Content Archive: January 2017

Aircraft

Triumph Sues Bombardier Over Global 7000 Delay Costs

Triumph is seeking $340 million for Bombardier's "failure to pay...certain non-recurring expenses."
Aircraft

Competition Begins to Find U.S. Air Force’s New T-X Training Jet

Competition Begins to Find U.S. Air Force’s New T-X Training Jet
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People In Aviation: January 2017

Boisture appointed chairman of Global Jet Capital.
Accidents

Accidents: January 2017

Preliminary, final and factual reports
Regulations and Government

Far-reaching Changes Are Ahead for the FAA This Year

The FAA will work to implement the new Part 23, air carrier training measures and a library of regulatory documents as it reorganizes its operations.
Aircraft

Sukhoi Promises Stabilizer Fixes on All Superjets in January

Defect grounds some SSJ100s, others unaffected
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FBOs

New FBO Opens at Mexico's Querétaro Intl. Airport

Redwings, which has operated an MRO business at Querétaro Intercontinental Airport for the past six years, has now expanded into the FBO sector.
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Aircraft

China Developing Homegrown 'Blue Whale' Tiltrotor

Unlike tiltrotors such the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey or Leonardo AW609, the "Blue Whale" is a quad proprotor design.
Airports

Airports Council International-NA Files Brief in SMO Grant Issue

The amicus brief raises the question of whether the FAA is allowed to retroactively change the rules regarding grant agreements.
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Accidents

Debris Examined as Search Continues for Missing CJ4

More than 120 pieces of debris have been discovered from the aircraft, believed to have crashed into Lake Erie outside Cleveland.