Content Archive: May 2008

Safety

Using your head when it comes to your heart

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims nearly a million lives a year in the U.S.
Safety

Panel examines effect of culture on av safety

If aviation is essentially an Anglo-Saxon industry, and the rest of the world adopts safety measures that Anglo-Saxons devise, are these practices equally
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Interiors expo's move to Hamburg draws praise

This year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo is history, and indications are that the show has weathered its initial growing pains.
Training and Workforce

MHIA’s PROP seminars keep MU-2 pilots safer

How many manufacturers sponsor regular owner/operator safety seminars on aircraft that went out of production 17 years ago? Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ame
Aircraft

Piaggio Aero president advocates a new Avanti

Piaggio Aero Industries, which emerged from receivership in 1998, found a new lease on life for its sleek P.180 Avanti business turboprop with the establis
Regulations and Government

Australia yet to adopt pressurization alerter

An Australian coroner inquiry into the death of the pilot and seven passengers on board a King Air 200 that crashed in September 2000 has adjourned the hea
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Roll-away air conditioners provide spot cooling

Air-conditioner manufacturer Skil-aire of Baltimore has developed the Moving Cooler line of caster-mounted units designed to spot-cool areas such as remote
Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive foresees black ink

“There are definite signs the market is improving.
Airports

New Jersey steps in to save Solberg Airport from closure

The long and bitter battle over the fate of Solberg Airport in Readington, N.J., may finally be over.

Many dog days for this business aviation pilot

Among those involved in search- and-rescue operations at the World Trade Center after September 11 were several dogs and their handlers.