Was named vice president of program management at Associated Air Center. Moore previously served as vice president and general manager at TIMCO Aviation Services, and before that, he was director of operations at Northwest Airlines. He also served as director of inspection and inspection manager for the airline.
Some two decades after aeronautical engineer Ed Swearingen began designing a small business jet, the SJ-30 program reached a long-awaited milestone last week with formal delivery of the first production aircraft, S/N 006, to San Antonio, Texas businessman Douglas Jaffe, one of the early investors in the program.
November 9-11 - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Expo 2006, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, Calif., (301) 695-2000, www.aopa.org/expo November 15-16 - Regional Airline Association Fall Membership Meeting, Washington, D.C. Contact: Scott Gordon at (202) 367-1170. December 4-6 - National Agricultural Aviation Association Convention, Orlando, Fla. Contact: Peggy Knizer (202) 546-5726.
Mooney Airplane Company (MAC) is still building single-engine airplanes in Kerrville, Texas, but the company's ownership now appears to be made up largely of investment groups registered in several countries outside the U.S.
BOMBARDIER signed a memorandum of understanding with Aerodynamics Inc. of Waterford, Mich. to offer corporate shuttle services for flight departments. Under the MOU, ADI will offer fleet management services for Bombardier Corporate Shuttle customers. These services include day-to-day aircraft management, flight crew, catering and entertainment. ADI also will provide security screening, aircraft handling and maintenance, scheduling, ground transportation and charter potential.
Model TBM 700 airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2006-25332; Directorate Identifier 2006-CE-40-AD; Amendment 39-14808; AD 2006-22-11] - Requires lubricating the elevator trim tab actuator rods without removal. The AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the aviation authority of France. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as unsatisfactory initial elevator trim actuator greasing, which may lead to the icing of the elevator trim and generate an untrimmed nose-up attitude after an autopilot disconnection.
CORPORATE ANGEL NETWORK (CAN) arranged 257 patient flights in October, a record for the White Plains, N.Y. charity that arranges transportation for cancer patients aboard business jets. Last month's activity eclipsed the previous monthly record of 253 flights set last year. The 257th flight transported a patient to Houston for treatment of a rare type of cancer. CAN was formed 25 years ago and now has 530 participating corporations, five paid staff members and a team of 50 part-time volunteers. The organization has arranged nearly 25,000 flights.
PIAGGIO'S P.180 Avanti II turboprop set a speed record en route to last month's National Business Aviation Association annual meeting and convention in Orlando, Fla., Piaggio said. The Avanti II flew from Denver Jefferson County Airport to Orlando Executive Airport in three hours and nineteen minutes, averaging a ground speed of 477 miles per hour. Piaggio claims 17 speed records for the Avanti and Avanti II. The Avanti II can fly more than 1,800 miles at 398 knots (450 mph) and a maximum cruising altitude of 41,000 feet.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION'S Aviation Safety organization last month became the first federal agency of its size to earn ISO 9001:2000 certification from the International Organization for Standardization. FAA's Aviation Safety organization began working toward ISO 9001:2000 in 2001. The organization created a Quality Management System to adopt standardized processes designed to assure continual improvement and recognize employee contributions.
Models AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2006-24228; Directorate Identifier 2006-CE-22-AD; Amendment 39-14805; AD 2006-22-08] - Requires repetitively inspecting the engine mount for any cracks, repairing or replacing any cracked engine mount, and reporting any cracks found to the FAA. This AD results from reports of cracked engine mounts. FAA is issuing the AD to detect and correct cracks in the engine mount, which could result in failure of the engine mount. Such failure could lead to separation of the engine from the airplane.
Model HC-B5MP-3( )/M10282A( )+6 and HC-B5MP-3( )/M10876( )( )( )( ) Five-Bladed Propellers [Docket No. FAA-2006-25841; Directorate Identifier 86-ANE-7; Amendment 39-14809; AD 2006-22-12] - Supersedes an existing AD that currently requires initial and repetitive torque check inspections on the mounting bolts on certain model Hartzell Propeller HC-B5MP-3( )/M10282A( )+6 five-bladed propellers, replacement of mounting bolts if necessary, and inspection and resurfacing of the engine and propeller mounting flanges, if necessary.
BOMBARDIER earned U.S. FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency approval for the Challenger 605 business jet equipped with the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics suite. FAA granted approval on Oct. 20 and EASA on Oct. 24. Transport Canada approved the aircraft earlier in the month. Bombardier expects the aircraft to enter service in the company's third fiscal quarter of 2007. Launched in November 2005 as a successor to the Challenger 604, the 605 has a maximum cruise speed of Mach .82, a payload 200 pounds higher than the 604's and room for up to 12 passengers.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION predicts about 5,000 VLJs will be operating in the National Aviation System by 2016, and other forecasters are more bullish. Washington, D.C. aviation consultancy The Velocity Group believes that air taxi passenger demand will create a market for 2,500 VLJs over the next 10 years, and that adding in corporate and individual customers could boost demand to 600-700 deliveries per year. "We anticipate a good market for VLJ sales from both air taxi and other individual and corporate users," said Velocity Group partner Gerald Bernstein.
TAG AVIATION named industry veteran Gordon Wishart regional vice president, aircraft acquisition and sales. Wishart will be based in Tucson, Ariz. and assist clients with sales and acquisition services throughout the U.S. Wishart, who has nearly 30 years of corporate aircraft sales and marketing experience, most recently spent five years with Avpro, Inc. as a sales executive. He also was a used-aircraft sales executive with Bombardier/Learjet for 10 years.
ARINC AND JEPPESEN, which formed an alliance in 2005 to develop a joint Electronic Flight Bag suite, recently received approval for their first effort, the DocViewer display. The new document viewer will be able to provide access to documents such as aircraft and operations manuals for pilots. Under the alliance, ARINC will integrate its flight deck hardware and communications technology with Jeppesen's EFB software.
Former National Business Aviation Association President and CEO John W. "Jack" Olcott is one of seven industry veterans who will be recognized for their lifelong contributions to American aviation during the National Aeronautic Association's fall banquet in Arlington, Va., this evening.
Was named chief sales officer for CIT Aerospace. D'Agostino will be based in Dublin, Ireland and manage sales and marketing of the company's commercial aircraft portfolio. He joined CIT in 1994 as an aerospace analyst and was later promoted to marketing officer and vice president of marketing. A graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, he also holds a master of business administration degree in international business from the University of Miami. Before joining CIT, D'Agostino held management positions with AMR Corp.
KANSAS CITY AVIATION DEPARTMENT is planning to build a new aircraft hangar complex on a 17-acre tract at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC). Construction of the $20 million project, which has been dubbed "T-Town," is slated to begin next year and involve 122 T-hangars, 13 box hangars, 10 tie-down positions, a self-serve fueling station, outdoor aircraft washing area and a 40,000-square-foot terminal building. The terminal building will include offices, a pilot's lounge, meeting rooms, a weather center, destination restaurant and other amenities.
The National Transportation Safety Board Friday confirmed what many aviation safety experts have speculated since the Oct. 11 crash of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's Cirrus SR20 into a Manhattan condominium building - to make a U-turn to avoid restricted airspace the pilot would have had to make a very steep turn to avoid the building.
DOT SECRETARY MARY PETERS, in one of her first addresses as secretary before an aviation forum, last week made it clear that she plans to explore new funding options for the aviation system.
Model S-61 A, D, E, and V; Croman Corporation Model SH-3H, Carson Helicopters, Inc. Model S-61L; and Siller Helicopters Model CH-3E and SH-3A Helicopters [Docket No. FAA-2006-26107; Directorate Identifier 2004-SW-30-AD] - Proposes to require, within a specified time, creating a component history card or equivalent record. The AD also would require recording the hours time-in-service (TIS) and the external lift cycles for each main gearbox input left and right freewheel unit (IFWU) assembly.
The U.S. can't wait 20 years to reinvent the air traffic control system and there need to be changes within the next 10 years to accommodate the expected rise in traffic and delays, FAA Chief Operating Officer Russell Chew said last week.
The Feb. 2, 2005 accident in which a chartered Challenger business jet ran off the end of a runway at the Teterboro, N.J. Airport (TEB) "was as sloppy an operation as we've seen" in quite some time, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark Rosenker said last week. Rosenker's assessment of the accident - in which the fully loaded airplane departed the airport property, crashed into a warehouse and caught fire - came after investigators described a litany of mistakes and poor judgment by the crew members.
