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iPad’s value is limited for flight ops
Apple's iPad seems like almost the perfect cockpit companion for viewing everything from terminal procedure charts to the number for a local motel–in short
Regulations and Government
New FAA Funding Bill Booted to 2011
Congress last weekend extended the FAA’s programs, taxes and Airport and Airways Trust Fund spending authority for another three months until March 31, 201
Safety
FAA Issues Piaggio Emergency Airworthiness Directive
The FAA issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD)—2011-01-53—on December 20 to owners and operators of the Piaggio Avanti twin turboprop.
Aircraft
Avcorp Work Moving Back to Cessna, Other Suppliers
Structural assembly work done by Canada-based Avcorp will be transitioned back to Cessna facilities and other suppliers, according to a Cessna spokesman.
Regulations and Government
Embassy Cables Show Tepid Support for Legacy Pilots
Diplomatic cables made public through Wikileaks show that official U.S.
Safety
FAA: NVG Aircraft “Frequently Out Of Compliance”
The FAA has issued a safety alert (SAFO 10022) for operators of aircraft equipped with night-vision imaging systems (NVIS), including night-vision goggles.
Avionics
Iridium to begin production of Next communications satellites
Now that Iridium has successfully completed the financing for its next-generation satellite constellation, called Iridium Next, the McLean, Va., firm is lo
Avionics
ADS-B Certified in A320
While much hand-wringing surrounds the FAA's plans for implementation of the NextGen air transportation system and Europe's single European sky system, som
Avionics
StarPort Receives STC for RAAS in 850XP
Orlando-based StarPort received an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation of Honeywell’s Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) in a
Maintenance and Modifications
Timken Expands Mesa Aftermarket Facility
Timken recently expanded its aerospace aftermarket facility in Mesa, Ariz., with offerings aimed primarily at the turbine-powered civil and military rotorc
Maintenance and Modifications
Cessna Adds Mobile Service Units in U.S. and Europe
Cessna Aircraft is adding three maintenance trucks to its international ground-based mobile ser
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Basel Offers Falcon 2000 Refurb Options
Designated Dassault Falcon completions center Jet Aviation Basel has introduced Jet Falcon, a c
Maintenance and Modifications
Air China and CFM Finalize Engine MRO Joint Venture
In early 2007, Air China and CFM International agreed to establish a maintenance, repair and ov
Aircraft
Conforming HondaJet Makes Maiden Flight
The first conforming Honda Aircraft HA-420 HondaJet took off from Runway 5 at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C., at 3:31 p.m.
Safety
Premier I Crashes in Snow at Samedan
A German-registered Hawker Beechcraft Premier I crashed on Sunday during approach to Samedan Airport in Switzerland, killing the 48-year-old captain and th
Rotorcraft
Second EC175 Prototype Flies
The second prototype of Eurocopter’s new medium twin helicopter, the EC175, made its first flig
Engines
Boeing Plans another 777 Rate Hike
Boeing plans to raise its production rate for the 777 program to 8.3 airplanes per month, or 100 airplanes a year, starting in the first quarter of 2013, t
Aircraft
Ceremony Marks UK Retirement of Harriers
Sixteen Harrier GR.7/9 V/STOL (vertical and/or short take-off and landing) jets flew over the UK Midlands Wednesday to mark the type’s retirement from Brit
Aircraft
F135 Engine Progresses as F136 Alternative for F-35
Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first F135 production-standard STOVL engine to Lockheed Martin for the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter program.
Aircraft
Unmanned Helos Make Rapid Progress in the U.S.
Remotely controlled helicopters could be delivering cargo to U.S.
Aircraft
Japan Replaces UH-60Js...with More UH-60Js
Japan’s Ministry of Defense has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to supply 40 license-built Sikorsky UH-60J+ helicopters for the Japan Air Self Defence
Security
Bombardier Fined $319,000 for Denial of Pilot Training
The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal has ordered Bombardier to pay a Pakistani-born Canadian citizen more than $319,000 for denying him Challenger 604 flight t
Rotorcraft
Proposed Rules Challenged by Norwood Helo Ops
Norwood Memorial Airport (Mass.) manager Russ Maguire has proposed
Aircraft
Southwest Lays Plans for Larger 737s
Southwest Airlines expects to take delivery of its first Boeing 737-800 in March 2012, the company’s chairman, president and CEO, Gary Kelly, revealed duri
Maintenance and Modifications
DAE Puts StandardAero Up For Sale
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is accepting offers “for part or all of StandardAero,” accordi
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Opens New Jeddah Facility
Jet Aviation is scheduled to move into a new FBO facility in Jeddah by the end of the month.
