RAYTHEON CORPORATE JETS Model BAe 125-1000A series airplanes (Docket No. 94-NM-67-AD; Amdt. 39-9096; AD 94-25-12) - requires modification of the galley feeder cables and toilet service fuse. This amendment is prompted by a report that the gauge size of the existing galley feeder cable is not compatible with the rating of the currently used toilet service fuse.
As part of an effort to identify hundreds of billions of dollars in potential cuts from the federal budget, a Republican options paper has suggested charging billions of dollars in new airport use and air traffic control services fees.
A LISTING of business jet and business turboprop accidents and incidents that occurred last year are detailed in charts on Pages 53 and 54. The information, which includes the phase of flight and type of operation, was compiled by Robert E. Breiling Associates of Boca Raton, Fla.
NATIONAL BUSINESS AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION is seeking nominations for two of the association's major awards, the John P. (Jack) Doswell Award for lifelong individual achievement in support of business aviation and NBAA's Meritorious Service Award in recognition of "significant identifiable contributions which have materially advanced aviation interests..." Nominations, in letter format, should be sent by March 3 to Joe Ponte, Director of Membership, National Business Aircraft Association, 1200 18th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION board of directors last week approved the application of Midwest Express Airlines for membership in the association. Midwest Express, which began operation in 1984, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kimberly-Clark Corp., the company that also owns K-C Aviation. The Milwaukee-based airline becomes the 20th U.S. airline member of ATA.
FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL signed a joint venture agreement with the Yunnan Tobacco Group of Xingyun Company Ltd. of the People's Republic of China to establish the Kunming FlightSafety Aviation Training Company in Kunming, China. FSI will be the majority shareholder of the company, which it said "will require an initial investment of approximately $30 million." The new company will provide pilot training programs and instructional systems using new Boeing 737 and Boeing 757/767 flight simulators.
FOKKER Model F28 Mark 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 series airplanes (Docket No. 93-NM-205-AD; Amdt. 39-9099; AD 94-26-03) - requires inspection for cracking in the area of the side stay attachment lugs of the fitting subassembly of the main landing gear and replacement of cracked subassemblies with new or serviceable subassemblies. This amendment is prompted by reports of cracking in the subassembly of the main landing gear. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent damage to and/or failure of the support structure of the main landing gear.
DE HAVILLAND Model DHC-8 series airplanes (Docket No. 93-NM-46-AD; Amdt. 39-9098; AD 94-26-02) - requires repetitive inspections of the passenger service unit printed circuit boards and power supply connectors to detect corrosion and evidence of overheating; repair or replacement of the circuit boards or replacement of connectors, if necessary, and eventual installation of a terminating modification. This amendment is prompted by reports that certain passenger service unit printed circuit boards and power supply connectors have overheated in service.
An article in last week's issue about a SimuFlite Training International contract contained errors regarding the type of aircraft and location where the training will be conducted (BA, Jan. 23/39). The company received two three-year contracts from FAA to provide initial and recurrent training for the FAA's Citation III and Falcon 10 safety inspectors. The training will be conducted at SimuFlite's Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport headquarters.
The Regional Airline Association has generally supported proposals to raise standards for commuter and regional carriers, but the president of RAA warned last week that if it is not done carefully, the current movement to place commuters under Part 121 regulations could have a negative financial impact on the industry.
The Senate Commerce Committee last week named the members of the panel's aviation subcommittee. Republican members are Sens. John McCain (Ariz.), chairman, and Larry Pressler (S.D.), Ted Stevens (Alaska), Slade Gorton (Wash.), Conrad Burns, (Mont.), Trent Lott (Miss.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas) and John Ashcroft (Mo.). Democrats are Sens. Wendell Ford (Ky.), ranking minority member, and James Exon (Neb.), Daniel Inouye (Hawaii), Richard Bryan (Nev.), Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), John Breaux (La.) and Byron Dorgan (N.D.).
COLLINS COMMERCIAL AVIONICS division of Rockwell International opened an avionics service center in Singapore Jan. 20, the 12th service center in the company's worldwide network. The new service center, located at 18 Loyang Lane, Loyang Industrial Estate, Singapore 1750, will provide service for air carrier and general aviation aircraft equipped with Collins avionics. The facility will be managed by Ben Thurlow, who managed the Tullamarine, Australia service center near Melbourne for nearly 15 years.
ANDREW C. GENOR was named vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Wyman-Gordon Company, the manufacturer of forgings, investment castings and composite structures for the transportation, defense and power industries. Genor spent most of his career at Honeywell, Inc., serving as vice president and corporate treasurer, director of investor relations and vice president-finance, administration and business development for Honeywell Europe.
JETSTREAM Model 4101 airplanes (Docket No. 94-NM-25-AD; Amdt. 39-9100; AD 94-26-04) - supersedes an existing AD that requires inspections for damage of the ball bearings in the aileron quadrants, replacement of damaged ball bearings and adjustment to the secondary stops. This amendment requires installation of new swivel bearings in the aileron quadrants, which, when accomplished, will terminate the inspection requirements. This amendment is prompted by the development of a modification that eliminates the need to inspect repetitively.
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY said the first U-125A search and rescue aircraft for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) arrived in Japan last month after a five-day delivery flight from Raytheon Aircraft's Chester, England manufacturing facility. Mission systems equipment performance testing is under way by Fuji Heavy Industries, RAC's prime subcontractor in the program, before formal handover to the JASDF in the first quarter.
British Aerospace and Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) partners Aerospatiale of France and Alenia of Italy agreed Thursday to the creation of a European regional aircraft joint venture. The deal includes BAe jet- manufacturing unit Avro Aerospace as well as its turboprop unit Jetstream Aircraft.
DAIMLER-BENZ AEROSPACE AG (DASA) of Munich and Rockwell International established a joint venture company this month to "pursue future development and marketing of satellite-based flight guidance systems and advanced avionics products." Each company will have a 50 percent stake in the joint venture, which will be headquartered in Ulm, Germany, where the Sensor Systems Division of DASA's Defense and Civil Systems Group is located.
The training, operating and maintenance standards of the Federal Aviation Regulations will apply to aircraft operated by non-federal government entities under terms of a final rule published by FAA last week. The new rule, which appeared in the Jan. 25 Federal Register, was mandated in legislation enacted last year, the Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments of 1987 and the Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1994.
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION would limit the passenger ticket tax and cargo waybill tax to 8.15 percent and five percent, respectively, of the value of the air transportation provided during the first two years the corporation was in business. But after that two-year period expires, the proposal states that the corporation's board of directors "shall consider the establishment of fees and charges that are more closely related to the costs of providing air traffic control services...", opening the door to potentially steep escalations in fee levels.
IMPULSE TRANSPORTATION, Sydney, Australia, ordered two additional Beech 1900D airliners for passenger and freight operations. The order is the second by the Australian carrier for Beech products. Impulse bought a 1900D and a used 1900C two years ago.
BEECH Model F90 and 99, 100 and 200 series airplanes (Docket No. 94-CE-24- AD) - proposes to require installation of a circuit breaker on the landing gear motor control panel assembly. This action is prompted by a report of an incident in which excessive current flow caused the electrical landing gear motor and wiring to catch fire on a Beech Model 200 airplane. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent excessive current flow through the electrical landing gear motor. This condition, if not corrected, could cause an airplane fire.
The National Air Transportation Association has promoted a current employee to a new position and hired a former National Business Aircraft Association executive to handle the association's financial affairs.
PAT WINDHAM, a former Delta Airlines executive, joined Barfield, Inc. as senior vice president for business development. When he retired from Delta in October, Windham was general manager of simulator support, and before that he had held a variety of positions in the avionics shop organization
