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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: Jormac Introduces Bin/Liners for Bizliners

Jormac Aerospace, a Yankee Pacific division, has developed an overhead bin/cabin liner for Boeing 727, 737 and 757 single-aisle aircraft as a solution to s
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: Zenda Leather Moves from Ground to Air

Zenda Leather, well known among automobile and furniture manufacturers for more than 100 years, is growing wings.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: The Hermès Helicopter, a Fusion of Styles

Eurocopter and Hermès, two companies with distinctly different disciplines, have launched an effort that will blend their respective skills and creative ge
ATC

Washington Report: FAA Accepts En Route System

Lockheed Martin delivered the En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) equipment to the FAA on budget and ahead of schedule last month, meeting a major mil
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: ICAO Program Aims To Reduce Emissions

The International Civil Aviation Organization agreed at its fall meeting in Montreal to create a new group of senior government officials to recommend an a
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: New Runway Incursion Rules

To bring the U.S.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: November 2007

• By a vote of 404 to 14, the House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding bill that would keep government agencies running until November 16.
Aircraft

Boeing sees fertile ground in Gulf for 747-8

In Boeing’s estimation, the Middle East will become the third largest market in the world for jumbo-sized airplanes over the next 20 years.
Aircraft

Emirates stays silent on A380 service entry plan

Two and a half years after its first flight, the Airbus A380 airliner entered service late in October with Singapore Airlines (SIA).
Aircraft

Airbus predicts new wave of orders for sluggish A380

Introduction of A380 flights is being seen by Airbus as a precursor to “a new wave of orders” for the airliner.
Aircraft

MiG sees order book swelling past $4 billion

The order book of Russian Aircraft Corp.
Aircraft

F-16s in the Middle East

Bahrain: The Royal Bahraini Air Force acquired its first batch of F-16s in May 1990, having ordered eight Block 40 F-16Cs and four <
Aircraft

Pakistan’s new F-16 shipment to close era of Chinese reliance

The Pakistan air force is due to begin receiving new-build F-16s from Lockheed Martin beginning in 2009.
Aircraft

High-flying Italians on Mideast mission

A new alliance with the evolving Russian aerospace sector and efforts to break into the Middle East defense market are key to Italian industrial group Finm
Aircraft

ATR places bid for a decade’s demand with -600 turboprop

Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) announced early last month that it is launching -600 series versions of its ATR 42 and 72 twin turboprop regional airlin
Engines

Saudis pick GE to re-engine F-15s

The Royal Saudi Air Force has chosen General Electric (Stand C410) to re-engine its Boeing F-15S fighters with the F110 powerplant.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Wrong Runway Assigned

Bombardier Learjet 35, Washington, D.C., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air hits utility pole

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Learjet anti-skid system malfunctions

Bombardier Learjet 60, Westhampton, N.Y., Aug.
Engines

News Notes: Royal Jordanian will be the Middle East launch customer for the GEnx

Royal Jordanian will be the Middle East launch customer for the GEnx engine to power its 787s when deliveries begin in 2010.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Pilot survives forced landing

Cessna 208B Caravan, Cross City, Fla., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Passenger walks into rotor disc

Hughes 369D, Ellensburg, Wash., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Photo helo crashes in ocean

Bell 206B JetRanger, Nokomis, Fla., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Bandeirante crashes in Brazil

Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante PT-SDB, Curitiba, Brazil, Aug.
Accidents

Factual Report: Cowl departed Falcon

Dassault Falcon 2000, Stilesville, Ind., April 14, 2006–Falcon N722JB was at FL250 en route from Springfield, Ill., to Dayton, Ohio, when
Accidents

Final Report: Crew blames for Comair crash1

Bombardier CRJ100, Lexington, Ky., Aug.
Aircraft

A380 incubator hatches a brood of technologies

All jetliners might look alike to anyone who thinks that an airplane is an airplane is an airplane.
Accidents

Final Report: MU-2 encountered t-storms

Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, Bunnell, Fla., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Air tour copter crashed in crater

Bell 206B JetRanger, Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii, July 23, 2003–The NTSB said that in the Jack Harter Helicopters air tour crash inside a mou