GLARESHIELD-MOUNTED HUD TO BE AVAILABLE FOR CITATION IIs

Gordon Gilbert Jan 01, 1995
Deere&Company of Moline, Illinois plans to install the first Flight Visions glareshield-mounted head-up display in a business jet. The company contracted with Elliott Aviation, also of Moline, to install a FV-2000 Advanced HUD on its Citation II. In this configuration, the HUD's optical projection unit is mounted beneath and flush with the glareshield surface, and the symbology is projected up onto a single-arm combiner. Elliott also will install, certificate and provide the glareshield system for other Citation IIs.

HILLER IS HOME AGAIN

Edited by Gordon GilbertR.A.S. Jan 01, 1995
It's always sad when a pioneering aviation business stumbles. But it's even sadder when troubles are so severe that it is forced out of business.

B/CA OFFERS AIRCRAFT DEICING GUIDE

Gordon Gilbert Jan 01, 1995
Operators can obtain a copy of the pilots guide to Large Aircraft Ground Deicing (FAA AC 120-58) from B/CA. The 40-page booklet, published by the FAA in September 1992, contains general information in addition to specific procedures concerning ground deicing operations. Single copies of the guide are available, while they last, for $1 each (to cover postage and handling) from B/CA, 4 International Dr., Ste. 260, Rye Brook, NY 10573.

WILLIAMS-POWERED LEOPARD BUSINESS JET MAY FLY YET

Gordon Gilbert Jan 01, 1995
The second prototype of the Chichester Miles Leopard four-place light jet, powered by two 700-pounds-thrust Williams FJX-1 turbofans, is now scheduled to fly in the spring. The aircraft was originally set to fly in March 1994 (B/CA, December 1993, page 20). Flight testing of the first prototype ended a few years ago, following the demise of the engine manufacturer Noel Penny Turbines.

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GEE BEE

Robert A. Searles Jan 01, 1995
Sixty years ago, one of the most celebrated and controversial airplane manufacturers of all time, the Granville Aircraft Corporation, closed its doors. Alternately hailed as builders of some of the fastest aircraft of the 1930s and decried as makers of natural-born killers, the Granville Brothers became infamous for their Gee Bee racers. The high-powered, rotund airplanes seemingly defied aerodynamics in setting numerous speed records. Unfortunately, their legacy is a lethal one, as one by one the Gee Bee racers crashed.

NOTEWORTHY

Edited by Gordon Gilbert Jan 01, 1995
The NBAA has created a special fund to help ``preserve, record and display'' business aviation's heritage. The first project of the fund will be to support an exhibition on business aviation at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. With a pledge of $20,000, AlliedSignal became the first contributor to the fund.

WHAT IS CRM AND WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT IT?

Staff Jan 01, 1995
A widely accepted definition of crew resource management is a method of making optimum use of the capability of the individuals and the systems in an aircraft to achieve the safest and most efficient completion of a flight. To accomplish its goal, CRM often introduces practices and procedures that may appear to be at odds with the way many pilots were taught to fly--that is, with the pilot-in-command (PIC) as the sole arbiter of how to conduct a flight.

IMPROVING ASRS

David Collogan Jan 01, 1995
What costs the FAA less than $2 million a year, protects thousands of pilots from peril and has become increasingly productive in recent years? The answer is the Aviation Safety Reporting System, one of those rare government programs whose benefits far exceed its costs.

AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS SEMINAR

Staff Jan 01, 1995
Richard O. Reinhart, M.D. and his associate, Stanley R. Trollip, Ph.D., both of Minneapolis, have been researching the field of human factors in aviation for many years and have been making presentations to flight departments on the subject since early 1994.

A Piece of the Pie

Perry Bradley Jan 01, 1995
They are called aspirational owners. They require the speed, efficiency and flexibility of business aircraft, but their need is not so great as to justify buying an aircraft of their own. Traditionally, they are ideal candidates for charter transportation and, in some cases, for used aircraft.

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO FATAL CRASH OF AN S-76

Gordon Gilbert Jan 01, 1995
At press time, safety investigators were still trying to determine the cause of the November 8, 1994 crash of a Mobil-owned Sikorsky S-76 helicopter. The twin-turbine rotorcraft was en route from a Mobil energy exploration platform in the Gulf of Mexico to the company's base in Cameron, Louisiana when it crashed about two miles offshore. The passenger, an employee of Universal Ogden Catering of New Orleans, was killed in the accident. The pilots, Jerry Wheeler of Mobil and Boyd Williamson of Excalibur Services of Lafayette, Louisiana, survived.

The New Standard for Regional Terminals

Arnold Lewis Jan 01, 1995
From the air it looks like a four-legged spider, or perhaps a space vehicle out of Star Wars. On the ground, it is a picture of efficiency that will make any regional airline--and perhaps a few majors as well--envious.

AIR L.A.

Arnold Lewis Jan 01, 1995
Air L.A. has named Tim Clarey as company president. Clarey, 48, joined the Los Angeles-based carrier after 28 years in the airline industry, most recently as an airline analyst with Fairchild Aircraft. He also has served as director of revenue accounting for Empire Airlines (acquired by Piedmont, which was acquired by USAir), and was general manager of former Mohawk Airlines of Syracuse, New York.

SLAP SHOTS

Torch Lewis Jan 01, 1995
If anyone is interested in the Washington scene, there are three chairs open at the NTSB. Nominees will be carefully screened by Senator Larry Pressler (R-SD) who is now chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Last year, Pressler monkey-wrenched the confirmation of a Clinton nominee--James Hall--to the Board because Pressler was not satisfied with Hall's credentials for the post. The subsequent score (Lions 4, Pressler 0) saw not only Hall winning the nomination, but also his subsequently becoming chairman.

LEARJET 45 `FLIES' TO WICHITA

Edited by Gordon Gilbert Jan 01, 1995

NOS APPROACH PLATE PRODUCTS

Linda L. Martin Jan 01, 1995
Aviation Supplies&Academics has launched a series of products to accommodate the change to the NOS Instrument Approach Charts. An Approach Binder ($9.95) is constructed of durable plastic with a reinforced spine and steel rings to accommodate the four-hole drill pattern. To protect the most frequently used charts, sheet protectors are available in packs of 10 ($4.95). A NOS Approach Kit ($19.95) contains the binder, 10 sheet protectors, three colored dividers (extending to the bottom) and five colored dividers (extending to the right side). ASA, Inc., 7005 132nd Pl.

NBAA `WHITE PAPER' CRITICIZES LOCAL FAA ACTIONS

Gordon Gilbert Jan 01, 1995
An NBAA ``white paper'' sent to FAA Administrator David Hinson said approvals of limitations on access to airports ``for noise purposes'' should be coordinated at FAA headquarters. The paper results from an NBAA review of noise restrictions overall and at two specific airports--Nebraska's Millard and Florida's Pompano Beach--where FAA field offices approved restrictions that allegedly impaired business aircraft's use of the airport. The NBAA said it is convinced many of these types of restrictions ``would not survive Washington review.''

Regional Airline Association

Edited by Gordon GilbertL.M. Jan 01, 1995
Regional Airline Association (Washington, DC)--Kerry B. Skeen, president and COO of Atlantic Coast Airlines, was elected chairman of this trade group.

UNIVERSAL SEEKS ADDITIONAL STCs FOR FMS/GPS APPROACH

Gordon Gilbert Jan 01, 1995
Tucson-based Universal Navigation recently completed STC flight testing for TSO C129 B1 and C1 certification of an FMS to fly complete GPS overlay non-precision approach procedures. The scheme, certificated on the company's Challenger business jet, utilizes the internal navigation database of the Universal UNS-1B FMS and the 12-channel Universal GPS-1000 sensor with real-time and predictive receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM).