KRISTI IVEY was appointed Northwest regional representative for the National Business Aviation Association. Ivey will represent NBAA in a territory that includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Ivey spent more than eight years with the Home Depot flight department, where she managed the dispatch/operations function. Before joining Home Depot she was with Delta Air Lines and Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts Airport.
NANCY PETERSEN was named vice president of marketing for Executive Jet Management. She will oversee all marketing, including strategic planning, advertising, direct mail, and public relations. She has 20 years of marketing and management experience, most recently as director of marketing and sales support at Five Seasons, a national real estate company. She also has held marketing and sales positions with Cincinnati Bell.
Model ERJ 170-100 LR, -100 STD, -100 SE, -100 SU, -200 LR, -200 STD, and -200 SU Airplanes and Model ERJ 190 Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2006-26462; Directorate Identifier 2006-NM-221-AD] - Proposes to require inspecting to determine the part number and serial number of the deployment actuator of the ram air turbine (RAT) and related investigative and corrective actions if necessary. This proposed AD results from reports that the RAT may not fully deploy due to galling between the piston rod and gland housing of the deployment actuator.
LANDMARK AVIATION won FAA supplemental type certificate approval for the installation of a Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 IDS integrated display system on Dassault Falcon 50 aircraft. The IDS integrates information in large format flat panel displays, including graphical weather, electronic charts and maps and flight management system. The IDS can be configured with three or four 8-by-10-inch active matrix liquid crystal displays. The system can accommodate options such as attitude heading reference system and traffic alert and collision avoidance system.
JAMES GODWIN, a retired rear admiral with the U.S. Navy, was appointed vice president of certification and life cycle support for Athena Technologies, a provider of flight control and navigation systems for unmanned aerial vehicles. Godwin will be responsible for seeking FAA certification for the Athena GuideStar flight control and navigation product line. In addition, Godwin will oversee training, logistics and aftermarket support. He served with the Navy for 30 years in senior management, including as F/A-18 program manager.
JAKE HART joined Chelton Flight Systems as vice president of autopilot systems. Hart will introduce the Chelton HeliSAS line of helicopter autopilots and stability augmentation systems. A former marketing executive with SAGEM Avionics, Hart also has served as an experimental test pilot for Bell Helicopter and test pilot/director with American Eurocopter.
Congressional hearings, government investigations, and high level meetings continued to probe deficiencies in Brazil's air traffic control system last week. While controllers had originally announced a new "slowdown" operation for Dec. 22-23, one of their labor leaders told a public hearing at the Federal Chamber of Representatives in Brasilia that no such tactic would be adopted at a time when heavy holiday traffic normally creates flight cancellations and delays.
A GULFSTREAM G550 business jet, Serial Number 5097, set four city-pair records in three weeks on trips between cities in Asia, North America and Europe, according to the aircraft manufacturer. The first trip involved a 4,494-nautical-mile flight between Edinburgh Airport in Scotland and China's Beijing Capital International Airport. The flight, which began Oct. 31, took 8 hours and 47 minutes, and averaged Mach 0.87. The aircraft took off from Beijing Nov. 2 on a 4,407-nm return flight to Edinburgh. That flight took 10 hours and 1 minute, averaging Mach 0.85. On Nov.
BUSINESS AVIATION LEADERS representing multiple organizations and companies gathered Thursday in Washington, D.C. to develop a cohesive plan for combating what they fear will be a significant user-fee battle in 2007. The strategy session, held in conjunction with a meeting of NBAA's board and associate council members, included the heads of other major GA groups. The participants agreed to maintain their unified opposition to user-fee proposals and discussed specific initiatives.
January 7-11, 2007 - American Association of Airport Executives, 21st Annual Aviation Issues Conference, Kauai, Hawaii. Contact AAAE at (703) 824-0500. February 6-7 - NBAA: Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) 2007, Hong Kong. Contact Linda Peters at (202) 783-9000, email: [email protected], www.abace.aero. February 15-17 - Women in Aviation International Conference, Orlando, Fla. Contact Connie Lawrence, WAI, (937) 839-4647.
EMBRAER has decided to offer the CMC PilotView Class II electronic flight bag (EFB) as an option on the company's E-Jets commercial aircraft and Legacy 600 and Lineage 1000 business jets. The compact system includes two display/processor units and can replace conventional flight bag contents such as checklist procedures and maps. The EFB also can include the Embraer Portable Operational Package that allows performance, weight and balance calculation and provides access to operational publications.
Discovery Air of London, Ontario said its Hicks & Lawrence Ltd. subsidiary signed an agreement to buy the turbine charter business of Walsten Air Services (1986) Ltd. Based in Kenora, Ontario, Walsten's assets include four Beech King Air turboprop aircraft and a hangar. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other conditions, but is expected to close before the end of February.
Regional Airline Association elected Paul Foley, president and chief executive of MAIR Holdings, as chairman of the association. Foley succeeds Jeff Pinneo, president of Horizon Air, who served as the 2006 RAA chairman. Also elected were Bryan Bedford, president and chief executive of Republic Airways Holdings, as vice chairman; Rick Leach, president and chief operating officer of Trans States Holdings, as treasurer; and Dan Wolf, president of Cape Air, as secretary.
CIT Group's Aerospace and Defense Finance division has structured an inventory financing transaction for The NORDAM Group, CIT Group said. The agreement will provide financing for a pool of rotable inventory components used to support NORDAM's growing repair and overhaul business.
Embraer sold an Embraer 170 jet to Sirte Oil Company, the first Embraer customer in Libya. Sirte is scheduled to take delivery of its new Embraer regional jet in March. The aircraft will be configured in a single-class 76-seat layout and used to transport company personnel from Sirte's main base in Marsa El Brega to Tripoli and other Sirte stations in Libya.
Doug Schwartz took over this month as manager of global aviation services for Conoco Phillips, overseeing worldwide aviation assets for the petroleum company. Schwartz, who had joined TAG Aviation USA this summer as vice president of flight operations and standards, said the job at TAG was a great fit and that he was sad to leave. But he said the opportunity at ConocoPhillips was too good to pass up. Schwartz spent 24 years with FlightSafety International, rising through the ranks to become corporate director of standards.
Appointed senior vice president, engineering and program management, for Englewood, Colo.-based Adam Aircraft. Bisges previously was senior vice president of engineering for Sino Swearingen Aircraft, where he led the SJ30-2 twin jet to certification. He also spent 12 years with Bombardier Aerospace, overseeing engineering for the Global Express, Challenger 604, RJ 200 Learjet 60 and Learjet 40. Bisges has 20 years of aviation engineering experience.
Aircraft Owners And Pilots Association and the Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association (RACCA) are upset with FAA about what they say is a significant and unwarranted policy change regarding flight into known icing. Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association representatives were meeting with FAA late last week in Washington in an attempt to persuade agency officials to overturn a recent ruling by an FAA attorney. RACCA says the new interpretation significantly expands the definition of "known icing conditions." See article below.
Two newly elected senators, Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, will join the Senate Commerce Committee in January, when Democrats take control of Congress. McCaskill and Klobuchar are among 10 newly elected senators - eight Democrats, one Republican and one independent - who will be sworn in next year as members of the 110th Congress. Incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)announced committee membership and the incoming committee chairs.
Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains, N.Y. recently presented its 12th annual "Spirit of Noise Abatement Awards" to based corporate operators that had achieved 100 percent compliance with the airport's voluntary noise-abatement programs during 2005. The New York City-area corporate airport has a voluntary nighttime curfew in effect from midnight until 6:30 a.m., as well as a high-range noise event limit of 93 dBA.
Landmark Aviation added a Gulfstream G450 and G200 to its management fleet. Landmark has 40 aircraft under management, 31 of which are available for charter. The latest additions will be based in the eastern U.S.
December 15 - Aero Club of Washington, 2006 Wright Memorial Dinner, honoring Norman Mineta, former Member of Congress and Transportation Secretary. Contact Nancy Hackett, Executive Director, Aero Club of Washington, (703) 327-7082. January 7-11, 2007 - American Association of Airport Executives, 21st Annual Aviation Issues Conference, Kauai, Hawaii. Contact AAAE at (703) 824-0500.
