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New Adam Aircraft Owner Evaluating Options

The new owner of Adam Aircraft said this week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., that he plans to decide whether to place a modified version of the A500 p
Charter & Fractional

Sunset Aviation Rebrands, Relaunches as Solairus

As of tomorrow, charter/management company Sunset Aviation LLC officially becomes Solairus Aviation.
Avionics

Avidyne Adds New FMS to Avionics Line

At EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., this week, Avidyne introduced its new low-cost FMS400, which provides flight management system functionality but withou
Maintenance and Modifications

AD Issued on Global Express PCU Bolt

The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD 2009-15-03) for Bombardier Global Exp
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Grants American Eurocopter ODA Status

The FAA has authorized American Eurocopter to operate under the new organization designation authorization (ODA) program.
Maintenance and Modifications

Scotland Super Puma Crash Warrants Special Bulletin

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has issued a special bulletin concerning the April 1 crash of a Eurocopter AS 332L2 Super Puma in the sea
Maintenance and Modifications

BBA ERO Now PT6T Distributor and Overhaul Facility

BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul (ERO) company H+S Aviation has been awarded distributor and designated overhaul facility (DDOF) authorization for
Maintenance and Modifications

Self-Healing Wiring May Be Future Electrical Standard

Self-healing wire technology, developed as part of an FAA initiative to combat the problems associated with aging aircraft, has been licensed to Ohio-based
Charter & Fractional

Arabasco, Royal Jet team on Saudi charter

Royal Jet and Arabasco launched a joint venture to expand private charter services in Saudi Arabia.
Regulations and Government

EPA extends compliance date for fuel rules

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the compliance date for certain rules relating to fuel spill prevention, control and countermeasures (SP
Avionics

EVS II OK’d for Gulfstream G150

Gulfstream Aerospace received FAA certification to use the second-generation Gulfstream enhanced-vision system (EVS II) on the midsize G150.
Regulations and Government

ACI-NA questions new firefighting standards

Proposed new aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) standards from the National Fire Protection Association would not have changed the outcome of previous
Regulations and Government

Rule changes worrisome to Part 135 operators

With the FAA getting ready to take another run at flight, duty and rest regulations, Part 135 operators want to assure that their segment of the aviation i
Regulations and Government

EASA delays decision on duty time and rest rules

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has agreed to extend discussion of the most contentious points arising from its proposed new rules for aircraft
Sustainability and Environment

Synthetic fuels stride toward approval

The prospect of synthetic fuel qualification took an important step closer to reality last month when ASTM International’s aviation fuels subcommittee pass
Charter & Fractional

Avantair shrugs off effects of recession

Even as other well-established and larger fractional ownership operations are quietly laying off employees and reducing aircraft delivery rates in response
Aircraft

Second Comac ARJ21 flies

The second ARJ21-700 jet flew for the first time on July 1.
Aircraft

PC-12s to serve Arkansas EAS

The DOT has awarded Portland, Ore.-based SeaPort Airlines Essential Air Service subsidies for routes from Memphis to four Arkansas communities starting Oct
Rotorcraft

Airlines brace for fallout of Colgan crash

Something positive might come from the February 12 crash of a Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 after all, if a broad FAA effort to revamp rules governing airline
Rotorcraft

Emissions-reducing diesel under study at Eurocopter

Eurocopter’s new high-compression, diesel engine is expected to bring better environmental performance to turbine-powered helicopters as large as the EC 13
Rotorcraft

Russia plans to challenge the West in high-speed helicopter market

Russian manufacturers Kamov and Mil are developing advanced high-speed helicopter (AHSH) designs with the goal of creating a helicopter that flies as fast
Rotorcraft

Erickson Aircranes find niche battling wildfires across the U.S.

Northern Wisconsin forests are experiencing their worst drought in 70 years.
Regulations and Government

Air Methods appeals NTSB findings in 2008 midair

Air Methods has petitioned the NTSB to revise its probable cause findings related to the
Rotorcraft

Bell 429 certified

Bell Helicopter received Transport Canada certification for its long-awaited new light twin, the 429, last month.
Accidents

EC 225 rescue hampered by wristwatch locators

The 27-minute search for the life-rafts occupied by the survivors of a Bond-operated Eurocopter EC 225 helicopter that ditched into the North Sea on
Rotorcraft

London Police fly 5,000 hours with Skyquest

London’s Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit in June flew its 5,000th hour (in almost two years) with its fleet of three Eurocopter EC 145s equipped with
Aircraft

Pilot Report: Falcon 2000LX

The recently certified Falcon 2000LX claims a 5-percent performance advantage over its predecessor, the Falcon 2000EX.
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky X2 propulsor engaged

Sikorsky’s X2 compound helicopter reached another milestone last month by completing two test flights that included full engagement of the high-speed tail
Accidents

Police A109E hits mountain

The AgustaWestland A109E, owned by the New Mexico State Department of Public Safety and operated by the New Mexico State Police, had just rescued a lost hi
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter taps Brazil’s resources

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling in June said Brazil is to become his company’s “fourth domestic country,” after France, Germany and Spain.