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Maintenance and Modifications

Active Control Offers Improved Pilot Feedback

BAE Systems in England has developed an active collective for helicopters that can be configured to provide infinitely variable levels of feedback to the p
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Embraer makes improper descent

Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante, Pownal, Vt., Aug 4, 2006–The 2,875-hour ATP-rated pilot of Air Now’s EMB-110 was killed when the airplane hit a mountain in
Aircraft

Bell/Agusta 609 tiltrotor returns to flight status

Pietro Venanzi took the left seat in the BA609 during the tiltrotor’s return to flight status, at Bell’s XworX center near Fort Worth, Texas, on June 3.
Rotorcraft

Preparing for Flight

Bell/Agusta’s BA609 looks nothing like the finished article in the VMSIL.
Accidents

Safety Board blames poor pilot skills for crash of FedEx MD-10

The NTSB blamed the first officer’s poor techniques for the Dec.
Accidents

Factual Report: Pilot had previous accidents

Cessna 425 Conquest I, Lone Tree, Colo., Aug.
Accidents

Factual Report: Wx deteriorates in Conquest accident

Cessna 425 Conquest I, Belgrade, Mont., Nov.
Accidents

TBM accident probe highlights similar crashes

An extensive investigation by a team from the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), with input from the French BEA, has failed to arrive at a
Maintenance and Modifications

XZilon 3 revitalizes aircraft paint, provides fuel savings

David Allen has been an aircraft detailer for almost 15 years.
Accidents

Final Report: Control lost on go-around

Raytheon Beech King Air E90, New Roads, La., June 23, 2005–While making a go-around at False River Regional Airport, the 4,000-hour pilot lost control and
Accidents

Final Report: Citation touched down late

Cessna 560 Citation Ultra, Leakey, Texas, May 2, 2002–The NTSB blamed the accident on “the pilot’s failure to land the aircraft at the proper touchdown poi
Maintenance and Modifications

Composite repair training offered in Wales

Heatcon Abaris Training International has partnered with Lufthansa Resource Technical Training to offer compositerepair training at Lufthansa’s Cwmbran, Wa
Maintenance and Modifications

TAT Technologies buying Piedmont Component Services

TAT Technologies, through its fully owned subsidiary Limco Airepair,announced it will acquire Piedmont Aviation Component Services.
Maintenance and Modifications

CRS becomes distribution center for Honeywell GTCP APU

Standard Aero has appointed CRS Jet Spares, a worldwide distributor of aftermarket support and services, a component distribution center for the Honeywell
Maintenance and Modifications

Securaplane's XL249 emergency battery recieves PMA on GV

Securaplane Technologies has received Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) on its XL249 emergency battery system forinstallation on the Gulfstream V.Securapla
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO PROFILE: Columbia Air Services

“Maintenance plays a principal role in our business,” according to Columbia Air Services president Art Maurice.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Lincoln given DAS status

Duncan Aviation’s full-service facility in Lincoln, Neb., has won DesignatedAlteration Station (DAS) authorization from the FAA.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan's Battle Creek facility to grow by 125,500 sq ft

Duncan Aviation recently broke ground on a 325,000-sq-ft expansion of its 200,000-sq-ft Battle Creek facility.
Maintenance and Modifications

Banyan Air Service recieves FAA Diamond award

The FAA has given its Diamond Award for participating in the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) trainingprogram to Banyan Air Service of Fort Lauderdale
Engines

BizJet becomes Honeywell TFE731 service center

With more than 15 years’ experience working on the TFE731 engine as an independent FAR 145 Repair Station, BizJet International has recently become a major
Safety

Improving response after an accident

One thing that makes air transportation great is the amount of effort that the industry puts into maintaining the safety record.
Safety

King Air gear subject of FAA bulletin

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin for certain Beech King Air F90/100/200s and Beech 99s.
Airports

Noise-abatement studies begin at LAX and VNY

The Los Angeles World Airport Authority (LAWA) recently awarded a $6.5 million, three- to five-year contract to Harris Miller Miller and Hanson (HMMH) of B
Regulations and Government

Proposed Noise-control Measures at Van Nuys Airport

 • Incentives/disincentives in rental rates.
Airports

Van Nuys’ Commie Connection

Disgruntled neighbors of “Van Noise Airport” can blame their woes on the Communist menace.
FBOs

All-new Miami FBO brings high style to Tamiami Exec

Don’t tell Albert Sotero that an FBO needs to be “sensibly Spartan” to survive.
FBOs

Signature Flight Support Prsident to Leave This Fall

Signature has confirmed that Beth Haskins, who took over as president of Signature Flight Support five years ago, will be leaving the company in September.
FBOs

Private hangar project nears completion at LAS

At press time, there was still one hangar left unspoken for at the Paradise Aviation Jet Hangar construction project at Las Vegas McCarran International Ai
FBOs

Legacy FBO in San Diego gets another chance

According to the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), the city of San Diego was out of line when it tried to take over the FBO concession at Mon
FBOs

More Hangar Space in the Green Mountain State

FBO AvCenter at Burlington (Vt.) International Airport more than doubled the available hangar space on a portion of its leasehold earlier this year when it