Docket No.: 30173 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(b) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit relief from the general occupant protection requirements for occupants of multiple place side-facing seats that are occupied during takeoff and landing in any Raytheon Model 4000 airplane manufactured before Jan. 1, 2004. Partial Grant, April 23, 2001, Exemption No. 7512
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9346 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.813(e) Description of Relief Sought: To provide BFGoodrich with relief from the requirements of 14 CFR 25.813(e) pertaining to the installation of sliding pocket doors in partitions between passenger compartments in Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express airplanes used for corporate transport.
Summary: Pursuant to FAAs 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.
B/E AEROSPACE received a new five-year, $150 million revolving credit facility that was arranged by J.P. Morgan Securities and administered by Chase Manhattan Bank. B/E will use the new credit line for general corporate needs, and under the agreement, up to $100 million may be used for acquisitions. B/E recently acquired M&M Aerospace Hardware and owes $152 million in cash to complete that deal by next month (BA, Aug. 20/82). The company's cash and available bank credit as of May 26, 2001, with the new credit facility provided in advance was about $290 million.
TOM C. MOOREFIELD was appointed group vice president-sales and marketing at Barnes Aerospace. Moorefield is responsible for the development and implementation of sales and marketing strategies. He was most recently vice president-marketing and sales, aerospace services at Honeywell International.
NATA's Fractional Aircraft Business Council (FABC) this week is meeting with FAA officials to discuss proposed new standards for fractional ownership providers. While the proposed standards have generally received favorable reviews, some are concerned about how the requirements would affect the small, light-aircraft fractional ownership programs. FABC, representing the nation's largest providers, hopes to address some of its key questions as it develops comments on the FAA proposal, which was released last month (BA, July 16/25).
GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION named Robin H. H. Wilson chief financial officer and head of business development. Wilson will join the board of directors and oversee Groen's financial management team. Wilson's extensive aviation experience includes 17 years at Trans World Airlines. Most recently, he was a partner of SH&E, an international aviation consulting firm.
Docket No.: 28855 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To amend Exemption No. 6714, as amended, which permits Offshore to operate certain helicopters under Part 135 without an approved digital flight data recorder installed on each helicopter, by (1) changing the name of the exemption holder from Offshore Logistics, Inc., to Air Logistics, L.L.C., and (2) updating the list of helicopters covered by the exemption. Grant, May 4, 2001, Exemption No. 6714C
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT let pass a World Trade Organization deadline to contest a recent ruling regarding a trade dispute between Canadian manufacturer Bombardier and Brazilian manufacturer Embraer. Both companies welcomed the Canadian government's decision, which follows years of often rancorous debate over aircraft subsidies between Canada and Brazil. The Canadians decided not to appeal a WTO decision that allows Brazil to use its ProEx to help finance Embraer sales.
SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS released its latest aerospace standard AS9100, Revision A. The standard includes aerospace-specific requirements, including ones used in Europe and Asia, as well as the original AS9100 quality system requirements. For more information, contact SAE at (877) 606-7323.
Cirrus Design Corp. received a $100 million cash infusion from Atlanta, Ga.-based Crescent Capital Investments, Inc. in a deal that will erase the Duluth, Minn. plane-maker's debt, the companies announced last week. Under the agreement, Crescent Capital will receive a roughly 60 percent interest in Cirrus in return for an $83 million cash investment and a $17 million equity line.
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE this month rolled out its GV-SP test article in preparation for the first flight in the fourth quarter. The test article is equipped with Gulfstream's new PlaneView cockpit, including Honeywell's Primus Epic avionics suite with Gulfstream's Signature Cursor Control device. The avionics will provide real-time information about weather, air traffic and terrain on four 14-inch flat-screen displays. In addition to the new cockpit, the GV-SP will have a 250-nautical-mile improvement over the G-V with a 6,750-nm range at Mach .80.
Next year Northrop Grumman Corp. will begin flight testing an experimental airframe designed to produce quieter sonic booms, in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Quiet Supersonic Platform (QSP) program.
Bombardier Aerospace acquired its second online charter service in 13 months with the purchase of Air Charter Online in Mahwah, N.J. The company also bought charter broker Skyjet.com in July 2000.
EMBRAER Model EMB-135 and -145 series airplanes (Docket No. 2001-NM-248-AD; Amendment 39-12394; AD 2001-17-03) - requires repetitive inspections of the engine thrust reverser stow/transit switches, and corrective action, if necessary. This action is necessary to prevent erroneous signals in the Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System caused by internal corrosion of the thrust reverser stow/transit switches, which could result in uncommanded loss of engine power in flight, or unnecessary aborted takeoffs on the ground. The rule is effective Sept.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9043 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344(a)(14), (a)(29), (a)(33), (a)(40), (a)(44), and (a)(54) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Horizon and all similarly situated air carriers to operate the Bombardier CL-600-2C10 airplane without recording the parameters listed in Sec. 121.344(a)(14), (a)(29), (a)(33), (a)(40), (a)(44), and (a)(54) within the ranges, accuracies, resolutions, and recording intervals specified in Appen-dix M to Part 121. Denial, April 27, 2001, Exemption No. 7520
EXTEX has begun posting on-line Rolls-Royce/Allison A250 replacement part technical data, including inspection requirements, wear limits and repair procedures. EXTEX previously would send printed manuals quarterly, but is now providing up-to-date information free on the world wide web. Noting that some OEMs charge for their manuals, EXTEX President Larry Shiembob said, "We're not in the repair manual business. We want to make it easy and cost-effective to do business with EXTEX, and we believe this initiative is just another example of how we do that."
Federal Aviation Administration is exploring the possibility of allowing the nation's busiest airports to impose increased takeoff, landing and terminal fees to help combat congestion. The agency published a notice in the Aug. 21 Federal Register asking for public comment on the viability of peak-hour and other market-based pricing schemes and whether encouraging the use of large aircraft into certain airports would ease congestion.
DAC INTERNATIONAL, an aerospace marketing firm, will exclusively distribute DataMetrics Corporation's cockpit printer to airlines and corporate aircraft operators worldwide. The DataMetrics Model 4680 is type certified on Boeing's new production aircraft and has a supplemental type certificate for most commercial airline class aircraft.
A compliance deadline for a Federal Aviation Administration rule requiring upgraded digital flight data recorders (DFDRs), originally set for earlier this month, has been pushed back two years while regulators determine how to deal with planes delivered by Boeing and Dassault that don't meet the revised standards.
President Bush named six more members to the 12-member Presidential Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry, including Ed Bolen, president of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-8811 (previously Docket No. 28884) Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.37(b) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aero Sky to continue to hold an FAA repair station certificate (certificate No. KQ7R556N) without having suitable permanent housing facilities for at least one of the heaviest aircraft within the weight class of the rating it holds. Grant, May 10, 2001, Exemption No. 6673B
Proposals to preempt state laws requiring approval of airport development projects in the U.S. are gaining support at the congressional level and among the air transport community, but are stirring strong resistance among state government officials.
DORNIER Models 228-100, 228-101, 228-200, 228-201, 228-202, and 228-212 airplanes (Docket No. 2001-CE-19-AD) - proposes to require repetitive inspection of the horizontal stabilizer skin and ribs for damage and cracks and repair of any damaged skin or cracked ribs. The proposed AD is the result of mandatory continuing airworthiness information issued by the airworthiness authority for Germany.
