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AD: General Electric

AD NUMBER: 2009-08-06 MANUFACTURER: General Electric SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2009-08-06 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for GE CF6-80A series turbofan engines with certain stage 1 high-pressure turbine (HPT) rotor disks, installed.

AD: Honeywell

AD NUMBER: 2009-08-07 MANUFACTURER: Honeywell SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2009-08-07 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Honeywell International Inc. ALF502L-2 and ALF502L-2C turbofan engines with certain high-pressure compressor (HPC) first stage discs installed.

Man Charged By FBI After Delta Lav Incident

When Ya Gotta Go...

"A felony charge brought on by Montezuma's revenge" is how the Atlanta Journal-Constitution summarizes an unfortunate incident onboard a recent Delta Air Lines flight.

Analyst Says US Will Lead Elusive Bizjet Recovery

Foley Believes Largest Market Recovers First

When the business aviation market finally recovers, the first sparks of life for the beleaguered industry will appear in the United States... at least, that's the opinion of one analyst.

Nav Canada Tracking Flights Over Hudson Bay With Sensis ADS-B

Covers 250,000 Square Nautical Miles Of Airspace

Sensis Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) ground-based transceivers are now being used to track air traffic over Hudson Bay, Canada. The deployment provides Nav Canada air traffic controllers with surveillance coverage of flights over 250,000 square nautical miles of airspace at 29,000 feet and above. ADS-B enables more efficient flight paths that will greatly reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

Emirates A340 Takeoff Rated 'A Near Disaster'

Heavily Loaded Airliner Barely Got Off The Ground

An Emirates Airlines flight departing Melbourne's International Airport for Dubai last month came close to tragedy, authorities revealed Saturday. Investigators upgraded the classification of what happened from an "incident" to an "accident."