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Maintenance and Modifications

Haggan Adds Hawker 1000 to Repair Station Certificate

The recent addition of the Hawker 1000 to Haggan Aviation’s repair station certificate makes the company eligible to work on all Hawker Beechcraft models f
Maintenance and Modifications

Monarch Expands Services

Monarch Aircraft Restoration, a Part 145 Repair Station providing interior refurbishment and repair throughout Southern California, recently expanded its c
Maintenance and Modifications

Abu Dhabi Gets S-76 Customer Support Center

Falcon Aviation Services is opening a Sikorsky S-76 customer support center in Abu Dhabi, the first in the Middle East.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Aviation Expands to East Coast

Columbia Metropolitan Airport in Lexington County, S.C., has been chosen as the site for the newest West Star Aviation facility.
Maintenance and Modifications

Innotech Offers Global Express 4C/8C Inspections

Global Express operators have another option for 4C/8C inspections.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation to Open Provo Service Center

August 2010 is the target date set for opening Duncan Aviation’s third full-service maintenance facility.
Maintenance and Modifications

BBA launches web site for engine repair and overhaul services

A new Web site from BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO), www.bbaaviationero.com, is aimed at providing the company’s customers with details about
Maintenance and Modifications

CRS Named Honeywell Aerospace Warranty Center

CRS Jet Spares has been named a Honeywell Aerospace designated warranty center.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Sells 15 Aircraft

Eurocopter has received orders for 10 EC 155 Dauphins and five AS 350B3 Ecureuils from two Chinese companies.
Rotorcraft

AW139 Sells Fast

AgustaWestland has logged a number of sales successes for the AW139 medium twin.
Rotorcraft

EC Puts Pressure on Italy

The European Commission has sent Italy a letter of formal notice asking for information on its compliance with a 2008 judgment of the European Court of Jus

Despite Lawsuit, New Operators Take Over Manhattan Heliport

While the legal wrangling continues, a new operator took over New York’s Downtown Manhattan Heliport last month.
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Leasing Acquires Bristow’s Single-Engine Operations

Rotorcraft Leasing has acquired 53 Bell 206 single-engine helicopters and related assets operated by the Bristow Group in the Gulf of Mexico for $65 millio
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours Completes Second CRJ200

Flying Colours of Peterborough, Ontario, has delivered its second CRJ200 executive conversion.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gore Design Wins A340-200 Contract

MAZ Aviation in the United Arab Emirates has selected Gore Design Completions of San Antonio to refurbish the executive interior of an A340-200 for a Middl
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Nord-Micro Picks CTT Environmental Systems

CTT Systems of Nyköping, Sweden, and Nord-Micro of Frankfurt, Germany, have signed an agreement allowing CTT to develop and deliver for Nord-Micro its zona
Security

Aircraft Security & Alert Designs G650 Locks

Gulfstream has contracted with Aircraft Security & Alert Systems, the sole provider of custom-designed Medeco locks for aircraft, to develop an advanced lo
Cabin Interior and Electronics

AMAC Opens In Basel with A320 Completion

AMAC Aerospace, launched in July 2007, is ready for business in the first of two new hangars at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Switzerland. Ac
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Acoustic Package Claimed To Cut Cabin Noise by 30 Percent

A new thermal/acoustic barrier package promises to reduce cabin noise by as much as 30 percent.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: December 2008

• Almost immediately after his election, President-elect Barack Obama considered possible members of his Cabinet and staff.

Washington Report: ICAO Rep Joins Aerospace Group

Marinus Heijl has joined the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA) as that organization’s first representative t
Training and Workforce

Washington Report: EMS Flights Added to Most Wanted List

Concerned by mounting losses in emergency medical services (EMS) flights, the NTSB has added the safety of such flights to its 2009 Most Wanted List of Saf
ATC

Wallington Report: More Colleges To Train Controllers

The FAA has selected eight additional colleges or universities to participate in the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program.
Regulations and Government

Fallout from TSA’s NPRM extends far beyond corporate aviation

Many respondents expressed concern that the proposed rule would kill the popular airshow passenger flights in World War II-era B-17s, B-24s and other large
FBOs

Ocean Sky touts FBO as transatlantic stop

Ocean Sky is seeking to capitalize on significant investments it has made to ensure that its FBO at Scotland’s Glasgow Prestwick International Airport meet

People in Aviation: December 2008

James Ballough, the FAA’s long-time director of the Flight Standards Service, has announced that he will retire at the end of the year.
Accidents

Final Report: No cause determined for hydraulic leak

Cessna 750 Citation X, New York, N.Y., April 3, 2008–The Citation X ran off the runway on landing at John F.
Accidents

Final Report: Starflex arm failed

Eurocopter AS 350B2, Hiram, Ga., May 21, 2008–The NTSB attributed the buckling of the AS 350’s tail boom to failure of the starflex arm du
Accidents

Final Report: Gear torque knee failed

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, Baton Rouge, La., April 25, 2008–Structural failure of the right main landing gear torque knee caused the
Accidents

Final Report: Parachutist killed in premature jump

Hawker Beechcraft Beech 99, Bowling Green, Mo., June 21, 2008–A parachutist was killed because he failed to follow procedures/directives b