June 2010 - Posts

• New Zealand's Aviation Authority Told To 'Shape Up'

  Government Audit Gives The Agency Three Months To Address Safety Concerns An audit conducted by the New Zealand government has found that country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) lacking when it comes to addressing safety concerns, and it has been... Posted Jun 30 2010, 10:36 PM by Aero-News Network

• Boeing Will Acquire Argon ST

  Move Advances Company Strategy For Growth In Cyber And Intelligence Markets Not just for Dreamliners any more ... not that it ever really was ... Boeing and Argon ST announced Tuesday that they have entered into an agreement for Boeing's acquisition... Posted Jun 30 2010, 10:36 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-TV At OSH09: P-51 Brotherhood - Journey Home for the Pattillo Aces

  The Pattillo Brothers Share Their Extraordinary History and Journey to Oshkosh 2009 Rarely do a group of Warbird restoration enthusiasts get a chance to honor the brave sacrifice of the veteran pilots for which their planes represent; yet, that is precisely... Posted Jun 30 2010, 10:30 PM by Aero-News Network

• Edwards & Associates Delivers Advanced Bell 407 To Zip Aviation

  Helicopter's First Assignment Was New York Red Bull Air Race Edwards & Associates, an affiliate of Bell Helicopter, has delivered the latest Bell Helicopter 407 with an advanced glass cockpit system to New York City charter and air tour operator... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:39 PM by Aero-News Network

• Army National Guard UH-72A Lakotas Support Gulf Coast Oil Spill Response

  Aircraft Attached To Army Guard Units From Four Gulf Coastal States Sixteen U.S. Army National Guard UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters are operating in the Gulf Coast region to support oil spill monitoring and response missions known as Operation... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:36 PM by Aero-News Network

• New Space Gallery At The Seattle Museum of Flight Breaks Ground

  NASA Decision On Retiring Shuttles Imminent, Seattle Campaigning Hard Seattle's Museum of Flight broke ground Tuesday on the first phase of its new 15,500-square-foot "Human Space Flight Gallery." While the Museum says it has long planned... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:35 PM by Aero-News Network

• Solar Impulse Prepping For Night Flight

  Critical Test In Around The World Attempt When you're planning to fly around the world in an airplane powered by nothing more than solar panels, the question that comes immediately to mind is "what happens at night?" The Solar Impulse will... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:34 PM by Aero-News Network

• BRS Aerospace Taps Sebastian Valdez As New CFO

  Succeeds Retiring Board Member Thomas Adams Sebastian Valdez has been named as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors by Ballistic Recovery Systems of South St. Paul, Minnesota. He will replace Thomas H. Adams Jr., a member of... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:31 PM by Aero-News Network

• Major Concern Heard About Attrition Among Flight Instructors

  One Company Cuts CFI Renewal Costs 'To The Bone' We all probably remember our primary flight instructor. Since we spent a lot of hours with him or her shoulder-to-shoulder in an airplane cockpit, that's reasonably understandable. But an increasing... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:29 PM by Aero-News Network

• NationAir Selected As Cessna Insurance Program Broker

  Pilot And Service Centers, Sales Reps, Among Those Eligible Another company has been tapped to join Cessna's newly-reestablished affiliates insurance program. NationAir Aviation Insurance President Jeff Bauer announced Wednesday that the company has... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:28 PM by Aero-News Network

• Vandenberg AFB Conducts Minuteman III Flight Test

  1,900th Launch From Vandenberg Since 1957 A scheduled Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test was launched at 0340 PDT June 30 from Launch Facility-04 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, CA. Read More... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:27 PM by Aero-News Network

• NASA Issues Broad Agency Announcement For Heavy Lift Studies

  Seeking An "Innovative Path" To Human Space Exploration NASA has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking proposals and industry input on heavy-lift system concepts and propulsion technology. The space agency is seeking an innovative... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:26 PM by Aero-News Network

• FAA-Industry Project's Goal Is Lower Fuel Usage

  Alaska Aircraft Will Perform Tests To Develop More Efficient Flight Paths Alaska Airlines is joining three other aviation companies and the FAA to develop computer technologies that reduce fuel burn, emissions and noise. Alaska will perform test flights... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:25 PM by Aero-News Network

• Drs. Mark R. Rosekind, Earl F. Weener Sworn In As NTSB Members

  Both Were Confirmed Unanimously By The Senate Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., and Earl F. Weener, Ph.D., took the oath of office Wednesday as a Members of the NTSB. Read More... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:24 PM by Aero-News Network

• Senators Baucus, Landrieu Unveil Bill To Create Jobs, Grow Small Business

  Bill Would Accelerate Depreciation On Capital Purchases ... Such As Business Airplanes Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary Landrieu (D-LA) released the Small Business... Posted Jun 30 2010, 08:23 PM by Aero-News Network