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Regulations and Government

ALPA surveying members on age 60 rule

Members of the Air Line Pilots Association will be asked their views on the Age 60 mandatory retirement rule for airline pilots.
Aircraft

Pelton: Cessna will build SSBJ 'sooner or later'

Cessna president Jack Pelton said it is inevitable that his company will design and manufacture a supersonic business jet (SSBJ), although when it will hap
Regulations and Government

NTSB overturns FAA certificate revocation

In an unusual move, the NTSB reversed an FAA emergency certificate revocation against Michael Tarascio, owner and former chief pilot of Air East Management
Maintenance and Modifications

Famed Millville facility to close

In the mid-1940s, operators started bringing their aircraft to newly established Airwork at Millville Municipal Airport
Cabin Interior and Electronics

PATS Aircraft: Firm claims record for BBJ completion

PATS Aircraft, the Georgetown, Del.-based specialist in large executive/ VIP interior completions, recently outfitted a green BBJ2 for an Eastern European
Charter & Fractional

Helo block charter program announced

Ceres Group of Davidson, N.C., has announced CopterShares, a by-the-hour helicopter membership program.
Regulations and Government

Special-issue medical renewals streamlined

Twenty medical conditions that are serious enough to require special issuance (SI) first- and second-class medicals can now be cleared by an aviation medic
Avionics

Honeywell demonstrates RNP approach to MMU

Honeywell last month gave the first flight demonstrations of an RNP (required navigation performance) approach being developed at Morristown Municipal Airp
Accidents

Preliminary Report: ‘Torque Turns’ reported for Bell 412

Bell 412 EP, Eket, Nigeria, Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Meridian design blamed in crash

Piper Malibu Meridian PA-46-500TP, Parowan, Utah, Jan.
Regulations and Government

Despite Convention, NBAA Still Active on Hill

Aviation interests on Capitol Hill don’t come to a stop just because the NBAA Convention is being held.
Rotorcraft

Blue Hawaiian orders more EcoStars

Air-tour operator Blue Hawaiian Helicopters has ordered four more Eurocopter EC 130B4s to augment its existing fleet of eight AS 350B2 AStars and nine EcoS
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air EMS crash claims five

Hawker Beechcraft King Air E90B, Ruidoso, N.M., Aug.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Bandeirante crashes in Brazil

Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante PT-SDB, Curitiba, Brazil, Aug.
Maintenance and Modifications

DRF gets repair authorization

German Air Rescue, the DRF, has received a design organization approval from the EASA according to its Part 21J rule.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation hits deer on takeoff

Cessna Citation 650, Benton Harbor, Mich., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Firefighting Longranger spun in

Bell 206L-3 LongRanger, Whiteriver, Ariz., July 26, 2003–The NTSB found that the crash of the LongRanger firefighting ferry flight was the result of
Aircraft

Antonov, Xi’an To Collaborate on MA700

Ukraine’s Antonov has signed a memorandum of understanding with Xi’an Aircraft (XAC) to help develop a new 70-seat turboprop dubbed the MA700, the Ukrainia
Avionics

Glass cockpits for Sikorsky S-61

Acrohelipro and Carson helicopters are outfitting the first two of Carson’s Sikorsky S-61 fleet with Sagem Avionics’ integrated cockpit display system retr
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Learjet suffers hydraulic failure

Bombardier Learjet 35, Seattle, July 13, 2007–Learjet N35WE veered off Runway 13 at Boeing Field on landing.
Rotorcraft

OEM keen to buy PZL-Swidnik

Italian-based manufacturer AgustaWestland early last month expressed interest in buying all or part of its Polish-based counterpart, PZL-Swidnik, should Po
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Runway incursion at TEB

Bombardier Learjet 45/Bombardier Challenger 604, Teterboro, N.J., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Falcon antiskid controller malfunctioned on landing

Dassault Falcon 900, Greenville, S.C., July 17, 2006–The NTSB determined that the landing overrun of the Erg Aviation II Falcon at Greenville Downto
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Eurocopter door pops open

Eurocopter AS 350B2, Juneau, Alaska, Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: ERJ 145 had uncontained engine caused by mechanical malfunction

Embraer ERJ 145LR, Kansas City, Mo., May 19, 2005–The Safety Board attributed the uncontained engine failure of the American Connection flight in cr
Aircraft

Cessna ’Ready To Go’ on Large Cabin Bizjet

Cessna Aircraft chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton said his company is internally moving on the Large Cabin Concept airplane as if it’s a “go program,
Rotorcraft

MD Helicopter moves to renegotiate land leases

MD Helicopters has requested a concessionary renegotiation of the land leases for its main plant and offices at Falcon Field in Mesa, Ariz.
Avionics

EC 135 avionics package STC’d

Air Methods’ products division has received an STC for its Eurocopter EC 135 single-pilot IFR avionics package and plans to make it available on the EC 145
Accidents

No injuries in PHI Bell 407 ditching

A Petroleum Helicopters Bell 407 ditched into the Gulf of Mexico on August 16 after an apparent catastrophic engine failure.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Crew reports problems with spoilers and brakes

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Melville Hall, Dominica, Aug.