Gordon Gilbert
Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

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FBOs

Long-time FBO at HPN opens expanded facility

Westair Aviation, an FBO at Westchester County (N.Y.) Airport since 1950, moved into new facilities and expanded its services.
Regulations and Government

FCC proposes rewrite of aviation rules

A total rewrite of Federal Communications Commission Part 87 has been proposed.

Insurance delays release of bizav standards

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) has finished a two-year project to develop International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-
Maintenance and Modifications

Reduced life cycles prompt AD for CFE738

Revised lower life cycles of certain rotating parts of the CFE738 engines on the Falcon 2000 prompted a proposed AD to require replacement of these parts b
Accidents

737 rudder incident under investigation

The NTSB is investigating whether a rudder problem caused a United Boeing 737 to swing suddenly left and right and bank sharply while descending for landin
Maintenance and Modifications

Midcoast working RVSM approval for Hawker 700

Midcoast Aviation in St.
Airports

Airport opens on Egypt's Red Sea coast

The new Marsa Alam International Airport has opened in southern Egypt.
Charter & Fractional

BA and Virgin Airlines get cold feet on bizav

British Airways (BA) ditched its business jet charter service just six months after launching it with charter broker Air Partner, the result of cost-cuttin
ATC

GA routes to change in Anchorage area

After nearly a year of studying air routes in Anchorage airspace, the FAA will soon finalize several proposed changes affecting general aviation operations
ATC

Farnborough gets a precision approach

Farnborough Airport has boosted its claim to being London’s leading business aviation gateway with the introduction of a Cat I ILS on Runway 24.
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Globals will base use on days or hours

 With the coming introduction of the Global Express into the Bombardier Flexjet fractional-ownership fleet, allocated usage will be based on days or h
ATC

NTSB finds flaws in terminal weather data

The NTSB has recommended that Center Weather Service Units be staffed at all times when significant weather is broadcast and that the lockout feature of AS

Piper plans second round of dismissals

Piper, which said it experienced at least a 45-percent decline in sales across the board, is preparing for another round of downsizing this month.
Maintenance and Modifications

Miller and Goldsmith tied to buyers of Garrett facility

Among the key people associated with the buyers of Garrett Aviation’s Santa Barbara, Calif.

Former Galaxy Aerospace owner makes big payoff

The Pritzkers of Chicago–one of the nation’s wealthiest families, with controlling interest in the Hyatt hotel chain and one-time part owner of the former
ATC

FAA says stadium is hazard to Phoenix air traffic

A proposed stadium for the Arizona Cardinals NFL football team in Tempe, Ariz., would be a hazard to airplanes using Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airpo
Security

Industry issues security recommendations

Five trade organizations jointly submitted recommended security regulations for general aviation operations to the DOT and FAA for implementation “expediti
Training and Workforce

CAE buys simuflite

Late last month CAE was expected to acquire SimuFlite Training International.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options, Travel Air combine

Flight Options and Raytheon Aircraft are combining their fractional-ownership programs into a new company in which the “new” Flight Options will hold 50.1
Engines

Walter Beech King Air 90 STC expanded

Clintonville, Wis.-based Performance Conversions has received an STC for installing 751-shp Czech-built Walter M601E-11 turboprop engines and five-blade Av
Maintenance and Modifications

Giant Citation service center to open in summer 2003

More than 18 months after it was revealed that Cessna was seeking corporate approval to build its largest ever Citation service center in Wichita, Cessna a
Aircraft

After the crash: Avcon to resume Learjet fin program

Avcon Industries, manufacturer of aft fuselage delta fins and other mods to improve directional stability and increase payload/range capability for the Lea

New Pentastar Aviation owner Edsel Ford II

The new owner of Pentastar Aviation is described as an “aviation enthusiast,” and his acquisition of the former DaimlerChrysler Aviation is his first ventu
FBOs

Ford buys a Chrysler in Pontiac

DaimlerChrysler Aviation, which had been on the block for several months, has been acquired from the German-based automaker by Ford Motor Company board mem
Training and Workforce

Citation training facility in Wichita to be expanded

FlightSafety International plans a $2.5 million, 28,600-sq-ft  expansion to its Cessna Learning Center in Wichita to enable the addition of simulators
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bomhoff, Nordam spin off interior supply firm

The Nordam Group and Bomhoff, two leading suppliers of business aircraft interior components, have agreed to form a new business entity, Bomhoff Nordam LLC
Regulations and Government

Oxygen deprivation incidents lead to AD action

The Falcon 50, 900 and 900EX are among the first of several business jets to be the subject of a final AD as a result of the FAA’s special certification re
Accidents

Pilot blamed in crash of VFR King Air in IMC

“Poor judgment” and “overconfidence” on the part of the pilot caused the January 14 accident of a King Air A90 near Lake Point, Utah, according to the NTSB
ATC

Cargo aircraft will be required to have TCAS

Virtually all cargo aircraft will be required to have TCAS installed by Oct.