AD NUMBER: 2005-09-07
MANUFACTURER: Agusta
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-09-07
SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model A109E helicopters
that requires visually inspecting each main transmission support
fitting (fitting) attachment bolt (bolt) for a fracture, a crack,
or looseness, and verifying the torque on each fitting bolt.
AD NUMBER: 2005-09-06
MANUFACTURER: Agusta
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-09-06
SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model A119 helicopters
that requires visually inspecting each main transmission support
fitting (fitting) attachment bolt (bolt) for a fracture, a crack,
or looseness, and verifying the torque on each fitting bolt.
AD NUMBER: 2005-09-05
MANUFACTURER: Eurocopter France
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-09-05
SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model EC120
helicopters that requires inspecting the tail rotor drive shaft
(drive shaft) damper half-clamps (half-clamps) to determine if they
are centered on the friction ring, and if not correctly positioned,
centering the half-clamps on the friction ring.
Embry-Riddle Reacts To Hail Damage; Cessna Pitches In
By Aero-News Senior Correspondent Kevin "Hognose" O'Brien
Primary and Instrument flight students at Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University fly a fleet of well-maintained,
well-equipped, late-model Cessna 172s. Riddle flight line managers
pride themselves for having as many planes on the flight line, and
as few down for maintenance at any given time, as is humanly
possible.
Statement From Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison On Griffin's Memo
In response this study announced [last week] in a notice to
members of Congress, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Chairman of
the Commerce Subcommittee on Science and Space, released the
following statement.
NASA's Griffen Outlines New Study He Wants Done By
Mid-July
SUBJECT: Exploration Systems Architecture Study Support
As a critical component of the Agency replanning effort, I have
initiated an Exploration Systems Architecture Study. The study team
will begin immediately and must complete its activities by mid-July
to support a number of key Agency decisions.
NASA's new administrator, Michael Griffin, wants to reduce
what's becoming known as the "shuttle gap" -- the time between
retirement of the current space plane fleet and the construction of
a new generation of orbiters.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has
reminded the FAA that the Washington Metropolitan Air Defense
Identification Zone (ADIZ) was intended to be temporary and is
urging the agency to make changes.
New Insurance Requirements Leave Sally B Firmly On The
Ground
Enthusiasts who grounded their World War II B-17 bomber due to
spiralling insurance costs have launched a campaign to raise funds
to get the aircraft back in the air for this year's Victory in
Europe (VE) Day celebrations.
With three FAA-conforming Eclipse 500 test aircraft in the air
and less than a year to certification and first customer
deliveries, Eclipse Aviation announced Monday that it's increasing
the price of the Eclipse 500 to $1,295,000 for all new orders.
Plagued by recent reports of safety problems in-flight and on
the ground, Japan Airlines CEO Isao Kaneko, 65, abruptly resigned
Monday after 45 years with the company.
France is not happy, and when France is not happy the French
Ambassador is not happy. In this case, the French Ambassador to
India, M. Dominique Girard, aired his dissatisfaction to the Indian
Express newspaper, specifically on the subject of aircraft
sales.
Heads up.
That was the gist of FAA Administrator Marion Blakey's message to
members of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's graduating class
in Daytona Beach, FL, over the weekend.
A Titusville man was killed and a teenager was critically
injured Saturday morning around 10:00 a.m. when the landing gear of
the DC-3 they were working on gave way.
NASA managers decided Friday to switch external fuel tanks for
the upcoming space shuttle missions. They came to the conclusion
that it would be best to make safety modifications to the tank that
is not attached to Discovery.
The Transportation Security Administration will require
airlines, travel agents, and online reservation systems to ask
travelers for their full legal names and birth dates when booking
flights.
Indianapolis Airport Authority has spent over $1.3 million
recently buying new land for the endangered Indiana bat (Myotis
sodalis) in order to make room for a midfield terminal project.
"If he could have chosen the way he
died, between a heart attack or (while working on) a C-47 plane, he
would have chosen the C-47. How often can you say, 'He died doing
something he loved?'"
Source: Michael McDonough speaking to the
AP after his father was crushed by a vintage DC-3 that
collapsed while he was working underneath it.