, 2007–The NTSB did not determine the reason for the in-flight loss of control of the Citation, which

Final Report: Crew miscalculated Falcon's weight

Dassault Falcon 900, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 10, 2007–The Safety Board blamed the Falcon accident on the erroneous gross weight calculation and

Final Report: Hawker crew failed to lower gear

British Aerospace HS.125-700A, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov.

Factual Report: Learjet crash-lands at Goodland

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Goodland, Kan., Oct.

Preliminary Report: Allentown runway excursion date

Bombardier CRJ700/Cessna 172, Allentown, Pa., Sept.

Preliminary Report: Air ambulance flight crashes into trees

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, God’s Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Nov.