Helijet Extended for $9-million Learjet Air Ambulance Contract
March 25th, 2010 by admin, Filed under - News
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TSB Deploys Team to Investigate Runway Overrun at Moncton Airport
March 24th, 2010 by admin, Filed under - News
GATINEAU, QC – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is deploying two investigators to today’s runway overrun of a cargo aircraft in Moncton, New Brunswick. (more…)
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Dassault Delivers First Falcon 7X to China
March 24th, 2010 by admin, Filed under - News
SAINT-CLOUD, France – Dassault Falcon delivered the first Falcon 7X to China on March 5th. Two more will be delivered to mainland China by the end of this month. (more…)
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Cessna 206 Crashes on Approach in Alaska
March 23rd, 2010 by admin, Filed under - News
HOMER, ALASKA – Rescue crews responded to an aircraft crash at the state-owned airport in Homer on Tuesday. Few details are currently available, but reports indicate that a charter aircraft crashed on the approach to runway 21 at approximately 2:15 local time this afternoon. (more…)
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CAE Awarded $250 Million Contract for CH147F Aircrew Training
March 23rd, 2010 by admin, Filed under - News
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – CAE today announced that the Government of Canada has awarded CAE a contract valued at approximately C$250 million for a comprehensive CH147F Chinook helicopter aircrew training solution. (more…)
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NTSB Chairman Highlights Runway Safety And Human Fatigue In Address To Air Traffic Controllers
March 23rd, 2010 by admin, Filed under - NTSB
WASHINGTON, DC – In an address to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association in Orlando today, NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman lauded controllers for their role in keeping the number of runway incursions low while challenging the Federal Aviation Administration to hasten the pace of its efforts to improve runway safety. (more…)
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FAA Proposes $1.45 Million Civil Penalty against Northwest Airlines
March 23rd, 2010 by admin, Filed under - FAA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $1.45 million civil penalty against Northwest Airlines for operating a number of its Boeing 757 aircraft without proper windshield wiring inspections. (more…)
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Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise Makes First Captive Carry Flight
March 22nd, 2010 by admin, Filed under - News
Virgin Galactic announced today that VSS Enterprise has completed her inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.
This very first captive carry was a huge success and both the mothership and spaceship looked absolutely stunning against the blue (more…)
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Helicopter Crashes Near Alexis Creek
March 22nd, 2010 by admin, Filed under - News
ALEXIS CREEK, BC – On March 22, 2010 at 5:15 PM, the Alexis Creek RCMP were advised of a helicopter crash that had occurred at approximately 4:00 PM at a Heli- skiing site known as Hell Raving Creek. (more…)
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GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team Hits Afterburner on Third New Engine
March 22nd, 2010 by admin, Filed under - News
EVENDALE, Ohio – The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has successfully hit full afterburner on its third new production-configuration engine, continuing a year of major progress and milestones for the F136 program. (more…)
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