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All News

April 26, 2005

Russian Cargo Plane Slides Off Runway At Kabul

AN-12 Was Carrying Humanitarian Aid

A Russian cargo aircraft carrying humanitarian supplies slid off the runway and caught fire in Afghanistan's capital Tuesday. Remarkably, the six people on board were only slightly hurt, according to the airport director.

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Gulfstream GV Receives TC From JCAB

Gulfstream has received a Type Certificate for the ultra-long-range Gulfstream V (GV) business-jet aircraft from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB).

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Schwarzenegger Promises To Fund Tanker Fleet, If Necessary

Promises To Reverse Budget Cuts To Reinstate Aerial Firefighter Funding

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised Monday to reverse deficit-mandated budget cuts so that the state's aerial firefighting fleet can stay in the air.

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Remembering Brian Bruns

Tanker Pilot One Of Three Lost In Last Week's California Mishap

Brian Bruns "was a serious, competent individual who focused on his job and performed it to the best of his ability." That in itself may be the highest praise one pilot has for another and that's what pilots who knew him are saying. This, in the wake of last week's firefighting tanker mishap in California's Lassen National Forest. Bruns, 45, along with 52-year old Paul Cockrell and 41-year old Thomas Lynch were lost in the accident.

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Aeroflex Adds ELT Testing to IFR 4000 Ramp Test Set

ELT Option Combines Two Avionics Test Instruments Into One

Aeroflex has come up with a new emergency beacon testing capability for the IFR 4000 navigation communications (nav/comm) ramp test set. The new ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter) option for the IFR 4000 combines two test sets into one and allows airline maintenance personnel and others to eliminate the cost and hassle of having a separate test set just for emergency beacon locator testing. The IFR 4000 is popular with maintenance personnel for its light weight (under 8 lbs.), long battery life (8 hours) and large screen that allows users to see all data in plain English without scrolling to see complete test results.

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Upgraded: Adam Cohn

Will Drive R&D For Xvionics

XVionics, a technology company providing software solutions for resource management in military aviation, says Adam Cohn has joined the company as Vice President of Research and Development. Cohn will be responsible for developing the company's overall technical strategy, finalizing the XVionics product roadmap and executing on all technical programs.

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NBAA Prez Bolen Participates in FAA Funding Forum

NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen was busy, Monday, representing the business aviation community in a forum to consider changes to the funding mechanism for the FAA.

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AD: Cessna

AD NUMBER: 2005-09-01 MANUFACTURER: Cessna SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-09-01 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Model 750 airplanes. The AD requires repetitive inspections for clearance and chafing of an auxiliary power unit (APU) fuel tube assembly in the tail cone area of the airplane, and corrective actions if necessary.

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