Results of a recent poll by Manager magazine placed DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA) as the ninth ``most-esteemed'' German company. DASA also received a 1999 German Business Innovation Award for its role in developing laser welding for the aerospace industry.
Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport (BWG) in Bowling Green, Ky., plans to unveil its new airport terminal building and newly expanded ramp area this month. The 10,000-square-foot terminal will have 120 parking spaces and up to 60 aircraft tiedowns, compared with the 80 parking spaces and 21 tiedowns offered now. According to airport President and CEO Cornelius Martin, the construction was funded through the public and private sectors.
In the pioneering years of television, as Philo Farnsworth and his followers competed with Robert Sarnoff and his minions at the Radio Corp. of America to be the first to offer broadcast television, a demonstration was staged of airborne TV reception.
Pilots working for US Airways' wholly owned regional carriers could receive preferential hiring at the mainline carrier if ongoing talks are successful. According to sources within the US Airways chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the union has proposed a ``bi-directional flow-through agreement'' involving Allegheny, PSA and Piedmont Airlines, and ``percentage caps and ratios are being discussed.''
The main objective of a medical examination is to identify risk factors as well as diagnose medical problems either suspected or unknown. Risk factors are not a diagnosis, but they do lend important insights to a potential diagnosis. Such risk factors stand alone; that is, everything else being normal, the factor increases the risk of developing cardiac disease. Therefore, it's important to recognize the following classic independent risks: hypertension, diabetes, elevated cholesterol, smoking, age, gender and, most important, family history.
Pilots of business aircraft often wonder what would happen if they were to declare an emergency. What kind of assistance can ATC provide? Is this an invitation for the FAA to launch an inquisition into your pilot qualifications and recurrent experience status? Are you asking to have your aircraft documents, logbooks, maintenance records and repair shop put under a legal microscope? Is there a uniform standard for when and why ATC initiates certain kinds of incident or deviation reports?
The European Union's (EU) ongoing effort to restrict the importation of ``hushkitted'' U.S. aircraft has incited a formal complaint from U.S. government trade officials. Filed under Article 84 of the Chicago Convention on Civil Aviation, the complaint alleges that EU regulations discriminate against U.S. equipment, while representing a ``stark departure'' from global aircraft noise standards developed by ICAO.
Boeing has installed the first set of production winglets on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) to be used in upcoming certification test flights. The tests will generate data for the BBJ and all other 737 next-generation aircraft equipped with the winglets, which are designed by Aviation Partners Inc. (API) and built by Hexcel Structures. Boeing Aviation Services (BAS) will retrofit the winglets at its plant in Wichita.
Mercury Air Group subsidiary Maytag Aircraft Corp. has won a $7.5 million contract to provide aircraft fueling and related services at the North Island Naval Air Station and outlying naval airfields in the San Diego area. These sites include Imperial Beach, San Clemente Island and Coronado, Calif.
With a square jaw, all the right answers and hundreds of hours in the cockpits of U.S. Navy S-3 jets, Sam got a major airline job with minimal fuss. Eventually, his classmates discovered the truth and ratted him out, however. An electronic systems operator, Sam had claimed his ride-along time as pilot experience, hiding the deception behind legitimate FAA certificates and ratings earned in his spare time.
Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Flight Review. Founded by veteran instructor Tom Clements, Flight Review provides on-site pilot training in Raytheon aircraft. Clements is a former Beech factory instructor and training manager with over 11,000 hours in King Airs. Flight Review has merged with Pan's Am's SimCom International operation in Scottsdale, with Clements joining the school as an instructor.
United Technologies Corp., Honeywell and software company I@ Technologies are teaming up to create Myaircraft.com, an e-commerce site to sell aircraft products and services on the Web. The partners say services planned for the new site include supply chain management, auction capabilities, and access to technical experts and online technical publications. The initial phase of Myaircraft.com is expected to launch this spring. New York-based Supplyview.com also says it is entering the Web-based aviation parts business.
John J.T. Helms is now branch manager of the company's new pleasure and business office. Craig Williams is now branch manager of the aviation insurance agency's new San Francisco office.
You can never have enough of a good thing. That's the philosophy of Earl Robinson, president of just launched Alliance Aircraft Holding Corp., which plans to enter the highly competitive regional jet market with a new family of 55- to 110-seat aircraft. Alliance claims two letters of intent for 28 aircraft.
Photograph: Honeywell's AS900 flight-test team Backslapping and handshaking were prevalent at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on January 28, as Honeywell's Boeing 720 flying test bed touched down after the successful first flight of the firm's new AS900 turbofan engine. Pre-launch delays caused by a brand-new digital test suite aboard the Boeing cut the ambitious four-plus hour test card by one half, however, since FAA rules require the test flight to be completed by sunset (1756 local time).
Columbia, Mo.-based Ozark Air Lines has received FAA certification and began operations under FAR Part 121. The regional carrier is operating two Fairchild 328JETs from its Columbia headquarters to Chicago Midway and Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport. Ozark is using similar livery as its Missouri namesake, which merged with TWA in 1986.
Michael Gregory has been named vice president and general manager of its West Palm Beach facility, a new position. Gregory, a 12-year Jet Aviation veteran, was the company's CFO. Susan Howard is Jet's new customer service manager in West Palm.
Schweizer Aircraft is partnering with Northup Grumman to produce an unmanned version of its Model 333 turbine helicopter for the U.S. Navy. Under the terms of the $93 million deal, Schweizer will manufacture nine airframes to be designated as Model 379 or Vertical takeoff and landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV). The aircraft is designed to carry a 200-pound payload, fly 110 nm and remain on-site for three hours at altitudes as high as 20,000 feet.
The Regional Airline Association (RAA) has selected Deborah McElroy to succeed Walt Coleman as president of the organization. Since 1991 McElroy has served as the RAA's vice president. Coleman is retiring from the RAA at the end of this month. (See page 44.) McElroy has been with the trade association since 1987, working on RAA policy and regulatory matters as well as the group's educational seminars and annual report.
Atlantic Coast Airlines will use Teledyne TeleLink on its current fleet of Canadair Regional Jets and its proposed fleet of Fairchild 328JETs and Fairchild 428JETs.
Citing fewer new-engine deliveries planned for the next two to three years, Pratt&Whitney said it will eliminate as many as 1,700 more jobs, mainly at the company's Connecticut factories. Hourly workers account for most of the cuts, while about 200 salaried jobs also are being phased out. The engine giant began cutting 3,500 jobs in a reorganization that began in 1999. Pratt says the cuts would have been deeper if employees hadn't taken advantage of an early retirement program offered to the hourly workers last year.
Mesa Air Group has placed a firm order for 36 new Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets, plus 64 options convertible into the smaller (37-seat) ERJ-135. At least 28 of the new aircraft will fly under US Airways Express colors, under an expanded code-share agreement signed in late 1999. Mesa also is expected to fly some of the 50-seat jets under its America West Express code-share. ERJ-145 deliveries are slated to begin over the next several months and continue through late 2002.
GAMA reported that 1999 was the fifth consecutive year of increases in new aircraft deliveries and predicted continued growth this year. Turbofan deliveries grew 23.9 percent, followed by a 14.3-percent increase in multiengine pistons and a nearly 14-percent rise in single-engine pistons. Turboprop deliveries were down 2.6 percent -- the only segment to experience a decrease. In all, more than 2,500 new aircraft were delivered in 1999.
DB Aviation at Waukegan Regional Airport (UGN) near Chicago is seeking new tenants for its sizeable ``corporate development area.'' The FBO says the $3 million construction project includes room for up to 20 ``corporate facilities'' of up to 90,000 square feet each, with hangar and office complexes built to suit each flight department. DB Aviation recently acquired four new fuel trucks to support its AvFuel operation, while adding a Cessna Citation S/II to its fleet of managed charter aircraft.
