BBA AVIATION appointed Terry Scott president and chief executive officer of International Turbine Service, the supplier of new and serviceable turbine engines, engine parts and accessories. Scott previously was senior vice president of sales and marketing for BBA Aviation's Dallas Airmotive subsidiary. He began his business aviation career in 1972 with Airwork Corp. and joined Ryder Aviall in 1989 as director of the company's PW100 program. He was promoted to senior vice president of sales and marketing 1994.
Honeywell unveiled two new services on its e-Engine internet site to facilitate engine financial transactions and to help in diagnosing and fixing engine problems.
AIR CELL has completed $12.8 million in financing, funded by Sycamore Venture Capital, GE Capital and Northwood Ventures. The new money will be used to finish enhancements to the company's cellular network and "to invest in the development of new products for new markets," said Todd Londa, Air Cell chief financial officer.
MALCOLM B. ARMSTRONG joined the Air Transport Association as senior vice president of aviation safety and operations. Armstrong has 31 years' experience in the U.S. Air Force, which included duty as a fighter pilot and a tour in aircraft maintenance. He retired from the service in 1995 as a three-star general and most recently was executive vice president of operations at Delta Air Lines.
TIMOTHY KNUTSON was named vice president of business development at Worthington Aviation in Eagan, Minnesota. Knutson was most recently director of service recovery at Northwest Airlines where he worked for more than 15 years.
QUICKTURN'S Citation I/II simulator was upgraded to provide training scenarios in daylight, twilight and nighttime conditions. The new system integrates Evans&Sutherland Liberty 200 image generator and two raster-only display monitors from DVI. Additionally, simulator sessions can now be customized with specific, actual airport settings.
NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION established a new International Operators Scholarship for people who are involved or would like to become involved in any aspect of international business aviation operations. ExxonMobil Aviation and Avitat are sponsoring the $5,000 scholarship, which will be awarded to one or more recipients in March 2002. The deadline to submit 2002 scholarship applications is Jan. 31, 2002.
UNITED BIZJET HOLDINGS, INC., the United Airlines affiliate, was supposed to unveil the name and marketing details of its new fractional ownership program at this week's convention, but was forced to delay the announcement due to last week's events and the decision to scrap the NBAA convention. The company, which has placed orders for nearly $4 billion worth of Falcon and Gulfstream business jets, is expected to proceed with its plans later this month or early in October.
CMC ELECTRONICS completed a series of development flight trials of its Infrared Enhanced Vision System (IR-EVS) that the company said confirmed performance of the system. The company conducted more than 30 approaches and ground movement operations in weather that included one-quarter-mile visibility and a 300-foot ceiling, fog, rain, mist and haze in both day- and nighttime operations.
SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE, reacting to last week's hijacking of four airliners, was among the first committees to schedule an aviation security hearing. The committee announced that it wold hold a hearing to examine federal aviation security standards Thursday (Sept. 20) in the Russell Senate Office Building.
MARJORIE K. DELONG was appointed director of marketing at SimuFlite. She will lead product development and marketing strategies. DeLong was most recently manager, marketing and sales in the Americas for GE Capital Aviation Training.
EUROCOPTER FRANCE Model AS 332C, L, L1, and L2 helicopters (Docket No. 99-SW-78-AD) - proposes to supersede an existing AD that currently requires conducting a filter clogging warning test, and if necessary, replacing a blocked fuel filter element with an airworthy fuel filter element. The proposed AD would have required the same corrective actions as the existing AD and would have added another fuel filter part number to the applicability. That proposal was prompted by the discovery of blocked fuel filter by-pass valves.
MARGE BECKER was promoted to vice president and controller at Piedmont Hawthorne Aviation. Becker will be responsible for day-to-day operations of general and divisional accounting functions and for the coordination and production of all financial statements. She has 11 years' experience at Ernst and Young and was most recently controller at Blue Rhino.
TIM RICE was named managing director of MRO branch of Messier Services UK in Gloucester, England. Rice was most recently executive vice president at Spirent Systems (formerly Penny&Giles Aerospace) and has also worked at Smiths Aerospace.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9901 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143 (c)(2) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CAC to operate certain aircraft under Part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft. Grant, 7/09/2001, Exemption No. 7565
Initial indicators point to serious problems with the engine of a Eurocopter AS350 B2 AStar helicopter that crashed Aug. 10 during a sightseeing flight near the Grand Canyon.
THE BOEING COMPANY began operating from its new Chicago headquarters last week. About 200 employees moved into the building, which is located at 100 North Riverside in downtown Chicago next to the Chicago River. The company said it expects about 400 employees to occupy the building's top 12 stories by yearend. Boeing created a furor early this year when it announced the company's top management personnel and support staff would relocate from its longtime headquarters in Seattle, and launched a highly publicized series of visits to candidate cities.
FENTON APPLEBY was promoted to vice president sales and market development at Wood Group Power's Aero Propulsion division. He will focus on marketing strategy, new product development and growth of existing product lines. Appleby was most recently vice president sales and marketing for the PT6 and 501/T56 engine overhaul company.
Avfuel Corp. is buying a major portion of Texaco's general aviation fuel business, a move that will give it an even bigger share of the U.S. aviation fuel market, the company said Friday.
FREQUENTIS won a contract from Raytheon Systems Canada Limited to supply the voice communication system for the Curacao Area Control Center. Raytheon Systems was selected to supply the complete air traffic management system to Curacao in the Netherlands, Antilles. Frequentis will supply its Model 3020S series system, which the Vienna, Austria-based company described as "highly modular, distributed and decentralized architecture that incorporates extensive redundancy."
BILL ROBINSON was named program manager at Bii for its Asia-Pacific Region. Robinson was most recently the regional sales manager for Advanced Ground Systems Engineering Corp. He has more than 10 years of sales experience. Bii, based in Los Alamitos, Calif., provides bearing, overhaul and inspection services.
DONALD W. CARLSON was named vice president and general manager at AMETEK's U.S. Gauge division. Carlson was previously division vice president of operations for U.S. Gauge and has been with the company for 12 years.
ADAM AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES boosted the base price for its carbon-composite CarbonAero aircraft to $750,000 after it secured the first 30 delivery positions within eight months. "This early success indicates to us that we are filling a true niche for aviators and that people are excited about the new CarbonAero," said Tom Wiesner, vice president of sales. The six-place, centerline-thrust twin piston is scheduled to fly next summer with certification and delivery in 2003. Adam Aircraft is taking $25,000 refundable deposits for delivery positions.
