Docket No.: FAA-2000-8500 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(c)(5) and 25.785(a) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ACA the extension of the compliance date regarding the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) for front row passenger seating on Jetstream Series 4100 Model 4101, Serial No. 41101. Grant, Dec. 22, 2000, Exemption No. 6776A
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8341 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Rockwell Collins to substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO) for the calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), to test its inspection and test equipment. Grant, Jan. 31, 2001, Exemption No. 7432
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), dispositions of certain petitions previously received, and corrections. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8421 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(3) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Commodore to issue export airworthiness approvals for Class II products manufactured in Tel Aviv, Israel, by Israel Aircraft Industries, Bedek Aviation Group, as an approved supplier to Commodore under Commodore's part manufacturing authority. Grant, Jan. 26, 2001, Exemption No. 6861A
ADVANCED AERODYNAMICS&STRUCTURES INC. said it received funding of $4.1 million from an agreement with private investors, who agreed to invest another $3 million in the company later this year. "The new funds, plus the $20 million equity line activated last October, will be of great help to AASI as it seeks to achieve its goal of completing the FAA certification process and ramping up for mass production of the Jetcruzer 500."
RICHARD (DICK) DODSON, president and chief executive of BBA Aviation, recently retired, although the company made no formal announcement of his departure. Dodson joined Signature Flight Support several years ago and held executive positions with the fixed-base chain and its parent company, BBA.
Two Washington-based airport groups are pushing a proposal that would streamline the environmental review process, cutting the time it takes to expand airports (BA, March 19/131). The American Association of Airport Executives and Airports Council International-North America drafted an "Expedited Airport System Enhancement" proposal, aimed at striking a balance between meeting airport needs and satisfying environmental concerns about airport expansion projects.
VISTA RESEARCH, INC. sold its underground pipeline leak detection systems to five more Canadian airports - Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Toronto and Vancouver. The sale followed installation of the system at both Montreal Dorval and Mirabel International Airports. Air Canada chose Dorval and Mirabel to test the leak detection system three years ago. Earlier this year, the Vista equipment was used to test a line containing 688,000 gallons of fuel, the largest line the HT-100 system has tested.
Garrett Aviation is hosting a series of avionics workshops beginning early next month and extending into the summer. The sessions, "Avionics Upgrades for the 21st Century," will include presentations from Garrett experts plus representatives of a number of avionics suppliers including Honeywell, Collins, Universal, BFGoodrich, Baker Aerospace, Airshow, AirCell and Audio International.
ROBERT E. BREILING ASSOCIATES, INC. completed the 2000 Annual Business Turbine Aircraft Accident Review, a detailed report that summarizes more than 300 business turbine aircraft and helicopter accidents and incidents. The report specifies phase of operation during which the accident occurred and primary causes. The review also notes exposure of positioning flights, in-aircraft training, single-pilot operation, pilot experience vs. aircraft sophistication, among other factors. It also presents accident rates of individual aircraft by model and by operator type.
The Boeing Company plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to the Chicago, Dallas or Denver areas later this year as part of a strategic plan to spur growth in the company's non-core businesses and more centrally locate the company's top executives.
ROCKWELL COLLINS named Pat Zerbe director of strategic communications with responsibility for managing advertising, collateral (brochures, specification sheets, etc.) and tradeshows. She joined the company in 1998 as director of public relations after a 14-year career in corporate communications with Raytheon Aircraft. The company tapped Kristi Dunn to succeed Zerbe as director of public relations. Dunn previously was the Federal Aviation Administration's public affairs officer for the Alaskan, Western-Pacific and Northwest Mountain regions.
THE EUROPEAN BUSINESS AVIATION CONVENTION&EXPOSITION, scheduled April 18-20 at the Palexpo Convention Center in Geneva, Switzerland, will focus on regulatory and safety issues during its opening session with representatives from the European Commission, European Aviation Safety Agency, Joint Aviation Authorities, Eurocontrol and the Federal Aviation Administration. The session will discuss airspace and airport access, business aviation's contribution to economic growth and other regulatory issues.
CITATIONSHARES, headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., is expanding to Orlando, Fla., and has begun recruiting pilots there. The fractional ownership provider employs 45 pilots and plans to hire 65 more this year (BA, March 5/110). "The decision to base pilots in the Orlando area was made to provide better service to our customers and increase the efficiency of our operations," said CitationShares Chief Operating Officer Bill Shultz.
National Transportation Safety Board urged the Federal Aviation Administration to require detailed repetitive main landing gear inspections on certain older Cessna single-engine aircraft in a recommendation likely to cover thousands of aircraft. NTSB cited the Sept. 14, 1999 crash of a Cessna 185, N85LC, operated by Tamarack Air Ltd. on a charter flight in Alaska. As the aircraft was landing on a remote dirt airstrip near Delta Junction, Alaska, the left main landing gear (MLG) collapsed, dug into the ground, and the plane nosed over.
DANIEL MACLELLAN was named sales director for FlightSafety Boeing Training International. MacLellan spent six years as a regional marketing manager for FlightSafety International, working with corporate operators. In his new position at FlightSafety Boeing, he will be responsible for flight training sales for North and South America, China and the Pacific.
FLIGHT OPTIONS retained Fleet Capital to provide financing for its fractional ownership program. "We are delighted to have this financing avenue as an additional benefit for our clients," said Rich Heckman, Flight Options vice president of sales and marketing. "Fleet Capital Leasing is clearly an innovator in the aircraft financing industry." Flight Options launched its fractional ownership program in October 1998 with used aircraft and announced its 600th customer in December.
GENERAL ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT ENGINES selected Unison Industries to supply electrical components for the GE CF34-10 engine, including the ignition system (ignition exciter, ignition leads and ignitor plugs) and engine wiring harness. Unison said the five-year agreement is valued in excess of $4 million. The CF34-10 will power the 90-seat Embraer ERJ-190 and Fairchild Dornier 928 regional jets. Unison will design and manufacture the ignition system at its Jacksonville, Fla. facility.
Model P-180 airplanes (Docket No. 2000-CE-67-AD; Amendment 39-12140; AD 2001-05-04) - requires inspection of the flap actuators for incorrect maneuvering and evidence of grease and oxidation around the gear box. The AD requires immediate replacement of faulty flap actuators with improved actuators or repair of the existing actuators. The AD also requires repetitive inspection until the installed actuators are of improved design. This AD is the result of mandatory continuing airworthiness information issued by the airworthiness authority for Italy.
NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION is holding REACHBAC information sessions for its members in the Houston and Minneapolis areas next week. The association will hold separate sessions April 2 at Hobby and Intercontinental airports in Houston and at the Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport April 4. For more information, contact NBAA at (202) 783-9000 or e-mail at [email protected].
UNITED STATES AIR TOUR ASSOCIATION, which has led an effort to keep FAA from making piecemeal changes in air tour routes at the Grand Canyon, said the agency's decision to begin implementing those changes April 19 is an "unconscionable act of callous disregard for the safety of Grand Canyon air tour passengers and the economic viability of southern Nevada air tour companies." USATA said it expects FAA to publish the route changes in today's (March 26) Federal Register, despite a recent letter to FAA Administrator Jane Garvey from Nevada's two senators opposing the action (
GALAXY AEROSPACE appointed Jeffrey Ehlers vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Ehlers, who has two decades of financial experience, most recently was vice president of project management for NTS Virginia Development Company and has served as president of National Mine Service and Eagle-Gypsum products, both holdings of Marmon Group.
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT officials still anticipate winning type certification for the Premier I business jet yet this month or in April, a spokesman told BA Friday, the same time frame officials outlined last year when explaining another slip in the schedule (BA, Nov. 27/243). Announced at the 1995 NBAA convention, the composite fuselage Premier originally was expected to achieve certification by the fall of 1998. That schedule proved far too optimistic, however, as officials had to make numerous changes to the aircraft to satisfy FAA concerns, resulting in extensive delays.
FLIR SYSTEMS, Portland, Ore., won a contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to upgrade the U.S. Marine Corps fleet of UH-1N helicopters with FLIR's new BRITEStar airborne imaging system. The contract is valued at more than $126 million over five years.
