Boeing: 17 Plane Cancellations in Last Week Boeing reported 17 cancellations for its commercial aircraft in the last week. Year to date, Boeing had 85 gross orders and 84 cancellations, for a net total of one plane for 2009. The 2009 second-quarter delivery tally compares with 126 commercial aircraft delivered in the year-earlier second quarter. For more on Boeing's latest struggles, click here.
Human Factors Pose Safety Threat
"Human factors" in the MRO sector are emerging as a worrisome trend in global air crashes, reported the Flight Safety Foundation, a watchdog group. In a report this week, Flight Safety warned that 2009 could be the worst year in a decade for major commercial aviation accidents. The dilemma of MRO lapses will be examined by a panel of industry experts in July. More
Use your BlackBerry® In Flight
Wi-Fi enabled Blackberry’s can now send and receive email with airtime cost of just pennies per email. And, the capability is available today, using current EMS SATCOM systems and Inmarsat services. To get voice, e-mail, videoconferencing and Internet capabilities on your aircraft, Learn more at www.emssatcom.com.
Honeywell Wins Navy Contract Honeywell was awarded a $26.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option for the full-rate production of 498 Advanced... MORE
Spectralux ACARS Wins EASA OK Spectralux Corp., based in Redmond, Wash., said its Dlink+ aircraft communications addressing and reporting... MORE
July 2, 2009
Denmark’s Helicopter Usage Doubles Recent figures from Denmark’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) show that the number of registered helicopters in the country... MORE
Lockheed TSS System Delivered Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin marked the completion of the first production target sight system (TSS) with an event this week at... MORE
Raytheon Wins NextGen Research NASA has selected a team led by Raytheon to develop enhancements to the system-wide modeling and simulation capability in the Airspace Concepts Evaluation... MORE
Additional Certification for ALERTS Appareo Systems has received an additional Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the ALERTS Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) system. Transport... MORE
Investigators: Air France Flight 447 Fell Vertically
Transaction Data Correlates with Values
Financing Levels Much More Realistic A perennial problem for the calculation of market, rather than abstract base, values is finding sufficient reliable data points upon which to generate an opinion but... MORE
Love ‘em or loathe ‘em, you can’t deny that Ryanair are masters of the PR game. The Irish low-cost carrier makes headlines on a regular basis. This week, it is claiming its customer service... MORE
The Dassault Aviation Rafale is the newest combat aircraft serving France’s Air Force and Navy. Over the past few years, the twin-engine fighter has replaced the Armée de l’Air’s older... MORE
The European Defence Agency's (EDA) member states, with Sweden as lead nation, signed a Project Arrangement on the MID-air Collision Avoidance System (MIDCAS) at the Paris Air Show to develop the sense and... MORE
Rotorcraft Report: Youngest Pilot Awaits Critical Birthday
PERSONAL | RATINGS On July 21, 2008, 16-year old Errick Smith became the youngest pilot to solo a helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft on the same day. In fact, Smith soloed in two helicopters — a Robinson R44... MORE
July 2009 11 – 14 Aviation Suppliers Association 2009 Conference, Orlando, Fla. ASA, 202-347-6899 or visit www.aviationsuppliers.org August 2009 17 – 21 Safety Management for Aviation Maintenance, Los... MORE
