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Hot Section: Eclipse Won’t Reopen Albany Service Center
Eclipse Aerospace, formerly
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: EASA OKs Inlet Barrier Filter for MD Helicopters
Aerospace Filtration Systems (AFS) has received an STC from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for an inlet barrier filter (IBF) system for MD Heli
Sustainability and Environment
EAA AirVenture boosts recycling effort
The 578,000 or so people who attended this year’s EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wis., consumed beverages contained in at least six tons of packaging.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Maintenance foundation Expands Scholarship Program
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Foundation (PAMF) has initiated the “Under Our Wing: Future Aviation Maintenance Professionals” campaign to help stre
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Aircraft Technical Publishers Web Site broadens Offerings…
At a time when many companies are taking a wait-and-see attitude regarding expansion, Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) has introduced a new Web site con
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: …and Adds More Bells to Digital Airframe Libraries
New digital libraries for the Bell 204B, 214B/B1, 214ST, 222, 222B, 222U, 230, 430, 427 and 412EP are now available on the ATP NavigatorV desktop viewer.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Dallas Airmotive Opens Regional Headquarters in Brazil
Dallas Airmotive, BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul (ERO) company, has opened a sales and service regional headquarters in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: FAA Approves ODA for Multiple Gulfstream Facilities
Gulfstream Aerospace recently received an expansion of its
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: HBC Expands INDY Service Center; intros Parts Price Matching
A newly expanded Hawker Beechcraft factory-owned aircraft maintenance and service facility has opened on Indianapolis International Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Corporate jet support offers 24/7 on-call Maintenance
Expanding its service capability, Corporate Jet Support (CJS) is offering on-call maintenance service to all operators either traveling to or based in the
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: StandardAero Gets STC for King Air 200 PT6A-52 Program
StandardAero has received supplemental type certification (STC) to remove Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 or -42 series engines on the Beechcraft King Air 2
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: FAA safety alert cites Learjet 60 tire inflation concern
The Learjet Model 60 is the subject of a recent FAA Safety Alert for Operators (Safo) to maintain the correct tire pressures.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Soar and Sabena Technics form working agreement
HSource One Aircraft Repair (Soar), an aftermarket AOG and field repair service, has partnered with MRO Sabena Technics to provide AOG repair services.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: New Inlet Barrier Filter Coming for EC 135
Aerospace Filtration Systems is partnering with Metro Aviation to develop a new Eurocopter EC 135 inlet barrier filter (IBF) system.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Metro Aviation gets Bell 407 FAA repair station authorization
Metro Aviation has earned FAA Part 145 repair station status to perform maintenance and repair on Bell 407s.
Aircraft
Qatar Airways Finances Four Boeing 777s
Against a backdrop of ongoing financial insecurity in the global banking sector, Qatar Airways announced this week that it has secured two “innovative” fin
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Embraer improves pool maintenance support program
Embraer has launched an Engine LRU (line replaceable unit) Pool Flight Hour program for Embraer E-Jet customers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Western Aviation
Western Aircraft of Boise, Idaho, has done “exceedingly well” despite the poor economy, Al Hoyt, president and COO of the company, told AIN.
Aircraft
Software ‘Glitch’ Delays CRJ1000
Bombardier has moved the certification target for its 100-seat CRJ1000 to the first quarter of the company’s next fiscal year, starting February 1, from th
Aircraft
ATR 72-600 in Flight Test
ATR late in August announced that the ATR 72-600 regional turboprop made its first flight on July 24 in Toulouse, France, seven months after the first powe
Aircraft
BA CityFlyer Takes First E170
Embraer delivered British Airways’ first 76-seat Embraer E170 on September 3, marking the start of a schedule that calls for delivery at a rate of roughly
Aircraft
C Series could hold key to Bombardier’s future
The future of Bombardier Aerospace’s airline business might well hinge on what becomes of the final product that emerges from last month’s official ground
Aircraft
American Airlines Boosts Bombardier’s CRJ Position
The fortunes of Bombardier Aerospace’s regional jet business received a considerable boost last month when American Airlines announced the signing of a let
Aircraft
Mitsubishi to Delay MRJ First Flight
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MJet) announced last month that it will delay first flight of the 92-seat MRJ90 by as much as six months, from late 2011 t
Sustainability and Environment
FAA issues guidance on biodiesel contaminant
The FAA’s recent special airworthiness information bulletin (SAIB: NE-09-25R1) regarding recommended safe-operating guidelines in the possible presence of
Aircraft
Eclipse Aero reopens factory, starts hiring, looks to future
The bankrupt status of Eclipse Aviation finally ended in August after Eclipse Aerospace bought the assets of the very light jet manufacturer for $40 millio
Aircraft
Phenom 100 owners gather, plan to form an association
A small group of Embraer Phenom 100 owners came together in Santa Barbara, Calif., on A
Regulations and Government
FAA reauthorization bill remains stalled in Senate
With Congress wrangling over health-care reform and the September 30 end of Fiscal Year 2009 fast approaching, at press time it appeared that yet another s
Regulations and Government
EU endorses IS-BAO standard
The European Union has granted the International Business Aviation Council’s (IBAC) International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) offici
