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Accidents

Final Report: Short crashed on takeoff

Short SC-7 Skyvan, McGrath, Alaska, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Bell crashes off oil rig

Bell 212, Persian Gulf, United Arab Emirates, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Medical helo hits radio tower

Bell 222, Aurora, Ill., Oct.
Maintenance and Modifications

In memoriam: Bill O’Brien

This is a bad month for those of us who work tirelessly toward the goal of ensuring that certified aircraft maintainers are recognized for their knowledge,
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Maintenance flight overruns runway

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A200, Bridgewater, Va., Sept.
Maintenance and Modifications

AD affects bizliner auxiliary fuel systems

An FAA airworthiness directive (AD) issued in October could ground more than 70 narrow-body bizliners worldwide that are equipped with auxiliary fuel syste

Soaring fuel prices squeeze pre-owned t-prop inventory

Future fuel prices will determine the markets for regional turboprop and jet aircraft, according to Saab Aircraft Leasing president and chief executive Mic
Aircraft

Superjet begins certification flying

The first flying prototype of the Sukhoi Superjet (SSJ) 100 regional jet, the second airframe built, was handed over to Russia’s Interstate Aviation Commit

After a tumultuous year, RAA members take stock

What will the regional airline industry look like when the economic dust settles? That’s the question the Regional Airline Association challenged its panel
Accidents

Preliminary Report: SAR 407 blade strikes paramedic

Bell 407, Sedona, Ariz., Oct.
Aircraft

GECAS Orders Chinese RJ

Irish-American aircraft lessor GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) is to acquire as many as 25 General Electric CF34-powered ARJ21-700ER regional jets
Aircraft

Grand China Aims High

Grand China Express (GCE), the country’s largest regional carrier, wants to be Asia’s biggest regional carrier.
Aircraft

Joy Air Buys MA-60s

China’s Joy Air has ordered three Modern Ark 60 (MA-60) jets and is negotiating to buy 10 advanced MA-600s.
Aircraft

Mitsubishi Considers Longer MRJ

Mitsubishi Aircraft is considering a stretched variant of its regional jet and is analyzing market demand.

No Large Airplane for Embraer Now; Predicts $220B Market

Embraer confirms that “at the present time” it has no large-airplane project.
Rotorcraft

UTair Announces European Expansion

Piestany, Slovakia-based UTair Europe has announced “an expansion of its flight destinations and an increase in helicopter services” throughout Europe.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Power loss downs two JetRangers

Bell 206B JetRanger, Longview, Wash., Oct.
Rotorcraft

Oboronprom will produce AW139 for Russian market

European helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland and Russian conglomerate Oboronprom last month signed an agreement for a civil AW139 final assembly line ne
Rotorcraft

First Eurocopter EC 175 Airframe Completed

Harbin Aviation Industry (HAIG) on November 15 in Harbin, China, delivered the first EC 175 airframe to Eurocopter.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: MD 900 control rods separate

MD Helicopter MD 900, Weatherford, Texas, Oct.
Training and Workforce

Forum focuses on safety initiatives

Crashworthiness Study Cockpit airbags and X-shaped harnesses could reduce the severity of injuries in crashes with high horizontal deceleration components
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Learjet crash kills Mexican official

Bombardier Learjet 45, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov.

Avidyne Starts Shipping MLX770 Wx Transceiver

Avidyne last month began shipping the first production versions of the MLX770 two-way datalink transceiver after receiving FAA technical standard order (TS
Avionics

EFB Maker Paperless Cockpit Closes Its Doors

Owners of electronic flight bag (EFB) portable computers sold by Paperless Cockpit are searching for alternative vendors after the Tennessee company went o
Avionics

Jury to decide Honeywell’s TAWS lawsuit

Lawyers for Universal Avionics, Sandel and Honeywell are scheduled to return to a Delaware federal courtroom this month in the companies’ long-running disp
Avionics

Dassault To Take Bigger Stake in Thales

Dassault Aviation has entered “exclusive negotiations” with Alcatel-Lucent to take over its 20.8-percent stake in defense electronics specialist Thales.
Avionics

West Star Adds EVS to Challenger 604

West Star Aviation announced the completion of flight testing in a customer Challenger 604 of a Kollsman enhanced-vision system at the company’s Grand Junc
ATC

Fans flight paves the way for CPDLC from Gulfstream

Gulfstream said it has completed a full future air navigation system (Fans) flight across the Atlantic Ocean using controller-pilot datalink communication
ATC

EU likely to require ADS-B out before U.S. mandate

At the Air Traffic Control Association’s annual November Convention in Washington, FAA director of surveillance and broadcast services Vincent Capezutto ad
ATC

Universal urges FAA flexibility on WAAS

What’s up with WAAS? That’s the question countless business jet pilots have been asking since the FAA announced plans to publish thousands of WAAS LPV (lat