Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2016-5590; Directorate Identifier 2016-NM-018-AD; Amendment 39-18588; AD 2016-14-07: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440), Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702), Model CL-600-2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), Model CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900), and Model CL-600-2E25 (Regional Jet Series 1000) airplanes.
Pacific Aerospace Limited Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2016-5578; Directorate Identifier 2016-CE-005-AD; Amendment 39-18587; AD 2016-14-06] The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2006-13-05 for certain Pacific Aerospace Limited Model 750XL (type certificate previously held by Pacific Aerospace Corporation Ltd.) airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product.
Michael Parrish has joined Elliott Aviation as senior director of regional sales and business development. Most recently, Parrish served as director of regional sales at StandardAero.
Michael Petsche has been appointed a Design Approval Representative by Transport Canada. Petsche is vice president of engineering at RAMM Aerospace in Saint-Laurent, Quebec.
Adil Slimani has been appointed commercial director of the International Bureau of Aviation (IBA), where he is responsible for developing the airline customer base and revenue streams.
Morgon Duke has joined C&S Propeller in Fort Worth as sales manager. Before joining C&S, Duke served as executive sales manager focused on domestic and international business development and expansion.
Nigel Turner has been appointed as a non-executive chairman of TrueNoord Regional Aircraft Leasing, which recently changed its name from GA-Finance, based in Amsterdam. Most recently, Turner served as deputy chairman of Jetscape. Angus von Schoenberg joins the company as chief investment officer. Stephen Couttie joins the firm as chief financial officer. Garry Topp has joined TrueNoord as chief commercial officer after his tenure at Magpar.
Bombardier Aerospace will celebrate 20 years of Safety Standdown Sept. 27-29 in Wichita. Registration is now open. The seminar, focused on increasing aviation safety, is free to aviation professionals. General sessions will take place in the mornings, with workshops in the afternoons. This year the workshops are shortened, so attendees may attend two workshops per day.
A fleet of Epic aircraft will visit nine countries and 20 cities in 21 days, covering 15,000 nm in 50 flight-hours. The tour will conclude at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
The B-29 Superfortress called “Doc” triumphantly flew for the first time since 1956 on July 17 following a 16-year restoration project here and more than 350,000 hr. of volunteer work.
The short-term congressional bill extending FAA funding to the end of September 2017 directs the agency to continue opening U.S. airspace to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
A consortium of Qinetiq and Thales have chosen Textron Airland’s Scorpion light attack aircraft as the platform for its bid into a major U.K. live flying training program.
The business jet market is depressed, a new semi-annual survey by Jefferies Group indicates, prompting analysts there to cut its business jet production forecast for this year.
Airbus Group Innovations has completed initial flight testing of its E-fan electric aircraft demonstrator with hybrid propulsion, adding an internal-combustion engine as a range extender.
Airbus Group Innovations has completed initial flight testing of its E-fan electric aircraft demonstrator with hybrid propulsion, adding an internal-combustion engine as a range extender.
Private investment firm AE Industrial Partners in Boca Raton, Florida, has acquired Moeller Aerospace, a manufacturer of precision-machined parts. Terns of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Senate passed the FAA extension bill July 13, which includes third-class medical reform for pilots, the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles into the national airspace and the increase of airport security.
Spike Aerospace has added MAYA simulation and Siemens product life-cycle management software for the continuing development of its S-512 supersonic business jet.
GKN Aerospace has signed a contract with Dornier Seawings to design and build the cockpit windscreen for the Dornier Seastar, a composite amphibious aircraft.
