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.
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.
Aircraft parachute specialist Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. (BRS) stepped up its marketing campaign to sell its emergency parachute system to Cessna 172 operators after the Federal Aviation Administration last month awarded the company a supplemental type certificate for use of the system on the single-piston aircraft. BRS previously received FAA type certificate approval for its system as original equipment aboard Cirrus SR20 and SR22 aircraft and nearly a decade ago won STCs for the retrofit of Cessna 150 and 152 aircraft.
BRS SYSTEMS STEPS UP MARKETING CAMPAIGN WITH CESSNA 172 STC - Aircraft parachute specialist Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. (BRS) stepped up its marketing campaign to sell its emergency parachute system to Cessna 172 operators after the Federal Aviation Administration last month awarded the company a supplemental type certificate for use of the system on the single-piston aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-11990 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.310(d)(4) Descriptioncription of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ATI to operate its McDonnell Douglas DC-8 airplanes in passenger-carrying operations without a cockpit control device for each emergency light. Grant, June 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7815
Avfuel added Southwestern Aviation of Benson, Ariz. to its network. Located at Benson Municipal Airport, Southwestern Aviation is a full service FBO with 24-hour security, a pilots lounge and a study room.
Mike Herchick and Ron Gero, who both worked for KC Aviation, Gulfstream Aerospace and Flight Options, have formed their own firm, Aircraft Completion Management, Inc. (ACMI) in the Cleveland, Ohio area to oversee aircraft completion projects for owners of individual aircraft and aircraft fleets.
August 31-September 2 - The Cleveland National Air Show, 1501 North Marginal Road, Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, Ohio. For more information call Kim Dell at (216) 781-0747 or visit www.clevelandairshow.com 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
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.
KC AVIATION VETERANS FORM COMPLETION MANAGEMENT BUSINESS - Mike Herchick and Ron Gero, who both worked for KC Aviation, Gulfstream Aerospace and Flight Options, have formed their own firm, Aircraft Completion Management, Inc. (ACMI) in the Cleveland, Ohio area to oversee aircraft completion projects for owners of individual aircraft and aircraft fleets.
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.
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.
National Transportation Safety Board renamed its Office of Family Affairs the Office of Transportation Disaster Assistance. "The name change reflects the broad range of the office's duties since it was established in 1996 and the extension of its services in many cases to all modes of transportation covered by the NTSB," the agency said.
