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November 9, 2009 Air Safety Week
Safety Rules & Regulations
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310. Final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: The FAA is revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to all Airbus Model A310 airplanes. That AD currently requires revising the Airworthiness...
November 9, 2009 Air Safety Week
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Oct 03, 2009 Jones Creek, TX BEECH E18S N797SB A/c substantially damaged when struck radio tower and impacted terrain while maneuvering near Lake Jackson. . Local mosquito control flight originated at Brazoria...
November 9, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Vintage Helicopter Hits Power Lines
Three people were killed when a Piasecki PV-18 struck power lines and went down on Saturday after lifting off...
November 6, 2009 Aviation Maintenance
Partnership to Focus on Gas Turbine Development
Rolls-Royce is undertaking a joint research efforts with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and three...
November 6, 2009 N/A
Paying Tribute
The Flight Safety Foundation recognized aviation achievements around the world at its 62nd Annual International Air Safety Seminar in Beijing, China. Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer William R. Voss presented the awards at a ceremony in front...
November 5, 2009 Rotor & Wing
UK Royals Receive Sikorsky S-76C++
Sikorsky Aircraft has handed over a VIP-configured S-76C++ to the Royal Travel Office, which will use the helicopter to transport members of the Royal...
November 5, 2009 Aviation Maintenance
Transport Canada Certifies PW535E
Pratt & Whitney Canada of Longueuil, Quebec has obtained a Transport Canada type...
November 5, 2009 Avionics
HBC Adds EVS Option to Bonanzas, Barons
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBA) is adding options for enhanced vision systems on its Bonanza and Baron aircraft, the company announced. The airframe manufacturer said the EVS-100 and EVS-600 enhanced vision systems from Forward Vision, of...
November 4, 2009 Aviation Maintenance
Gulfstream Adds More Field Service Reps
Savannah, Ga.-based Gulfstream Aerospace has bolstered its international field service representative (FSR) network. Mohammed Alghanim will work with...
November 4, 2009 N/A
Omniflight on Alert
Omniflight Helicopters has committed to adding Appareo Systems’ Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety (ALERTS FDM) system to a number of its aircraft. Under the agreement, Omniflight will begin equipping 35 of its aircraft with...
November 4, 2009 Avionics
ALTO Aviation Selected by Honeywell
ALTO Aviation, of Leominster, Mass., was selected by Honeywell to supply the sound system components for its...
November 3, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Alpen Orders Corporate AW109 Power
AgustaWestland and its Japanese distributor, Kaigai Aviotech Corp., have received an order...
November 2, 2009 Air Safety Week
Cyberspace No Fly Zone
Your remember yours. I remember mine. Every pilot remembers ground school. Mine was in a dingy and dark corner of the low-rent district of a Florida airport. The three-classroom facility smelled like stale coffee and mildew. The air conditioning worked fine...
November 2, 2009 Air Safety Week
Asleep at the Wheel
Two pilots for Go! Airlines who slumbered during a flight in Hawaii, were suspended for careless and reckless operation of an aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and subsequently fired by their employer. The captain was later found as...
November 2, 2009 Air Safety Week
Safety & Technology Trends
FAA Approves AWOS AV All Weather, Inc. (AWI) has been granted approval for an Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) Type AV (Altimeter and Visibility). AWI has been designing and producing various AWOS Types for over 20 years including AWOS Types A, I...
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