Nicholas D. Chabraja, 59, chairman and chief executive of General Dynamics Corp., will remain in those positions for at least three more years under terms of a contract extension with the company announced Thursday. Chabraja's contract had been scheduled to expire Dec. 31, 2002. General Dynamics is the parent company of business jet manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace.
Federal Aviation Administration is soliciting bids to provide initial, recurrent and supplemental pilot qualification training in Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet aircraft. Responses are due Aug. 19. The agency said it plans to issue a firm fixed-price contract for one year with two renewable one-year options. For further information, contact Marilyn K. [email protected] or fax your request to her at (405) 954-0663.
The Sports World has taken notice of the Transportation Security Administration's rules for large charter aircraft and is appealing for relief. TSA is calling for pre-board screening of passengers who travel on chartered aircraft weighing 95,000 pounds or more. That requirement is drawing concern from Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, and the National Basketball Association, which all asked TSA for flexibility in implementing the rule.
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.
Nicholas D. Chabraja, 59, chairman and chief executive of General Dynamics Corp., will remain in those positions for at least three more years under terms of a contract extension with the company announced Thursday. Chabraja's contract had been scheduled to expire Dec. 31, 2002. General Dynamics is the parent company of business jet manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace.
A Santa Monica, Calif. Airport Commission recommendation to fine and arrest aircraft operators in an attempt to keep large business jets off Santa Monica Airport (SMO) is drawing fire from the general aviation community, which charges that the proposal is based on faulty assumptions and violates federal law. The recommendations are part of an "aircraft conformance program" that the commission is drafting for Santa Monica City Council consideration.
A Beech 58TC was destroyed and the pilot and single passenger were killed Aug. 2 when the aircraft overshot a landing attempt at Catalina Airport in Avalon, Calif., slid down a 600-foot embankment, crashed and burned. Witnesses said the airplane touched down about halfway down the 3,000-foot landing strip and observed smoke from the brakes. "They saw the airplane skid down the runway and hit a berm just beyond the departure end of the runway," states a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report.
The Sports World has taken notice of the Transportation Security Administration's rules for large charter aircraft and is appealing for relief. TSA is calling for pre-board screening of passengers who travel on chartered aircraft weighing 95,000 pounds or more. That requirement is drawing concern from Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, and the National Basketball Association, which all asked TSA for flexibility in implementing the rule.
Federal Aviation Administration is soliciting bids to provide initial, recurrent and supplemental pilot qualification training in Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet aircraft. Responses are due Aug. 19. The agency said it plans to issue a firm fixed-price contract for one year with two renewable one-year options. For further information, contact Marilyn K. [email protected] or fax your request to her at (405) 954-0663.
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].
Jet Aviation added a Hawker 800 to its U.S. charter fleet. The mid-range business jet is based at Allegheny County Airport in Pennsylvania and is configured for eight passengers and two pilots.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-11704 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 45.25(b)(2) and 45.29(b)(1), (c), (d) and (e) Description of Relief Sought: To permit Cirrus to operate aircraft "anywhere in the Duluth Class D airspace and within the Duluth Approach Control airspace between the 190 degree and 090 degree radials from the DLH VOR, north and west, up to including 14,000 feet MSL" without those aircraft displaying marks that meet the location and size requirements of Part 45.
FAA is considering demand management programs - such as peak-hour pricing - for three U.S. airports, including Boston Logan International Airport, the agency said in its Record of Decision on a planned runway expansion at Logan.
A Beech 58TC was destroyed and the pilot and single passenger were killed Aug. 2 when the aircraft overshot a landing attempt at Catalina Airport in Avalon, Calif., slid down a 600-foot embankment, crashed and burned. Witnesses said the airplane touched down about halfway down the 3,000-foot landing strip and observed smoke from the brakes. "They saw the airplane skid down the runway and hit a berm just beyond the departure end of the runway," states a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report.
Despite the sluggish marketplace, Commander Aircraft parent Aviation General, Inc. reported modest sales improvements and said all sectors of the company have strengthened. Sales for the six months ended June 30 were $6.2 million, compared with $5.8 million in the first six months of 2001. The company reported a net loss of $40,174 in the first half of 2002, but that compared with a net loss of just over $1 million a year ago.
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.
Walter Chartrand was named technical and operations training manager at Air BP Aviation Services. He will coordinate training required for all Air BP technical and operations personnel and also organize the company's fuel quality control seminars across the U.S. for customers, contractors and airport personnel. A multi-engine instrument pilot with more than 1,000 flight hours, Chartrand is an NATA member and served on the association's membership committee.
The Haskell Company won a contract from GE Aircraft Engines to build a new aircraft hangar at South California Logistics Airport in Victorville, Calif. The 163,000-square-foot hangar will house the GEAE Flight Test Operation's Boeing 747 flying test bed. Construction is slated to begin in the fall and be complete in summer 2003. Based in Jacksonville, Fla., the Haskell Company is a design and construction management firm that has operations throughout the U.S. and Latin America.
Concerns about the high cost of implementation and doubts about the industry's ability to meet the deadline are prevalent throughout the comments FAA received in response to its proposed rule to establish domestic reduced vertical separation minimums (DRVSM) in December 2004.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-11868 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.365(e) Descriptioncription of Relief Sought: To permit a time-limited exemption not to exceed three years to allow continued delivery of Model 767 airplanes, both in production and retrofit, which incorporate enhanced security flight deck doors meeting the requirements of 14 CFR 25.795(a)(1) and (2). Petition Withdrawn, May 28, 2002
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.
Walter Chartrand was named technical and operations training manager at Air BP Aviation Services. He will coordinate training required for all Air BP technical and operations personnel and also organize the company's fuel quality control seminars across the U.S. for customers, contractors and airport personnel. A multi-engine instrument pilot with more than 1,000 flight hours, Chartrand is an NATA member and served on the association's membership committee.
Stevens Aviation Denver was named a Dassault Falcon Line Authorized Service Center. Stevens expanded its hangar to 35,000 square feet, which will accommodate large jets such as the Falcon 2000 and Falcon 900EX.
