Content Archive: August 2010
Boeing's Shanahan To Oversee Struggling 747-8
Boeing vice president Pat Shanahan has assumed oversight of the
DOJ Approves UAL-CAL Merger Plan
The U.S.
Aircraft
G650 Slips the Surly Bonds at Mach 0.995
Gulfstream Aerospace on Friday evening said its G650 S/N 6001 skirted the speed of sound on August 12, reaching Mach 0.995 during flutter testing as part o
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Cabin Crafters is the American success story
In 1986, Mario Diaz came from his native Argentina as a boy "to spend a couple of months." Twenty-five years later he is CEO of Cabin Crafters, a fast-grow
Fatal Aires Airline 737 Crash Renews Safety Focus on Latin America
Aviation safety is once again under scrutiny in Latin America after the
Charter & Fractional
Gama, Hop-A-Jet Latest To Attain ACSF Charter Registry Approval
Gama Charters of Stratford, Conn., and Hop-A-Jet Worldwide Jet Charter of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Friday became the latest air charter operators to gain
NTSB To Host Code-share Symposium
After investigating four accident flights operated under code-sharing arrangements in the past three years, the NTSB will hold a two-day symposium on Octob
CH-53K Marks Key APU Light-off Milestone
The Sikorsky CH-5
Environment
Eurocopter joins biofuel quest
Eurocopter and parent company EADS have teamed with Argentina-based BioCombustibles del Chubut (BC) to study the feasibility of building an aviation biofue
Environment
FAA Awards $125M in Green Contracts
Five aerospace companies have been awarded a total of $125 million in contracts as part of an environmental initiative to spur development of new aircraft
