Content Archive: January 2008

Regulations and Government

Aviation Lawyer Group Blasts Hoover Law

The so-called “Hoover Law” continues to be ineffective, according to an article in the Winter 2002-2003 Lawyer Pilots Bar Association Newsletter.
Maintenance and Modifications

Flap over MU-2 Flap Goes Away

Owners of some 360 U.S.-registered Mitsubishi MU-2Bs won’t be required to install newly designed flap torque-tube joints, as proposed last September.
Training and Workforce

Arinc Offers International Training Course

An international training course is now offered monthly by Arinc Direct at its Annapolis, Md.
Charter & Fractional

Weight threshold upped in revised charter rule

The Transportation Security Administration’s revised final Private Charter Standard Security Program (PCSSP) released on New Year’s Eve removes the Global
Safety

Turbine business airplane accidents and fatalities decline

The total number of U.S.-registered turbine airplanes involved in serious accidents last year decreased significantly from 2001, a year that saw business a

A Century in Review - The 1910s: War Forces Growth

Like many an infant, aviation entered the world tentatively when the Wright Brothers coaxed a manned, heavier-than-air powered flying machine off the groun
Engines

New P&WC Chief Promises To Exceed Customer Expectations

After eight months on the job as president of Pratt & Whitney Canada, Alain Bellemare guides a company that is becoming increasingly global in nature w
Maintenance and Modifications

Falcon appointees hawk factory service centers

Dassault Falcon Jet’s recent appointments of John Rahilly and Todd McGahey mark the latest efforts by the manufacturer to market the customer-support offer
Avionics

Cockpit automation is still very much a work in progress

“One of the myths about the impact of automation on human performance is that as the investment in automation increases, the investment needed in human exp

Is your medical lost in the paperwork shuffle?

Suppose your aviation medical examiner (AME) gives you the little piece of paper that proclaims to the FAA that you are fit to fly, but the paperwork never