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Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Aviation expands capacity in Greenville

Responding to customer demand for additional capacity, Stevens Aviation has added a 3 p.m.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier opens Teterboro facility to bizjet operators

Learjets and Challengers have a Teterboro (TEB) maintenance option as Bombardier is now offering drop-in and line service support at the repair station tha

Piasecki Honored

Frank Piasecki, president and founder of Piasecki Aircraft, has been awarded the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Lifetime Achievement Trophy.
Safety

Amsat’s Action Plan

The Air Medical Service Accident Analysis Team (Amsat) developed four categories of recommendations, each representing factors that could be addressed with

Frank Robinson hits the big time

Congratulations to “the Henry Ford of helicopters,” Frank Robinson, who was presented with the Howard Hughes Memorial Award at a reception in Los Angeles r
Rotorcraft

Heavy Lift ‘Fire Stallions’ ready for firefighting duty

Clovis, Calif.-based Heavy Lift Helicopters is currently converting the first commercially owned Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallions for firefighting operations.
Rotorcraft

Firefighting

Helitanker operators may have thought they would profit after the U.S.
Regulations and Government

Working group to address Grand Canyon noise issue

In 1987 the National Parks Overflights Act mandated substantial restoration of “natural quiet” at Grand Canyon National Park.
Safety

Dry Winter Could Lead to More Fires

Although excessive rainfall and mudslides have hit Southern California hard this winter, near-record lows in rain and snowfall elsewhere in the west are in

Rosier Future for London Heliport?

The owner of London Battersea Heliport is seeking planning permission to build a hotel alongside it on the southern bank of the River Thames.
Rotorcraft

Dutch Lose Patience with MDHI

The government of the Netherlands has canceled a contract for eight high-gross-weight MD 902 Explorers.

AvCraft’s German unit falls into bankruptcy

AvCraft Aerospace GmbH, the German subsidiary of AvCraft Aviation of Leesburg, Va., has declared insolvency at a German court at Weilsheim, near the compan

High-flying regionals work hard to maintain altitude

It had been a somewhat quiet year since the RAA staged its annual convention in St.

Republicnext to stake claim on US Airways

Republic Airways became the second regional airline to claim a stake in US Airways last month when it inked a conditional deal to commit $125 million in eq
Aircraft

CRJ700/900 to fly farther, for less

Bombardier has answered the call for a series of improvements to its line of 70- to 86-seat RJs, ranging from new engines on the CRJ700 to wing modificatio

Comair Pilots OK Pay Freeze

Comair pilots have agreed to forego salary increases for the next 2.5 years in return for a promise by the airline to add 20 fifty-seat and 15 seventy-seat
Accidents

Pinnacle CRJ Crew Took a Joy Ride

Transcripts released by the FAA early last month reveal that the pilots of the Pinnacle Airlines CRJ200 that crashed in Jefferson City, Mo., on October 18

China Eastern To Take Next Harbin-Embraer Jets

Embraer commercial vice president Fred Curado told AIN last month that he expected an order from China Eastern Airlines for 10 Harbin-Embraer ERJ 145s “soo

Air Wisconsin-US Airways Pact OK’d

A bankruptcy court judge has approved a deal between Air Wisconsin and US Airways that will see the Appleton, Wis.-based regional take an equity stake in t

Delta in Talks To Sell Regional Subsidiaries to SkyWest

SkyWest COO Brad Rich said last month that Delta Air Lines has “expressed its desire specifically to us” to sell one or both of its regional subsidiaries–A
Security

Stolen Agplane Raised Terrorist Concerns

The apparent theft on November 1 of a Piper PA-25 Pawnee cropduster near Mexicali, Mexico, was the subject of a Transportation Security Administration advi
Regulations and Government

GAO Criticizes FAA Designee Oversight Efforts

Inconsistent and incomplete FAA oversight of its designee programs limits the agency’s ability to ensure designees perform their work according to federal

Raytheon Aircraft Adds Parts Distributorsv

Plano, Texas-based PFSweb has been named to manage Raytheon Aircraft Western Hemisphere parts and inventory distribution (Rapid) inventory of more than 300
FBOs

HPN Operators Win Noise Abatement Awards

Imperial Transport, flying a Citation 501, and US Smokeless Tobacco Brands, operating two Challenger 601s, received the “Spirit of Noise Abatement” awards
ATC

ATC Held Mostly Responsible for Fatal Crash

In a rare decision, a federal judge in Jacksonville, Fla., ruled last month that the FAA was more responsible for a fatal accident than the pilot.
Maintenance and Modifications

Florida Service Station Approved for EU Aircraft

General Dynamics Aviation Services in West Palm Beach, Fla., has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification and JAA approval.
ATC

High-speed Data System Certified in Gulfstream V

A new high-speed data system developed by Arinc Direct has cleared the final hurdles for certification in the Gulfstream V.
Training and Workforce

TSA delays alien flight training rule

Shortly after AIN went to press for last month’s issue, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made last-minute modifications to its alien