TURBOMECA Models 1A, 1A1, and 1A2 turboshaft engines (Docket No. 2001-NE-42-AD; Amendment 39-12882; AD 2002-19-02) - requires visual inspections of exhaust pipes for cracks and tears, upon completion of the last flight of each day, and replacement of cracked and torn exhaust pipes before further flight. This action also requires removing modification TU 200A exhaust pipes at the next shop visit or no later than a certain date. This amendment is prompted by several reports of modification TU 200A exhaust pipes cracking at several of the ejector attachment tabs.
DUNCAN AVIATION received a supplemental type certificate for Universal TAWS and multi-function displays for the Hawker 400, 600 and 700 series. Installation of the systems will meet FAA Class A and Class B TAWS mandates.
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While the Senate's latest aviation security legislation included some items that concerned the general aviation community, it also offered some help. A provision in the Aviation Security Improvement Act passed last week could exempt operators of some Twin Otter and King Air 200 aircraft from the "Twelve Five" security requirements. The rule currently covers commercial operators of aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more but would be changed to cover operators of aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds. See article below.
PRESIDENT BUSH signed an executive order aimed at streamlining environmental reviews of important transportation infrastructure projects. The order calls for a Cabinet-level task force reporting to the President through the chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to ensure that environmentally sound projects are not held up unnecessarily.
GULFSTREAM appointed four authorized service centers to support Gulfstream business jets in South America -- Aerocardal in Santiago, Chile; Aerocentro de Servicios C.A. in Caracas, Venezuela; Riana T·xi Aéreo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Varig Engineering and Maintenance (VEM), in Rio de Janeiro.
In its continuing effort to tighten aviation security, a Senate panel last week called for expanding background check requirements to cover all new foreign student pilots and moved to block FAA from modifying or issuing any waivers from flight restrictions over stadiums and other open-air events for at least six more months.
Rockwell Collins unveiled its newest line of integrated cabin electronic systems, Airshow 21, which blends the recently acquired Airshow product line into the Collins portfolio. Rockwell Collins completed its purchase of Tustin, Calif.-based Airshow last month, the company's eighth acquisition in the past five years, expanding its line of cabin electronic systems for business and commercial aircraft (BA, Aug. 19/80).
The board of directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association is expected to approve applications from four non-U.S. aircraft manufacturers to become members of the organization when the GAMA board holds its November meeting. Bombardier of Canada, Dassault Falcon Jet of France, Embraer of Brazil and Piaggio of Italy have applied for membership in the lobbying organization.
The Federal Aviation Administration has substantially increased the number of Textron Lycoming crankshafts that must be inspected and/or replaced and officials also say they are going to increase scrutiny of the engine maker and its crankshaft supplier to ensure that the production problems that caused crankshaft failures have been resolved.
GULFSTREAM appointed four authorized service centers to support Gulfstream business jets in South America -- Aerocardal in Santiago, Chile; Aerocentro de Servicios C.A. in Caracas, Venezuela; Riana T.xi Aereo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Varig Engineering and Maintenance (VEM), in Rio de Janeiro.
DANIEL MAIDEN was appointed managing director at Bombardier Flexjet Europe. Maiden has 11 years of aviation industry experience and was most recently commercial director for Bombardier Flexjet Europe.
SIMCOM won FAA Level C approval for a new Hawker 800A simulator based at its training center in Orlando, Fla. The six-axis, full-motion simulator includes a five-tube Honeywell electronic flight instrument system. SimCom provides initial and recurrent training in the Hawker aircraft. In addition to the Hawker simulator, Simcom houses Level C Learjet and Citation simulators and provides training for an array of turboprop and piston aircraft.
FRANK YOUNGKIN was appointed to the newly created position of vice president, worldwide Falcon spares, at Dassault Falcon. He will lead the new worldwide spares organization, made up of DFJ Spares in Teterboro and Dassault Aviation Falcon Spares in France. Youngkin joined the company in 1988 and was most recently director of spares for the Eastern Hemisphere.
DUNCAN AVIATION completed certification and installation of air data display units manufactured by Innovative Systems and Solutions and a Collins ADC-87 Air Data Computer on a Falcon 10. The installation will allow RVSM group approval for Falcon 10s equipped with Collins APS-80 autopilot systems.
ELECTRONICFLIGHT SOLUTIONS, Inc. developed CompleteLearning Avionics/Cockpit Automation Training Library interactive software packages for corporate pilots and flight departments. The CompleteLearning software covers autopilot, GPS navigation, traffic, terrain and weather awareness technologies from leading manufacturers including Collins, Garmin, Goodrich and Honeywell. The training programs are designed to operate on a personal computer/laptop or through a corporate network. For more information, contact ElectronicFlight Solutions at (508) 775-7575.
PIAGGIO AMERICA, INC. named Jim Holcombe executive vice president, sales and marketing, with responsibility for all sales and marketing efforts for the Piaggio Avanti turboprop in North America. He will supervise flight demonstrations, sales contracting, advertising and corporate communications. Holcombe most recently had been senior vice president of marketing at Gulfstream Aerospace. Before joining Gulfstream, he was vice president of sales and marketing at K-C Aviation.
PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN BN-2A and BN2A Mk. III series airplanes (Docket No. 2002-CE-33-AD) - proposes to supersede AD 97-14-01, which requires repetitively inspecting the left-hand rudder bar assembly for cracks, measuring the slider tube unit wall thickness, and modifying the rudder bar assembly by installing a slider tube unit of improved design as a terminating action for the repetitive inspections. AD 97-14-01 resulted from mandatory continuing airworthiness information issued by the airworthiness authority for the United Kingdom.
ROLLS-ROYCE is boosting its corporate aircraft customer support efforts with a new team of regional customer managers dedicated to providing support to operators of Rolls-Royce-powered business jets. The engine manufacturer will have dedicated regional customer managers available round-the-clock to answer operator questions about in-service technical and logistics support, warranties, lease engines, repair and overhaul services, technical publications and CorporateCare, its new comprehensive engine maintenance program.
BUDDY GUESS was named product support manager at Whittaker Controls, Inc. of North Hollywood, Calif. Guess, a former Delta Air Lines executive, was most recently vice president and general manager of U.S. Technical in Atlanta, Ga.
Tiger Aircraft beat its neighbor Sino Swearingen to the punch by earning the first FAA production certificate (PC) in West Virginia for the Tiger AG-4B aircraft last week. Tiger delivered its first three aircraft at the end of 2001 (BA, Dec. 10/269). But the company had been hampered for the past year, working without a production certificate and having FAA inspect each aircraft.
SIMCOM won FAA Level C approval for a new Hawker 800A simulator based at its training center in Orlando, Fla. The six-axis, full-motion simulator includes a five-tube Honeywell electronic flight instrument system. SimCom provides initial and recurrent training in the Hawker aircraft. In addition to the Hawker simulator, Simcom houses Level C Learjet and Citation simulators and provides training for an array of turboprop and piston aircraft.
JET AVIATION DALLAS received certification for the installation of an integrated hazard awareness system (IHAS) on the Citation S550 series aircraft. The facility will install the Bendix King IHAS 8000 units on Cessna aircraft.
In its continuing effort to tighten aviation security, a Senate panel last week called for expanding background check requirements to cover all new foreign student pilots and moved to block FAA from modifying or issuing any waivers from flight restrictions over stadiums and other open-air events for at least six more months.
