Manufacturer, Model and Type Designation 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 132. The model name and the type designation also are included in this group. B/CA Equipped Price
Ibis Aerospace has priced the high-performance version of its Ae270 propjet at $2.195 million and revised the price of the base Ae270P model to $1.995 million. Both aircraft are single-engine, pressurized turboprops accommodating up to 10 people, including crew, and are intended as an upgrade for Socata TBM 700 and New Piper Meridian owners, or as an alternative to the Pilatus PC-12. Equipped with a single Pratt&Whitney Canada PT6A-66A engine, the Ae270HP offers higher cruising speed and service ceiling than the PT6A-42A-powered Ae270P.
Few pilots are better qualified to discuss the dangers of alcohol than Lyle Prouse, the Northwest Airlines captain whose fall from grace made national headlines 11 years ago.
Universal Weather and Aviation has named Greg Evans as president and CEO. Over the past 22 years, Evans has held various positions with Universal in the area of marketing, sales and flight operations. He was responsible for the company's expansion into Europe and Asia and helped bring its services ``online.'' Founded in 1959 by Tom Evans, Universal provides worldwide weather forecasting, flight planning, contract fuel program, service network and related software programs.
Jet Aviation, Teterboro, has named Vernon Bieraugel as vice president Teterboro FBO services and vice president U.S. facility services. Additionally, Paul Engl has been promoted to director of flight operations for the company's U.S. operations.
FlightSafety International and MedAire are teaming up to provide medical training classes for aviation personnel. ``Management of Inflight Illness and Injury'' will focus on handling medical events in flight, including the use of CPR and automated external defibrillators, as well as human anatomy, altitude physiology, oxygen systems and properly assessing the severity of inflight illness and injuries. The program will be offered as a two-day initial course and one-day recurrent class at MedAire's Dallas training center.
With the newly certified Premier I now cleared for full-scale production, Ray-theon is expected to push development of its ``super midsize'' Hawker Horizon and ``light midsize'' Hawker 450, unveiled in fall 2000 at the NBAA convention in New Orleans. ``We learned a lot with the Premier I, and those lessons will be applied to the other two aircraft,'' said Hansel Tookes, chairman and CEO of Raytheon Aircraft, speaking in Washington, D.C. at the Premier I's first public display since certification.
The Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) have completed reviewing comments on a proposal (NPA 145-12) that requires all JAA operators to establish a ``maintenance human factors'' program. Final approval is expected by the end this year. ``The proposed changes to JAR 145 were based on industry best practices and it is our policy that an adequate maintenance human factors culture can only flourish if it is supported by an appropriate regulatory change,'' said Jean-Marc Cluzeau, chairman of the JAA human factors working group.
Saab has created a new business unit focusing solely on providing support for the manufacturer's regional aircraft customers. Saab Aviation Services will encompass Saab Aircraft Leasing, Saab Aircraft Customer Support, business jet operator Saab Air and maintenance provider Celsius Aviation Services. Celsius is likely to be sold later in the year. Saab Aviation Services will employ 1,500 people, and the venture is expected to generate annual revenues of $315 million.
The Air Group, Van Nuys, Calif., has named R. Eric Weimar as director of client services at its Denver office. In this position, Weimar is responsible for charter clientele for the Rocky Mountain region.
NOVA Advisory Group International, Manassas, Va., has appointed Douglas Kobayashi senior vice president of maintenance and engineering. Prior to NOVA, Kobayashi served as president and CEO of Dee Howard Aircraft Maintenance.
Airbus and Boeing will participate in Global Aviation Bar Code Forums ``to share their progress and vision for permanent bar code identification [PBCI]'' of aircraft parts and components, Boeing said. PBCI ``is the beginning of true traceability of parts in the industry,'' said Kenneth Porad, program manager of the bar code program at Boeing. The bar code forums will be held in conjunction with Frontline Solutions Expo events set for Amsterdam, The Netherlands in October and Chicago in November.
Sino Swearingen said a group of Taiwanese investors committed ``necessary funds to complete [FAA] certification'' of the SJ30-2 business jet. For additional information about the SJ30-2 program, see page 52.
Canada's CAE will build four regional airliner simulators. Schreiner Aviation Training of the Netherlands has ordered two Fairchild Dornier 328JET simulators. Continental Express also purchased two Embraer ERJ-145 simulators and a flight training device for its Houston training center. The new simulators will be built to conform with FAA and JAA Level D standards, and are expected to be delivered in 2002. Schreiner now has 20 CAE simulators on order.
In case you've been ``cast away'' for the last several years, regional jets (RJs) have come to dominate the regional airline business in the United States and to a lesser extent Europe. If huge orders for new jets characterized 1999, then 2000 saw the market gain clarity with hard choices by the biggest players and the elimination of a few smaller ones.
