BEECH Model 58P and 58PA airplanes (Docket No. 95-CE-89-AD) - proposes to require inspection for cracks and missing rivets in the cabin structure (longeron) adjacent to and aft of the second right hand cabin window, repair of any cracked structure, and installation of rivets, if missing. FAA has received reports of airplanes with cracks in the cabin structure. The airplanes are missing rivets that should have been installed in the cabin structure to secure the frame, splice and longeron together.
AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION is celebrating a victory in San Jose, Calif., where the City Council last week reversed a long-standing policy and voted to support the continued operation of Reid-Hillview Airport, that community's principal general aviation airport (BA, Dec. 18/263). A final decision on Reid-Hillview's fate may not occur until mid- year, however. Santa Clara County officials previously initiated an Environmental Impact Report that contemplated closing the airport.
AVIALL named Eric Anderson to the newly created position of executive vice president. Anderson, who will retain his current position as president of Inventory Locator Service (ILS), will be responsible for Aviall Distribution Services as well as ILS. Anderson joined ILS in 1988 as director of marketing and became president of the Memphis-based unit in June 1993. Before joining ILS, Anderson served with Land O'Lakes, AAR Corp. and Tiger International, Inc.
FAIRCHILD CORP. will team with a consortium of Taiwanese companies to form a $7.3 million venture to produce aerospace fasteners in Taiwan. The new company, tentatively designated as King Grand Development Corp., will be located in Lungtan, in northern Taiwan. Fairchild will hold a 45 percent stake in the venture, while the Taiwanese partners, which include China Development Corp. and an investment firm controlled by Taiwan's Nationalist Party, will own 55 percent.
ALLYN ROBINSON was appointed director of Gulfstream programs for Garrett Aviation Services. Robinson, who spent the past 10 years with Gulfstream as vice president of service and product support, will be responsible for increasing Garrett's Gulfstream maintenance and modification activities.
GENERAL AVIATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION published its 1996 Annual Industry Review, Outlook&Agenda. The review discusses issues of concern to the general aviation industry and provides an overview of the industry's performance and outlook. For more information, contact GAMA at (202) 393- 1500.
Simulator manufacturer and training company Reflectone, Inc. reported sharply improved operating results and a significant reduction in the company's long-term debt during 1995. For the year ended Dec. 31, Reflectone said revenues were up 44 percent to $93.5 million, compared with $65.1 million in 1994. Net income after payment of preferred stock dividends was $3.8 million, or $1.36 per share, compared with a net loss of $3.7 million, or $1.35 per share, the previous year.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION'S Office of Environment and Energy has scheduled a March 1 briefing on the third meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection, which was held Dec. 5-15. The briefing will begin at 1 p.m. in Room 5 AB at FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C. For information on the briefing, contact Jim Muldoon, Office of Environment and Energy, at fax (202) 267- 5594.
Bell Helicopter Textron and Samsung Aerospace Industries, Ltd. of Korea announced a collaborative agreement to design and co-produce a new light-twin-engine helicopter, tentatively designated as the Bell 427. The new helicopter will be 13 inches longer than the Bell 407 light single, will meet anticipated International Civil Aviation Organization and European Joint Airworthiness Requirements and is scheduled for certification in late 1998.
APPLIED DYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL received a Small Business Innovative Research Phase 1 grant from the National Science Foundation for its project on Asynchronous Integration of Processors and Hardware for Real-Time Simulation. ADI said its project involves "asynchronous scheduling of various computer tasks in a manner that does not compromise real-world performance."
BFGOODRICH COMPANY'S board of directors authorized a two-for-one split of its common stock, effective April 1, 1996, to shareholders of record at the close of business March 11. Chairman John Ong said the stock split "reaffirms the continued optimism of the board for our long-term prospects as an earnings growth company and will allow more investors to participate in that growth." At the end of 1995, BFGoodrich had 26.3 million common shares outstanding.
CURTISS-WRIGHT R1820 series reciprocating engines (Docket No. 94-ANE- 36; Amdt. 39-9471; AD 94-11-10) - publishes an AD that previously was sent by individual letter to U.S. owners and operators of Curtiss-Wright R1820 reciprocating engines installed of the following aircraft: N313WB, N7044L, N815SH and N83AW.
FRED FIGGE was named manager of advanced programs for SimuFlite Training International. Figge, an advanced airmanship instructor for SimuFlite since 1986, will oversee the advanced programs department which covers specialty courses including international procedures, crew resource management and high altitude flight.
OFFICIALLY, there is "no news" on whether Cessna Aircraft will pursue a court challenge of the Pentagon's award of the $7 billion-plus Joint Primary Aircraft Training System contract to Raytheon, but sources say a decision on whether to pursue legal action is likely within a few weeks. The General Accounting Office review of the JPATS program upheld the Pentagon's contract award to Raytheon (BA, Feb. 12/66).
ROSS HAMORY, director of FAA's Office of Civil Aviation Security Policy and Planning, was selected to succeed Craig Beard as director of FAA's Asia Pacific Office in Singapore. Hamory has been with FAA for more than 25 years, serving in a variety of management and civil aviation security positions.
SIMUFLITE TRAINING INTERNATIONAL is offering a Jeppesen Chart Review, a two-hour course that covers pertinent regulations, instrument procedures and obstruction clearance parameters with practical use of charts. For more information, contact SimuFlite at (800) 527-2463.
DYNCORP named Robert B. Alleger, a General Electric and Lockheed Martin executive, president of DynCorp's Aerospace Technology unit, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The unit has annual revenues of approximately $320 million and is involved in aerospace sciences, technology and avionics, and engineering for all branches of the Defense Department, NASA and other government agencies. Alleger's career includes 29 years of government and industry experience.
The French government wants state-controlled Aerospatiale to merge with Bordeaux-based Dassault Aviation to boost the companies' strength in the face of planned French military spending cuts, Prime Minister Alain Juppe's office said last week. Executives from both companies on a newly created steering committee will report to the government by June 30 on how to create a single company within two years that still preserves important existing alliances and relationships - Aerospatiale's role in the Airbus consortium, for example.
PRATT&WHITNEY CANADA said its PT6B-37 turboshaft engine was selected by Agusta to power the A119 Koala single-engine helicopter. Certification of the engine, which will be rated at 1,002 thermodynamic shaft horsepower for takeoff, is scheduled for the end of 1996, with delivery of production powerplants in January.
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.
ATLANTIC AVIATION signed an agreement with the DuPont Corporate Aviation Department to begin flight test work for Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums (RVSM) certification for the Gulfstream III. Atlantic said it would provide customers a complete certification package for verification of aircraft performance and required aircraft and systems modification through FAA approval.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS will hold a Symposium on the Effects of the Environment on the Initiation of Crack Growth May 20-21 at the Omni Rosen Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The symposium, sponsored by ASTM standards-writing Committees E-8 on Fatigue and Fracture and G-1 on Corrosion of Metals, is open to all individuals - membership is not required. The symposium will comprise six sessions with more than 20 paper presentations. Symposium costs $75 in advance, $100 on-site, and is free to ASTM members and speakers.
The International Society of Aviation Maintenance Professionals, "the first voluntary professional standards and ethics organization representing aviation maintenance professionals," was officially launched this month with the introduction of the organization's officers and board of directors in Washington, D.C. The group, which held its first organizational meeting in mid-1993 at the urging of FAA officials, is headquartered in West Chester, Pa. President of ISAMP is Chris Leonard of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association.
DETAILS of a nationwide learn-to-fly program, part of an industry-wide effort to reinvigorate the flight training market, are expected to be announced by officials of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association at next month's FAA General Aviation Forecast Conference in Tampa, Fla.
SUPERIOR AIR PARTS is providing Millennium series cylinder power assemblies for Continental A-65 engines. The modification kit, P/N SA65000S0, includes four cylinders, the supplemental type certificate and installation instructions.
