A RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT sales executive has joined Kellstrom Industries management team. Tamara M. Christen, who had been vice president of international special mission sales for Raytheon Aircraft Company, was named senior vice president of marketing for Kellstrom. She will report to Scott Kalister, chief operating officer of Kellstrom and himself a longtime Raytheon executive who moved to Kellstrom late last year (BA, Nov. 13/225). Before joining Raytheon in 1997, Christen spent 13 years at McDonnell Douglas Corp.
EADS AEROFRAME SERVICES won FAA certification at its Lake Charles, La. facility. A subsidiary of Sogerma, Aeroframe Services provides heavy maintenance for Airbus aircraft.
The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday approved 13-8 legislation to raise the maximum age of pilots flying for Part 121 carriers from 60 to 63. The legislation, introduced by Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska), originally would have raised the cap to 65, but Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) amended the bill to 63. The bill also authorizes the Federal Aviation Administration to require affected pilots to undergo additional medical and cognitive testing.
Model AS350B, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350BA, AS350C, AS350D, AS350D1, AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, AS355F2, and AS355N helicopters (Docket No. 2000-SW-17-AD; Amendment 39-12133; AD 2001-04-14) - supersedes an existing AD that currently requires inspecting the fuselage frame for a crack at the fuselage-to-tailboom interface and replacing or repairing, as necessary. That AD also requires a fastener torque check and retorquing, as necessary.
AN ANTI-NOISE ACTIVIST GROUP named Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.) "Legislator of The Year" for his efforts to limit noise and operations at Teterboro Airport (TEB) in New Jersey. The National Organization To Insure A Sound-Controlled Environment (N.O.I.S.E.) noted Rothman has "a record as long as a runway of working to reduce aviation noise levels." The group cited his efforts to keep the Boeing Business Jet out of TEB as well as legislation he sponsored calling for the Environmental Protection Agency to study airport pollution, including noise, nationwide.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8471 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.183(c) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Termikas to obtain a standard airworthiness certificate for each of its LET L-13 Blanik sailplanes without a certifying statement from the country of manufacture relating to the sailplane's airworthiness.
AIRPORT AND AIRLINE GROUPS last week offered their own solutions to congestion problems. The Air Transport Association unveiled its top 10 priorities to improve the air traffic control system to reduce congestion and delays. The American Association of Airport Executives and Airports Council International-North America drafted a series of recommendations to speed up the review process for airport expansion projects. See articles inside.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8500 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.256(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
AAR AIRCRAFT SERVICES-OKLAHOMA received propeller repair and overhaul contracts from Dyncorp and Lear Siegler. The contracts call for global repair and overhaul support of more than 400 propellers on U.S. Army C-12 and Navy C-26 aircraft. The Dyncorp contract spans 10 years, and the Lear Siegler contract is for five years. AAR Aircraft Services-Oklahoma provides maintenance and modifications for commercial, regional and cargo carriers as well as government aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8340 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2) Description of Relief Sought: To permit CFS to operate certain aircraft under Part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft. Grant, Dec. 8, 2000, Exemption No. 7395.
JET AVIATION appointed James Van Schaick chief financial officer for U.S. operations, Paul Engl director of flight operations for U.S. operations and Vernon Bieraugel vice president of Teterboro FBO services and vice president of U.S. facility services. Van Schaick has more than 20 years of experience in financial accounting, analysis and treasury management, most recently as controller for Precision Valve Company. He will be based at Teterboro.
PAUL D. SCHULTE joined New World Aviation, headquartered at Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) in Allentown, Pa., as vice president-sales and marketing. Schulte formerly served as district sales manager for Atlantic Aviation and vice president-sales at ExcelAire Services in Islip, N.Y.
MIDCOAST AVIATION won FAA supplemental type certificate approval to install the Honeywell Mark V enhanced ground proximity warning system in Gulfstream IV aircraft. The Mark V provides obstacle, peak and geometric modes and contains a global terrain database with more than 15,000 airports that have runways of 2,000 feet or longer.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-7985 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 119.65(a) Description of Relief Sought: To permit the company's Director of Maintenance and Chief Inspector to qualify as full-time employees, even though these individuals also serve in these capacities under Air Agency Certificate ROSR023B.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8580 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(b)(2) Description of Relief Sought: To exempt FD from the floor warpage testing requirements of Sec. 25.562(b)(2) for flight crew seats on the 728-100 model aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8472 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.643(a)(2) and (3) Description of Relief Sought: To allow ERA to operate its DHC-6 airplane under the visual flight rule fuel supply requirements of Sec. 135.209, rather than the fuel supply requirements of Sec. 121.643.
MIYANDA WILSON was appointed manager, account representatives for SimuFlite Training International. She previously was collection manager for ACS, Inc., a division of Wells Fargo Financial.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8508 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.783(h), 25.807(d)(1) and(e)(1), 25.810(a)(1), 25.812(e), 25,812(h)(1), 25.813(b), 25.857(e), 25.1445(a)(2), and 25.1447(c)(1). Description of Relief Sought: To permit certain work to be accomplished on Boeing Airplane Services' Boeing Model 757-200 series airplanes that have been converted from passenger-only to special freighter configurations.
MERCURY AIR GROUP, INC. plans to spin off to its shareholders 100 percent of the common stock of its fuel sales and services subsidiary, which buys and sells fuel as a commodity. The spin-off will result in the creation of a new publicly traded company, MercFuel, Inc. Under the plan, Mercury Air group shareholders ultimately will own shares in both companies. "The equity carve-out is intended to bring improved management focus and growth objectives to the respective core business activities" of Mercury and MercFuel, and is expected to be completed by August.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8435 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TEMSCO to make available one copy of its Inspection Procedures Manual (IPM) to all of its supervisory and inspection personnel, rather than providing a copy of the IPM to each of those individuals. Grant, Jan. 9, 2001, Exemption No. 6623B
MIKE LUCKEY was promoted to senior manager of instructor development for SimuFlite Training International. Luckey joined SimuFlite in 1999 after 20 years with GTE Directories, where he served in a variety of positions, including director of aviation/administration and chief pilot. He has more than 9,000 flight hours, including 5,000 in jets and 1,300 in turboprops.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey launched a probe into Chicago carrier Indigo's operations at Teterboro Airport after an area congressman and local residents raised concerns that it may be operating illegal scheduled flights. Indigo operates Falcon 20 aircraft from Chicago Midway to Teterboro as a Part 380 public charter - meaning it can announce its flights to the public and conduct "regular and frequent" operations.
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta reiterated his call for expedited environmental reviews of new runway and airport projects, but he told BA last week he does not believe new legislation will be required to accelerate the review process. Speaking at the opening day of FAA's 26th Annual Aviation Forecast Conference in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, Mineta said the current environmental review process "is too cumbersome. We must expedite that process."
Canadian manufacturer Bombardier, in the midst of a boom in orders for its regional jets and executive aircraft, reported an 18 percent increase in revenues and a 35.6 percent jump in net income for the year ended Jan. 31, 2001. Revenues for the year were $16.1 billion, compared with $13.6 billion for the year earlier. Monetary figures are expressed in Canadian dollars. Net income was $975.4 million, or 69 cents per share, compared with $718.8 million, or 50 cents per share, in the year ended Jan. 31, 2000.
PHILLIP POYNOR, general manager of Nassau Flyers in Farmingdale, N.Y., was recognized with the Flight Instructor of the Year Award, the highest honor presented to flight instructors by the Federal Aviation Administration and industry. Poynor has more than 30 years of aviation industry experience and was one of the first instructors in the nation to earn the National Association of Flight Instructors' Master Instructor status. He also is an aviation safety counselor in the Farmingdale, N.Y. Flight Standards District Office.
