JETSTREAM Model 4101 airplanes (Docket No. 95-NM-95-AD) - proposes to require inspections of the handrail assembly at the main entrance door to detect loose or missing rivets, abnormal movement between the handrail pivot-tube and the spigot that attaches to the bearing assembly, and cracks on the handrail pivot-tube. It also would require repair or replacement of the assembly, if necessary.
Kaman Aerospace International Corp., maker of the K-Max "aerial truck" utility helicopter, hopes to offer its Super Seasprite SH-2G multi-mission helicopter for the Royal Malaysian Navy maritime helicopter procurement. Kaman debuted the Seasprite last week during the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Malaysia, announcing it would compete for the Royal Malaysian Navy contract. "We believe the Super Seasprite will provide Malaysia with a tremendous new platform for sea control," said Admiral Huntington Hardisty (Ret.), the U.S.
Norwood, Mass.-based Altair Avionics won supplemental type certification from FAA last month for a retrofittable, bolt-on engine monitoring system aimed at Pratt&Whitney Canada's PT6A turboprop. Called CrossCheck, the system was developed jointly with Winnipeg's Standard Aero. It monitors key performance indicators such as turbine exhaust temperature, torque, turbine speed and compressor speed, collecting the data for download to a laptop personal computer using a Windows-based software packaged designed by Standard Aero.
THE RIPPLE EFFECT of the continuing Machinists' strike against Boeing is growing. Northrop Grumman, a major Boeing subcontractor, said it will extend the planned holiday shutdown of plants in four states to limit the buildup of jetliner component inventories as the Machinists' strike enters its third month. Workers at plants in Dallas, Texas, Hawthorne, Calif., and Milledgeville and Perry, Ga. had been scheduled to return to work Jan. 3 after a one-week shutdown, but workers now will be off the job for another week or two.
FOKKER Model F28 Mark 0100 series airplanes (Docket No. 95-NM-58-AD) - proposes to require modification of the thrust reverser doors and replacement of the Collins multifunction display units with new multifunction display units. This proposal also would require installation of a placard on certain airplanes. This proposal is prompted by a report that cracks were found in the flanges of the main hinge fittings of the horizontal stabilizer due to higher than anticipated loads induced during thrust reverser operation.
MONTE WIDDOSS was appointed senior vice president, business development, for Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems' Military Systems division. Widdoss will be responsible for expanding domestic applications for the company's ruggedized display workstation, sonar signal processor and acoustic sensor system product lines.
HARTZELL PROPELLER, which previously offered its Top Prop three-bladed propeller conversion for turbocharged Cessna T210M and T210N aircraft, said the system now is available for retrofit on all Cessna 210s with Teledyne Continental IO-520-L engines. The Top Prop conversion includes swept-blade scimitar propeller technology that includes an aluminum hub and blades.
JAMES WHAYLEN was promoted to director of business aviation maintenance services for AAR Oklahoma. Whaylen, previously manager of business aviation service sales, will be responsible for all services to the company's business aviation customers.
BOMBARDIER'S Canadair Business Aircraft Division hired a new sales director and named a current employee to a new job. C. Richard Beine, an 18-year veteran of corporate aircraft sales, was named one of eight sales directors responsible for the Canadair Challenger 604 and Bombardier Global Express aircraft, as well as all corporate variants of the Canadair Regional Jet airliner. Beine, 50, a former corporate pilot for Black&Decker, will be based in Hartford, Conn., reporting to Keith Garner, president of Canadair Challenger, Inc.
AMR Combs will begin running the existing fixed-base operation at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Jan. 2, replacing the incumbent operator, Signature Flight Support. AMR Combs' takeover of the existing facility is the first of several changes that will occur this year in operation of the FBO at SFO. In mid-February, the company will move to temporary facilities adjacent to a 13-acre parcel that will be the site of a new executive terminal. Site work on the permanent structure will begin in February and is expected to be completed late in 1996.
PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., selected EDS to provide technical and project management expertise and to implement systems to automate PHI's maintenance and technical services processes. EDS also will oversee implementation of a networked client/server infrastructure to support PHI's corporate needs.
SAAB Model SF340A and 340B series airplanes (Docket No. 95-NM-79-AD) - proposes to require repetitive operational tests of the valve limit switch of the propeller brake. This proposal also provides an optional terminating action for the repetitive tests. This proposal was prompted by a report of an incident in which the propeller brake was not properly engaged but the crew did not receive a "PROP BRAKE" warning due to a faulty valve limit switch.
QUICK TURN AVIATION SERVICES recently was established to provide Learjet and Citation windshield replacement, pre-buy inspections, aircraft retrieval and on-call contract labor services. William Ball and Douglas Hoffman, both A&P mechanics and long-time employees of Duncan Aviation, founded the new Lincoln, Neb. company.
JIM AMADOR was named vice president-aircraft sales for Stevens Aviation. Amador, who joined Stevens in September 1994, will oversee new and used aircraft sales as well as charter operations.
CHARTS depicting retail deliveries of used business jet and turboprop aircraft during the month of October were incorrectly labeled in the Nov. 20 issue. Corrected charts showing retail deliveries of used aircraft during October appear in this week's edition on Pages 261-262.
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.
Bombardier Aerospace Group-North America and CAE Electronics last week opened a new $108 million (Canadian) joint training and research facility in Montreal (BA, Dec. 4/247). The 66,000-square-foot Bombardier Aerospace Training Center, located adjacent to CAE Electronics' facility near Montreal International Airport, will provide training for operators of the Canadair Regional Jet airliner, Challenger business jet and maintenance training for the CL-415 amphibious aircraft.
DAVID CHAPMAN was promoted to manager of business aviation services sales for AAR Oklahoma. Chapman, who has more than 25 years of business aviation experience, will be responsible for marketing and sales for AAR Oklahoma's business aviation services.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE AVIATION OFFICIALS will hold its 1996 annual meeting Sept. 21-25 at the Hyatt Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the 1997 meeting Sept. 14-16, 1997 at the Holiday Inn Pyramid in Albuquerque, N.M. For more information, contact NASAO at (301) 588-0587.
FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL plans to add a Level D flight simulator for the de Havilland Dash 8 regional turboprop to its Paris/Le Bourget training center in April. The simulator, the second Dash 8 at the Paris center and the sixth in the FlightSafety network, will be equipped with a VITAL ChromaView visual system and a VITAL MultiView Display.
DESPITE THE HUGE COSTS of installing new equipment in aircraft and meeting new operational rules, Regional Airline Association officials do not believe large safety benefits will result from FAA's new "one level of safety" rule - but the association firmly supports the new requirements.
BFGoodrich Company named David L. Burner, the president and chief operating officer of BFGoodrich Aerospace, as president of the corporation. Burner, 56, has overseen the rapid growth of the aerospace division through a series of successful acquisitions. When Burner took over the company's aerospace operations in 1983, the unit's sales were under $270 million. BFGoodrich Aerospace's annual sales now exceed $1 billion, accounting for 47 percent of total BFGoodrich sales in the most recent quarter and a similar share of overall profits.
FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL appointed Thomas A. Eff general counsel. Based at FSI's headquarters at La Guardia Airport in New York, Eff was formerly vice president and associate general counsel of The Continental Corp. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton and the University of Michigan Law School. The position of general counsel is a new one at FSI. The company previously relied on outside counsel.
