Content Archive: October 2007

Boeing Starts Online Service for Warranty Claims

Warranty claims by Boeing aircraft operators are now available online through the MyBoeingFleet.com Web site, cutting as much as two days off the typical s
Accidents

No spin chute on SJ30-2 that crashed

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 that crashed on April 26 was not equipped with a spin recovery chute, nor was it required to be.

Major Airspace Changes in Las Vegas Area

The FAA intends to implement major airspace changes in the Southwest U.S.

Piper Meridian Certified for Known Icing

Piper Aircraft last month received FAA certification for flight into known icing for the company’s new Meridian turboprop single.

Bizav Sales Veteran Jim Taylor Joins VisionAire Board

James Taylor, instrumental in marketing the Falcon Jet, Cessna Citation and Canadair Challenger, was appointed to the board of directors of VisionAire, the

Airline Dispatchers Want Frax Under Part 121

Fractional aircraft ownership operations, as well as charter operations, would be regulated under FAR Part 121, if the Airline Dispatcher Federation (ADF)

DOT report examines security threat to GPS

In 1997 the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, which was charged with examining threats to our national security, recommended an

Former FAA Staffer joins Boeing

Thomas McSweeny, who has been FAA associate administrator for regulation and certification since October 1998, is leaving the agency this month to join Boe
Aircraft

Single- and twin-turbine accident rates similar

In the aftermath of July’s well publicized engine-out ditching of a Pilatus PC-12 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Russia, industry observers are aski
FBOs

Aero e-com struggling in face of dot-com bust

Aviation–and more particularly business aviation–is increasingly becoming the dominant component in the portfolio of UK public company BBA Group.