Content Archive: January 2008

Aircraft

PC-12 Pressure Domes May Have To Be Inspected

A proposed AD calls for inspections of the front and aft surfaces of the pressure dome on Pilatus PC-12s for cracking and other damage that would have to b
FBOs

New Hangar Opens in Windsor Locks, Conn.

TAC Air, a division of the Truman Arnold Companies, held ceremonies to open its new hangar complex at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn.
Avionics

Meggitt Digital Autopilot Gains STC in Cessna 441

Autopilot maker Meggitt/S-Tec has obtained an STC for installations of its new Magic 2100 digital flight-control system in the Cessna 441.
Airports

Bizav Terminal Under Way at UK’s Leeds Airport

A 65,000-sq-ft business aviation terminal, ramp and hangar complex is being built at the UK’s Leeds Bradford International Airport in Yorkshire.
Regulations and Government

Canadian bizav group assumes regulator role

Imagine the possibilities for improving the smoothness, costs and flexibility of obtaining and maintaining your corporate aircraft operational certificatio
Training and Workforce

SimuFlite To Offer Summit Management Course

CAE has formed a training alliance with “professional development” consultant Summit Solutions of Charlotte, N.C., to provide management, communications an

No Pilots Involved in Gulfstream Age-bias Case

Gulfstream Aerospace agreed to pay $2.1 million to 61 former employees–none of them company pilots–in an age-bias settlement with the Equal Employment Oppo

Piper Says Lycoming Debacle Forced Latest Layoffs

Piper Aircraft laid off another 150 workers last month, not because of the slow economy, as in previous layoffs, but due solely to last year’s ADs and reca
Safety

Cloudy Mission on Tap for NASA

Despite the fundamental role of clouds in weather, there is much we don’t know about them.

Embraer Ends 2002 with 131 Deliveries

Last year Embraer delivered 121 regional jets and 10 Legacy business jets (including two for military service).