DON MILUM was named manager of avionics for Atlantic Aviation Corp. Milum previously was a field service engineer with AlliedSignal Aerospace. He also has served as avionics manager for Midcoast Aviation.
THE VAST MAJORITY of NetJets customers - 78 percent - have never owned a business jet before signing with NetJets, Russell told reporters last week in Columbus, Ohio, adding that "we haven't even scratched the surface" of the potential fractional ownership market. He said more than 120,000 companies with annual revenues of $30 million or more qualify as potential customers, emphasizing that NetJets does not have to go after those relatively few companies who already own aircraft to maintain NetJets' dramatic growth.
BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO Regional Airport Authority requests proposals until 2 p.m. June 30 for development and operation of a fixed-base operation at Hamilton Fairfield Airport. For proposal documents, contact the Hamilton- Fairfield Airport Administration Office at 2820 Airport Road East, Hamilton, Ohio 45015; telephone: (513) 896-9999; fax: (513) 863-1343.
JERRY HILL was named manager of FlightSafety International's learning center in Bethany, Okla. Hill, who joined FlightSafety as an instructor in 1990, most recently was director of training for the Bethany center.
WILLIAM POTTER was appointed assistant director of aviation for San Jose International Airport. Potter, who will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the airport, was deputy director of aviation, facilities division at San Jose.
ADVANCED AVIATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, INC. received an agreement from Avcon Ltd. of Zurich, Switzerland to provide computer operated aircraft maintenance planning services for its BAe 125-800. AASII, which also provides its service for Avcon's HS 125-700, manages nearly 40 aircraft worldwide.
RAYTHEON Model 2000 airplanes (Docket No. 99-CE-17-AD; Amdt. 39-11160; AD 99-10-06) - requires immediately incorporating temporary revisions to the Limitations Section of the Airplane Flight Manual that include not allowing flap operation during takeoff, accomplishing the preflight visual checks (referred to as visual inspections in the AFM temporary revisions) of the aft cove panel of the wing for delamination prior to each flight, and incorporating a repair scheme if delamination is found.
PUEBLO AIRMOTIVE INC., a turbine engine repair and overhaul station specializing in helicopter engine maintenance, opened an East Coast sales office in Miami, Fla. James Glossinger, an executive account manager with the company, will run the new branch.
AIRCRAFT PARTS INTERNATIONAL won ISO 9002 registration. AIP, known as Aerospace Products International, provides services to general aviation, commercial and military aircraft.
MIDCOAST AVIATION late last month completed the "first of several" green Challenger 604s with the first flight occurring about two weeks ahead of schedule, Midcoast said. The aircraft met both sound level and weight objectives. Midcoast previously completed several Challenger 600s for Bombardier in the early 1980s.
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE recommended FAA contract out its oceanic traffic services "in a fee for service arrangement." The committee said such a move would be consistent with "the Administration's request to move to a [performance-based organization] for air traffic services." The committee noted that oceanic services are distinct from the agency's other air traffic services and said this area "is an ideal candidate for incrementally moving toward a PBO, privatization, or more competitive air traffic services model for FAA."
ELLIOTT AVIATION completed a partial interior refurbishment of a corporate Beech 1900D in its recently opened interior refurbishment center. The facility uses 56,000 square feet of hangar space with 4,200 square feet of dedicated space for interior installation and removal. The facility initially will focus on light to medium business jets and turboprops.
PRATT&WHITNEY R-1340 series reciprocating engines (Docket No. 97-ANE-58-AD; Amdt. 39-11173; AD 99-11-02) - requires initial and repetitive visual and fluorescent penetrant inspections of cylinders for head cracking. This amendment is prompted by reports of cylinder head cracking. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent cylinder head cracking, which can result in engine power loss, forced landing, and damage to the aircraft.
Raytheon Company successfully completed "the third and last incremental System Acceptance Test (SAT) of the full service level software of the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS)" at the manufacturer's facility in Marlborough, Mass., Raytheon said. The completion of the latest test phase is a "major milestone" and "a significant achievement" for the program that is designed to provide aircraft data for air traffic controllers, the company said.
HARTZELL PROPELLER won FAA certification for its three-bladed aluminum propeller system for Found Aircraft's FBA-2C1 Bush Hawk utility aircraft. The Bush Hawk, a high-wing, all metal five-seat aircraft, has received Transport Canada certification on floats and conventional gear, and U.S. certification is pending.
DASSAULT FALCON JET named Ronald Zielinski to succeed Neil MacDonald, who is retiring June 30 as vice president of marketing for the Western U.S. after 39 years of service with Dassault and Pan American World Airways. Pan Am distributed Dassault's original Falcon 20 model beginning in 1963. Zielinski, who has begun to transition into the new position, currently is vice president of international marketing. Dassault tapped Jeffrey Habib, currently international sales manager for North Asia, to assume Zielinski's international marketing duties.
EMBRAER Model EMB-145 series airplanes (Docket No. 99-NM-98-AD) - proposes to require a one-time ultrasonic inspection of the maneuvering actuator piston rod of the main landing gear to ensure adequate wall thickness of the piston rods; and replacement of any discrepant piston rod with a new piston rod. This proposal is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority.
AEROSPATIALE Model ATR 42 and ATR 72 series airplanes (Docket No. 99-NM-50-AD; Amdt. 39-11152; AD 99-09-19) - requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual to provide the flightcrew with modified procedures and limitations for operating in severe icing conditions. This amendment is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority.
The Joint Aviation Authorities' latest proposal to alter its flight crew licensing requirements for European students that train in the U.S. is a "positive step," but needs to go further to remove trade barriers, the National Air Transportation Association told JAA. JAA originally adopted rules, scheduled to take effect July 1, that would impede conversion of an FAA-issued license to a JAA license because the regulations require flight training to be conducted in JAA-registered aircraft and would not compel all member countries to recognize the conversion, NATA said.
GAMA last week expressed frustration to the Joint Aviation Authorities that the European agency takes much longer to validate FAA-certified products than FAA takes to certify foreign products. GAMA's Bolen noted that U.S. manufacturers undergo almost a second certification for their products since JAA spends about 50 percent as much time validating FAA certification as it takes to win original U.S. certification. FAA's validation process, by comparison, is about 15 percent to 20 percent of the JAA certification period, Bolen said.
JAMES MEAD was appointed general manager of flight support for Atlantic Aviation's facility in Teterboro, N.J. Mead formerly was director of business marketing for Executive Beechcraft STL, Inc. and also has been president and owner of Aviation Resources and St. Louis Cabins Supplies, customer service manager for American Jet Aviation and fleet support representative for Rockwell's Sabreliner Division.
Summary: Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), dispositions of certain petitions previously received, and corrections. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities.
EMBRAER Model EMB-145 series airplanes (Docket No. 99-NM-93-AD; Amdt. 39-11159; AD 99-10-05) - requires replacement of certain flexible joints and O-rings of the rear fuselage with improved flexible joints and new O-
SAAB Model 2000 series airplanes (Docket No. 97-NM-151-AD) - revises an earlier proposed AD, which would have required repetitive inspections for excessive wear of the aileron control cables, cable guides, and cable pulleys located at the rear wing spars; and corrective actions, if necessary. That proposal also would have required repetitive replacement of the control cables and cable guides with new or serviceable components. That proposal was prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority.
ExecutiveJet and FlightSafety International unveiled a new Citation V Ultra Level D simulator in ExecutiveJet's Columbus, Ohio operations center last week, the first of three simulators that FSI will build and operate to train ExecutiveJet pilots.
