'Dash-10s' In A King Air C/E 90? Can you say,
'Rocketship?'
National Flight Services has delivered their first
Honeywell TPE331-powered King Air 90 with the Kilo Alpha 290
conversion.
The Kilo Alpha conversion program for the Beechcraft King Air C90
and E90 series aircraft features two new Honeywell (Garrett)
TPE331-10 (1000 horsepower engines) with new McCauley five-bladed
BlackMac noise reduction propellers backed by full factory
warranties. Also included in the conversion are Raisbeck Aft Body
Strakes and the Kilo Alpha 290 "Fresh Air" Exhaust Soot Reduction
System.
Federal safety investigators say the test pilot aboard a
Bombardier Challenger 604 test aircraft pulled "too aggressively"
on the yoke, causing fuel to slosh aft and pushing the center of
gravity out of the safety envelope.
"Surprising."
"Detrimental to Canada's industrial future."
"There's been some sort of quid pro quo..."
That's how some Canadians reacted when they heard that their
government has awarded a contract for new CF-18 simulators -- not
to the home team, CAE, Inc., but to Bombardier Aerospace, which
plans to buy the sims from L-3 Communications in New York. To make
that deal work, Ottawa will have to pay $44 million more than CAE
bid and uses what, to Canadians, amounts to foreign goods and
services.
Courier Pilots Testing Product, Company In Contract
Negotiations With Four Airlines
Just a few days ago during our AEA coverage, we told you about
NavAero's new t*Bag C2 electronic flight bag product, which at the
time was estimated to receive FAA approval by June of this year.
The system consists of a control box that is permanently mounted on
the aircraft, an interconnect box and a touch-screen display that
mounts in the cockpit.
According to company Public Relations official Ms. Cheryl De
Filippo, the product is still on schedule for its first STC in
June. In addition to that, however, there's other exciting news
about this new flight bag product.
NATA has nominated three individuals to the NATA Board of
Directors: Dean Harton, president and CEO of Piedmont Hawthorne
Holdings; Jim Spinder, president and COO of Atlantic Aero; and Bill
Koch, chief operating officer of SevenBar Enterprises.
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