Just as OurPlane recently closed on a $4-million US deal to buy
10 more Cirrus SR22-G2 high-performance general aviation airplanes,
its owner is already looking toward adding light jets to his
growing fleet of aircraft. OurPlane Chief executive Graham Casson
has hinted Diamond Aircraft is in the running for that high-value
order.
Southwest Florida wants Safire Aircraft to move into its
neighborhood. Collier County commissioners on Tuesday approved more
than $1 million in local incentives they hope will give them a leg
up in a competition to win over Miami-based jet maker Safire
Aircraft Co. They are part of a larger inducement package for
Safire that could cost the state and county more than $10.4
million.
Unocal Corporation announced Wednesday that contact was lost
with an Era Aviation helicopter that was in route to a drilling
location in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday evening at about 7:15 p.m.
CST. The helicopter, with eight passengers and two crew members
aboard, was last contacted about 70 miles south of Galveston while
transporting workers to a drill ship. The sea vessel was in transit
to a drill site i200 miles south of Galveston. The helicopter
operator, Era Aviation of Lake Charles (LA), is under contract to
Unocal.
AD NUMBER: 2004-06-05
MANUFACTURER: Pilatus
SUBJECT: Attachment Bolts
SUMMARY: The FAA adopts a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for all Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Models PC-12
and PC-12/45 airplanes. This AD requires owners/operators to
determine whether certain main landing gear shock absorber
attachment bolts have been replaced and, if not replaced, would
require you to replace shock absorber attachment bolts on main
landing gear assemblies that have a serial number beginning with
AM001 through AM053.
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