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Regulations and Government

FAA Puts Final ATOP in Place

Aircraft flying over the Arctic Ocean can take more direct routes, save fuel and maintain schedules with activation of the FAA’s final Advanced Technologie
Maintenance and Modifications

California company plans to expand MX operation

California company plans to expand mX Operation As FBOs go, 10-year-old Jet Source, of Carlsbad, Calif., is fairly young.
Maintenance and Modifications

Banyan announced as Blackhawk mod center

Blackhawk Modification recently announced the addition of Banyan Air Service of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to its global distributor network of authorized engi
Maintenance and Modifications

Aviall to acquire Sisu services

Aviall has reached an agreement to acquire certain assets of Sisu Services, a supplier of aircraft brake and wheel services, parts and technical informatio

Banyan's Dale Meiler gets award

Dale Meiler, lead maintenance inspector for Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, is the recipient of the ATP/NATA General Aviation Serv
Maintenance and Modifications

MX industry survey highlights growth

The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), which represents nearly 700 members of the international aviation maintenance and alteration community,
Maintenance and Modifications

CRS Jet Spares to carry Perkins windshields

Perkins Aircraft Windows signed an agreement with CRS Jet Spares for that company to stock and distribute Perkins-manufactured windows and windshields.
Maintenance and Modifications

Falcon 2000/EX/EASy APU Firewall option offered

Falcon 2000 and 2000EX/EASy owners now have the option of replacing their damaged OEM APU firewalls with a significantly strengthened APU firewall repairab
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer chooses Menlo for Asian parts support

Brazilian airframer Embraer has selected Menlo’s Singapore Logistics Centre as regional hub for service parts warehousing and fulfillment in Asia.
Training and Workforce

Michigan Institure of Aviation adds FlightSafety course

The Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology (MIAT) will incorporate FlightSafety’s Principles of Troubleshooting course into its curriculum.
Maintenance and Modifications

NetJets honors Gulfstream with MX award

For the second year in a row the Gulfstream Service Center in Dallas has received an Outstanding Achievement Award for its excellence in base maintenance o
Maintenance and Modifications

AMT Association donates Taylor bust

The Aircraft Maintenance Technicians Association is donating a bronze bust of Charles E.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive adds PW500 repairs to Portsmouth facility

Dallas Airmotive has expanded the services of its Regional Turbine Center (RTC) in Portsmouth, England, with the addition of repair, hot-section inspection
Maintenance and Modifications

Maintenance conference focuses on ‘soft’ skills

Recognizing the managerial potential of the maintenance technician was among the issues under discussion at the 16th annual NBAA Maintenance Management Con
Regulations and Government

New ICAO procedures should widen IFR ops

The obstacle clearance panel (OCP), a group of experts in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), is designing more suitable IFR procedures f
Rotorcraft

Bristow Group Buys Four S-92s

Houston-based Bristow has exercised options to acquire four more Sikorsky S-92s.
Rotorcraft

Pilot Strike Hurt PHI

The Office and Professional Employee International Union says that the pilot strike it led at PHI had a significant effect on the company’s 2006 financial
Maintenance and Modifications

HSI To Support Eurocopters

Helicopter Support has received certification from American Eurocopter to support the AS 350, AS 355, EC 120 and BO 105.
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Opens Design Center

Sikorsky last month opened a 25,000-sq-ft Design Engineering Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Rotorcraft

FAA Certifies S-76 for Snow Ops

Sikorsky on April 10 announced that the FAA has certified the Sikorsky S-76C++ for operation in falling and blowing snow.
Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland Gets Pac-Rim Orders

AgustaWestland has announced orders for six AW139s in Australia.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Inaugurates Spanish Plant

In late March Eurocopter inaugurated the new Eurocopter España plant in Albacete, in east central Spain.
Rotorcraft

Bell 429 Gets Production Rotor Blades

The Bell 429 has received its production rotor blades.
ATC

FAA mulls Washington ADIZ change

While legislation that would direct the Transportation Security Administration to study the vulnerability of general aviation airports to terrorist acts is
Rotorcraft

Unmanned helo might save stranded Everest climbers

Everest Rescue Trust, a New Zealand-based charity organization, is planning to operate an unmanned helicopter to rescue stranded climbers on Mount Everest,

RAA 2007: RAA’s message to FAA: clean up your notams

RAA technical affairs vice president Dave Lotterer doesn’t object to the use of so-called electronic flight bags for navigating runways and taxiways.

RAA 2007: TSA ‘making progress’ on consistent standards

The March arrest of two Comair employees and three accomplices for smuggling drugs and guns onto a Delta Air Lines flight from Orlando to San Juan, Puerto
Regulations and Government

Airline pilots bring age-60 fight to court

Three pilots for US Airways have filed a lawsuit in the U.S.

RAA 2007: RegionsAir’s loss becomes others’ gain

Three regional airlines will fill the service void left in 12 small and medium-size communities in six states by the March 9 closure of Smyrna, Tenn.-based

RAA 2007: Europeans call for clarity on emissions trading

Higher numbers of regional airline travelers in Europe have not meant greater environmental impact, according to European Regions Airline Association (ERA)