GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE will deliver two new GIV-SP business jets to Executive Jet International in November and December for use in EJI's NetJets shared ownership program, which will boost the total number of NetJets' Gulfstreams to five. Both aircraft to be delivered will be configured for 13 passengers and are being outfitted at Gulfstream's Long Beach, Calif., maintenance and modification center. The two companies signed an agreement earlier valued at $500 million under which EJI will take delivery of seven new Gulfstream IV-SPs in 1995 and 1996 (BA, Jan. 23/33).
DASSAULT FALCON JET added a sales representative to its force, Jeffrey Habib, who is district sales manager for the Far East. Habib, a former Falcon demo pilot, most recently was a pilot with Southwest Airlines.
SIMUFLITE TRAINING INTERNATIONAL is offering an alternate recurrent maintenance training course as an option to its standard maintenance recurrent courses. The alternate recurrent course combines three days of aircraft systems with two days of specific topics including practical aircraft electricity, avionics and troubleshooting. The systems review section allows class members to select topics for instruction based on interests.
DONALD HASTINGS was named executive director of The American Society for Nondestructive Testing. Hastings most recently served as a staff supervisor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he oversaw NDT services for three lab programs.
LUCAS AEROSPACE POWER SYSTEMS, Hemel Hempstead, England, was awarded a contract to provide the starter-generator system for the Eurocopter EC 135 helicopter. The five/seven-seat multi-purpose helicopter will be equipped with either twin Pratt&Whitney 206B or Turbomeca TM319-1B (Arrius) engines. Production deliveries for the aircraft are scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 1996. The EC 135 is slated for certification in early 1996.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-Ariz.), author of a controversial bill that would make FAA quasi-independent and funded completely through user fees, said he pursued the quasi-independent route rather than the nearly complete independence favored by his counterparts in the House because he is not sold on the concept of an independent FAA. He cited as an example his efforts a couple of years ago to get FAA to act on his concerns about aircraft flights over the Grand Canyon. McCain said when FAA did not act, he was forced to turn to the Department of Transportation for help.
HERB BECK was named technical sales representative for the East Coast of the U.S. for Innotech Aviation. Beck, who will be based in Maryland, has 30 years of aviation maintenance and sales experience.
Raytheon Aircraft renamed its United Beechcraft and Hawker fixed-base operations Raytheon Aircraft Services and said it plans to expand the chain with a new facility in Atlantic City, N.J.
Embraer is committed to producing 24 copies of its new EMB-145 regional jet in 1997, the company said. Just 18 firm orders and 19 options for the aircraft have been logged, but the company said more 100 letters of intent have been signed "and are expected to be converted into firm orders in the next few months."
PELITA AIR SERVICES took delivery of its first Fokker 70 aircraft, the first of five it ordered from Fokker. The new aircraft will replace the carrier's fleet of Fokker F-28s. Pelita Air Services is a nonscheduled carrier that operates on behalf of the state oil company Pertamina.
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, responding to more than 40 requests from operators concerned about pending new altitude accuracy requirements for aircraft transiting the North Atlantic, is seeking Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) approvals for operators of select airplanes. The company said it will support customers seeking RVSM approval with maintenance manuals, maintenance schedules, MMEL/MEL manuals and standard practices manuals.
LEE THOMAS was promoted to quality control manager for Atlantic Aviation Services Division. Thomas, who joined Atlantic Aviation's interiors group in 1974, most recently served as operations manager of maintenance.
Hughes Aircraft of Canada said Thursday the Treasury Board of Canada has approved an amended, $360 million contract from Transport Canada to develop and install the Canadian Automated Air Traffic System (CAATS), a national air traffic control system that now is to be delivered by July 1998. The contract had been held up after Hughes started work due to differences over the scope and cost of the project. Originally, CAATS was to have been completed in 1996. However, the Canadian project still will be completed long before its counterpart in the U.S.
FOKKER sold five Fokker 50s to Ethiopian Airlines. The F50s, slated for delivery between May and December 1996, will replace Ethiopian Airlines' ATR-42 and de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.
Despite short-term economic problems that have depressed sales of U.S.-built business aircraft in Mexico, the president of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association expressed confidence last week that in the long run, adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement will boost aircraft sales in Mexico.
HORIZON AIR said FAA approved its de Havilland Dash 8 aircraft equipped with Flight Dynamics Head-Up Guidance Systems (HGS) to begin approaches at the Medford, Ore. Airport under reduced forward visibility conditions. The airline said its HGS-equipped Dash 8 now will be permitted to commence approaches at Medford with only 1,800 feet of forward visibility, compared with the 2,400-foot minimum for non-HGS-equipped aircraft.
FRASCA INTERNATIONAL added two new flight training devices to its flight simulator product line. Frasca designed a B1900C FTD to simulate Beech 1900C aircraft and the 142T FTD to offer a lower cost alternative for turbine aircraft users. Frasca called the Model 142T its entry-level turboprop FTD that includes two-seat cockpit, dual flight controls and full instrument flight rules avionics. Both models are equipped with Frasca's FVS visual systems and graphical instructor stations.
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT'S fixed-base operation chain, now operating under the Raytheon Aircraft Services banner, will no longer sell new aircraft, but instead will focus on its service and support of aircraft, said Raytheon Aircraft Chairman Art Wegner. The decision to remove aircraft sales from its FBOs reinforces the company's decision in early 1993 to sell the top end of its product line factory direct (BA, March 8, 1993/93).
EDO CORPORATION named Kenneth A. Paladino vice president-finance and treasurer. He will function as chief financial officer, succeeding Michael J. Hegarty, who retired Aug. 1. Paladino, 38, joined Edo in 1988 as corporate controller.
THE ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY ordered 16 EH101 helicopters for its navy from Agusta, which developed the EH101 with Westland of the U.K. The Italian order comprises eight helicopters for anti-submarine/anti-surface vessel missions, four in the surveillance radar configuration and four utility transports. The helicopters will be assembled by Agusta, with first deliveries anticipated in early 1998.
ROBERT FLANIGAN was appointed president of The Marketshare Group, LLC, a marketing consulting group in Wayne, Pa. Flanigan previously was vice president of sales for Jet Aviation Business Jets.
ATLANTIC AVIATION instituted a new incentive fuel pricing program this month at its five fixed-base operations in Wilmington, Del., Teterboro, N.J., Houston, Texas and Philadelphia International and Northeast Philadelphia Airports in Pennsylvania (BA, June 12/149). The program combines ramp service fees (which are waived if the operator of the aircraft buys pre-set minimum fuel loads) with sliding-scale discounts for operators who buy more fuel than specified by Atlantic's incentive fuel pricing (IFP) threshold fee schedule.
INTERNATIONAL TURBINE SERVICE, the Grapevine, Texas-based supplier of turbine engine parts, opened a new Eastern division office in Pompano Beach, Fla. ITS named Dennis Harper general manager of the new division. The 4,000-square-foot facility will provide the same services as the headquarters, including the availability of a Designated Airworthiness Representative, 24 hours a day. The new office is located at 4100 N. Powerline Road, Suite F5, Pompano Beach, Fla.; telephone: (954) 979-9060; fax: (954) 979-0026.
STEVE BROWN, senior vice president for government and technical affairs for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, was appointed vice chairman of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee. Brown will be ARAC vice chairman for 1995-96 and become chairman for 1996-97, succeeding current Chairwoman Sarah MacLeod of the Aeronautical Repair Station Association.
