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December 02, 2007

ANN Profiles The New DA40-XLS and DA40-CS

When Diamond updates an already highly regarded airframe, they don't mess around. Check out the "all that and the kitchen sink" DA40-XLS and the "have it your way" DA40-CS.

FMI: www.diamondair.com

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Lawsuit Filed Over Skydiver's Caravan Crash

Suit Filed Against Cessna For Aircraft Accident In IMC Without IFR FlightPlan

ANN is not sure that we see the rationale in this, but lawyers for the family of a skydiver killed in a tragic October Caravan crash have filed suit against the aircraft's manufacturer despite the fact that the aircraft reportedly encountered airframe icing in IMC... without being flown on an IFR flight plan. The lawsuit filed by the parents of skydiver Bryan Jones claim the plane was defective and shouldn't have been flying in icy weather, according to reports filed with Seattle's KOMO TV.

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PBI Expansion Options Include New Runways... And Controversy

Presumed Best Choice May Not Be Best For Environment -- FAA

A long evaluation process has resulted in three proposals for dealing with rapidly growing traffic at Palm beach International Airport.

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AMR Investor Slashes Its Stake In Airline

Too Little, Too Late

The planned divestiture of American Airlines' regional operator, American Eagle wasn't enough to satisfy an investment company pushing the airline to increase shareholder value.

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Portuguese Company Develops Vegetable Oil Refining Process

Says It May Yield 6,500 Barrels Of Diesel Per Day

A Portuguese oil company, Galp Energia, says it will build a plant to make diesel fuel from vegetable oils. Output will be 6,500 barrels a day, using a refining process much like that used for petroleum.

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Bombardier To Increase Aircraft Output

Business Jet Orders Up

Bombardier Inc. said this week that it will increase production due to stronger deliveries of aircraft and posting a 23 percent rise in quarterly profits. Bombardier, named Pierre Beaudoin as president and chief executive effective June 4 to the world's third-largest civil aircraft maker and the number one manufacturer of trains.

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Former Northwest Execs 'In' At Delta

Gorman In, Koshak Out

A shake-up at Delta Air Lines of its operations executives has a former Northwest Airline executive Stephen Gorman replacing Joe Kolshak. Gorman who was once in charge of operation and maintenance at Northwest Airlines comes to Delta from Greyhound Lines. Kolshak, 50, is retiring after 20 years at Delta, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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$2-4 Billion Spy Satellites On The Schedule For Launch In 2011

Boeing Plan Flopped, New Satellites Could Be Commercial

A multibillion-dollar program is being explored by the U.S. to develop the next generation of spy satellites since the Future Imagery Architecture system was cancelled two years ago, according to the Associated Press. The next system, called BASIC, is planned to be launched by 2011 and initial costs are estimated to start at $2 billion to $4 billion, according to U.S. officials.

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More F-22s May Be Produced Beyond 2011

Concerns Over Airworthiness Of Older F-15s Prompts Consideration

More Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors will be produced over concerns about airworthiness issues of the fleet of jets that it is replacing, according to Defense Department officials.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (12.02.07)

"Policymakers are under pressure ... because Cold War fighters are falling out of the sky due to age.."

Source: Loren Thompson of the Arlington, Virginia-based Lexington Institute, referring to the scrutiny underway since the November 2 crash of an aging F-15C that prompted grounding of much of the F-15 fleet twice in November.

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