CAE received FAA Inspection Authorization approval for six of its e-Learning maintenance training courses, which cover Boeing 737NG engine ground operations, advanced digital principles, human factors, maintenance diagnostic systems and reduced vertical separation minimums. It signed a technical training agreement with Canada’s Jazz Air, under which Jazz maintenance training programs will be licensed to CAE.
Tunisair Technics selected Messier Services to maintain and overhaul landing gear on 10 of its Airbus A319/A320 aircraft. Messier Services’ U.K. facility is completing the work that will last until 2014. Engines
Cascade Aviation Services, to install an optional electronic remote access system on Bombardier DHC-8-400 series aircraft cockpit security doors, STC ST01978SE
The Obama administration in May unveiled a $16 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2010 that focuses on the Next Generation (NextGen) air traffic control system and controller staffing issues. The fiscal 2010 budget sidesteps the funding issue, but only for a year. The administration expects to renew its push for dramatic changes in aviation funding beginning in 2011, the administration budget documents say.
Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems, reissued STC to install the JanAero Devices Division Cycle air conditioning system on various Cessna 310 model aircraft, STC SA775CE
Two new models of replacement reading lamps for several Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier aircraft should last four times as long as current equipment, according to Welch Allyn Lighting Products.
FlightSafety International says 40 of its full flight simulators have been qualified under the EASA flight simulator training device catch-up process, which allows European licensed flight crews under EASA to train with simulators located outside EASA member states’ jurisdiction. The 40 simulators are located at 15 FlightSafety learning centers in North America. Three new simulators at its London/Farnborough training center also received JAA Level D qualification from the U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority.
A US Airways V2500 engine set a new time on wing record, completing 30,520 flying hours on its first run. This is the third time a US Airways engine has surpassed 30,000 hours before being removed for its first scheduled overhaul, and breaks the previous IAE time on wing record, also held by a US Airways engine.
Champion Aerospace, reissued STC to replace Bendix S4LN-20, -21, -1209 or -1227 model magnetos with Slick model 4250 and 4251 magnetos on various Textron Lycoming O-235 engines, STC SE888GL
Bell Helicopter won a $288 million production contract for Lot 6 of the H-1 Upgrade Program. This includes five AH-1Zs and 11 UH-1Ys being assembled at Bell’s Military Aircraft Assembly Center in Amarillo, Texas, for deliveries from 2011. Bell now is contracted to produce 65 upgraded H-1 helicopters for the Marines, comprising 17 AH-1Z attack and 48 UH-1Y utility aircraft. So far, the company has delivered 23 upgraded H-1 helicopters, comprising six AH-1Zs and 17 UH-1Ys.
Miro Technologies received Frost & Sullivan’s 2009 European Defense Logistics Product Line Strategy Award for its insight into customer needs and product demands.
Lufthansa Technik’s ‘nice’ inflight entertainment and cabin management system became available for retrofit to Bombardier Global and Challenger business jets. The retrofit is part of a package offered by Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services during D check inspections; it includes cabin refurbishment and complete repainting of the aircraft. Parts/Components
Nayak Aircraft Service will offer several support options for the Sukhoi Superjet, according to Sales Manager Friedrich-Wilhelm Wilms. These will include both line maintenance and base maintenance, with structural repair in authorized service centers and technical training once the program is in operation.
American and Polish crews delivered the first of five refurbished and upgraded Lockheed C-130E military transports plus spares on March 24, to the Polish air force (SPRP) at Powidz Air Base, for service with its 14th Airlift Squadron. Maj. Gen. William A. Chambers, director of air and space operations for U.S. Air Forces in Europe, lauded Poland for its support of American and allied forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. Poland’s Brig. Gen.
StandardAero named Jack Lawless president of Associated Air Center in Dallas. Lawless will take on the new role alongside his current position as StandardAero’s COO. Airframes
Vietnam Airlines will receive engine MRO and management support from SR Technics and Pratt & Whitney under new contracts announced in April. SR Technics will provide MRO services for the Hanoi-based carrier in Zurich. The three-year contract covers 23 CFM56-5B engines and is an extension of an agreement signed in 2006. Engine monitoring services for Vietnam’s 58 PW4000 and IAE V2500 engines will be provided by Pratt & Whitney under a five-year engine management contract. Avionics/IFE
With a combined staff of around 15,000, Air France Industries and KLM Engineering & Maintenance are responsible for more than 622 aircraft from their parent airlines and provide third-party maintenance on more than 900 aircraft for 150 customer airlines. There are six maintenance sites: Five are in France, and one is in the Netherlands, at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. (They also have KLM U.K. Engineering, which provides MRO services for narrowbody and regional aircraft at its facility at Norwich International Airport.) Combined, the two divisions have 1,200,000 sq.
IFF test modes 1, 2 and TACAN now come standard on Aeroflex’s IFR 6015 ramp test set. The battery powered, portable test unit should be compact, lightweight and weatherproof to test aviation transponder modes 1,2,3A/C/S including European Elementary and Enhanced Surveillance, TCAS I, II and Military E-TCAS, TIS and DME/TACAN. New capabilities allow the 6015 test unit to emulate several different TACAN test sets, including AN/ASM-663, AN/ARM-184 and Bradley 2650 and 2655.
Rhinestahl Corp. inked a deal with GE to become its authorized provider of aircraft and gas turbine engine customer tooling solutions. Rhinestahl has acquired GE Aviation’s Customer Tooling Solutions business and now is the OEM’s preferred tooling provider.
Pratt & Whitney Canada Customer Service Center Europe appointed Aero-Dienst of Nuremberg, Germany, and Altenrhein Aviation at St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland, recognized maintenance facilities for PT6A, JT15D and PW300 series engines.
