JOHN D. BEVERIDGE joined Boston JetSearch, Inc. as a vice president. Beveridge spent the past eight years in the investment banking industry, most recently as a vice president in the Boston office of Harris Williams & Co. He also spent several years specializing in corporate finance with Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown as a member of the Global Transportation and Aerospace Group. A graduate of Middlebury College, Beveridge also received a master’s degree in business administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
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James Waugh, a key member of the management team at FlightSafety International for more than three decades, plans to retire from the simulator training firm June 1. Waugh joined FSI in 1976 as director of marketing and subsequently was promoted to vice president of marketing and sales, a position he held for more than 20 years. Three years ago he was named executive vice president of the company, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
CESSNA AIRCRAFT passed the 500-order milestone for its Citation Mustang Very Light Jet. The company delivered the first retail Mustang a year ago and delivered a total of 45 in 2007. The company expects to hand over 100 Mustangs this year and is targeting a production rate of 150 per year by the end of 2009. Cessna has certified the aircraft in 47 countries, and the 60 Mustangs delivered so far have accumulated 10,500 hours. The six-place Mustang can fly up to 340 knots, has a 1,150-nautical-mile range and can fly up to 41,000 feet.
GWYN SCOURFIELD was appointed vice president and senior regional director for Europe, Africa, India and the Middle East for CIT Aerospace, Commercial Airlines. Scourfield joined CIT in 2001 after spending 10 years marketing aircraft and overseeing asset management for United Kingdom-based Focus Aviation. He also was a British army officer conducting operations in Northern Ireland, Africa and NATO, and in 1990 he led an expedition to China that earned a Guinness World Record for the highest operation of a hovercraft at 16,000 feet in Tibet.
CHELTON FLIGHT SYSTEMS began field installation of software for Phase II of the Capstone Program that is testing and integrating Advanced Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in Alaska. Chelton is working with the Federal Aviation Administration and the University of Alaska Anchorage to update the software on 90 Part 23 aircraft and to train operators of those aircraft. The software, which received Technical Standard Order approval in December, integrates with and displays ADS-B information on Chelton’s electronic flight information system.
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BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE received a contract from Grupo SATA (Sociedade Acoriana de Transportes Aereos, S.A.) of Ponta Delgada, Portugal for four Q400 NextGen aircraft. The aircraft, valued at $113 million, will be operated by SATA Air Acores regional airline.
THE U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT in Denver was set to auction Adam Aircraft Friday to bidders vying to buy the entire company. A minimum bid of $10 million was required and sources said at least one bid was received. That bid was said to involve a group that included individuals with ties to Adam Aircraft as well as Russian investors. The sale is not scheduled to close until April 15, and other parties would have until April 7 to object. If the bulk auction fails, the court scheduled an April 30 date for a second auction of individual assets of Adam.
April 8-14 – Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, Inc., Lakeland, Fla., (863) 644-2431 April 23-26 – Aircraft Electronics Association, 51st Annual Convention & Trade Show, Washington, D.C. Contact Debbie McFarland at (816) 373-6565. April 24 – National Business Aviation Association Regional Forum, Henderson Executive Airport (HND), Las Vegas, Nev. For more information, contact NBAA at (202) 783-9000 April 29-May 1 – Flight Safety Foundation, 53rd Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar, Palm Harbor, Fla., (703) 739-6700
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION President and CEO James May last week defended commercial aviation, characterizing the industry’s contributions to greenhouse gas emissions as much lower than other transportation segments. “Within the aviation sector, it is important to remember that different types of commercial aircraft have vastly different impacts on the environment,” May said in testimony presented to the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
KEVIN GLEESON was appointed chief pilot, charter and management, for PremiAir, one of the largest helicopter operators in the United Kingdom. He had been serving as a senior pilot since joining the company in 1998. Previously Gleeson was a Lynx pilot in the Royal Marines, and flew Bell 214ST and Aerospatiale AS332L helicopters at Bristow Helicopters for seven years before joining the Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit in 1993.
TODD P. LAZAR was promoted to the position of vice president – quality assurance with responsibility for maintaining quality standards in all five business units of M7 Aerospace in San Antonio, Texas. Lazar had been director – quality assurance for M7 since the company’s inception in 2003. He previously worked with Fairchild Dornier, an M7 predecessor company, and before that held quality control posts with General Dynamics, Lockheed and Lockheed Martin.
Swiss manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. won certification Friday from European Aviation Safety Agency and Federal Aviation Administration officials for the Next Generation PC-12, which will be designated as the PC-12 NG.
THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION is believed to have completed its rework of a proposal to establish a security program for large private aircraft. TSA withdrew the proposed rule from Office of Management and Budget earlier this year after OMB raised questions about the proposal and its accompanying regulatory analysis (BA, Jan. 31/23). TSA is now hoping to be able to secure OMB approval and publish the proposal at the end of May.
All five persons aboard a Cessna Citation were killed March 30 when the aircraft crashed into a large home at Farnborough in Kent shortly after taking off from Biggin Hill Airport south of London. Moments after takeoff, the pilot issued a “Mayday” call. Unconfirmed accounts said he radioed controllers to report “serious engine vibrations.” Both crew members and all three passengers were killed in the crash, but no one on the ground was injured.
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP. officials are hoping to receive FAA Type Certification of the Hawker 4000 business jet “soon” following completion of yet another round of Function & Reliability (F&R) testing that wrapped up the week of March 16. The aircraft won FAA approval for basic flight in late 2004, then received a “provisional” TC from FAA in late 2006 that expanded the flight envelope but left a number of requirements unaccomplished (BA, Nov. 27, 2006/241). The paperwork from the latest round of flight tests is currently under review by FAA.
BRITISH AEROSPACE REGIONAL AIRCRAFT HP. 137 Jetstream MK 1, Jetstream Series 200, 3100 and 3200 airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2008-0369; Directorate Identifier 2008-CE-015-AD] – Mandates repetitive inspections of the nose landing gear to ensure that the wheels are correctly retained and, depending on findings, replace any worn parts, per the instructions of British Aerospace Jetstream Series 3100 and 3200 Service Bulletin 32-JA070241 (dated July 13, 2007).
BOMBARDIER CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702) and CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2008-0300; Directorate Identifier 2008-NM-019-AD] – Requires replacement of fuel tube couplings inside the wing and center fuel tanks with redesigned couplings, per the instructions of Bombardier Service Bulletin 670BA-28-014, Rev. A (dated May 7, 2007). For airplanes on which Bombardier Service Bulletin 670BA-28-014 (dated Jan.
JOSEPH MALO was named deputy chief engineer of CH2M Hill’s Aviation business unit in Houston. He has 25 years of engineering and project management experience, working on projects at more than 30 airports in the U.S.
DASSAULT Model Falcon 900 and 900EX airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2008-0365; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-274-AD] – This proposal would require operators to inspect certain electrical feeder cables for damage, repair any damaged cable found, install a protective Teflon tube over the cable bundle and modify the partition wall that separates the cabin and the lavatory at Frames 22/23.
The FAA has proposed a rule that would require rewiring EASy displays in Dassault Falcon 900EX and 2000EX airplanes to prevent the display of erroneous flight data.
Eclipse Aviation said it will add dual Garmin GPS 400W units in the Avio NG system in the Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet, providing long-range IFR navigation capability to the E500.
SAAB/SAAB-FAIRCHILD SF340A and 340B airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2008-0017; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-268-AD; Amendment 39-15444; AD 2008-07-03] – This AD, which resulted from an MCAI issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency, requires installation of extra protection for wiring installed in fuel tank conduits. Specifically, operators need to install Modification No. 3164 (right-hand wing) and Modification No. 3165 (left-hand wing) in accordance with Saab Service Bulletin 340-28-026 (dated July 5, 2007).
