The Singapore Airshow has awarded a $38 million contract to Eng Lim Construction to build its new site in Changi North for its first event in 2008. BAE Systems, Boeing, EADS (including Airbus), Rolls-Royce International, ATI, Honeywell, L-3 Communications, United Technologies Corp., Bell Helicopter Textron, Saab, SIA Engineering, Sukhoi and anchor exhibitor ST Engineering have registered to participate. The Singapore Airshow replaces Asian Aerospace, a biennial event for the past 25 years, which was relocated to Hong Kong.
Professional baseball players have not merely been airplane passengers; many have become pilots. For some big leaguers, the convenience of charter flights during the baseball season helped convince them to take up flying themselves. During the 1970s especially, a variety of ballplayers -- including New York Yankee captain Thurman Munson, Detroit Tiger pitcher Denny McLain and Los Angeles Dodger players Don Sutton, Rick Monday and Reggie Smith -- earned their wings.
The "adjacency" of the electronic games industry to the aircraft simulation business is only part of the reason for the startling realism available in today's newest simulators, but it's an important one. Coupled with enormous advances in computer clock speeds and throughput, current software ensures that today's sims are as close to real as a fool-you device can get. Off-the-shelf data now available commercially means easy access to satellite imagery and other geodata that comes complete on a couple of DVDs.
RAC is issuing this Safety Communiqué to provide updated information. This Safety Communiqué also announces revisions to the various model-specific AFMs. Due to design similarities, this information is applicable to all listed models (which includes all Raytheon Mitsubishi Model MU-300; Beechjet Model 400, 400a (including Hawker 400xp); Model 400t (T-1a and TX) aircraft.)
Flaps fully extended and landing gear down and locked, the King Air B100 descended to Runway 33 at North Central State airport in Pawtucket, R.I. The right main landing gear touched down approximately two feet prior to the runway, and collapsed when the wheel struck the elevated runway edge. The airplane subsequently came to rest upright off the right side of the runway. The pilot did not report any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.
On Feb. 16, 2005, at approximately 0913, a Cessna Citation 560 operated by Circuit City crashed while on an ILS approach in IMC to Runway 26R at Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB), Pueblo, Colo. The two pilots and six passengers were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed. The National Weather Service (NWS) reported low clouds, fog, freezing drizzle, visibility of about six miles and a temperature of 27°F at the airport at the time of the crash.
I'm sure many flight departments operating long-range aircraft are working with requests from executives to "shrink the world," but they are a challenge. Here's a sampling of some my department has fielded in the last few months: (1) Mr. B has to go to a small city in southern Chile and be there before noon. He will be spending two days and then coming home. (2) Mr. A wants to go straight through to Tokyo. He will leave New York about 8 p.m. He wants to leave the second day after at 3 p.m. and come straight home.
All flights must be stabilized by 1,000 feet above airport elevation in IMC and by 500 feet above airport elevation in VMC. An approach is stabilized when all of the following criteria are met: -The aircraft is on the correct flight path; -Only small changes in heading/pitch are required to maintain the correct flight path; -The aircraft speed is not more than VREF + 20 KIAS and not less than VREF;
Swearingen claims that the cabin of the SJ30 is 150 inches long and 60 inches in diameter. In reality, though, the cabin measures 4.5 feet high by 4.3 feet wide, thus it's slightly smaller in cross section than a legacy Learjet but a touch bigger than the Citation Mustang. The distance from cabin/cockpit divider to the aft cabin is 11.6 feet with a 7.7-foot-long main seating area. There are five 9.3-inch-wide by 12.5-inch-tall squared-oval windows on each side of the cabin. Each has a slide-lever operated window shade.
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Bombardier Aerospace received an order from Tassili Airlines of Algeria for four Q400 regional turboprops. The contract, valued at $103 million (U.S.), calls for deliveries to begin in third quarter 2007. Tassili will be the second carrier in Africa, and the first in Algeria, to operate the 74-seat airliner. Tassili, a subsidiary of the Sonatrach State Energy Group, initially plans to use the aircraft to transport workers to oil fields in Algeria.
The FAA says air traffic delays dropped sharply in July thanks to a new flow initiative -- lowering year-to-date totals almost to 2005's levels. There were 47,649 delays in July, compared with 58,471 in the same month last year, the FAA said. The total for the calendar year through July was 262,932 delays -- slightly ahead of the 261,130 delays for the same period in 2005. The number of flights handled by the FAA under instrument flight rules is down by about 1 million so far this year.
Business Jet Center, based at Oakland (Calif.) International Airport (OAK), added a 42,000-square-foot hangar at its FBO facility. Formerly used as a commercial airline maintenance facility, the hangar has 50-foot-tall automatic doors and can accommodate the largest business jets, including the Boeing BBJ, Gulfstream 550 and Global Express. The structure also has office and shop space and is equipped with a high-capacity foam fire suppression system and an electronic security system. Business Jet Center is an ExxonMobil Avitat fuel dealer.
Landmark Aviation announced the completion of a $2 million hangar and office facility at its Raleigh, N.C., FBO. The expansion at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport includes 13,500 square feet of additional space for aircraft storage and maintenance, a new three-bay ground equipment support hangar, and 4,800 square feet of office space. "This expansion provides additional hangar and work areas for our based tenants," said Tracine Anderson, Landmark Aviation general manager at Raleigh.
En route from Oxford, Miss., to Rochester, Minn., the pilots of a Cessna Citation 560 diverted to Ellen Church Field, Crasco, Iowa. After touching down on Runway 33, the jet ran off the 2,949-foot-long runway's end and into a cornfield where it received substantial damage. Both pilots were killed, while the two passengers were seriously injured.
BAE Systems has received a contract to enter Phase III of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) program to protect commercial airliners from shoulder-fired heat-seeking missiles, also known as Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS). The contract was expected and, including options, is valued at more than $50 million. In Phase III, BAE will continue to refine its military-derived JetEye airliner protection system, which uses a low-power laser to blind the seekers of incoming missiles. JetEye flew on an American Airlines Boeing 767 in late 2005.
A July survey of used airplane brokers and dealers from around the United States indicated that the traditional summer slowdown in previously owned aircraft sales has not materialized for most of them this year. A majority of the aircraft salespeople polled said that demand for late-model, low-time aircraft remains robust, thanks to multi-year backlogs for many popular new-production models, a resilient economy and continuing relatively low interest rates. A few brokers and dealers, however, have noticed a modest slowdown in their business.
Germany-based Thielert Aircraft Engines GmbH has signed a breakthrough deal with the American Flyers to convert its 55 of the training company's Cessna 172s to Centurion 1.7 jet fuel piston engines. Frank Thielert, managing director of Thielert, stated, "If the other European certifications are validated in the United States, we can reckon with a North American market of 1,000 replacement engines a year for the Piper PA28-161 alone." The FAA type certification for the installation of the Centurion 1.7 for the Skyhawk was awarded in January 2005.
The latest in Sporty's popular Flight Gear line is the Solo Flight Gear Bag. Designed by Sporty's team of pilots, this bag meets the needs of experienced pilots who have less to carry on their flights. A completely padded interior features three separate compartments, giving pilots the versatility to carry their headsets, GPS and other necessary gear. A special padded exterior pocket is designed for a handheld transceiver.
Aircraft hydraulic systems were developed in the early 20th century as a practical means of transmitting robust mechanical power generated by a pump, usually driven by an engine, to a motor or actuator several feet away. Newly developed "heavy lifting" functions, such as actuating landing gear and flaps, required more mechanical muscle than could be supplied by electric motors or actuators of acceptable weight or size.
Runway 1/19 at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC), reopened Aug. 15, a week ahead of schedule. The project involved completely removing and replacing the pavement and electrical systems for the main, 7,000-foot-long runway. The 5,050-foot-long Runway 3/21 reopened earlier this summer after the intersection of the two runways was rehabilitated.
AirCell has received EASA certification for its ST 3100 satcom system installed on a Cessna Citation Bravo. The AirCell ST 3100 system is the industry's best-selling satcom system, and is standard or optional equipment on nearly two dozen OEM aircraft programs worldwide. It operates on the Iridium Satellite System, providing pilots and passengers all-altitude, all-latitude coverage throughout the world. AirCell has EASA Part 145 approval (certificate reference number EASA.145.5595).
