Gulfstream shipped the first G200 to a customer in Canada. Partner Jet, a Toronto-based aviation management company, will manage the aircraft and arrange charter flights. Gulfstream has delivered 108 G200s, which have accumulated more than 112,000 flight hours and 70,000 landings.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CF34 series turbofan engines [Docket No. 2000-NE-42-AD] - proposes to supersede an existing AD that currently requires a one-time inspection, and, if necessary, replacing certain fan disks for electrical arc-out indications. That AD also reduces the life limit of certain fan disks. This proposed AD would require the same actions and adds one disk part number (P/N) and serial number (S/N) to the affected fan disks. This proposed AD results from an error in the first P/N and S/N listed in Table 1 of the original AD.
Piaggio completed production of its 100th Avanti and shipped the aircraft to the Stevens Aviation completion center in Greenville, S.C. The Avanti will be delivered later this year to a U.S. customer. The twin-turboprop Avanti pusherprop won type certification in October 1990. The aircraft can fly more than 1,700 nautical miles at up to 395 knots true airspeed and cruise as high as 41,000 feet.
DYLAN HAYNIE was named sales director for Bombardier Flexjet. Haynie will oversee sales in the south-central region, including Texas and Mexico. Haynie joined Flexjet in 1998 and formerly was director of contracts and legal services.
September 10-14 - 74th National Association of State Aviation Officials Annual Convention and Trade Show, Des Moines, Iowa, (301) 588-0587 September 15 - National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Regional Forum, Centennial Airport, Denver, Colo., (202) 783-9000 September 15-16 - National Air Transportation Association Line Service Supervisor Training, Dayton, Ohio, (703) 845-9000
Industry officials were relieved late last week that the outlook for fuel supplies improved, at least in the short term, as the relief effort from Hurricane Katrina progressed. In the long term, however, the picture is more clouded, said National Air Transportation Association President James Coyne, as the oil industry investigates damage to off-shore drilling equipment. See article below.
CAE earned FAA certification for an Embraer 190 full-flight simulator installed at JetBlue University's support campus in Orlando, Fla. FAA granted interim Level C certification. Level D certification is expected to follow in 2006. The simulator is the first EMB 190 model to receive certification. CAE also has developed a simulator for the EMB 170 regional jet.
Finding a new site on short notice for a convention as large as the National Business Aviation Association's annual gathering was a major challenge in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but the timing could have been even worse. This year's NBAA show was originally scheduled in New Orleans Oct. 11-13, which would have given planners and participants only about six weeks to make alternative plans. Last year the 2005 date was pushed to Nov. 15-17 at least in part to avoid a conflict with the Jewish celebration of Yom Kippur. See article below.
The National Business Aviation Association will hold its 58th annual meeting and convention Nov. 9-11 (Wednesday-Thursday-Friday) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., NBAA President Ed Bolen told BA late Friday afternoon. The Orlando site will have nearly one million square feet of exhibit space, and Bolen said the association will have a static aircraft display that can accommodate up to 150 aircraft. Further details will be announced later. See earlier article below.
INDUSTRY GROUPS COORDINATE RELIEF EFFORTS -- After receiving a host of calls from a cross-section of operators volunteering their services for Hurricane Katrina relief, general aviation organizations stepped up their efforts to link those operators with the proper agencies in need of help. Helicopter Association International has set up a help desk to act as a clearinghouse between operators and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The association said its members "have been working around-the-clock to help with rescue operations."
CESSNA Models 525, 525A, and 525B airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2005-21109; Directorate Identifier 2005-CE-21-AD; Amendment 39-14232; AD 2005-17-11] - requires installation of identification sleeves on the wiring for both engine fire extinguisher bottles. This AD results from reports of incorrectly connect wires to the engine fire extinguisher bottles. FAA is issuing this AD to prevent incorrect installation of the wires to the engine fire extinguisher bottles, which could result in failure of the engine fire extinguisher bottles to discharge when activated.
BOMBARDIER Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2005-20353; Directorate Identifier 2004-NM-255-AD; Amendment 39-14224; AD 2005-17-03] - requires installing additional shielding of the hydraulic lines in the wing box area. This AD results from the determination that the additional hydraulic line shields will protect the lines from possible impact by tire debris if the tire tread fails.
BOMBARDIER Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2005-22145; Directorate Identifier 2005-NM-148-AD; Amendment 39-14223; AD 2005-17-12] - requires inspecting to identify the wing anti-ice ducts (piccolo tubes) in the wing leading edge. For airplanes with affected piccolo tubes, this AD requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to introduce new procedures for operation in icing conditions.
FUEL REMAINS AVAILABLE BUT PRICES CLIMB, OUTLOOK UNCLEAR - The supply of aviation fuel is expected to be a source of concern for some time, but government and industry officials appeared optimistic late last week that there should be enough to meet the short-term needs of the industry.
SIGNATURE ACQUIRES COMPETITOR AT LE BOURGET - Signature Flight Support, which has expanded its foreign holdings in recent years, said Friday it had completed the acquisition of the Privatair fixed-base operation at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France.
Summary: This notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR, dispositions of certain petitions previously received, and corrections. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities.
EMBRAER Model ERJ 170 airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2005-22125; Directorate Identifier 2005-NM-130-AD] - proposes to require replacing the very-high-frequency (VHF) antenna in Position 1 of the fuselage with a new, improved VHF antenna. This proposed AD results from a report of the loss of all voice communications due to a lightning strike damaging all the VHF antennas.
GREG CUMMINGS was appointed sales director for Bombardier Flexjet in the West-Central region. Cummings most recently was director of human resources for Bombardier Aircraft Services.
JIM BECKSTEIN was named senior director of sales for Bombardier Flexjet. He formerly spent four years with CitationShares, where he managed sales in the Northeast for the fractional ownership aircraft provider. He also held a number of positions with Cessna in engineering, contract administration and sales administration.
