Was appointed turboprop sales manager for the PT6A, PW100 and TPE331 engines for Landmark Aviation/Standard Aero. Woodward's territory will cover all of Canada. Woodward has been with Standard Aero since 1980. Since 1994 he was with the PT6 business unit in various capacities including customer service manager and fleet program manager. He transitioned to sales in 2005, covering the U.S. Midwest and some Canadian fleet customers.
CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2007-0335; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-292-AD; Amendment 39-15380; AD 2008-04-08] - Requires replacements of certain fuel tube couplings with redesigned couplings. This AD is designed to address insufficient electrical bonding between fuel tubes or insufficient current capability of fuel tube couplings. This condition, if left uncorrected, could result in arcing and be a potential ignition source inside the fuel tank during lightning strikes.
CENTENNIAL AIRPORT'S NOISE-EXPOSURE MAPS are in compliance with FAR Part 150, according to the FAA, which has begun a review of the proposed noise-compatibility program for the airfield that is located in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Colo. Centennial's proposed noise program is to be approved or disapproved by Aug. 12. Comments on the plan are due April 22. For more information or to submit comments, contact Linda Bruce in the FAA's Denver Airports District Office, 26805 E. 68th Ave., Suite 224, Denver, Colo. 80249, phone: (303) 342-1264, e-mail: [email protected].
DAYJET CORPORATION, the per-seat, on-demand air taxi service based in Florida, is continuing its rapid expansion, adding "DayPort" locations in Macon, Ga., Montgomery, Ala. and North Miami/Opa-Locka, Fla. The additional locations expand the Eclipse 500 fleet operator's number of DayPorts to 10 and total destinations to more than 50 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina.
THE IDAHO BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION will discuss the requirements and future of the Wide Area Augmentation System at its meeting March 13 at the Boise Air Terminal in Boise, Idaho. Sponsored by Universal Avionics Systems, the meeting will include presentations from FAA's Tom Salat and Universal Chief Operating Officer Paul DeHerrera on FAA's plans to transition to a performance-based navigation system and the benefits of WAAS. Idaho has 12 LPV approach procedures using WAAS technology and 10 more are under development.
EC135 helicopters [Docket No. FAA-2008-0165; Directorate Identifier 2007-SW-58-AD; Amendment 39-15377; AD 2008-04-05] - Requires inspecting certain wiring harnesses for chafing and wear per the instructions of Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletin EC135-53A-017, Revision 1 (dated June 22, 2007). If chafing or wear is found -- before further flight -- replace the wiring harness with an airworthy one. If no chafing or wear is found, modify the co-pilot collective lever cover following the instructions of the service bulletin.
Fan Jet Falcon, Falcon 10, 50, 200, 900, 900EX, 2000 and 2000EX airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2007-28941; Directorate Identifier 2006-NM-276-AD; Amendment 39-15386; AD 2008-04-14] -This new AD expands the applicability of an existing directive (AD 2000-12-15) and extends that rule's repetitive test and inspection intervals to detect discrepancies in the overwing emergency exit.
SOLOY AVIATION SOLUTIONS won European Aviation Safety Agency approval for its Honeywell engine conversion for the AS350B2 helicopter. The European validation culminates some 18 months of certification work between Soloy and European regulators to permit installation of Honeywell LTS101-700D-2 engine kits. The engine conversion also is approved for AS350B2 helicopters operated in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Soloy secured the original supplemental type certificate in 2006, and more than 70 AS350B2s have been converted.
Two Georgia-based aviation companies have secured FAA supplemental type certification for their Ellipse TV low-cost airborne satellite television system. Flight Display Systems, an Alpharetta, Ga. producer of cabin entertainment products, and The Maintenance Group, an Atlanta, Ga. provider of aircraft maintenance and modifications, received the STC for installation of the Ellipse on a Bombardier Challenger 600.
ATR 42 and 72 airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2007-0334; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-206-AD; Amendment 39-15385; AD 2008-04-13] - Requires operators to modify the fuel system and conduct all applicable related investigative and corrective actions in accordance with either ATR Service Bulletin ATR42-28-0039 or ATR72-28-1019 (both dated June 12, 2007). Those tasks include installation of fuse adapters on wiring entering the fuel tanks and current limitation devices.
Was named avionics manager for Florida Jet Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He will be responsible for day-to-day operation and management of the avionics department, serving as the primary customer contact and overseeing growth and development of the department. The avionics department currently focuses primarily on Learjets, but Florida Jet plans to offer avionics services for all corporate jet models in the future.
Joined Texas Aviation Services (TAS) as vice president operations. TAS, based at Meacham Field in Fort Worth, Texas, is an independent helicopter technical services company that provides completion and maintenance, repair and overhaul work. Lark is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. with degrees in engineering and Spanish. He also received a master's degree in business administration from Duke University. He has flown a variety of helicopter types and served as an MRO leader.
Triumph Group, Inc. acquired the assets of B&R Machine and Tool Co., a manufacturer of aircraft structural components, parts and assemblies for commercial and military aerospace programs. The acquired business, which is located in Westbury, N.Y., will operate at Triumph Structures-Long Island, LLC and be part of the Triumph Aerospace Systems Group. Triumph expects the Westbury firm to add approximately $45 million in revenue in fiscal 2009 and be immediately accretive to earnings.
THE AIRBUS A330 was selected Friday by the Pentagon as the winner of the long-delayed Air Force aerial tanker replacement program, which is expected to be worth $40 billion or more. A team headed by Northrop Grumman and EADS bid the A330 platform, beating out a version of the Boeing 767 offered by Boeing. The tanker version of the A330 will be designated as the KC-45A. The award covers 179 new tankers, the first phase of a three-stage program to replace 530 KC-135s and 59 KC-10s
Citing a need to increase and maintain the accuracy of data in the Civil Aviation Registry, the FAA has proposed a series of new procedures, including re-registration of all current active aircraft and renewal of all registration certificates every three years.
GENERAL AVIATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION named W. Casey Kinosz manager of operations. He will be responsible for association initiatives involving safety, risk analysis and accident investigation. A private pilot with an instrument rating, Kinosz graduated magna cum laude from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a bachelor's degree in safety science. He also is an emergency medical technician.
AS-365N2 and N3; SA-365C, C1 and C2; and SA-365N and N1 helicopters [Docket No. FAA-2008-0164; Directorate Identifier 2007-SW-43-AD; Amendment 39-15375; AD 2008-04-03] - Inspect the tightening torque of the bolt that attaches the main-rotor hub to the main-rotor mast in accordance with either Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletin 62.00.22 or 65.44 (both dated Apr. 10, 2006). This emergency AD resulted from an MCAI originated by the European Aviation Safety Agency following several reports of tightening torque loss detected on that bolt.
JET REPAIR ANYWHERE added Bombardier Aerospace, Pentastar Aviation and Jet Corp as members of the company's "Wrench" and "Tool" programs. The JRA Wrench program provides a venue for the companies to advertise to aircraft operators seeking maintenance services. The Tool program was developed for owners and operators attempting to locate maintenance facilities. The Tool program will provide Bombardier operators who are facing Aircraft-On-Ground situations with access to resources at appropriate maintenance facilities.
BOMBARDIER'S board of directors told Bombardier Aerospace officials they can begin making formal sales proposals of the CSeries aircraft family to airlines. The CSeries of 110-seat and 130-seat aircraft will incorporate a largely composite and aluminum-lithium alloy structure with fly-by-wire technology and will be powered by the next generation high-bypass Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine. Entry into service is anticipated in 2013.
ERA CORPORATION elected Don Antonucci chairman of the board of directors. Antonucci, who joined the Era board in 2006, retired in February 2006 as president of the Lockheed Martin Transportation and Security Solutions Company. He has 37 years of experience, holding a number of executive roles with Loral Electronic Systems and then Lockheed Martin after the 1996 acquisition of Loral. He was executive vice president overseeing all technical, engineering, operations and programs for Lockheed's Air Traffic Management business.
EMB-135ER, -135KE, -135KL, -135LR, -145, -145ER, -145MR, -145LR, -145XR, -145MP and -145EP airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2008-0182; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-262-AD] - This proposed rule would require revising the "Airworthiness Limitations" section of the "Instructions for Continued Airworthiness" to incorporate new maintenance tasks that are intended to eliminate ignition sources in the fuel system. This proposed AD resulted from an MCAI originated by the aviation authority of Brazil. The FAA estimates that this proposal would affect 704 aircraft on the U.S.
GRETEMAN GROUP was selected to develop an employment branding and recruitment marketing strategy for Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita, Kan. supplier of aircraft component parts and assemblies. Greteman will develop an advertising, marketing and public relations campaign to target prospective employees regionally, nationally and internationally, and also will focus on retaining existing Spirit employees.
Senate aviation subcommittee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) last week expressed his increasing frustration about the general aviation community's strong opposition to user fees and blamed GA for stalling long-term FAA reauthorization legislation this year.
AIRCRAFT ENGINE FIRE PROTECTION CERTIFICATION STANDARDS will be upgraded if a newly proposed rule is adopted. The FAA issued the NPRM to reflect current industry design and certification practices and to harmonize U.S. FAR Part 33 regulations with European Aviation Safety Agency CS-E requirements, thereby simplifying aircraft engine import and export activities. FAA says the changes would provide "nearly uniform" fire-protection certification standards for engines certificated in the U.S. and in Europe.
