BFGOODRICH COMPANY named Edward Hart vice president and general manager of its Advanced MicroMachines, Inc. unit. Hart will be responsible for micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) business in sensors and controls within traditional Goodrich aerospace markets and new markets as well. Most recently, Hart was president of Wabash Technologies, a sensor and actuator supplier to the automotive industry and president of Casablanca Fan Co. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Ohio State University.
BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE appointed ExecuJet Australia an authorized Learjet service facility and as a sales representative for the complete line of Bombardier business jets in Australia. Maintenance services will be provided by ExecuJet in Kingsford-Smith, Sydney.
Business jet operators have until Jan. 1, 2004 to equip their aircraft with an emergency locator transmitter under a new rule the Federal Aviation Administration issued late last month. Congress last spring directed FAA to remove the turbine aircraft exemption from the ELT requirement by the end of the year. FAA initially required ELTs on all aircraft in 1971 but exempted turbine aircraft as well as aircraft operated in scheduled commercial service from the mandate.
Docket No.: 28663 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Goodyear to use the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial in lieu of the calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology to test its inspection and test equipment. Grant, Nov. 30, 2000, Exemption No. 6547B
ROBERT SMITH was promoted to vice president of industrial operations, Little Rock, for Dassault Falcon Jet. Smith most recently was director of commercial completions, where he helped revamp Dassault Falcon Jet's Little Rock completion center operations, nearly doubling its output. Smith, who joined Dassault Falcon Jet three years ago, previously was director of operations for American Eurocopter and also has held the same title for MBB Helicopters.
A Super King Air 200 crash in Maine last month killed both the pilot, Stephen Bean, 58, and the only passenger, Edson Mitchell, 47, a senior official of Deutsche Bank of Germany. Authorities said the aircraft was en route from Portland, Maine to a vacation lodge in Rangeley, Maine Dec. 22 when controllers lost radar and radio contact with the aircraft about 1716 EST. Rangeley, on the shore of Lake Rangeley, is about 30 miles from the New Hampshire border. The wreckage was located the following day on Beaver Mountain.
Docket No.: 29228 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR Secs. 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.441(a)(1) and (b), and Appendix F to Part 121 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit PSA to combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for PSA's flight crewmembers into a single annual training and proficiency evaluation program, which is a single-visit training program. Grant, Oct. 2, 2000, Exemption 6821A
EXECUTIVE JET MANAGEMENT added 12 aircraft, including three Gulfstream IVs, to its fleet, bringing its total fleet to 56 aircraft in 31 locations. The new additions include a G-IV at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y., a Challenger 600 at the Teterboro, N.J. Airport, a Citation II in Hartford, Conn. and another G-IV at Philadelphia's Northeast Airport.
BARBARA BELL was named manager-executive jet programs for Raytheon Aircraft. Bell joined Raytheon in 1968 and has held a number of roles of increasing responsibility in engineering, operations, strategic planning, administration and human resources.
Docket No.: 30103 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 133.19(a) and 133.51 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit HeliQwest to conduct external-load operations in the U.S. using its dry-leased, Canadian-registered Bell 205A-1 helicopter (Registration Mark C-GEAK, Serial No. 30183). Grant, Nov. 20, 2000, Exemption No. 7383
EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND Model EC135 P1 and T1 helicopters (Docket No. 2000-SW-19-AD; Amendment 39-12049; AD 2000-26-02) - supersedes an AD that requires visual and dye-penetrant inspections for a cracked stator blade of the fenestron tail rotor. That AD also requires either stop-drilling a cracked blade or, as necessary, replacing an unairworthy stator blade with an airworthy stator blade.
THE BFGOODRICH COMPANY named Jerry Witowski president of the Aircraft Sensors Division. He had been vice president and general manager of the division's commercial sensors/test systems unit. He succeeds Ronald Hodges, who was named vice president of the company's space systems business.
ELLEN SMITH was appointed to the newly created position of president, Pratt&Whitney Power Systems. Smith joined Pratt&Whitney in 1999 as senior vice president of commercial aircraft engine programs and previously held key management positions in General Electric's Power Systems business.
PACIFIC AEROSPACE & ELECTRONICS did not make a scheduled $3.6 million interest payment on its outstanding senior subordinated note due Feb. 1. The company has a 30-day grace period to make the interest payment before being in default. "We are working aggressively to obtain a replacement credit facility or other financing so that we will have sufficient cash to make the Feb. 1 payment before the 30-day grace period expires," said Don Wright, president and chief executive.
GREG THOMAS was named material leader for the modifications, completions and avionics center of excellence for Garrett Aviation Services. Thomas has 25 years of materials management experience, spending the past three years as Garrett's parts support leader. He also served with GE Aircraft Engines in Evendale, Ohio and Wilmington, N.C.
JOHN FERNEY was named vice president-customer support for Raytheon Aircraft Company. Ferney will oversee customer relations, technical services, administration, product support, warranty administration and spare parts. He joined Raytheon in 1994 as director of production and materials control and later served as director of enterprise resource planning. He previously spent 28 years with Raytheon's Missile Systems Division.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD added aircraft and human performance teams to its investigation of the Oct. 16 Cessna 335 crash that killed Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, his son Roger and aide, Chris Sifford. The safety board said initial analysis of the right engine vacuum system and pieces of the left engine have been inconclusive. NTSB is continuing to examine the aircraft wiring, cables, hydraulics and cockpit instruments. The board plans to release its final report this summer.
RAYTHEON TRAVEL AIR is adding the Model 601 Challenger business jet to its fractional fleet to fill a niche for customers who need larger-cabin or longer-range aircraft. "With the addition of the Challengers, Raytheon Travel Air will possess one of the broadest and most flexible programs in the fractional ownership industry," said Raytheon Travel Air President Gary Hart. Hart noted that the company received "tremendous interest" from owners in upgrading to the Challengers for certain trips as well as additional shares.
Poor weather, an aircraft that was not equipped for flight in instrument conditions and a VFR flight that continued into instrument meteorological conditions appear to have led to the Jan. 14 fatal crash of a Beech King Air A90 into the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City, Utah. The pilot and all eight passengers were killed (BA, Jan. 22/44). The aircraft, N616F, was owned by Flanagan Enterprises (Nevada), Inc., and operated by William C. Cause, doing business as Skydive Salt Lake.
AN INDUSTRY working group, tasked with developing recommendations for regulating extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) for Part 135 operators, is developing a draft advisory circular to codify best industry practices that must be followed to conduct ETOPS and other long-range operations. The working group continues its study of an appropriate Part 135 ETOPs threshold recommendation for a formal FAA rule (BA, Aug. 28/95), the lack of which was cited by the International Civil Aviation Organization as a deficiency.
DASSAULT FALCON JET promoted Terrance Bacola to president of its Midway Aircraft Instrument Corp. unit. Bacola joined Midway in 1994 as vice president and general manager, and Dassault said he has "played a major role in the 54 percent increase in sales Midway has seen in the past six years." He has more than 27 years of aviation experience, holding management positions with Phillip Morris, Executive Air Fleet, Continental Airlines, The Trump Shuttle and DHL.
DON COX was named vice president of general aviation sales and services for Aerospace Products International. Cox joined API in 1994 after a 20-year career with the U.S. Air Force. While with API, he has served as Piper program manager, director of technical services, managing director of customer relations and senior director of customer relations.
A GROUP OF five industry associations asked FAA to change a proposal for handling life-limited parts. The proposal was issued in response to a congressional mandate, but the associations said it would "preclude some common (and safe) business transactions." The associations asked FAA instead to codify best industry practices. Such an approach "meets the intent of Congress without imposing an undue burden on industry," according to Helicopter Association International - one of the associations commenting on the proposal.
Model DHC-7 series airplanes (Docket No. 2000-NM-272-AD) - proposes to require modification of the pressure hoses to the ground spoiler actuators. This proposal is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign airworthiness authority. This action is necessary to prevent blockage of pressure hoses to the ground spoiler actuators, leading to uncommanded deployment of the ground spoilers, reducing airplane controllability. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition. FAA estimates that 30 airplanes on the U.S.
FAA ADMINISTRATOR JANE GARVEY signed off Wednesday on a notice of proposed rulemaking that would establish a new Subpart K of Part 91 of the Federal Aviation Regulations governing fractional aircraft ownership programs and modify operating rules for Part 135 air taxi companies (BA, Jan. 8/13). The long-awaited proposal was sent to the Department of Transportation, which has 60 days to review it.After DOT is finished, the NPRM will be sent to the Office of Management and Budget, which also will have up to 60 days.
