JAMES HARRISON was named director of completions and maintenance sales at Jet Aviation West Palm Beach. He has worked at Jet Aviation for eight years and has more than 21 years of experience in corporate aviation. Harrison was most recently the completions manager at the facility.
JET AVIATION'S U.S. aircraft sales division recently sold six aircraft, including a Gulfstream II, two Challenger 601s, a Hawker 800, a Falcon 50 and a Falcon 100. Revenues from the aircraft sales totaled $50 million, said Walt Wakefield, Jet Aviation vice president of aircraft sales for North and South America.
Bombardier Aerospace named Jahid Fazal-Karim as regional vice-president, sales, Americas. He will be responsible for sales in South America, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean Islands and Canada. Fazal-Karim joined Bombardier last year with 10 years of sales and marketing experience for used and new aircraft.
BOMBARDIER OFFICIALS were expected to spend a nervous weekend awaiting the outcome of a vote by the manufacturer's 8,000 Machinists union members on a new contract.Union members staged one-day strikes April 1 and April 11 because of dissatisfaction about the company's latest contract offer, and union officials have refused to endorse the company's offer. The vote was scheduled for Saturday.
An Internal Directive from the INS Commissioner to inspectors ordering "zero tolerance" spurred at least one group of inspectors to seek out office space at an FBO for interrogations of passengers arriving in the U.S. A Dulles International Airport FBO received that request from area inspectors, who said the alternative would be to send arriving passengers to the main terminal at Dulles for interrogation, said Pete West, senior vice president of government and public affairs for NBAA. While INS has jurisdiction for passenger interrogations, the U.S.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD is investigating two recent accidents in Minnesota involving Piper PA-46-310P aircraft that made forced landings after loss of engine power. N9103Q sustained substantial damage March 31 when the pilot ditched the plane in the Mississippi River near South St. Paul, Minn. shortly after departing Fleming Field (SGS) in South St. Paul. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. NTSB said N9184F also sustained substantial damage when the pilot made a forced landing on a road in Hastings, Minn. after the pilot had departed St.
Robert E. Breiling was selected to receive the Flight Safety Foundation's Business Aviation Meritorious Award, given for "sustained, outstanding contribution and service to corporate aviation safety." Breiling, a former Navy and Pan Am pilot, heads Robert E. Breiling Associates of Boca Raton, Fla., which specializes in tracking aviation safety and accident trends involving business and corporate aircraft. Breiling began compiling business aviation accident information for the insurance industry in 1962.
AIR METHODS CORPORATION'S products division received a contract from General Dynamics Landing Systems for development and production of a litter system for the U.S. Army's medical evacuation vehicle. The contract is for 27 units to be delivered this year and includes an option for the production of 91 more units, to be delivered between 2003 and 2007. If GD exercises all its options, the contract value could reach $5 million.
April 23-25 - National Business Aviation Association Leadership Conference, Nashville, Tenn. (202) 783-9000 April 25-27 - Aircraft Electronics Association Convention and Trade Show, Wyndham Hotel/Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, Calif., (816) 373-6565 May 6-12 - ILA, Berlin, Germany. ILA-North America, 1925 North Lynn St., Arlington, Va. 22209, (703) 524-2388
BOMBARDIER OFFICIALS were expected to spend a nervous weekend awaiting the outcome of a vote by its Machinists union members on a new contract. Union members staged one-day strikes Monday and Thursday because of dissatisfaction about the company's latest contract offer and union officials have refused to endorse the company's offer. The vote was scheduled for Saturday.
WALTER BERCHTOLD was appointed vice president-refurbishment and completions at Jet Aviation West Palm Beach, Fla. He was most recently vice president-SAP implementation for operations. Berchtold joined Jet Aviation in 1981 and has more than 20 years of business aviation experience.
PAN AM INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY won a one-year contract from FAA to train FAA's maintenance inspectors on the Saab 340. PAIFA will conduct 12-day courses, which will cover initial maintenance, engine start/run training and the aircraft practical examination. Training will be done on Saab 340 simulators at PAIFA's Regional Airline Training Center in Minneapolis, Minn. The first class is scheduled to start in the second quarter of this year.
GENE CARPENTER was named market and business development director for AirLiance Materials in Chicago. He will be responsible for developing and managing the company's growth strategy in new and existing markets. Carpenter was previously vice president of marketing and sales for AAR Engine Component Services.
Model F.28 Mark 0070 and 0100 series airplanes (Docket No. 2001-NM-290-AD) - proposes to require measurement of the over-center force of the thrust reverser operating levers; a functional test to verify proper energizing of the secondary lock solenoid of the thrust reversers; and corrective actions, if necessary.
The doubling of the Flight Options fractional aircraft fleet as a result of its merger with Raytheon Travel Air (RTA) positions the Cleveland-based firm to compete more effectively against industry leader Executive Jet and relegates other fractional providers to "boutique markets," according to Kenn Ricci, chairman and CEO of Flight Options.
Bombardier added a fourth airplane to the flight test program for its Continental business jet. The aircraft, Serial Number 20004, took off from Bombardier's Learjet plant at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita April 5 for a four-hour five-minute flight. The aircraft is the first in the flight test program to be equipped with a complete interior and a fully functional galley and lavatory. The aircraft will be used to test interior systems. The flight of S/N 20004 comes six months after the first Continental flew, and the program has accumulated nearly 300 hours.
DAVID HURLEY, chief executive officer of PrivatAir, was named to the board of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. The board is a 32-member body appointed by the Smithsonian Board of Regents. Hurley, who has been a pilot since age 14, has more than 30 years of marketing and sales experience in the aerospace and telecommunications industry. He has logged more than 15,000 hours in a variety of aircraft.
BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE named Jahid Fazal-Karim as regional vice-president, sales, Americas. He will be responsible for sales in South America, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean Islands and Canada. Fazal-Karim joined Bombardier last year with 10 years of sales and marketing experience for used and new aircraft.
Twin Commander Aircraft Corp. received certification to install Meggitt Avionics' MAGIC electronic flight and instrumentation system on the 690 series Twin Commander aircraft. MAGIC is a suite of four instrument panel and gauge displays that will show fuel levels, airspeed, attitude, altitude, vertical speed and heading references. The new system will be standard on Grand Renaissance Twin Commanders and available for retrofit in other Twin Commander 690-series models.
ROBERT E. BREILING was selected to receive the Flight Safety Foundation's Business Aviation Meritorious Award, given for "sustained, outstanding contribution and service to corporate aviation safety." Breiling, a former Navy and Pan Am pilot, heads Robert E. Breiling Associates of Boca Raton, Fla., which specializes in tracking aviation safety and accident trends involving business and corporate aircraft. Breiling began compiling business aviation accident information for the insurance industry in 1962.
THE HOUSE AVIATION SUBCOMMITTEE Thursday will consider legislation to streamline airport projects. The issue of airport construction streamlining was a priority of Congress last year, but put on the backburner after the Sept. 11 attacks pushed aviation security to the forefront of the debate. Along with airport streamlining, the subcommittee will consider legislation to reauthorize the National Transportation Safety Board and to provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers.
BOMBARDIER added a fourth airplane to the flight test program for its Continental business jet. The aircraft, Serial Number 20004, took off from Bombardier's Learjet plant at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita April 5 for a four-hour five-minute flight. The aircraft is the first in the flight test program to be equipped with a complete interior and a fully functional galley and lavatory. The aircraft will be used to test interior systems. The flight of S/N 20004 comes six months after the first Continental flew, and the program has accumulated nearly 300 hours.
Jet Aviation's U.S. aircraft sales division recently sold six aircraft, including a Gulfstream II, two Challenger 601s, a Hawker 800, a Falcon 50 and a Falcon 100. Revenues from the aircraft sales totaled $50 million, said Walt Wakefield, Jet Aviation vice president of aircraft sales for North and South America.
Two persons were killed last week when their Model 35 Beech Bonanza, N4487D, crashed near Willows, Calif. A preliminary FAA report said "witnesses on the ground reported seeing a wing come off of the aircraft prior to the crash."
THE NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION process for on-demand charters to electronically transmit passenger manifests when they enter the U.S. appears to have satisfied, at least temporarily, the Customs requirements. Customs has been developing its own system for charter companies to use, but that may be years away, sources believe. NBAA developed its system after U.S. Customs began assessing up to $10,000 in fines against charter companies that did not electronically submit passenger manifest information (BA, Feb. 25/93).
