NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, in conjunction with its ongoing investigation of the Airbus 300 crash in in New York in November after the aircraft's vertical stabilizer and rudder snapped off, recommended that FAA require the manufacturers and operators of all transport-category (Part 25) airplanes to implement training programs that explain the structural certification requirements for the rudder and vertical stabilizer and explain that full rudder deflections in one direction, followed by full rudder deflections in the opposite direction, under certain conditions,
JOHN JUDGE was named executive senior vice president at Cincinnati Machine. He will be responsible for new business opportunities, customer relationship management and developing worldwide partnerships with original equipment manufacturers. Judge has worked at Cincinnati Machine for 33 years and was most recently senior vice president of sales for CM's advanced systems and services business.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-11080 (previous Docket No. 29661) Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a)(1) and (2) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit EAA, SAMA, and NAFI members who own certain amateur- and kit-built aircraft certificated in the experimental category to receive compensation for the use of the aircraft for the purpose of conducting aircraft-specific flight training and flight review under 14 CFR 61.56. Grant, Dec. 20, 2001, Exemption No. 7162B
NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION officials told BA they had been in contact Friday with senior Treasury Department officials in an effort to resolve problems with the telephone reservation system for securing Part 91 slots into the four gateway airports operators must use if they are flying to Salt Lake City. Pete West, NBAA's senior vice president of government and public affairs, said NBAA members seeking slot reservations had been confronted with telephone holds of an hour or more before being cut off.
AVCARD introduced airPortfolio, its new online account management system. The system allows cardholders to access secure account information on the aviation credit card company's website at www.avcard.com. Customers can view and print monthly management reports and weekly billing registers online.
Export control, and updating the nation's air traffic control (ATC) system, will head the list of discussion topics tomorrow at the next meeting of the 12-member Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry, according to its chairman, former U.S. Rep. Robert Walker. "We are ... going to take the first steps, at the February [12th] meeting ...
Docket No: FAA-2001-11134 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(j) Description of Relief Sought: To allow Lufthansa Technik to configure the Boeing Model 737-800 airplane for private, not-for-hire use and be exempted, in the configuration of the interior areas specified as the "Private Bedroom'' and the "First Class'' sections, from the requirement for a "firm handhold along each aisle.''
Textron Lycoming issued a service bulletin this month that requires the operators of more than 400 six-cylinder, turbocharged engines to remove those engines from service within the next 10 hours time in service.
MARK LOWDERMILK was named manager of the Airport Support Network at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He will oversee efforts to preserve and protect general aviation airports, supervising more than 1,100 ASN volunteers. Lowdermilk was most recently a technology officer in the West Virginia Governor's Office of Technology. A native of West Virginia, Lowdermilk is a 4,500-hour pilot and holds an airline transport pilot certificate with a Boeing 737 type rating. He is also a certified flight instructor and FAA-designated pilot examiner.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9942 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.411(a)(2) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit McMahon to operate three Sikorsky S-58/T helicopters with passenger seating configurations of 10 to 14 seats (1) without an approved flight recorder installed in each helicopter and (2) without those helicopters being maintained under a maintenance program in Secs. 135.415, 135.416, 135.417, and 135.423 through 135.443. Denial, Jan. 10, 2002, Exemption No. 7690
Docket No.: FAA-2001-11059 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit MAS to operate certain aircraft under Part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft. Grant, Dec. 5, 2001, Exemption No. 7674
Summary: Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), dispositions of certain petitions previously received, and corrections. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities.
Docket No.: 28963 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit properly trained pilots employed by Wiggins to change the electrical leads from the ignition exciter box to the spare ignition exciter box, in the event of an ignition box failure, on its Cessna C-208B Caravan aircraft for operations conducted under 14 CFR Part 135. Denial, Dec. 3, 2001, Exemption No. 7671
RAYTHEON Models E55, E55A, A56TC, 58, 58A, 58P, 58PA, 58TC, and 58TCA airplanes (Docket No. 2001-CE-43-AD) - proposes to require inspection of the Instrument Subpanel electroluminescent panel retaining screw for proper length and the rotating beacon circuit breaker switch (or any other switch in the same location) for damage, and replacement of any screw or circuit breaker switch as necessary.
MIKE POOL was promoted to vice president, Six Sigma at Cessna Aircraft. He will be responsible for expanding and accelerating the Six Sigma program. Pool was most recently director, activity-based costing at Cessna. He has more than 20 years of experience in program and operations management and finance.
ROLLS-ROYCE Models Tay 650-15 and 651-54 turbofan engines (Docket No. 2001-NE-02-AD; Amendment 39-12624; AD 2002-01-29) - requires borescope inspection of the high-pressure compressor (HPC) Stage 12 disc assembly to detect damage caused by HPC outlet guide vane (OGV) retaining bolt failure, and replacement of unserviceable parts with serviceable parts. This action also requires as terminating action, the incorporation of a new design retention arrangement for the HPC OGV, to prevent HPC OGV retaining bolt failure.
Continuing its quest to get business operators back into Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA), the National Business Aviation Association last week sent a revised proposal to the Federal Aviation Administration that details its security plan for use of the airport and stepped up its lobbying campaign to win political support for reopening DCA to business flights. NBAA is proposing that FAA issue security letters of authorization (SLOA) to Part 91 and 135 operators who apply and agree to comply with SLOA requirements (BA, Dec. 10/265).
FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL won FAA Level D approval for its Citation Bravo and Gulfstream 200 full flight simulators. The Bravo simulator is installed at its San Antonio, Texas facility, which also is equipped with CJ1, CitationJet, Citation II, Citation SII and Citation III simulators. The Gulfstream 200 simulator, previously Level C approved, is based at FlightSafety's newest training facility on the east side of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10622 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.265(d) Description of Relief Sought: To allow PGCH to engage flight crewmembers on a seven days on, seven days off work rotation schedule.
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S newly formed Transportation Security Administration plans to study security procedures and processes at 15 U.S. airports and use the results to improve security at the 429 U.S. airports with commercial service. The 15 airports involved in the six-week study are Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport; Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport; Baltimore-Washington International Airport; Boston Logan International Airport; Charlotte/Douglas International Airport; Chicago O'Hare International Airport; Dallas/Ft.
TWO HOUSE TRANSPORTATION leaders urged their colleagues to help provide relief from an IRS determination that a charter company needs to pay the aviation segment fee retroactively if it has assessed the fee on a per-flight rather than a per-passenger basis.The IRS made this determination in a technical advice memorandum (TAM) issued to a St. Paul, Minn. operator. In a Feb.
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON Model HH-1K, TH-1F, TH-1L, UH-1A, UH-1B, UH-1E, UH-1F, UH-1H, UH-1L, UH-1P, and Southwest Florida Aviation Model SW204, SW204HP, SW205, and SW205A-1 helicopters (Docket No. 2001-SW-14-AD; Amendment 39-12628; AD 2002-01-31) - supersedes an existing AD that currently requires establishing retirement lives for certain main rotor masts, creating a component history card or equivalent record, and identifying and replacing any unairworthy masts.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-11280 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.601 Description of Relief Sought: To allow Lufthansa to configure the Boeing Model 737-700 IGW series airplane for private, not-for-hire use with an executive interior that includes a partition partially made of glass in the passenger cabin.
