ANTHONY RUSSELL has joined AAR Allen Aircraft as manager, sales and marketing for the regional/commuter customer base. Most recently commercial manager, Spare Parts Division for Air Hanson, Russell will be responsible for selling both aftermarket and distributor products and for developing new distributorships with original equipment manufacturers.
BRIAN ROWE, retired chairman of GE Aircraft Engines, is staying busy as co- chairman of American Regional Aircraft Industry, or AMRAI, the subsidiary being set up as the beachhead for Indonesia's IPTN in the U.S. AMRAI plans to assemble the 70-passenger N-250 in Mobile, Ala., with first units due off the assembly line in late 1997 or early 1998. Rowe's job is to put together the team that will run the operation, and not surprisingly, there's a lot of GE involvement in AMRAI.
'96 JET&PROPJET CORPORATE DIRECTORY, with information on more than 18,000 turbine-powered aircraft operating worldwide, was published this month by Avcom International. The directory, which contains listings of business and corporate aircraft registered in 139 nations, covers 268 models and model derivatives built by 47 manufacturers. Each listing notes aircraft make and model, registration number, owner and previous registration number. The illustrated, 408-page pocket-size paperback is priced at $21.95 plus $3.00 for shipping and handling for U.S. orders.
GENERAL DYNAMICS Model 240 series airplanes, including Model T-29 (military) airplanes; Model 340 and 440 series airplanes; Model C-131 (military) airplanes, and those modified for turboprop power (Docket No. 95-NM-19-AD; Amdt. 39-9501; AD 96-03-04) - requires a revision to the airplane flight manual to require that the flight crew limit the settings during certain icing conditions and air temperatures.
TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTORS Models C75, C85, C90, C125, C145, O-200, O-300, and GO-300 series and Rolls-Royce, plc C90, O-200 and O-300 series reciprocating engines (Docket No. 92-ANE-32; Amdt. 39-9490; AD 94-05-05 R1) - revises an existing AD that requires inspection of the cylinder rocker shaft for looseness and replacement, if necessary, with a serviceable part.
DE HAVILLAND Model DHC-8-102, -103, -106, -301, -311, -314, and -315 (Docket No. 95-NM-12-AD; Amdt. 39-9506; AD 96-03-09) - requires modification of a certain battery temperature monitor. This amendment is prompted by reports of failure of the battery temperature monitor, which resulted in smoke in the flight compartment. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the battery monitor and smoke in the flight compartment.
THE SOCIETY OF AEROSPACE COMMUNICATORS was formed in Washington, D.C. by a group of aerospace public relations employees and members of the media to fill a void created after the bankruptcy of Columbus, Ohio-based Aviation/Space Writers Association. Aviation publishing veteran Joseph Murphy is the founding president.
The Japanese government and a commercial carrier placed orders for four Saab 340 aircraft from the Swedish manufacturer. The Japan Maritime Safety Agency (JMSA), that nation's Coast Guard, ordered two Saab 340 SAR- 200s to replace older SAR aircraft it has been operating. The new Saabs, to be delivered in 1997, will be variants of the Saab 340B Plus, the latest version of the twin turboprop.
SIMUFLITE TRAINING INTERNATIONAL'S Hawker 800/1000 full flight simulator won Level C approval from both FAA and the Canadian Ministry of Transport (MOT), the company said. SimuFlite said the convertible simulator is its 16th FAA-approved business jet simulator and "the only Hawker 1000 full flight simulator available worldwide." It was manufactured by Reflectone, Inc. of Tampa, Fla., and features an Encore RSX computer system and a Rediffusion SPX250 wide-screen visual system.
Just days after winning a favorable ruling from the General Accounting Office permitting the U.S. Air Force and Navy to proceed with acquisition of a fleet of Joint Primary Aircraft Training System trainers from Raytheon Aircraft (BA, Feb. 12/66), officials confirmed they are working on a modification to the Operational Requirements Document (ORD) for JPATS that is likely to result in increased numbers of aircraft and related training systems, a Navy official said Tuesday.
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed expanding a repetitive inspection requirement for Brackett air filters to cover 50,000 single-engine aircraft at a cost of up to $12.6 million. FAA in August 1994 issued an airworthiness directive calling for repetitive visual inspections of the air filter frame for a loose or deteriorating gasket on airplanes equipped with certain Brackett air filters incorporating a faulty neoprene gasket design.
NEW PIPER Models PA31, PA31-300, PA31-325 and PA31-350 airplanes (Docket No. 90-CE-60-AD) - proposes to supersede AD 80-22-04, which requires repetitively inspecting the upper section of fuselage station (FS) 317.75 bulkhead for cracks and incorporating a certain reinforcement kit if any crack is found. The proposed action would require inspecting (one- time) the upper section of the FS 317.75 bulkhead for cracks and incorporating one of two reinforcement kits depending on whether cracks are found in the FS 317.75 bulkhead area.
BOMBARDIER AVIATION SERVICES contracted with Spectrum Aeromed to offer the company's 500 and 500-LP air ambulance life support systems on Learjet and Canadair Challenger business aircraft. Under the agreement, Bombardier will distribute and install the Spectrum Aeromed system. The modular air ambulance systems allow passenger-to-air ambulance cabin reconfiguration in less than 20 minutes, officials said.
While backing the concept of simplifying FAA's flight training regulations, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and National Air Transportation Association last week expressed concern that the agency's proposals are too costly, cumbersome and unnecessary.
FEARING that a lobbying push by air traffic controllers may result in quick passage of Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) Federal Aviation Administration reform legislation, several opponents of the McCain bill have stepped up efforts to ward off establishment of a new aviation user fee system (BA, Feb. 5/53). Opponents of the McCain bill are trying to convince Senate leaders to block early consideration of the legislation.
An audit of 20 former employees who accepted buyouts in 1994 showed that the Federal Aviation Administration allowed 17 to return to work in violation of their agreements to stay out of the government for at least five years, DOT Inspector General Mary Schiavo said this month. Schiavo said incentive payments totaling $425,000 "should be recouped" from the 17 former employees. An audit of other DOT departments did not find similar conditions, Schiavo said. FAA "also increased the government's cost for all 20 former employees who took buyouts.
DAVID FORD was appointed division manager for Keystone Helicopter Services' aircraft maintenance services division. Ford, formerly director of commercial helicopter support at Textron Lycoming, most recently was general manager, regional airline business unit for PTC Seating Products.
Hawker Siddeley Canada, Inc. (HSCI) will sell its aerospace operations to Fleet Aerospace Corp. of Toronto, Ontario for $27 million (Canadian). The sale will include the Orenda Aerospace Division of Toronto, Middleton Aerospace Corp., of Middleton, Mass., and A-R Technologies of Vancouver, British Columbia. The parties signed a binding letter of intent regarding the sale and said the transaction is expected to close in May.
Air traffic controllers, facing the Federal Aviation Administration's April 1 deadline to reform procurement and personnel policies, are pushing legislators to speed up progress on bills in the House and Senate that would reform FAA. The fiscal 1996 transportation appropriations bill requires FAA to reform its procurement and personnel practices by April 1, but controllers fear the provision, as written, may endanger certain of their rights such as collective bargaining.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION has issued special conditions for Jetstream Model 4101 aircraft, which incorporate an Automatic Takeoff Thrust Control System (ATTCS) that resets power on the operating engine for compliance with approach climb performance requirements. FAA said the special conditions are necessary because airworthiness regulations do not contain appropriate safety standards for approach climb performance using ATTCS. For more information, contact William Schroeder in FAA's Standardization Branch at (206) 227-2148.
BOMBARDIER AVIATION SERVICES, which recently completed a modernization project at its Ft. Lauderdale Service Center, is renovating its 37,000- square-foot Indianapolis Service Center at Indianapolis, Ind., International Airport. The renovations, scheduled for completion this month, include more ramp and street-side access, a new customer lounge, private offices and a quiet room on the first level. In addition, the shop rooms will be relocated within the facility to increase hangar space to 23,200 square feet. Upgrades at the facility on Ft.
THE LAST of 113 T-3A Enhanced Flight Screener aircraft was delivered last month to the Air Force 3rd Flying Training Squadron in Hondo, Tex. The aircraft, manufactured by Slingsby Aviation Ltd., of the United Kingdom, were manufactured under a $54.8 million contract awarded by the Aeronautical Systems Center in 1992. The Slingsby-built aircraft are replacing Cessna T-41s for the flight screening of new pilots.
NATIONAL AIRMOTIVE CORP. is offering a new overhaul warranty for Allison 250 series engines and McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems components. NAC is offering a warranty on new replacement parts and workmanship for the first 1,000 hours or two years for the Allison 250 series and the first 1,000 hours or one year for MDHS components. NAC, which was purchased by First Equity Development early last year, is an Oakland, Calif.-based aircraft overhauler and parts distributor.
Israel Aircraft Industries, holding to its promise that the first flight of the Astra Galaxy business jet will occur before the end of 1996 (BA, Oct. 2/142), has moved into the production phase for the first Galaxy. IAI said manufacture of wing parts "is virtually complete" and wing assembly is slated to begin this quarter. The company has begun to manufacture tooling for the fuselage and expects assembly of the fuselage to start in the spring.
