Model 204B, 205A, A-1, and B helicopters (Docket No. 2002-SW-24-AD; Amendment 39-12839; AD 2002-09-51) - publishes an amendment adopting Emergency AD 2002-09-51, sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of specified Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. model helicopters by individual letters. This AD requires cleaning and inspecting the tail rotor (T/R) grip to determine if the grip is made of steel and replacing any grip not made of steel with an airworthy, steel TR grip.
DFW International Airport opened its newly extended Runway 18L Aug. 8, two months ahead of schedule and under budget, the airport said. The runway was extended 2,012 feet to permit operations by aircraft making nonstop flights to destinations in the Asia-Pacific region. The project began Oct. 9, 2000 and was scheduled to be finished by Oct. 5, 2002. The work cost $44.3 million, $2.7 million under the $47 million estimate, the airport said.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-12402 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b) Descriptioncription of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit VARIG to use the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizaoe Qualidade Industrial, Brazil's national standards laboratory, in lieu of the calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test equipment. Grant, July 16, 2002, Exemption No. 7837
TRIUMPH ADDS TWO NEW COMPANIES TO ITS HOLDINGS - Triumph Group, the Wayne, Pa. company whose subsidiaries manufacture a wide range of aircraft and engine components, acquired two additional subsidiaries in recent weeks. Triumph bought Furst Aircraft and Instrument of Teterboro, N.J. from Reliance Aerotech, the aviation services management consulting and merchant banking practice headquarterd in Toronto, Canada. Furst, which has slightly more than 20 employees, will continue to operate under the same name as part of Triumph's Aftermarket Services Group.
Aviation Innovator LeRoy (Roy) LoPresti died Wednesday in Vero Beach, Fla., at the age of 73. LoPresti's aviation career spanned more than 50 years as a pilot, engineer and manager. LoPresti's work in aviation began as a student at New York University, where he won the Chance Vought Design award for best student light airplane design. After graduating in 1950, he spent 16 years with Grumman Aircraft, where he was a designer and consulting pilot on the Lunar Module used in NASA's Apollo program. He took leave from Grumman for six years while he served in U.S.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION plans to solicit a five-year, best-value contract for aircraft shuttle services between Atlantic City International Airport and Ronald Reagan National Airport. The agency initially intends to award a three-month, single-source contract valued at about $275,000 to Ronson Aviation for the service. The competitive contract will be issued after the three-month contract expires. For more information, contact Chris Gallagher at (609) 485-6324 or e-mail [email protected].
Lawyer Pilot Bar Association (LPBA) honored Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Phil Boyer with its first Aviation Advocacy Award. LPBA recognized Boyer for his responsiveness in the aftermath of Sept. 11. "At a time when there was very little solid information, and a lot of misinformation, AOPA made sure not only its members but all GA pilots knew what was happening," said William Wimsatt, LPBA president.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-12246 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f) Descriptioncription of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Midcoast to place copies of its IPM in strategic locations throughout its repair station rather than giving a copy of the IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection personnel. Grant, June 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7277A
Models AT-802 and AT-802A airplanes (Docket No. 2000-CE-76-AD; Amendment 39-12834; AD 2002-15-06) - requires replacement of the rudder control cables and fairleads with parts of improved design. This AD is the result of a report that a rudder control cable broke because of wear at the aft fairlead. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent the rudder control cable from breaking because of the rudder control cables wearing in the fairlead area. Broken rudder control cables could result in loss of rudder control.
CAE, Inc. named Lt. Gen. Ellis D. "Don" Parker, U.S. Army, chairman of CAE USA. The company also named retired Air Force Gen. Michael E. Ryan and retired Navy Adm. Leighton W. "Snuffy" Smith, Jr. to CAE USA's board as outside directors. Parker has served as an outside director on the board since 1992. The CAE USA board has the primary responsibility to oversee the implementation and compliance with the special security agreement between CAE and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Triumph Group, the Wayne, Pa. company whose subsidiaries manufacture a wide range of aircraft and engine components, acquired two additional subsidiaries in recent weeks. Triumph bought Furst Aircraft and Instrument of Teterboro, N.J. from Reliance Aerotech, the aviation services management consulting and merchant banking practice headquarterd in Toronto, Canada. Furst, which has slightly more than 20 employees, will continue to operate under the same name as part of Triumph's Aftermarket Services Group.
CAE, Inc. named Lt. Gen. Ellis D. "Don" Parker, U.S. Army, chairman of CAE USA. The company also named retired Air Force Gen. Michael E. Ryan and retired Navy Adm. Leighton W. "Snuffy" Smith, Jr. to CAE USA's board as outside directors. Parker has served as an outside director on the board since 1992. The CAE USA board has the primary responsibility to oversee the implementation and compliance with the special security agreement between CAE and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Doris E. Hastings was named vice president-human resources at Dallas Airmotive. She will develop and implement human resources policy for the company's employees. Hastings was most recently national director of labor relations at Corporate Express.
Goodrich Corp. appointed Grant Hintze president of its De-Icing and Specialty Systems group in Uniontown, Ohio. Hintze joined Goodrich five years ago as vice president, Finance and Information Systems, Sensor Systems Division and later became vice president and group controller of the Electronic Systems Group. He also has 20 years of aerospace and defense experience with Loral Defense Systems, AMP Incorporated and Texas Instruments Defense Systems.
Keith A. Martinich was named president and chief executive of Strategic Jet Services, Inc., a unit of Aviation General, Inc. He succeeds John H. de Havilland, who was named chairman of the unit. Martinich joined Aviation General in 1999 as vice president of sales and marketing. He previously held sales and marketing positions with Piedmont Hawthorne Airport in Leesburg, Va., and Avpro in Annapolis, Md. He is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-8741 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.409(b) Descriptioncription of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the owners and operators of C-172R, C-172S, C-182S, C-208 and C-208B airplanes to use Cessna's applicable PhaseCard Inspection Program rather than completing the required 100-hour inspection. Grant, June 7, 2002, Exemption No. 6901C.
Michael Johnston was appointed director of operations at eBizJets. Based at the company's headquarters in Norwell, Mass., Johnston will be responsible for managing and coordinating operational issues for senior management, client service teams and carrier partners. Johnston most recently managed the daily operations for the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, overseeing a staff of 350 and a $40 million operating budget.
CHC Helicopters International plans to build a new passenger terminal and helicopter facility at Halifax, Nova Scotia International Airport. The $3.5 million, 32,500-square-foot terminal will be the first facility in the new Industrial Airfield Park opened by the Halifax International Airport Authority. The CHC terminal, scheduled to be finished late this year, will include an expanded hangar area and office space.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-11565 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.267(f) Descriptioncription of Relief Sought: To permit Fresh Water Adventures to provide each flight crewmember at least 13 rest periods of at least 24 consecutive hours each in each three-month period beginning in February instead of in each calendar quarter.
Don White, a veteran avionics technician, has taken over as president of Pro Star Aviation in Londonderry, N.H. White was vice president of technical services for Stead Aviation from 1971-1986 and from 1986-2001 he was vice president of aircraft maintenance for Pentastar Aviation. Pro Star, located on the Manchester, N.H. Airport (MHT), is an avionics and maintenance repair facility that specializes in corporate and general aviation aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-12341 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR Part 36, Appendix C, Section C36.9(e)(1) Descriptioncription of Relief Sought: To permit Embraer to use the 1-g stall speed used for 14 CFR Part 25 airworthiness certification for Part 39 noise certification for the approach reference and test limitations on the Embraer EMB145XR Model airplane.
Frank Youngkin was named vice president, worldwide Falcon spares, at Dassault Falcon Jet Corp. Youngkin joined DFJ in 1988 as manager of the Teterboro Jet Center and was most recently based in France as the director of spares for the Eastern Hemisphere.
