Manufacturer, Model In some cases, the airplane manufacturer's name is abbreviated, but the company's full name and address can be found in the "Airframe Suppliers Directory" on page 166. The model name also is included in this group. BCA Equipped Price Price estimates are first quarter, current year dollars for the next available delivery. Some aircraft have long lead times, thus the actual price will be higher than our published price. Note well, manufacturers may adjust prices without notification.
Blackhawk Modifications, the Waco, Texas-based turboprop reengining specialist, has earned an FAA STC for its upgrade of older King Air 200 and B200 aircraft with the new Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-52 engine. The recently developed powerplant replaces the King Air 200 and B200's original PT6A-41 or -42 engines. Blackhawk, which obtained the STC in less than five months, says it is the first company to win FAA approval and make the -52 engines available for retrofit on in-service King Airs.
Construction of Panama City, Fla.'s new greenfield airport is under way and back on schedule for a May 2010 opening date, after the airport authority fended off moves by environmental groups earlier this year to stop the construction. The existing airport, hemmed in by the sea and residential and commercial development, does not and cannot meet FAA runway overrun requirements. The replacement airport, sited on a 4,000-acre parcel of land, is part of a 41,000-acre "green zone" being developed by the St.
Rockwell Collins, working with Bristow Eastern Hemisphere and Shell Aircraft, secured the first operational approval for use of a Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance System (TCAS II) aboard a helicopter. The European Aviation Safety Agency granted a supplemental type certificate for installation of the Rockwell Collins TCAS II aboard a Bristow Super Puma helicopter. Shell Aircraft worked with Rockwell Collins to install, test and certify the unit.
Adam Aircraft's assets have been sold to AAI Acquisition, a Delaware corporation formed specifically to purchase the assets of the bankrupt company by a team of former senior Adam executives and a Russian private equity asset management company, Industrial Investors. AAI Acquisition emerged as the winning -- and only -- bidder for the assets of Adam Aircraft on April 4 with a $10 million minimum bid. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved the sale and the money changed hands April 15. AAI Acquisition executives said they expect to restart the company immediately.
The U.K. government has approved an increase in flights at London-Farnborough Airport. The Secretaries of State for Communities and Local Government and Transport upheld an appeal by operator TAG Aviation, which had applied for planning permission in October 2005 to double the number of permitted movements at the business aviation field at weekends and on public holidays. TAG has now been given consent for 5,000 movements at those times, but total number of permitted annual movements will remain at 28,000. The U.K.
Capping and market-based trading carbon emissions will not necessarily help the poor, according to Professor Mohan Munasinghe, vice chairman of the 2007 Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "Carbon markets need appropriate rules -- a framework in which the potentially trillion-dollar industry can operate," he told Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) board and committee members April 6 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is hosting the PATA Annual Meeting, which included a "Climate Change - Obstacle and Opportunities" session.
Your comments in the March Viewpoint ("Deserving It") were appropriate and truthful. It is a subject often heatedly discussed and rarely resolved in my experience -- and one that will be timely long after you and I are silenced. Unfortunately. In the March 17 Newsweek, Anna Quindlen quoted a 1963 comment by Charlotte Whitton, the mayor of Ottawa: "Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought of as half as good. Luckily this is not difficult."
Standard Aero, Winnipeg, Canada, appointed Kevin Perris as STC program director for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A business unit. Michael Moore was named senior vice president of Associated Air Center (AAC), the VIP transport completion facility in Dallas, Texas.
Manufacturer and Model This block includes the manufacturer's name and the aircraft's model name and technical designation. For more information on manufacturers, see "Airframe Suppliers Directory," on page 166. B&CA Equipped Price This is the current price of the aircraft with the equipment stipulated in the "B&CA Helicopter Minimum Equipment List," and is shown for comparison purposes only. In most cases, the price is provided by the manufacturer; exceptions are so noted.
Helicopter Association International members modified its by-laws at its annual meeting in Houston Texas, to broaden its pilot and maintenance technician membership in line with HAI's outreach efforts to individual pilots and technicians in the field. The new by-law will allow any pilot or maintenance technician to join HAI, provided they are not an officer, director, or majority owner of an organization that would normally qualify for Regular or Associate Member classification. Other changes to the by-laws can be found at www.rotor.com.
Want to step up to turbine reliability, 250-plus-knot cruise speeds and virtually unbeatably low operating costs? Consider the Piper Meridian, a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-powered derivative of the PA-46 Malibu/Mirage pressurized, piston-powered single with a modified wing, 2.5-foot wider stabilizer, beefier gear and increased fuel capacity, plus updated systems. It climbs directly to FL 280 and cruises for 1,000 nm with full tanks.
Regional Airline Association (RAA), Washington, D.C., announced that Liam Connolly has joined the association as manager-Industry and Regulatory Affairs.
David Collogan's Washington on "Limiting the Value of Aircraft" (February 2008, page 86) was right on the money. This move by the Department of Homeland Security would make George Orwell blush. Considering the fraud involved in its predicate event, it is criminal. Once again general aviation is made the scapegoat of absurd government policy proposals. Having the names of passengers sent to DHS before arrival will make us no more secure than frisking wheelchair-bound grandmothers does today in the airline terminal.
Rockwell Collins' new Venue cabin management system will make its debut aboard the CJ4. Venue features an Internet protocol, high-speed digital network bus architecture supporting 1080 pixel resolution with High Definition Media Interface and Blu-ray Disc compatibility, plus compliance with high-definition copy protection protocols. It also supports legacy analog audio/video interfaces so it will work with today's music CDs and DVDs along with iPods, iPhones, MP3 players and laptop computers.
Congress is looking into an accident involving Donald Buchanan, a contract mechanic, who while working on a Continental 737 at El Paso in 2006 was killed during an engine run-up. The event was entered into Continental's ASAP. The airline, the contract maintenance company and a mechanic were fined. Another mechanic had all his certificates revoked.
By the end of 2007, major turbofan business aircraft manufacturers had racked up a $58 billion-plus order backlog, according to GAMA. Overall revenue from new general aviation sales reached $21.9 billion, a 16.4-percent increase over 2006. OEMs delivered 4,272 general aviation. aircraft in 2007, 5.4-percent more units than in the previous year.
I RUSHED OVER AND LOOKED down into the darkened concrete pit. There he was, motionless, eyes wide in panic, blood splattered on his thick white hair. Oh no, I thought, I've killed Boomer. While the underlying cause of this wrenching accident was my curiosity, the immediate culprit was the local Boys & Girls Club. Walking is a favorite activity of mine. For my dog, it's ecstasy, as though the way to a mountain of Alpo surrounded by fire hydrants guarded by meowling, slow-footed cats. He's crazy for it.
A question regarding the Learjet 35 departure, which ended up in the mountains ("Combatting CFIT," Cause & Circumstance, March 2008, page 84). Was the aircraft equipped with EGPWS or GPWS and, if so, did it work? I would suggest that if they have a waiver from this kind of equipment, then there should also be some restrictions in place, such as no VFR at night.
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has consolidated the MRO businesses of the former Landmark Aviation and the well-known mod and completion center, Associated Air Center, which it acquired in July 2007 as a compliment into DAE's aerospace engineering unit. All the businesses are now integrated and are operating under the Standard Aero banner, with Associated Air Center maintaining a separate marketing identity, the company announced March 27.
AS WE ALL KNOW (or should know) mistakes beget mistakes unless you break the chain by mentally stepping back to reassess the situation. Night IMC, a missed NOTAM and loss of situational awareness created such a chain on Feb. 2, 2007, resulting in the destruction of a Socata TBM 700 on approach to New Bedford, Mass., Regional Airport and the deaths of two pilots and their passenger.
Omni Aviacao took delivery of a Learjet 40 configured for emergency medical services conversion. The aircraft was modified to allow easy access for a stretcher. Lifeport supplied a medical kit for the aircraft, which can transport one patient on a stretcher and a four-person medical team on flights of up to 1,800 nm. The Model 40 joins Omni's fleet of three Learjet 45 business jets and one Learjet 31. Based in Portugal, Omni Aviacao provides a range of fixed-wing and helicopter services in Europe.
Mark Harris' name and photo were accidentally attached to a paragraph describing someone else's appointment as team leader for ASI in the February "On Duty," page 88. The entry should have read: Mark Harris was appointed site leader for Crane Aerospace & Electronics' Fort Walton Beach, Fla., facility.
