Timco Aviation Services outsource maintenance facility in Lake City, Fla. earned AS9100A and ISO 9001:2000 certification. The certification is earned by meeting industry and international standards for quality, safety, reliability, efficiency and interchangeability. The Lake City facility, which employs 350, performs heavy jet aircraft maintenance in six hangars and a two-bay strip and paint hangar. TIMCO also oversees the taxiways, parking ramps and engine run-up areas at the Lake City Airport.
W. WILLIAM COON was named to the board of directors of Willis Lease Finance Corporation. He will hold the board seat nominated by FlightTechnics, LLC. Coon was previously an executive at GE Aircraft Engines and is currently president, CEO and director of SR Technics America. Willis Lease Finance leases spare commercial aircraft engines, rotable parts and aircraft to commercial airlines, aircraft engine manufacturers and overhaul/repair facilities. FlightTechnics acquired a 15 percent ownership stake in Willis Lease Finance in November 2000.
TRADE GROUPS LOBBY CONGRESS OVER 'BUY AMERICAN' PROVISIONS - "Buy American" provisions in the House version of the fiscal 2004 Defense Authorization Act drew both criticism and praise on Capitol Hill last week. The controversial provisions were introduced by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. They say that within four years, prime contractors and subcontractors should use machine tools, dies, and industrial molds made in America when working on defense acquisition programs of more than $5 million.
ADAM AIRCRAFT APPOINTS THREE VICE PRESIDENTS - Colo.-based manufacturer Adam Aircraft promoted three staff members to vice president last week. Joe Wilding was named vice president for advanced development. He will be responsible for overall design and structure of the Adam A700. Before joining Adam Aircraft as a lead engineer in 2000, Wilding was a lead engineer at Scaled Technology Works.
Lou Churchville, the veteran aviation marketing and communications executive, joined Thunder Aviation near St. Louis last week as vice president, sales and marketing. Churchville, who has nearly 30 years' experience in aircraft maintenance, fixed-base operations and the air charter business, will be responsible for continuing to expand the company's growing avionics and maintenance service for operators of Falcon, Citation and Learjet business jets and corporate turboprops.
TURBINE OPERATORS INVOLVED IN MORE FATAL ACCIDENTS IN FIRST HALF - U.S. business jet and turboprop operators were involved in substantially more fatal accidents in the first six months of the year than they were in the same period last year.
LA AIRPORTS COMMISSION TO BAN CHARTER OPERATOR FOR NOISE VIOLATIONS - The City of Los Angeles, on behalf of the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners, will pursue legal action to ban Pacific Jet, Inc. from Van Nuys Airport (VNY) for repeated noise violations. The city said the jet charter company has seven violations during the last 18 months of the Non-Addition Rule, which limits the number of Stage 2 jets that can be used or based at VNY. The rule, upheld in U.S. District Court in August 2001, also limits the use of VNY by non-based Stage 2 aircraft.
Bombardier Skyjet signed a sponsorship agreement with Troy Matteson, the 2002 NCAA golf champion who started on the PGA tour at the FBR Capital Open in Potomac, Md. last month. Matteson, a recent Georgia Tech grad, will use the Bombardier charter service and will wear the Skyjet logo, provide referrals and make some scheduled appearances on behalf of the company. Bombardier Skyjet is the "preferred charter aviation and jet membership provider" for the PGA and Champions Tours.
National Organziation To Insure A Sound-Controlled Environment will hold its 33rd Summer Conference and Aviation Noise Symposium this Wednesday through Friday at the Washington, D.C. Holiday Inn on the Hill.
The Air Group expanded its New York staff, adding Addie Campagna as manager of the company's East Coast charter department and Christopher Norvis as travel manager. Both are based in Air Group's Teterboro, N.J. office. Campagna, a 24-year veteran of the corporate and charter aviation business, began her career at 18 when she joined the Rockefeller family's Wayfarer Ketch flight department. She remained with the White Plains, N.Y. flight operation as it transitioned to Wayfarer Aviation in 1995 and through its acquisition by TAG Aviation in 1999.
The American Association of Airport Executives was awarded U.S. Patent Number 6,589,055 for its interactive employee training (IET) technology. The IET system is an automated training system that uses full-screen digital video combined with interactive computer-based training and testing and an application service provider. The system can be customized and updated to meet the specific needs of airports and federal regulatory agencies.
One of the sticking points is language in the House bill prohibiting privatization of the air traffic control system, a provision that the White House Office of Management and Budget has warned would trigger a veto recommendation to President Bush (BA, June 16/274). Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), chairman of the aviation subcommittee, and Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) the senior Democrat on the panel are said to remain confident about finding language that will resolve White House objections to the provision.
Ourplane, Inc., the company that is championing the owner-flown, fractional aircraft ownership program, named Romeo Oscar marketing communications of Montreal as its agency of record. Romeo Oscar (formerly McIntyre Kennedy, Inc.) provides advertising, public relations and strategic marketing counsel to OurPLANE, which is based in London, Ontario, and a number of other aviation clients.
Ascent Technology won a contract at Toronto Pearson International Airport to integrate airport information and systems. The three-phase project will start with enhancement of the resource allocation systems that control airport traffic, which is expected to increase with the addition of a new terminal scheduled to open in late 2003. The second phase will be to install Ascent's ARIS/SmartBus software, which is designed to consolidate all airport data exchange on one platform and support new reporting and flight tracking systems.
SYMPHONY AIRCRAFT TAKES FIRST FLIGHT IN GERMANY - OMF Aircraft's Symphony 135-TDI completed its first flight last month in Neubrandenberg, Germany. Test pilot Frank Hoffman flew the aircraft on the 90-minute flight. "We confirmed that the aircraft has good takeoff performance with a short takeoff roll, and steady climb performance," said Derek Stinnes, OMF managing partner. "It's very quiet on the ground, with sound levels that are appropriate for the aircraft."
CJ Systems Aviation Group delivered a new EC135 T2 helicopter to Airlink, an air ambulance service based in Wilmington, N.C. The delivery was part of a continuing contract with Airlink, and the helicopter replaced a BK117 helicopter that has been in use since Airlink began service in 2001. The new, more efficient and reliable helicopter will support what has become a busy operation - Airlink flies an average of 52 missions a month, serving the coastal North and South Carolina region.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), 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.
Federal Aviation Administration, after receiving requests from organizations that represent large air carriers, aeronautical repair stations and Part 135 operators, has agreed to a 60-day extension of the comment period for its controversial proposal to amend the hazardous materials training requirements for certain air carriers and commercial operators. The proposal also would require certain repair stations to document that personnel handling hazardous materials have received the proper training. The comment deadline, originally July 7, is now Sept.
Bombardier renewed credit lines in Europe for 3.75 billion euros for another year. The new maturity date is July 7, 2004. The Canadian company said that 28 banks extended their facilities. The agent bank is HSBC Bank PLC.
Agusta bought 11 U.S. Global Aerospace radomes for its AB412 series military helicopters for $120,000. The radome fits over the nose of the AB412 to protect the radar antenna. U.S. Global has delivered the first four radomes to Agusta and plans to ship four more by July 25 and the last three by Aug. 4. The AB412 is a 15-seat, twin-turbine-powered helicopter with a four-blade rotor system.
OurPLANE LAUNCHES EXECUTIVE FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP PROGRAM - Canadian fractional aircraft company OurPLANE is expanding its business with a program that will offer aircraft shares to non-pilots and to pilots who want to fly jet aircraft. With a fleet of piston aircraft and King Air turboprops, OurPLANE is marketing the Executive Fractional Aircraft Ownership Program to business professionals who are not necessarily pilots and need between 75 to 250 hours a year of aircraft use.
