The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piper Aircraft, Inc. Piper Navajo Models PA-31; PA-31-300; PA-31-325; and PA-31-350 airplanes.
U.S. President Donald Trump promised June 5 that his administration’s proposal to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system would benefit because just one contractor will be awarded the responsibility to run and modernize the system.
One Aviation has selected the Williams International FJ33-5A-12 turbofan as the engine for its new Eclipse 700 light jet known as “Project Canada,” the company said.
A project has shown how industry could benefit if business aircraft were able to land in a range of conditions at airports lacking instrument landing equipment.
Garmin is looking up rather than down in aircraft size for future application of its new GHD 2100 head-up display system, first launched on the Cessna Citation Longitude twin-engine business jet.
Dassault, which traces back its roots to an innovative propeller designed by its founder, Marcel Dassault, in 1916, has kept the strong corporate culture of a family-run business with an omnipresent passion for aviation. Although relatively small – 12,000 employees – in a world of giants, it has remained fiercely independent.
The aircraft’s captain and first officer died in the accident. No one on the ground was injured. Three buildings and 16 vehicles were damaged by impact or fire.
Pratt & Whitney expects production capacity increases will see deliveries of its PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) family continue to ramp up back toward earlier targets.
Rigby Group, through its XLR Executive Jet Center division, has acquired the corporate jet center at the Birmingham Airport in the UK, the company announced.
Proposal: evaluate each defect noted by repair-station personnel and determine if any are unusual or unknown. If so, the defects are then cross-referenced against the FAA’s SDR-filling criteria for design-approval holders.
Dassault Falcon Jet is cutting its U.S. workforce by less than 6% because of challenging business aviation conditions, the company said in a statement.
