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October 16, 2014

TSA Administrator John Pistole To Retire From Government Service

Will Assume A Position In Academia Early Next Year

John S. Pistole, the Transportation Security Administration’s longest serving administrator, today announced his retirement from public service, effective Dec. 31, 2014, following more than 31 years in the federal government, including four and a half years at TSA and 26 years at the FBI.

BAIC Signs Multi-Year Contract For AgustaWestland Helicopters

Chinese Automotive Company Will Purchase 50 Aircraft Of Various Models

Beijing Automotive Industrial Corporation (BAIC) of China has signed a multi-year contract for the purchase of 50 AgustaWestland helicopters of various models, including AW139, AW169 and AW189. Deliveries are scheduled to start in mid-2015 and continue through to 2019.

PurePower PW800 Engines Will Power Gulfstream's New Business Jet Family

Certification For The Engines Expected Before The End Of This Year

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) will provide PurePower PW800 engines to power the new Gulfstream G500 and G600 business jets, which launched Tuesday at Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.'s Georgia headquarters.

Next Generation Flight Deck For MD Explorer Reaches Important Milestones

Program Developments Include Availability Of Fully Functional And Interactive Demonstration Simulator

The Next Generation flight deck for the MD Explorer program has reached what the companies call important milestones.

Textron, Machinists Union Talking Again

Talks Had Fallen Apart Sunday Over Job Security

Efforts to bring machinists working for Textron subsidiaries Beechcraft and Cessna were set to resume Wednesday after the talks collapsed Sunday.

GE Capital Aviation Services To Acquire Milestone Aviation Group

Financing Unit Expands Into Helicopter Leasing

GE Capital Aviation Services has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Milestone Aviation Group, the Dublin-based helicopter lessor, for $1.775 billion.

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SC Law Enforcement Expands Aviation Fleet

Adds New MD 500E Helicopter

MD Helicopters has been awarded a contract to build and deliver a specially equipped MD 500E helicopter to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) Aviation Unit.

Iowa Senate Candidate Fatally Injured In Aviation Accident

Dr. Doug Butzier Had Been Running As A Libertarian

An emergency room physician running for a U.S. Senate seat in Iowa as a Libertarian has been fatally injured in an aviation accident near Dubuque Regional Airport.

European Union Requests Meeting On Norwegian's DOT Application

EU 'Closely Watching' As Party To Open Skies Agreement

In what is being called an "unprecedented" move, the European Commission requested an urgent meeting between the European Union and the United States to discuss Norwegian Air International's pending application for a foreign air carrier permit before the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Law Firm Pursues Federal Regulatory Preemption In UAS Arena

Asks FAA To Prevent States From Creating Their Own Laws Regulating UAVs

A U.S.-based international law firm has petitioned the FAA requesting that any Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued by the FAA addressing small unmanned aircraft systems ("sUAS") include a regulation that expressly preempts state and local regulation of sUAS including design, sale, distribution, use, or operation. Small UAS are defined as those that weigh less than 55 lbs. and typically fly no more than 400 ft. above ground level.

Luxair Orders Aviation Partners Boeing Split Scimitar Winglets

Devices To Be Installed On Airline's Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s

Luxair Luxembourg Airlines has ordered Split Scimitar Winglets from Aviation Partners Boeing for its Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft. APB's newest program is the culmination of a five-year design effort using the latest computational fluid dynamic technology to redefine the aerodynamics of the Blended Winglet into an all-new Split Scimitar Winglet.

EASA Proposes Amendment To Avionics Change And Repair Standards

Comment Period Open Through January 6, 2015

EASA has published a Notice of Proposed Amendment to its Certification Specifications for Standard Changes & Standard Repairs (CS-STAN) that is intended to allow a simpler process for the design and embodiment of some changes and repairs when applicable to certain aircraft (airplanes up to 12,500 pounds MTOM, rotorcraft up to 7,000 pounds MTOM, and most sailplanes, balloons and airships).

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Airmen Missing From WWII Being Returned To U.S.

Crew Of B-26G Marauder Shot Down Near Seffern, Germany In 1944

Three U.S. servicemen, missing from World War II, have been accounted for and their remains are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

Airborne 10.15.14: New Gulfstreams!, Chicago ATC Restored, RedBull Update

Also: Midland AirSho Will Stay In Midland, Sandel Int'l Heli Ops, X-37B Returns???, Washington DC WWII Overflight

Welcome to Airborne's 300th regularly scheduled episode! Yesterday, Gulfstream Aerospace introduced an all-new family of business jets: the Gulfstream G500 and G600. The two new aircraft optimize speed, wide-cabin comfort and efficiency with advanced safety features. The FAA has successfully restored full air traffic operations at the Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, Illinois. Pete McLeod of Canada was declared the winner of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship stop in Las Vegas on Sunday after heavy winds forced the cancellation of t

Commitments Signed For New Gulfstream Business Jets

Flexjet, Qatar Airways First On The Order Books

Tuesday's announcement by Gulfstream of the new G500 and G600 bizjets included some sizable orders for the new airplanes.

House Transportation Committee Chair Among NBAA Keynote Speakers

Rep. Bill Shuster To Highlight General Opening Session

United States Congressman William "Bill" Shuster (R-9-PA) will be a keynote speaker for the Opening General Session of the 2014 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA2014) in Orlando, FL.

IndiGo Signs MoU For 250 A320neo Airplanes

Becomes Planemaker's Largest Single Order By Number Of Aircraft

India’s IndiGo Airline and its Co-Founders, Rakesh Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director of InterGlobe, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 250 firm A320neo Family aircraft. The agreement will become Airbus’ single largest order by number of aircraft.

AF Celebrates 'Best' Year In Aviation Safety

FY2014 Saw 32 Percent Reduction In 'Class A' Aviation Accidents

In most jobs, breaking or losing a piece of equipment doesn’t cost American taxpayers millions of dollars; however, in the Air Force, operating aviation assets safely not only saves money, time and resources but also the lives of Airmen.

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The Second Dimension Of Flight Simulation, Part III

You're Either Part Of The Solution Or Part Of The Particulate

Hang around long enough and it occurs to you that the notion of progress and innovation as a continuum is nonsense. Time doesn’t flow, it ticks, and between these punctuations of insight and process changing invention there are periods of inertia so long that they morph from convention to paradigm to ritual. Over time the ritual becomes golem, a lumbering, poorly defined servant too ugly to love and too big and imposing to ignore.

AeroSports Update: Aircraft Modelers AC 91-57 Was Not Canceled

FAA Says Their Notice Of The Cancellation Of AC 91-57, Special Rule For Model Aircraft, Was Posted In Error

AeroSports Update published the story of the cancellation of AC 91-57 on Tuesday. This information was furnished by the issuance of an FAA memo and by the removal of the Advisory Circular from the FAA website. It appears that verifying information put out by the FAA only works if the FAA is accurate. In this case, they were not.

NATA Requests Waiver Of McArthur Airport Landing Fees For 'Based' Aircraft

New Fee Schedule Includes Resident Airplanes, Boosts Cost Of Night Landings

National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks has written to the Town of Islip, NY, requesting it drop recently imposed landing fees on aircraft based at Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP). The Town of Islip imposed landing fees on all aircraft effective September 1, 2014, and for the first time made them applicable to "based" aircraft. In addition, the new fee schedule established even higher rates for night landings.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (10.16.14)

“Flying is a 'by the book' or 'buy the farm' type of business.” Source: Air Force Maj. Gen. Kurt Neubauer, the Air Force chief of safety and the AFSEC commander.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.16.14): Hoar Frost

A deposit of interlocking crystals formed by direct sublimation on objects, usually those of small diameter freely exposed to the air, such as tree branches, plants, wires, poles, etc.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.16.14)

The FAA Flying Club

A nonprofit flying club based based at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center located at the Atlantic City International Airport (KACY). The club currently owns and operates a Piper Archer.

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