JET AVIATION BASEL completed a 35,520-square-foot hangar extension. The CHF 6 million project was completed in seven months. The new hangar space is designed to accommodate the Dassault Falcon completions lines. Jet Aviation provides completions for the Falcon 2000, 900 and 7X. Jet Aviation said the additional space not only will help the company increase production, but also free up space in the other hangars.
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is contributing $6 million to the National Air and Space Museum over the next two years, money that will be used to help pay for construction of Phase II of the Udvar-Hazy Center facility adjacent to Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.
BOMBARDIER Model BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11 airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2008-1238; Directorate Identifier 2008-NM-181-AD; Amendment 39-15753; AD 2008-24-12] – Inspect for damage and wear and lubricate all elevator power control unit (PCU) attachment joints, in accordance with Bombardier Alert Service Bulletin A700-1A11-27-024, Rev. 01 (dated Oct. 3, 2008) or A700-27-066, Rev. 01 (dated Oct. 3, 2008), as applicable. If any damage is found, replace the affected parts in accordance with Bombardier Service Bulletin 700-1A11-27-025 (dated Oct.
Hangar Space for Lease at the Van Nuys Airport Maguire Aviation is in the process of developing hangar and offices for single and multiple tenant occupancy. Please contact Mike McDaniel or Tim Wray for more information at 800-451-7270. Click here to view the pdf
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a series of clarifications, which the FBO community had been anticipating, to the agency’s Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) final rule released in December 2006 and pushed back the compliance deadline for newer facilities until Nov. 20, 2009. EPA said the changes are designed to streamline and tailor the requirements to industry sectors. “With these changes, EPA expects to encourage greater compliance with SPCC regulations,” the agency said. The deadline extension applies to facilities built after Aug.
The National Transportation Safety Board is attempting to determine what caused the loss of engine power in a Beech A36 Bonanza that subsequently crashed near the New Coalinga, Calif. Municipal Airport (C80), resulting in the death of a passenger. The aircraft, N3058Y, was registered to Sofiair, Inc. of Long Beach. The accident flight departed from the Long Beach Airport (LGB) at about 1900 local time on March 30 for a flight to the Harris Ranch Airport (308) in Coalinga.
AVFUEL added Destin Jet in Destin, Fla. and Million Air in Rome, N.Y. as branded dealers. The fixed-base operations will offer Avfuel’s AVTRIP rewards program and Avfuel Contract Fuel. Destin Jet this year opened a new 6,000-square-foot executive terminal that provides round-the-clock passenger and crew services.
AVIONS DE TRANSPORT REGIONAL ATR42-200, -300, -320 and -500; and ATR72-101, -102, -201, -202, -211, -212 and -212A airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2008-1237; Directorate Identifier 2008-NM-125-AD] – This proposed AD would require operators to inspect the electrical wires in the bulkhead area and repair them if any chafing or contact between cable bundles and the airframe structure is found, per the instructions of ATR Service Bulletin ATR42-92-0015 or ATR72-92-1016 (both dated Feb. 11, 2008).
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA JT15D-5, -5B, -5F and -5R engines [Docket No. FAA-2008-0752; Directorate Identifier 2008-NE-22-AD; Amendment 39-15750; AD 2008-24-10] – Replace the existing compressor air to Hydro Mechanical Unit (HMU) delivery tube with a serviceable tube, per the instructions of P&WC Alert Service Bulletin No. JT15D-72-A7611, Rev. 1 (dated June 16, 2008).
B/E AEROSPACE Founder, Chairman and CEO Amin Khoury was selected as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 national award winner in the Distribution and Manufacturing category. Khoury, who received the award during the Entrepreneur Of The Year gala in Palm Springs, Calif., was recognized for building B/E Aerospace into a major manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products and components. He purchased Florida-based Bach Engineering in 1987. Since that time the company grew from $3 million in annual revenues to $1.7 billion.
KENNETH (KEN) DANDY, whose career began in the early days of the business jet industry in Canada, has retired from Innotech-Execaire Aviation Group after 44 years with the company. The longtime vice president and general manager of the company’s operations in Western Canada was responsible for fixed-base operations, technical services and marketing and sales efforts in the western part of the country.
The business aviation community continued to come under a barrage of negative media coverage last week as Ford Motor Co. and General Motors announced plans to close their flight departments. The chief executives of Ford, GM and Chrysler faced blistering criticism both from Congress and in the media for their decision to use “luxury corporate jets” to travel to Washington, D.C. late last month to ask for billions of dollars in emergency government loans (BA, Nov. 24/237).
The National Transportation Safety Board is attempting to determine what caused the loss of engine power in a Beech A36 Bonanza that subsequently crashed near the New Coalinga, Calif. Municipal Airport (C80), resulting in the death of a passenger. The aircraft, N3058Y, was registered to Sofiair, Inc. of Long Beach. The accident flight departed from the Long Beach Airport (LGB) at about 1900 local time on March 30 for a flight to the Harris Ranch Airport (308) in Coalinga.
THE FRACTIONAL AIRCRAFT PROVIDER also may form a joint venture with Jeppesen to develop custom RNP procedures for its use, but NetJets has developed some of its own custom procedures unilaterally in the past. Some of the NextGen tests will probably occur at Teterboro and Westchester County Airports and others at East Coast facilities where air traffic is congested, such as in Florida.
USED BUSINESS JET INVENTORIES were up again in November, “the tenth consecutive month of increases, reaching 12.3 percent of the active fleet, the highest level since our data set began in December 1995,” a J.P. Morgan analysis said last week. Inventories were up in all aircraft categories and 21 of 23 aircraft models tracked showed increases in the number of used aircraft available.
Embraer inched toward receiving the much-anticipated certification of its Phenom 100 Very Light Jet with the formal issuance of special conditions late last month. The Brazilian manufacturer, meanwhile, broke ground Thursday on its first U.S. aircraft assembly plant and design center dedicated to the executive jet business.
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HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORPORATION BH.125 Series 600A and HS.125 Series 700A airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2008-1240; Directorate Identifier 2008-NM-098-AD] – For aircraft modified in accordance with STC SA2271SW, this proposed AD would require inspecting the wiring diagrams of the cockpit blowers of the cockpit ventilation and avionics cooling system and comparing them with the current airplane configuration, reworking the wiring if necessary, per the instructions of Hawker Beechcraft Mandatory Service Bulletin 24-3850 (dated January 2008).
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a series of clarifications, which the FBO community had been anticipating, to the agency’s Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) final rule released in December 2006 and pushed back the compliance deadline for newer facilities until Nov. 20, 2009. EPA said the changes are designed to streamline and tailor the requirements to industry sectors. “With these changes, EPA expects to encourage greater compliance with SPCC regulations,” the agency said. The deadline extension applies to facilities built after Aug.
Embraer inched toward receiving the much-anticipated certification of its Phenom 100 Very Light Jet with the formal issuance of special conditions late last month. The Brazilian manufacturer, meanwhile, broke ground Thursday on its first U.S. aircraft assembly plant and design center dedicated to the executive jet business.
CHRISTOPHE CHOLLET was named director of sales for Canada’s Field Aviation, which has major facilities in Calgary, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario. Chollet will be based in Toronto and will report to David Jensen, vice president of business development. Chollet has 15 years of experience in the aviation industry. Most recently he was with Huchinson Aerospace where he was sales and marketing director. Before that he was at Bombardier Aerospace where he was involved in engineering and design integration of the Global Express business jet.
THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION launched an outreach campaign last week designed to “underscore the value of the aerospace and defense industry to our nation’s economic health.” AIA said the initiative, aimed at the incoming Obama Administration and Congress, will “encourage leaders to consider the industry as an economic driver that will help our nation overcome our current financial challenges. The aerospace and defense industry supports more than 2 million middle class jobs with over 30,000 suppliers from all 50 states,” AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey said.
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