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Training and Workforce

Aviation Specialties Trains South Korean pilots with NVGs Aviation Specialties

Unlimited (ASU) has completed a cockpit modification for night-vision-goggle compatibility in a Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin, the first helicopter to get su
Maintenance and Modifications

Eurocopter Plans Aberdeen Service Facility

Eurocopter will break ground next month on a new helicopter service and simulator facility in Kirkhill Commercial Park near Aberdeen Airport, Scotland, a m
Rotorcraft

Helicopter EMS Groups Want Mandated NVGs, IFR

A trio of helicopter trade associations–the Association of Air Medical Services, the Helicopter Association International and the Air Medical Operators Ass
Rotorcraft

Russian Firm Delivers Mi-171s to Iran’s Red Crescent

Russia’s Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant delivered two civil Mi-171 heavy helicopters to Iran last month.
Aircraft

Air Dolomiti takes first of Lufthansa’s 30 E195s

Embraer delivered the first of 30 E-Jets ordered by Lufthansa–a 116-seat E195–to its Italian subsidiary Air Dolomiti on January 27, marking the start
Aircraft

Rex Offers Wildfire Aid

Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) has established a fund worth A$200,000 ($135,000) in the form of air fares and other means to aid victims of the wildfir

The ‘No Plane, No Gain’ Campaign Is Back, with New Twists

NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association revived the “No Plane, No Gain” campaign, which they introduced in 1993 to highlight the benefits o

Defending Your Jet

Sitting behind a long table in front of Congress in November, the CEOs of Detroit’s Big Three automakers had barely begun pleading for a taxpayer bailout w

Light Business Aircraft

Looking to expand its franchise and better serve some of its members, the National Business Aviation Association announced plans last April to hold an even

Final Flights: People

William “Bill” McGrath, 60, died in late December, following a battle with cancer.

People

Textron has promoted Scott Donnelly to president, in addition to his COO role.
Aircraft

New Delta Unit To Run Regionals’ C/S

Delta Air Lines plans to base a new subsidiary in Minneapolis that would take over all customer service duties for Delta Connection unit Comair and Northwe
Accidents

‘Loud Noise’ Preceded crash of PHI S-76

The NTSB is continuing its investigation into the fatal January 4 crash of a PHI-operated 2006 Sikorsky S-76C++ near Morgan City, La.
Safety

Hearings ‘just the beginning’ on helicopter EMS safety issue

At the conclusion of three-and-a-half days of NTSB public hearings on the safety of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) operations early last mont
Regulations and Government

FAA reauthorization plan could be decided this month

The House aviation subcommittee held a hearing last month on an FAA reauthorization bill that is essentially a reintroduction of the “FAA Reauthorization A
Safety

Global Bizav Groups Launch Safety Tool Kit

Building on business aviation’s International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) introduced in 2002, business aviation groups from around t
Regulations and Government

NASA To Look To More Earthbound Endeavors

Two former officials of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration along with former President Clinton’s national science advisor have issued a report

Stimulus package extends bonus depreciation rules

For business aviation, the latest $787 billion economic stimulus bill–H.R.1, the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act”–giveth with one hand and taketh a
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Down the Aisle…

Lufthansa Technik has ordered a Cair cabin humidification control system from CTT Systems of Nykoping, Sweden, for installation this fall as part of an exe
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Pats’ Refocused Strategy Does Not Include BBJs

According to John Martin, v-p and general manager of the DeCrane Aerospace Pats Aircraft Completion division, the Georgetown, Del.-based center has chosen
Cabin Interior and Electronics

International Water-Guard Gets Treatment System OK for Falcons

Supplemental type certificates (STCs) have been issued for installation of International Water-Guard’s IWG-A4 water treatment unit on the Dassault Falcon 2
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Yankee Pacific Merges Interiors Holdings

Yankee Pacific Aerospace, an aerospace investment company, has merged two of its private aircraft interiors holdings, Executive Aircraft Completions of Tul
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Foster+Partners Wins NetJets Europe Interiors Contract

Aircraft fractional shares operator NetJets Europe has recruited Foster+Partners, the firm of Pulitzer prize-winning architect Lord Norman Foster, to desig
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours Wins Flight Options Paint Contract

Flying Colours, an Ontario-based independent completion and refurbishment center, has been awarded a contract to manage the aircraft paint scheme refurbish
Cabin Interior and Electronics

BaySys Plans Completion Hangar Large Enough for A380

BaySys International won’t say if it’s lobbying to be the first with an interiors contract for an executive version of the Airbus A380, but the Wallops Isl
Charter & Fractional

Platinum Jet execs indicted in Teterboro crash

Four years after a Challenger 600 operated by Platinum Jet Management crashed on takeoff from Teterboro Airport, resulting in a major FAA investigation of

Aircraft builders are facing mixed outlook

Is the light at the end of the tunnel of our economic crisis a reality, or merely the triumph of wishful thinking over reality? Even as Congress hag
Accidents

Landing Falcon 10 Hits Snowbanks

A Bermuda-registered Falcon 10 veered off the runway after touchdown at Samaden Airport in Switzerland on January 12 and hit piled snow.