IRENE WEINMANN has joined Valley Oil as commercial account manager. Weinmann, who has 18-years experience with PS Trading, Inc., will be responsible for developing commercial aviation business including fuel sales to charter, cargo, start-up and commuter airlines.
TERRY TOOLEY joined Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems, Inc. as vice president, airborne systems. Tooley will be responsible for expanding domestic market applications for the company's display workstation and commercial off-the- shelf-based radar scan converter subsystem product lines.
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT named Richard Klass vice president-government marketing. Klass will be responsible for all marketing and sales for the Beech MkII, selected for the U.S. Air Force and Navy's Joint Primary Aircraft Training System, and T-1A Jayhawk, the Air Force trainer. He also will oversee AQM- 37 and MQM-107 target missile and special mission aircraft marketing and sales. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Klass most recently was vice president of the International Planning and Analysis Center in Washington, D.C.
While park activists called the Federal Aviation Administration's proposal to prohibit air tours over Rocky Mountain National Park a "real milestone in conservation history," aviation industry leaders denounced the action as "frivolous" and appealed to President Clinton for relief. In a letter to Clinton, National Air Transportation Association President James Coyne said he was "extremely concerned" by the plan to restrict, if not eliminate, national park overflights.
THE REASON FOUNDATION, the California-based think tank, is expected to join supporters of user fee funding for FAA with the release later this month of a report proposing a new fee-based system. The system, however, is expected to differ from those proposed by the Administration and supported by some of the major airlines. Meanwhile, general aviation industry leaders have increased lobbying efforts for reenactment of the aviation excise taxes. See article below.
KAREN QUAILE was promoted to associate airport manager of Atlantic City International Airport Terminal for Johnson Controls, which operates the airport. Quaile formerly was Johnson Controls' assistant airport manager for Atlantic City International.
JAMES TAICLET was named vice president, military aftersales service for Pratt&Whitney. Taiclet previously served as a senior consultant for McKinsey&Co.
HONEYWELL'S FMZ-2000 flight management system received technical standard order authorization for installation on the Falcon 2000. A follow-on certification of vertical navigation and flight plan map display is expected this fall. The FMZ-2000 system provides multi-sensor vertical and lateral navigation from takeoff to touchdown. The unit interfaces with Honeywell's 12-channel global positioning system receiver.
NATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION will hold its Line Service Supervisor Training Seminar June 10-11 at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn. The two-day session will cover aircraft fueling safety, quality control, fire prevention and supervisor training. The seminar also includes the required FAR Part 139 fire training program. Seminar costs $199 per person for NATA members and $250 for non-members. For more information, contact Cindy Aloise at (800) 808-6282.
Grimes Aerospace Corp. will move its corporate headquarters from Columbus, Ohio, to Urbana, Ohio, by June 1. Grimes currently operates a manufacturing facility in Urbana, about 35 miles west of Columbus, and said the new headquarters location "exemplifies two of Grimes' key goals - improved communications with customers and employees and reduced overhead costs." Departments to be moved include the executive offices, human resources, finance and legal.
Summary: 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.
STEVE ZUERCHER was named international finance manager for Cessna Finance Corp. Zuercher most recently was a business development manager in Mexico and South America for United Parcel Service.
GULFSTREAM Model G-1159 (G-II), G-1159A (G-III), and G-1159B (G-IIB) series airplanes (Docket No. 96-NM-90-AD) - proposes to require inspections to detect cracking and/or corrosion at various locations of the wings and modification of cracked and/or corroded parts. This proposal is prompted by a report indicating that cracks, caused by stress corrosion, were found at various locations at buttock line (BL) 0 to BL 19 of the lower wing plank.
The Federal Aviation Administration proposed a partial ban - and possibly a complete ban - on air tour operations over Rocky Mountain National Park even though no such activity currently exists at the park (BA, May 13/215).
FLIGHT VISIONS was selected to provide an FV-2000 head-up display system on FlightSafety International's Gulfstream IV flight simulator. The HUD will be installed on a Level D G-IV simulator at FSI's Gulfstream learning center in Savannah, Ga. this spring. Flight Visions officials will assist FSI engineers in the installation. FSI will provide the necessary software.
NATIONAL AIRCRAFT RESALE ASSOCIATION said its members accounted for 18 percent of the worldwide sales of used jets during the first quarter of 1996. NARA members also recorded 12 percent of the used turboprop aircraft sales during the first three months of the year. NARA members combined for $136 million in jet sales and $35 million in turboprop sales for the first quarter.
The organizers of an effort to boost the number of student pilots in the U.S. are seeking an advertising and public relations agency to develop a comprehensive plan for the program. GA Team 2000 issued a request for proposals that calls for development of a "promotion umbrella" for both the GA Team 2000 campaign and to provide theme elements that all industry players can use in individual marketing and promotional efforts.
HAMILTON STANDARD Models 14RF-9, 14RF-19, 14RF-21, 14SF-5, 14SF-7, 14SF-11, 14SFL11, 13SF-15, 14SF-17, 14SF-19 , 14SF-23 and Hamilton Standard/British Aerospace 6/5500/F propellers (Docket No. 96-ANE-05; Amdt. 39-9568; AD 96-08-02) - supersedes an existing AD that requires all blades to be calibrated for ultrasonic transmissibility before conducting the ultrasonic shear wave inspection. In addition, that AD decreases the repetitive inspection interval for Models 14RF-9, 14SF-5, -7, -11, -15. -17, -19, and -23 propellers from 1,250 flight cycles to 500 flight cycles.
UNC INCORPORATED named three new executives: John Demase, general manager for UNC Industrial Engines; Jim Lundeen, general manager for UNC Accessory Services, and Guo Zhan Jing, regional sales manager for UNC International. Demase, who will be based at UNC's industrial packaging center in Odessa, Texas, will be responsible for the repair, overhaul, packaging and sales of industrial products. Lundeen, formerly with AlliedSignal Aerospace and Garrett Airline Services, will direct UNC Accessory Service operations.
The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command ordered a "precautionary stand- down of flying operations" Wednesday for its fleet of 10 Alenia Aeronautica G-222 transport aircraft. The service ordered the action, temporarily grounding its C-27A transports, because "small cracks were discovered on the horizontal stabilizer attachment fitting of a C-27A aircraft during routine contractor maintenance" at Waco, Texas. The attachment fitting is part of the tail that holds the horizontal stabilizer to the fuselage.
Duncan Aviation announced a number of management changes, particularly in its avionics activities. The company named four managers to its Denver satellite avionics shop and one to its Santa Ana shop. In Denver, Dave Molsberry was named manager of the facility. Molsberry, who has 13 years of aviation experience, first joined Duncan's Dallas, Texas facility in 1989 as an avionics technician and in 1994, joined the Denver satellite shop. Wayne Sand, Jim White and Jeff Aman all were named avionics technicians for the facility.
AVIALL will hold its Regional Parts and Maintenance Symposium Sept. 10-12 at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam. The company expects more than 25 manufacturers to participate in the symposium, which will include product seminars, a trade show and workshops on piston-engine line maintenance and troubleshooting. Aviall also has scheduled Parts and Maintenance Symposiums Oct. 9-11 in Atlantic City, N.J., and Dec. 9-11 in Orlando, Fla. For details on the Amsterdam symposium, contact Wim van Vessum at 31-20-653-1126. For information on the U.S.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION issued special conditions for Cessna Model 425 airplanes modified by Modern Avionics, Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minn. FAA said the modification involves new design features such as electronic displays and applicable regulations are not adequate to cover the protection of those systems from the effects of high intensity radiated fields. The special conditions will address those safety standards, FAA said. For more information, contact Ervin Dvorak, an aerospace engineer in FAA's Flight Standards Office, at (816) 426-6941.
TWIN COMMANDER AIRCRAFT CORP. completed flight testing on a new line of Permaflex deicer boots. The boots, produced by Aerazure of France, were approved for installation on 690/A/B/C/D and 695 A and B model Twin Commanders. Twin Commander said the deicer boots have improved electrical bonding, eliminating the need for conductive sealing around boot edges. In addition to the deicer boots, Aerazure also produces Permaflex fuel cells for Twin Commanders.
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION last week formally released its Challenge 2000 report, which calls for comprehensive changes in the way FAA regulates the aviation industry to enable the agency to keep pace with predicted growth in air traffic while budgetary pressures force cuts in government personnel and resources (BA, April 15/171). The report suggests "resizing and restructuring" FAA's Office of Regulation and Certification (AVR), headed by Tony Broderick.
