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All News

January 11, 2009

First Lawsuit Surfaces In Wake Of PHI S-76 Crash

Wrongful Death Suit Accuses Company Of Negligence

Although the accident investigation is far from over, the widow of a victim of last week's crash of a PHI Sikorsky S-76 helicopter is suing helo operator PHI.

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More Job Losses Coming To Hawker Beechcraft, Cessna

Economy Continues To Affect Planemakers With Order Cancellations, Deferrals

We're only a week into the New Year, and two major manufacturers of GA aircraft are already scaling back production schedules and giving notice of still more impending layoffs to their manufacturing workforces.

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LASP Opponents Give TSA An Earful

Emotions Run High At First Stop Of TSA's Road Show

The first of five public meetings to be held by the Transportation Security Administration to listen to feedback on the proposed Large Aircraft Security Program was held last week in Atlanta.

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Barnstormer Tour Raising Funds To Bring Soldiers' Remains Home

Take A Ride In A Stearman Or T-6 For A Worthy Cause

Non-profit group History Flight has embarked on its 2009 Barnstormer Tour of the nation's east coast, starting out in southern Florida and working their way to Vermont by this summer.

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MAC Says No To Deal With Delta/NWA

Architects Of Proposed Agreement To Rework Disputed Details

Despite lengthy negotiations in the works for several months, Northwest Airlines and the Twin Cities' Metropolitan Airports Commission have reached an impasse, sending commission staff back to the drawing board to come up with a revised agreement.

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A Few Aero-Tips For The (Icing) Season #7: Braking Action Reports

Icing Aero-Tip 7: Braking Action Reports

When snow and ice cover a runway, braking action will likely be reduced. To inform pilots as to the current conditions of the runways, braking action reports will likely be made available. Braking action reports are reported as good, fair, poor or nil. Good means that there is no degradation of braking action. Fair means that there may be some degradation to braking action.

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Did UFOs Attack A Wind Turbine?

Rumors Fly After Residents Witness Strange Lights In Sky

It doesn't seem to take much to set rumors flying about UFOs, and the recent damage to a UK wind turbine generated plenty.

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Embraer Sells Eight Super Tucanos To Dominican Republic

Will Be Used For Anti-Drug Trafficking Missions

Embraer confirmed the sale Friday of eight Super Tucano aircraft to the government of the Dominican Republic through a contract that was finalized at the end of 2008.

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Navy Commissions USS George H.W. Bush

Last Nimitz-Class Carrier Hosts Namesake 

With traditional pomp and circumstance and its namesake on hand, the last Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS George H.W. Bush, was commissioned in Norfolk, VA on Saturday.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.11.09)

Aero-Linx!

The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum is recognized as East Anglia's Aviation Heritage Centre.  Maintained and run by volunteers, with one paid staff member, the Museum celebrated its 35th Anniversary in 2007. 

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.11.09): Propfan

Aero-Terms!

A family of advanced-technology propellers characterized by multiple scimitar-shaped blades with thin sharp-edged profiles. Single and contra rotating examples promise to extend propeller efficiency up to an aircraft Mach number of about 0.8.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.11.09)

"The general aviation market has slowed; new orders have fallen off considerably; many existing orders have been terminated and used inventory has increased dramatically. Simply put, consumer demand for aircraft and services has declined precipitously."

Source: Hawker Beechcraft CEO Jim Schuster, in a memo to workers. We're only a week into the New Year, and already Cessna and Hawker Beech have further scaled back production schedules, and have given notice of still more impending layoffs to their manufacturing workforces.

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