Docket No.: 29530 Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit type certification of the Dornier Model 328-300 by conducting a proof pressure test of the hydraulic system at 3,580 psig (the system relief pressure) per the proposed Sec. 24.1435(c)(3), and component testing at 1.5 times the operating pressure (450 psig) per the current Sec. 25.1435(a)(2). Partial Grant, May 20, 1999, Exemption No. 6895
SIMUFLITE TRAINING INTERNATIONAL, INC. selected four aviation school graduates to receive Cessna Citation pilot training scholarships. The recipients are: Patrick L. Denney, 25, a flight instructor for Western Michigan University; Elisabeth A. France, 22, a pilot for Ohio University; Ryan R. Johnson, 23, a flight instructor for Kansas State University; and Jennifer L. Schultze, 26, a flight instructor for Wright Aero, Inc.
BUSINESS WINGS, the exhibition featuring the roles of business aircraft in the aviation industry, was extended through Jan. 3, 2000 at the National Air and Space Museum. Sponsored by the National Business Aviation Association, the exhibition opened June 12, 1998 with two business aircraft on display - a Beech King Air Model 90 and a Cessna Citation 500.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION accepted the last in a series of 44 Northrop Grumman Corp. ARSR-4 air route surveillance radar systems at an FAA site in Ajo, Ariz. The ARSR-4 units were delivered jointly to FAA and the Department of Defense. Northrop Grumman originally was awarded the ARSR-4 contract in 1988 and the first system was commissioned at Tamiami, Fla. in 1996.
Docket No.: 28709 Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Hale to conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flights to meet recent instrument experience requirements in certain Beechcraft airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel in place of functioning dual controls. Grant, May 28, 1999, Exemption No. 6897
Docket No.: 27953 Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 103.1(a) and (e)(1) through (e)(4) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow individuals authorized by ASC to give instruction in powered ultralights that have a maximum empty weight of not more than 496 pounds, have a maximum fuel capacity of not more than 10 U.S. gallons, are not capable of more than 75 knots calibrated airspeed at full power in level flight, and have poweroff stall speed that does not exceed 35 knots calibrated airspeed.
Salt Lake City, Utah-based Groen Brothers Aviation, developer of a four-place Hawk 4 Gyroplane, signed on its first GBA Gyroplane Dealership under an agreement that includes cash deposits on 28 of the aircraft. The dealer, GBA Gyroplanes of Phoenix, is based at Chandler Airport southeast of Phoenix. GBA said the Phoenix facility is the first of what will be a national dealership program to handle sales, service and training. The agreement follows the receipt of the first U.S. order for the Hawk 4 from a San Diego, Calif. businessman.
A DECISION to file criminal charges against Sabretech and three employees as a result of their alleged involvement in the 1996 ValuJet DC-9 accident is raising concerns throughout the industry. The fear is that the decision, by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami and the Miami-Dade County State Attorney, will make it much more difficult to get people to cooperate willingly in accident investigations. This, observers say, could make it harder to determine the cause of accidents in the future, jeopardizing safety.
MILLION AIR COLUMBUS, Ohio, officially began operating with a grand opening ceremony last month at Port Columbus International Airport. Million Air Columbus has a 10,000-square-foot lobby area with passenger lounge, flight planning and conference rooms. The facility also includes two 50,000-square-foot hangars for maintenance and aircraft hangarage.
SEVERAL JOINT AVIATION AUTHORITIES officials apparently are upset over a decision within the organization to review each AMC (Acceptable Means of Compliance) JAA has issued to assess the potential for rulemaking. JAA officials plan to comb through their AMCs - similar to FAA Advisory Circulars - and ferret out all regulatory provisions, since the European Union has insisted that AMCs may only advise. Any regulatory provisions found in AMCs during the review could spur new notices of proposed amendments.
DOLORES JOHNSON was named marketing director at Million Air Monterey, Calif. Johnson will be responsible for customer service operations for transient and based aircraft, maintenance and charter programs. Recently recognized by the National Business Aviation Association with a Gold Wings award, Johnson previously was with Signature Flight Support at Santa Barbara, Calif.
Docket No.: 29533 Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Chauvet to conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flights to meet recent instrument experience requirements in certain Beechcraft airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel in place of functioning dual controls. Grant, May 20, 1999, Exemption No. 6896
STACY NEIS joined BIZJET International Sales&Support in Tulsa, Okla. as a designer in the Aircraft Interior Completions shop. Neis, who holds a degree in interior design from Oklahoma State University, spent the past three years as a designer and space planner for a Tulsa company.
Docket No.: 25988 Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.19(b)(1) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Soloy to apply for a supplemental type certificate (STC) for a design change that would convert the Cessna Caravan from a one-engine aircraft to a two-engine aircraft using the STC process. Grant, April 14, 1999, Exemption No. 6888
Docket No.: 28837 Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f) Decription of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TEMSCO to make available one copy of its Inspection Procedure Manual (IPM) to all of its supervisory and inspection personnel, rather than providing a copy of the IPM to each of these individuals. Grant, April 12, 1999, Exemption No. 6623A
Model SD3-SHERPA, SD3-60 SHERPA, SD3-30, and SD3-60 series airplanes (Docket No. 99-NM-12-AD) - proposes to require replacement of the existing bolts that secure the elevator control torque tube bearing housing retaining plate with hex head bolts. This proposal is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority.
PAUL GALIS was named acting deputy associate administrator for airports at FAA. He succeeds Quentin Taylor, who retired from the agency July 2. Kate Long will serve in Galis's former post as acting director, office of airport planning and programming.
Docket No.: 29553 Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344(b)(3) Description of Relief Sought: To permit UFS to operate nine British Aerospace ATP aircraft without installing the required, approved digital flight data recorder (DFDR) until the next heavy maintenance check conducted after the aircraft manufacturer has made the DFDR modification kit available.
Docket No.: 28830 Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Embraer to use the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizaca e Qualidade Industrial in lieu of the calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology to test its inspection and test equipment. Grant, April 12, 1999, Exemption No. 6616A
National Air Transportation Association last week asked the Federal Aviation Administration for a 60-day extension of the comment period for a proposed airworthiness directive calling for extensive exhaust inspections on 6,500 Cessna 300 and 400 Series aircraft (BA, July 5/1). FAA issued the proposal July 6 with a 30-day comment period.
Model R44 helicopters (Docket No. 98-SW-71-AD; Amendment 39-11204; AD 99-13-11) - requires installing a shutoff clamp on the auxiliary fuel tank sump drain tube and a placard decal to alert operators as to the proper use of the auxiliary fuel tank drain. This amendment is prompted by a report of fuel leaking from a drain tube opening in the area of the horizontal and vertical firewalls. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent fuel leaks from the drain tube that could cause a fire and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
DR. BORIS TRNAVSKIS, a veteran transportation planner and teacher, will join The Boyd Group/ASRC in Evergreen, Colo. as vice president, effective Aug. 30. He will direct the firm's activities in the areas of traffic forecasting, trend analysis and fleet projections. Trnavskis has spent most of his career in aviation research including 12 years at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where he was associate professor of airline operations, transportation management and aviation economics. He also served as director of aviation planning at R.
FAA proposed a $75,000 fine against Great Lakes Aviation for allegedly violating federal hazardous materials rules. FAA said the carrier offered, accepted and transported three improperly prepared company-owned shipments on one of its passenger aircraft on Aug. 5, 1997.
AVITAR, INC., Canton, Mass., which manufactures an oral screening test for drug detection, acquired United States Drug Testing Laboratories, Inc. (USDTL), another drug-testing concern. The purchase "positions Avitar as the technological leader in the substance-abuse testing industry and provides the company with the most comprehensive, state-of-the-art product portfolio in the field," the company said.
TONY KOPRIVNIK was named manager of customer service/sales for BIZJET International Sales&Support. Koprivnik will be responsible for customer service and sales of medium-sized business jets. He has 22 years of aircraft maintenance experience, most recently as maintenance manager for Crow Executive Air, Inc.
