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Honeywell works to silence objections to civil supersonic flight

Honeywell has embarked on the second phase of a NASA-funded initiative which could help to remove some of the legislative barriers preventing overland supersonic flight. US Federal Aviation Administration regulations have, since 1973, prohibited supersonic flight over land by civil aircraft to limit the potential nuisance of noise pollution generated by the sonic boom. But NASA has been...

Boeing aims to hike revenue and profits, smooth out cyclical pattern

Boeing Co's top executives laid out an ambitious, five-year strategy on Wednesday to increase revenue and profits and secure the company's future for the next 100 years, promising to boost efficiency, return free cash to shareholders and expand the after-market services and parts business. But the executives, speaking to analysts at a conference, faced some skepticism about whether...

SevenJet Revives Fractional Avanti Service

SevenJet has started a fractional program for Piaggio Avantis at its base in St. Petersburg, Fla., using both former employees and aircraft from bankrupt Avantair. Notably, this marks the return of a fractional program for the Italian twin turboprop since Avantair, which also was based in St. Petersburg, ceased operations in June 2013. “The Avanti is a great aircraft thanks to its je...

Bell 412EPI takes off on five month demonstration tour across Asia Pacific

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announces plans to showcase the versatile capabilities of the Bell 412EPI through a series of customer demonstration flights in Asia Pacific. Bell Helicopter last demonstrated the Bell 412’s capability in 2013 in the region and since then has attracted a number of customers including the Philippine Department of National Defense and the Gover...

NATA launches free aircraft operator safety resource

Yesterday, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) unveiled the FBO Status Map — a web-based resource to assist aircraft operators in locating FBOs and ground handlers that are Safety 1st qualified and IS-BAH registered. NATA created the map to supplement the existing processes used by aircraft operators when selecting an FBO. “Safety is a vital consid...

GE’s H75 turboprop selected to power new Turbine Venom aircraft

Turbine Air Corporation selected GE Aviation’s H75 turboprop engine to power its new Turbine Venom aircraft. The Turbine Venom is an aircraft manufactured on an approved FAA kit build status. The Turbine Venom – which will be manufactured on an approved FAA kit build status – is the next-generation version of the Turbine Legend, which began production in 1998. Produced enti...

Mitsubishi Eyes ‘Expedited’ Flight Testing in U.S.

Mitsubishi Aircraft hopes to advance the start of flight testing of the first MRJ90 in the U.S. from the fourth quarter of this year to some time in the summer, raising the possibility that it could gain certification as much as two months earlier than the official time frame of mid-2018. Speaking with AIN on Tuesday at the Regional Airline Association convention in C...

Machinists vote to strike at Triumph plant supplying Boeing, Airbus

Machinists at a Triumph Group factory that supplies parts for Boeing, Airbus and other aircraft makers voted on Monday to strike after rejecting the company's latest labor contract, the union said. Ninety-three percent of members voted to strike and 94 percent rejected the contract, the union said. More than 400 machinists now intend to walk off the job on Wednesday at Triumph Composite Sys...

USAF proposes Gulfstream G550 CAEW to re-host electronic attack gear

The US Air Force has requested permission from Congress to shift advanced electronic attack hardware from its EC-130H Compass Call aircraft onto Gulfstream G550 conformal airborne early warning airframes. A late change to the service’s fiscal year 2017 budget plan seeks $165.7 million and permission from Congress to acquire and reconfigure one Gulfstream aircraft per year into a new elect...

Boeing 757 inappropriate crew response to unreliable airspeed causes injuries and damage

Turbulence and an inappropriate response to an unreliable airspeed caused 17 minor injuries and the loss of the centre hydraulic system on a Boeing 757 over Ireland, according to the Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU). The aircraft, a Boeing 757-224, was on a scheduled passenger service from Newark Airport, USA to Dublin Airport, Ireland, with 8 crew and 131 passengers...

With FAA Papers in Hand, R44 Cadet Now Ready for Duty

Robinson Helicopter’s new R44 Cadet trainer received FAA certification on Friday. The Cadet has the same airframe, rotor system and Lycoming O-540-F1B5 as the R44 Raven I, but the Cadet’s rear seats are removed, maximum takeoff weight is lowered to 2,200 pounds and the engine is derated to 210 hp for takeoff and 185 hp continuous. Robinson beg...

Rockwell Collins completes CRIIS production milestone

Rockwell Collins recently completed the Production Readiness Review (PRR) for Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS), paving the way for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to award Production Lot 1. The PRR was done in cooperation with the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) and CRIIS System Program Office (SPO) at Eglin Air Force Base. Rockwell Collins is the prime contrac...