MedAire is offering its Management of Inflight Illness and Injury course at Farnborough Airport in the United Kingdom. MedAire will provide both two-day initial and one-day recurrent training at Farborough with courses taught by emergency medical professionals. The curriculum is based on MedAire's experience in managing inflight medical emergencies through its MedLink Global Response Center.
Ideal Aerosmith, Inc. won a contract from Rockwell Collins, Inc. to design, develop and deploy automatic test equipment to support the new Collins eTES inflight entertainment system. The contract has a potential value of up to $3.9 million over two years.
Max-Viz Inc. delivered an EVS-1000 enhanced vision system (EVS) to Total Aircraft Services (TAS) in Van Nuys, Calif., for installation on a customer's Bombardier Challenger CL-601-3A business jet. TAS is working with Max-Viz on a tail-mounted installation of the EVS and expects FAA certification this fall. The EVS uses infrared imaging to improve the pilot's ability to see ground vehicles, equipment, obstacles and other aircraft on ramps, taxiways and runways when visibility is poor. The delivery of the Max-Viz EVS-1000 was the first to an operator customer.
Canadian Simulator manufacturer CAE, Inc. closed an agreement last month to sell CAE's sawmill operations in Salmon Arm, British Columbia; Ukiah, Calif., and Covington, Ga. to Coe Manufacturing Co. CAE said last December it intended to divest its Forestry Systems businesses to focus on its core business of providing advanced flight simulation and integrated training for customers in the civil aviation, military and marine markets.
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA Model 206L, L-1, L-3 and L-4 helicopters (Docket No. 99-SW-80-AD) - revises an earlier AD that would have required inspecting the tailboom skins for a crack, replacing a cracked tailboom with a modified tailboom before further flight, and implementing a recurring inspection of the modified tailboom. That proposal was prompted by several reports of cracks found during mandatory inspections.
Despite the sagging economy, fractional ownership provider CitationShares continued to make inroads into the fractional market, more than doubling its business in the past year, the company said last week. Founded in July 2000 through a joint venture between Cessna Aircraft and TAG Aviation, the company's portfolio has grown from 58 shareholders of 11 aircraft after the first year to 250 shareholders of a fleet of 30 aircraft. The company now employs 117 pilots.
National Air Transportation Association will present a series of risk management seminars that cover a variety of insurance topics, including selecting an aviation insurance broker, reducing claims by aggressively managing risk and an overview of the current aviation insurance market. The next session will be held Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Hilton Airport Hotel in Austin, Texas. Price to attend is $225 for NATA members and $275 for non-members. For more information, contact NATA at (703) 845-9000.
B/E Aerospace will be exhibiting a "one-of-a-kind comfort system" at NBAA this month. The aircraft seating and interior manufacturer promises this new system "provides a subtle walking-like motion that stimulates circulation through the upper thighs, buttocks and spine. The comfort system reduces restlessness, fatigue, discomfort, lower back pain and stiffness." There was no indication whether the B/E comfort system is retrofittable into the standard Lazy Boy recliner or is restricted to business jet passenger seats.
Honeywell signed a strategic supplier agreement with Lockheed Martin Corp. that will establish a long-term business relationship between the two companies. Honeywell said under the agreement, the companies will adopt a common business approach that will be more efficient and reduce costs for military customers.
National Air Transportation Association will present a series of risk management seminars that cover a variety of insurance topics, including selecting an aviation insurance broker, reducing claims by aggressively managing risk and an overview of the current aviation insurance market. The next session will be held Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Hilton Airport Hotel in Austin, Texas. Price to attend is $225 for NATA members and $275 for non-members. For more information, contact NATA at (703) 845-9000.
The pilot's lack of time in type of aircraft is under scrutiny as a key factor in the fatal crash of an Aero Commander 690A near Bishop, Calif. last month (BA, Aug. 19/80).
General Dynamics acquired Command Systems, Inc. (CSI) of Fort Wayne, Ind. for an undisclosed amount, the company said Aug. 27. CSI, with a work force of 34, provides command and control software and hardware to U.S. and international military markets. The company will become part of General Dynamics C4 Systems, based in Taunton, Mass.
Ideal Aerosmith, Inc. won a contract from Rockwell Collins, Inc. to design, develop and deploy automatic test equipment to support the new Collins eTES inflight entertainment system. The contract has a potential value of up to $3.9 million over two years.
Officials from Textron Lycoming, New Piper Aircraft and Cessna held a top-level meeting last week aimed at developing a comprehensive program to replace the crankshafts in some 900 Lycoming-powered aircraft (BA, Aug. 26/91). Lycoming now reports to Charles Johnson, Cessna's president and chief operating officer. Johnson told BA Friday the companies are "developing a very proactive program to mitigate the inconvenience" of the aircraft grounding and engine replacement process.
Jay E. Bosch was named vice president of engineering at Sinex Aviation Technologies. He will oversee quality assurance and software and network engineering. Bosch most recently worked at Berkley Information Services as vice president of systems development.
Professional Aircraft Accessories won a contract to be the exclusive overhauler for Turbine Aircraft Components' Mitsubishi MU-2 landing gear parts. PAA will help support the more than 400 aircraft. PAA is a FAA/JAA 145 repair station based in Titusville, Fla.
Jeanne Muzio was named vice president, sales at FirstFlight Management. She will be responsible for corporate aircraft charter management and aircraft sales. Muzio has more than 19 years of experience in aviation sales, operations and account management and was most recently national director of sales for FlightTime's business jet sales team.
September 8 - National Aircraft Resale Association Fall Meeting, Peabody Hotel, Orlando, Fla. September 10-12 - National Business Aviation Association 55th Annual Meeting and Convention, Orlando, Fla., (202) 783-9000 September 22-24 - National Association of State Aviation Officials, 71st Annual Convention and Trade Show, Sheraton Burlington, Burlington, Vt., (301) 588-0587 Oct 24-26 - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Expo 2002, Palm Springs, Calif., (301) 695-2000
SABRETECH CASE ENDS WITH REVISED FINE ON CONVICTION - The final chapter of the criminal proceedings against SabreTech concluded last month when a U.S. District Court judge issued a revised fine of $500,000 on the single upheld conviction in the case. "SabreTech is a defunct corporation with no assets, no operations and more than $22 million in negative net worth," said SabreTech attorney Martin Raskin. "We argued there should be no fine, since sentencing guidelines make it clear that financial resources are key elements in imposing a sentence."
While TSA is giving charter operators of aircraft weighing 95,000 pounds or more until the end of September to review proposed compliance guidance on new security requirements, the agency has yet to begin distributing the guidance. TSA plans to use FAA Principal Operations Inspectors to get the material to operators, as it did with proposed guidance for security requirements imposed on commercial operators of aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more.
CONTROLLER-PILOT DATA LINK ENTERS SERVICE IN OCTOBER - FAA will begin operational use of controller-pilot data link communications (CPDLC) in its Miami en route center in October, and the system is expected to be in use nationwide by 2006. The system, which uses a new ARINC network to enable digital exchange of data between aircraft and controllers, will reduce frequency congestion and controller workload by replacing some voice communications.
The government's proposal to impose sweeping temporary flight restrictions next week over the Washington, D.C. and New York metropolitan areas as well as Somerset, Pa., could ground hundreds of aircraft and hamper operations at major general aviation airports including Westchester County Airport, Teterboro, and Leesburg, Va., business aviation officials warn.
FlightSafety's Sikorsky Learning Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., won JAA approval for its Sikorsky S-76 pilot training program. The center is a factory-approved training organization for the Sikorsky S-76.
EUROCOPTER FRANCE Model EC 155B helicopters (Docket No. 2002-SW-26-AD) - proposes to require inspecting and adjusting, if necessary, the position of the locking pins on each pilot, co-pilot, and passenger-hinged and sliding door initially and each time a door is replaced. This proposal is prompted by two reports of inadvertent opening of the passenger-hinged doors in flight due to improper adjustment of the door-locking mechanism.
