Initially, implementation of the 1,000-foot Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums (RVSM) will be from FL 330 through FL 370 inclusive, within MNPS airspace of the North Atlantic Track region. An item in January's Intelligence (page 13) incorrectly stated the upper flight level.
Sabreliner's SabreTech unit is selling its Miami maintenance base, the facility alleged to have erroneously mislabeled filled oxygen canisters as empty before they were loaded as cargo on the ill-fated ValuJet DC-9. According to accident investigators, the canisters may have caused or contributed to a fire aboard the aircraft that crashed in the Everglades on May 11, 1996. The sale comes several months after St.
Two managers have been hired to fill new positions: Jack Alkema is manager of courseware standards, and Cathleen Stoker is manager of courseware development.
Here are some of the more than 580 static and transient aircraft parked at Showalter Flying Services at Orlando Executive Airport for the 49th NBAA annual convention in November 1996. The show attracted more than 24,565 attendees and 825 exhibitors in 3,107 booth spaces. In 1995, the convention drew 24,884 attendees and 745 companies exhibiting in 2,760 spaces. The 50th NBAA convention is scheduled for September 23-25 in Dallas.
Michael Wuebbling has been appointed to the new position of vice president of customer service and product support for this subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries scheduled to be replaced by Galaxy Aerospace Corporation.
The French government plans to follow up the scheduled merger of airliner builder Aerospatiale and Falcon Jet manufacturer Dassault Aviation by privatizing the merged company. However, the government still plans to retain majority ownership of the new entity (B/CA, November 1996, page 20). The merger, targeted for later this year, will not include Dassault Systems, a unit that specializes in computer-assisted design and manufacturing programs. A name for the merged companies has not been selected.
Arthur Stockmann joined this charter operator and corporate aviation management company as director of operations. Previously, he worked in various management capacities for Xerox Corporation's flight department.
A number of educated, ambitious young aviators have gotten jobs or created flying jobs for themselves because they knew how to do a feasibility study . . . and then kept that job because they knew how to continually justify the aircraft.
It's convenient for those who have felt the sting of FAA enforcement to vilify the agency as a faceless, regulatory bureaucracy unsympathetic to pilots and aircraft operators. But FAA critics often forget that the agency includes many dedicated individuals who have helped the United States develop an unrivaled technical expertise in many areas and who strive to help keep the U.S. aviation system the safest and best in the world.
Most general aviation interests are guardedly optimistic that over the next five years, Meigs Field will prove its value to Chicago officials and, thus, remain open indefinitely. Under an agreement between the state of Illinois and the city, Meigs must remain open for at least five years. Then, Chicago will be free to close the airport. The settlement also calls for the state to fund an ILS and for the city to make repairs to the runway.
Edited By GORDON A. GILBERTRichard O. Reinhart, M.D.
Some sections of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 1996, and the new rule that allows individuals with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) to be issued a third-class medical certificate, hold numerous implications for career aviators. Here's a brief look at some of these ramifications:
Installation of a device intended to stop aircraft safely if they overrun a runway was recently completed on the end of Runway 4R/22L at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The arrestor system consists of about 2,000 eight-by-four-foot blocks of aerated, cellular cement that are designed to absorb the force of even the largest jet transport and stop it without causing injuries to those aboard. Similar systems may be installed at other airports, according to an FAA official.
General aviation advocates have always had a hard time communicating the value of non-airline flying to the general public. While economic impact studies often make the financial case for GA, the eyes of John Q. Public usually glaze over when they are bombarded with statistics.
Signature Flight Support signed an agreement with Zimex Aviation Holding of Zollikon, Switzerland to develop an FBO at Zurich International Airport. Construction of the facility, previously referred to as the Zimex Business Aviation Center, has been under way since 1996 and is expected to be completed in March (B/CA, July 1996, page 24). In addition to housing Zimex Aviation Maintenance, the FBO also will contain the offices of Zimex Aviation Group, which offers business aircraft charter and management. A customs clearance office also will be located there.
Great Western Aviation opened an FBO at Utah's Bountiful Skypark Airport. The opening coincided with the completion of a major makeover of the VFR airfield's movement areas, terminal building and crew amenities. Line services at Skypark include fueling and maintenance. Meanwhile, the company recently added a 15,000-square-foot storage hangar to its headquarters FBO at Utah's Ogden-Hinckley Airport. The new hangar, equipped with a floor heating system, can accommodate aircraft up to the size of Gulfstream IVs.
Teledyne Controls has licensed from Hughes Defense Communications the exclusive marketing, sales and customer service rights to the former Magnavox MagnaStar airborne telephone system
Cessna's Citation Bravo and Dassault's Falcon 50EX business jets have received FAA certification. The Bravo certification, originally scheduled for April 1996, is a provisional approval, but deliveries of fully certificated aircraft are expected to begin this spring (B/CA, October 1994, page 21), said Cessna. The Falcon 50EX has full certification, and the first delivery of the tri-engine aircraft was expected to have been made at the end of January to an operator in Europe. The first U.S.
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