Docket No.: 29466 Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Bombardier to conduct a range of motion test at 3,750 psig (the system relief pressure) for the hydraulic system on the Bombardier Regional Jet Series 700, Model CL-600-2C10 airplane. Grant, May 7, 1999, Exemption No. 6893
Airbus Industrie contracted with UAL Services for technical and maintenance support for the new A319CJ long-range corporate jet, UAL Services announced last week. Under the eight-year agreement, United will operate a 24-hour support desk and offer maintenance assistance as the corporate jets go into service. The program will begin in October, when the first A319CJ is slated for delivery.
ROCKWELL COLLINS said its Collins CMU-900 communications management unit and APM-900 aircraft module received type certification aboard a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800. The certification, done by Boeing, "makes available the advanced communications capabilities required for Free Flight and positions Rockwell Collins at the forefront of communications technology for CNS/ATM and GANS/GATM," the avionics manufacturer said.
Ontic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. acquired a line of DC starter generator and inverter products from AlliedSignal. Ontic President Ted Allred said the sale allows AlliedSignal to concentrate on current AC and brushless DC power generation technologies. "For Ontic, the acquisition presents another means of support to an original equipment manufacturer with products that no longer fit its strategic objectives." Ontic will now produce the DC brush-type units, used in both commercial and military aircraft applications, from its North Hollywood, Calif.
PHILIP C. SLAPKE was promoted to executive vice president of AAR Corp., with responsibility for all of AAR's trading and service businesses. An 18-year veteran of the company, Slapke was most recently responsible for the Aircraft and Engine businesses.
Docket No.: 26326 Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.611 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TBM and Butler to conduct ferry flights in their Lockheed C-130A aircraft with one engine inoperative without obtaining a special flight permit for each flight. Grant, May 19, 1999, Exemption No. 6667A
PETE A. MENDEZ, JR. was named sales manager of the Galaxy Aerospace factory service center in Ft. Worth, Texas. A 19-year veteran of the industry, Mendez was previously regional/international sales manager for K-C Aviation/Gulfstream Aerospace.
ALLIEDSIGNAL VN 411B Very High Frequency (VHF) navigation receivers (Docket No. 95-CE-91-AD; Amdt. 39-11190; AD 99-12-06) - requires replacing certain AlliedSignal VN 411B VHF navigation receivers installed on aircraft if the receivers do not have Modification 21 incorporated. This AD is the result of a report of navigation receiver interference during landing operations.
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES completed its acquisition of Sundstrand Corp. following a vote of Sundstrand shareholders. Sundstrand merged with the United Technologies Hamilton Standard unit to form Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., a transaction valued at $4.3 billion.
ROLLS-ROYCE CANADA LTD. and BMW Rolls-Royce signed a 10-year agreement under which the Rolls-Royce facility in Montreal, Quebec will provide complete repair and overhaul services for BR715 turbofan engines. The agreement designates the Canadian facility as the primary repair and overhaul facility for the engines, which power the Boeing 717 airliner. Rolls-Royce Canada said it will invest up to $10 million (Canadian) in necessary tooling and test cell modifications to support the program.
BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE won a contract from South Korea for a Challenger 604 business jet configured for maritime surveillance. The aircraft is scheduled to enter service with the Korean National Maritime Police (KNMP) in the second quarter of 2001, the first of up to five aircraft required by KNMP for maritime surveillance of the Korean peninsula. The 604 will be equipped with a search radar, a forward looking infrared radar (FLIR), special communications and the ability to deploy rescue equipment at sea.
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has expanded its customer support hotline, making it continuously available 24 hours a day year-round. Raytheon officials said the expanded schedule will be especially beneficial for international customers whose work hours and holidays differ from those in the U.S. The hotline provides technical support for all models of King Airs, Beechjets and Hawker 800 aircraft. Raytheon hotline numbers are (800) 429-5372 and (316) 676-3140.
Bombardier scored a major coup in the military market when the company's Global Express long range business jet was selected as the aerial platform for the United Kingdom's Airborne Standoff Radar (ASTOR) program, triumphing over two competing proposals that featured the Gulfstream V business jet.
FlightSafety International and Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. signed a 30-year deal covering all aspects of pilot and maintenance technician training for operators of Gulfstream aircraft. The new agreement, which extends and enhances a previous relationship, extends to May 31, 2029. FSI will continue to serve as Gulfstream's official factory authorized training organization and also will train Gulfstream's own pilots and technical personnel.
AMERICAN CHAMPION 7, 8, and 11 series airplanes (Docket No. 97-CE-79-AD) - withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking that would have applied to all ACAC 7, 8, and 11 series airplanes, excluding Model 8GCBC airplanes. The proposed AD would have required installing inspection holes on the top and bottom wing surfaces, repetitively inspecting the front and rear wood spars for damage, repairing or replacing any damaged wood spar, and installing inspection covers.
BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE displayed a partial cabin mockup of its proposed BRJ-X airliner at the Paris Air Show and said it expects to make a final decision on launch of the 90- to 115-seat regional jet at the beginning of 2000. If the launch occurs then, the first aircraft would roll out in the second quarter of 2002, with certification and first deliveries following in late 2003.
Bombardier formally gave the go-ahead to its latest business jet program, the Continental, in Paris last week, the third new business jet launched by the Canadian manufacturer in the past seven years. The Continental, designed to fly nonstop between any two points in the contiguous U.S., is scheduled to make its first flight in 2001, with first customer deliveries in late 2002.
By David Collogan (business aviation @ mcgraw-hill.com)
Rep. Bud Shuster (R-Pa.) scored a huge legislative victory Tuesday as his comprehensive FAA reauthorization legislation - which provides sharply increased funding for FAA programs and takes the Airport and Airway Trust Fund "off budget" to ensure that aviation excise taxes are used exclusively for aviation programs - passed the House of Representatives by a 316-110 vote.
CAMP SYSTEMS said The Boeing Company and Fairchild Dornier awarded contracts to develop factory-authorized maintenance management programs for the Boeing Business Jet and Fairchild Dornier 328.
BARNES AEROSPACE OGDEN DIVISION plans to begin delivering prototype assemblies to Bell Helicopter for its BA609 civil tiltrotor during the third quarter. Barnes is under contract to produce left and right firewall assemblies located in the nacelles of the tiltrotor. Four shipsets of prototype assemblies will be produced over the next 18 months and each six months thereafter. Full production of the fire wall assemblies will begin following FAA certification.
Aircraft seating manufacturer ERDA bought the aircraft seating division of Derlan Industries, the company announced last week. ERDA will continue to manufacture and support the full line of Derlan products and will revive Derlan's Tosington brand of linear bearing aircraft seats, said David Brandt, ERDA's chief executive. Manufacturing of Derlan's product line will move from that company's Santa Ana, Calif. plant to ERDA's Peshtigo, Wis. facility. Key Derlan engineering and production executives are joining ERDA.
FAA Administrator Jane Garvey said Wednesday the agency is revising and strengthening rules governing maintenance at domestic and foreign repair shops. The agency came under intense criticism for failing in its oversight of repair shops following a National Transportation Safety Board hearing into the crash of a ValuJet DC-9 in the Florida Everglades in 1996. "We intend to raise the safety bar at these facilities and require the same high level of safety in every U.S. repair station, wherever they are located," Garvey said.
BERMAR S. (BIB) STILLWELL, 71, a champion race car driver and automobile dealer in his native Australia who later headed Gates Learjet Corp., died June 12 near Melbourne, Australia after an apparent heart attack. Stillwell joined Gates Learjet in 1979 as senior vice president-marketing while he was still running B.S. Stillwell Co. Pty. Ltd., the Learjet distributor for Australia and the surrounding area. He later became president of the company. After leaving Learjet in the mid-1980s, he was associated with Securaplane, the Tucson, Ariz.
DaimlerChysler Aerospace (DASA) and Construcciones Aeronauticas Sociedad Anonima (CASA) agreed to create "the first European aerospace group" and said they will try to integrate other European manufacturers into their group. "European integration is the only solution to survive facing the United States," Spanish Minister of Industry Josep Pique said in Madrid June 10 on the eve of the Paris Air Show.
AMERICAN CHAMPION 7, 8, and 11 series airplanes (Docket No. 98-CE-121-AD) - proposes to supersede AD 98-05-04, which currently requires repetitively inspecting the front and rear wood spars for damage, including installing any necessary inspection holes, on certain ACAC Model 8GCBC airplanes; and repairing or replacing any damaged wood spar. Damage is defined as cracks; compression cracks; longitudinal cracks through the bolt holes or nail holes; or loose or missing nails.
