TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Norman Mineta plans to appoint Chet Lunner as assistant to the secretary and director of public affairs at DOT. Lunner, a former newspaper reporter and editor, is chief of staff to Rep. Amo Houghton (R-N.Y.). Lunner is a native of Elmira, N.Y. who worked on papers in New York and Maine, for Florida Today and for Gannett News Services.
DASSAULT FALCON JET promoted Judy Stark to manager of exhibits and promotions. Stark had been special promotions coordinator for DFJ since 1989, directing trade show activities, promotions and hospitality functions. "Judy has been instrumental in the company's many successful promotional programs," said Ralph Aceti, director of communications. "Her talent for organizing dynamic events has earned her and the company special recognition in the industry."
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8376 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.19(a) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit GE to amend Type Certificate No. E00049EN by adding its GE90 growth engines, aircraft engine models GE90-110B, GE90-113B, and GE90-115B, rather than making a new application for a type certificate for those engines.
BARRY BENEDICT was selected as chief academic officer and senior vice president for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Currently vice president of academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind., Benedict will join Embry-Riddle in the fall.
Docket No.: 29889 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit SPP to use the calibration standards of the National Research Laboratory of Metrology (NRLM) and the Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL), Japan's national standards organizations, in lieu of the calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test equipment. Grant, Jan. 31, 2001, Exemption No. 7431
GARY HOURSELT was named president of Huck Fasteners, an Alcoa unit. Hourselt joined Huck in August 1996 as president of the Aerospace Fastener division and most recently was president of the Huck Industrial Fastener Division.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8177 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 45.25 and 45.29 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit EAA and CAF members to operate their historic military aircraft with two-inch high nationality and registration marks located beneath the aircraft's horizontal stabilizer. Grant, Jan. 9, 2001, Exemption No. 5019F
BOB JACK was named Bombardier Aerospace's Northeast region manager for Learjet service sales. He has 20 years of aviation maintenance experience, most recently as project supervisor for Learjet aircraft at Bombardier's Business Aviation Services facility in Hartford, Conn.
LINDA FALKENSTINE was named process improvement team manager for SimuFlite Training International. She will be responsible for improving the company's internal processing through the Six Sigma methods and tools. Falkenstine transferred to SimuFlite from GE Capital IT Solutions.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8514 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.857(e)(4). Description of Relief Sought: To certify Learjet Model 25 series airplanes, which will be modified for cargo configuration with Class E compartments (an STC project), without meeting the requirements to exclude hazardous quantities of smoke, flames or noxious gases from the flight crew compartment.
NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION will hold its 28th Annual International Operators Conference March 26-29 at The Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina in Vancouver, Canada. The three-day program will include discussions on a variety of issues affecting international travel such as polar operations, GPS/INOTAMS, Customs, datalink, the International Civil Aviation Organization and medical issues and fatigue. For more information, contact NBAA at (202) 783-9000.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, the investigative arm of Congress, will study the potential "bow wave" of retirements and resulting labor shortage of aviation maintenance technicians. Acting at the request of James Oberstar (D-Minn.), ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, GAO will look at whether technicians will be training to the latest technologies and have the skills they need to work on the future generation of aircraft.
The City of Kissimmee launched a development program that could result in construction of more than 50 new hangars for general aviation aircraft at the central Florida airport (ISM).
MILWAUKEE'S General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) scored a coup last week, announcing that it is now officially known as "Chicago's Third Airport." The airport has been marketing itself that way for years since it handles more than 500,000 travelers annually from northern Chicago and last week it sent a letter to Illinois Secretary of Transportation Kirk Brown "informing him that the airport has received exclusive service mark registrations of the slogan 'Chicago's Third Airport' from the states of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8499 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.134(c)(2). Description of Relief Sought: To permit Bishop to operate certain aircraft under Part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft. Grant, Dec. 8, 2000, Exemption No. 7394.
Model K-1200 helicopters (Docket No. 2000-SW-50-AD) - proposes to require reducing the life limit of the rotor shaft and teeter pin assembly, and establishing a life limit for the flap clevis. This proposal is prompted by the discovery of cracks in parts that were returned to the manufacturer. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent failure of the rotor shaft, teeter pin assembly, or flap clevis due to fatigue cracks, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter. FAA estimates that nine helicopters on the U.S.
CITATIONSHARES joined forces with Cessna Finance Corp. to offer new Share Finance and Share Lease programs for customers purchasing or leasing a fraction of a CitationShares aircraft. Both the finance and lease programs are available for customers buying or leasing shares ranging in size from 1/16th to one-half of an aircraft. "Most traditional loan institutions will not finance or lease a fraction of an airplane because of the complexity of the ownership arrangement," said John Hall, CitationShares senior vice president-sales and marketing.
Model EC120B helicopters (Docket No. 2000-SW-31-AD; Amendment 39-12131; AD 2001-04-12) - requires visually checking the engine to main gearbox coupling tube assembly for a crack and replacing any cracked tube. This amendment is prompted by a report of a crack detected on a tube. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent a tube failure, loss of engine drive and a subsequent forced landing. FAA estimates that 30 helicopters will be affected by this proposed AD at a cost of $484,200. The AD is effective March 20, but FAA will accept comments until May 4.
Docket No.: 25636 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(1) and (3) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit export airworthiness approvals to be issued for Class I products (engines) assembled and tested in the United Kingdom, and for Class II and III products manufactured in the IAE consortium countries of Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Grant, Jan. 31, 2001, Exemption No. 4991F
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.
HARTZELL PROPELLER won a supplemental type certificate for its Top Prop conversion kit for Piper Malibu Mirage aircraft made before 1998. The upgrade gives owners the option of installing the same propeller available on new aircraft. Piper said the three-blade, 80-inch-diameter composite propeller reduces takeoff roll by up to 25 percent and allows aircraft to clear a 50-foot obstacle in 11 percent less takeoff distance.
Jet Aviation experienced milestone performance last year, logging the highest revenues in the company's 34-year history and the second consecutive year of record profits. Revenues jumped 24 percent to $500 million, while operating profits soared 45 percent to $34 million. Both of the company's geographic regions - Jet Aviation lumps Europe with the Middle and Far East and combines North and South America - and all seven of its major business lines reported improved financial results in 2000, according to Donald Dawn, chief financial officer.
JOHN MAYRHOFER, director of FAA's Runway Safety Program, plans to retire next month. Mayrhofer, who has been responsible for runway safety operations since October 1999, will leave FAA April 3 after more than 30 years with the agency. Mayrhofer has been the focal point for efforts to reduce runway incursions, a problem that has attracted a lot of political and media attention over the past 18 months.
BOMBARDIER added 30 business jets to its FlexJet fractional ownership program in fiscal 2000, and plans to add 30 more in the 12 months that began Feb. 1, Bombardier President Robert Brown said last week.
