Dassault Falcon Jet (DFJ), seeking an East Coast maintenance facility to serve its growing customer base, acquired the Wilmington, Del. operations of Atlantic Aviation.
ADAM AIRCRAFT plans to open in December a new 50,000-square-foot research and development and manufacturing facility in Englewood, Colo. next to Centennial Airport. Adam Aircraft will build prototypes of its planned six-seat twin-piston aircraft, the Adam M-309, at the Englewood facility. "Combining the testing and manufacturing under one roof will facilitate efficiencies that allow us to leap forward in obtaining FAA certification for the Adam M-309 in 2003," said Adam Aircraft President John Knudsen.
Beech Models 1900, 1900C, and 1900D airplanes (Docket No. 2000-CE-29-AD; Amendment 39-11918; AD 2000-20-07) - requires a modification of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) system. This AD is the result of instances in which the recording quality of the CVR in the affected airplanes was so poor that the information was practically unrecoverable.
BFGOODRICH AEROSPACE announced the next iteration of its SKYWATCH line of traffic advisory systems. The SKYWATCH HP will include a 20-mile surveillance range and a 15-mile or more display range with enhanced display options such as an ARINC 429 electronic flight information system output. It also is ADS-B-compatible in anticipation of development of FAA's Free Flight initiative.
KIM WHEELER, formerly marketing services manager at The New Piper Aircraft, joined Aircraft Technical Publishers in Brisbane, Calif., as director of marketing and e-commerce. Wheeler will oversee marketing communications, product development and e-commerce marketing initiatives.
AIRSHOW won FAA supplemental type certificate approval and parts manufacturing approval for its AirShowM@IL e-mail service for corporate aircraft. The system will enable email transmissions through in-flight telephone links, operating through the Airshow Cabin File Service that integrates communications media including ARINC, LAN, radiotelephone and SATCOM interfaces.
Rep. Bud Shuster (R-Pa.), who called 1999 "the year of aviation" and this year succeeded in pushing through legislation committing revenues and interest from the Airport and Airways Trust Fund to aviation, could become the next chairman of the House aviation subcommittee, congressional sources said last week. At first glance, the change seems a step down for Shuster, who heads the parent Transportation Committee. But it could be his best option in the next Congress, assuming Republicans retain their majority in the coming elections.
General Electric and Honeywell officials last week, detailing their tax-free $45 billion proposed merger, called the deal one of the "cleanest in history" and predicted that it would be a "home run." GE warded off a potential Honeywell/United Technology merger Oct. 27 and in 72 hours put together the largest industrial merger ever and sold it to Honeywell's board.
