FAA and Transportation Security Administration officials, acknowledging that temporary flight restrictions (TFR) are already numerous, warn that the number of TFRs are only going to increase as the election season draws closer.
German authorities are investigating the loss of a Learjet after the aircraft collided with a German air force Eurofighter Typhoon. Two people died when the Learjet 35A of aerial target company Gesellschaft fuer Flugzieldarstellung GmbH (GFD) crashed into the countryside on June 23 near the village of Olsburg, between Kassel and Dortmund.
Y ou’ve made the decision to replace your flight department’s aircraft. You have identified the models best able to achieve your anticipated missions and have determined the preferred interior configuration. Now, how do you go about optimizing your aircraft’s replacement value?
Range/Payload Profile — Each of the four payload/range lines was plotted from only two data points by B&CA , so they are highly simplistic approximations. The graph illustrates the Eclipse 550 at a 518-lb. payload, 1,109 nm at high-speed cruise in 3 hr. 26 min. FAR Part 23 50-ft.
The Avio system is more than an avionics package; it is a dual redundant aircraft computer system that also controls electrical, fuel, engine support, environmental, ice protection landing gear, exterior lights, pressurization, trim control and fire extinguishing systems. The anti-skid braking system computer is a stand-alone unit that was not planned for the original aircraft.
Two dozen of the windshield failures in the U.K. database involved rotorcraft. Of those, 19 resulted from high-speed collisions with birds, with the potential for shattered windshield pieces flying violently into the cabin and piercing the flight crew or cabin occupants. For example, on Dec. 5, 2008, an Aerospatiale AS355 was cruising near Leominster when a large bird was sighted just prior to impact. The windshield shattered and the dead bird’s carcass struck and injured the student pilot in the left seat.
