Midcoast Installs Receiver

The first installation of the Honeywell XMD157-01 data link weather receiver was installed on a Midcoast Aviation Global Express aftermarket aircraft. The system brings high-speed textual and 3D graphical weather to the cockpit’s electronic flight bag. The Honeywell receiver provides service at any altitude anywhere in the continental U.S.

Cosworth Wins Contract

The seven-year, $20 million dollar contract requires Cosworth to supply forged pistons for production engines, replacement parts demand and engineering services. During the next seven months, Cosworth will invest more than $2 million to install a medium volume, forged piston Takisawa manufacturing center in order to meet the demands of the contract.

Gulfstream Milestone

Gulfstream Aerospace is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its Airborne Product Support service. Launched in May 2002, the airborne aircraft maintenance and repair support program has completed more than 1,350 missions, 96 of which were outside of the U.S.

T700 Benefits Army Helos

The U.S. Army ordered 18 new AH-64D Apache Longbow multi-role helicopters that will be equipped with existing T700 engines. These engines will be converted from T700-701 or -701C engines to -701D engines and will use controls featured in -701C models. Conversion kits will upgrade the aircraft in a cost-effective and timely manner because of the commonalities of the T700 engine.

P&WC’s PT6A-52 Engine

The PT6A-52 engine, selected to power the new Beechcraft King Air B200GT aircraft, was certified by Transport Canada. The engine is a derivative of Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PT6 family and is replacing the PT6A-42 on the King Air twin turboprop. In April this year, the new engine received both type certification and manufacturing approval from Transport Canada. FAA certification is expected this quarter.

Encore Buys Frederick

The purchase of Frederick Aviation at Frederick Municipal Airport in Maryland marks the sixth acquisition for Encore FBO since November 2006. The Frederick location will offer private aircraft charter, maintenance, avionics, ground services, aircraft sales and an aircraft parts department.

Fault Code Reporting

Jet-Care and Honeywell have launched a fault code reporting service for TFE731 DEEC engine operators. This new service provides operators with an entire DEEC download, including take-off data, cruise data and fault codes. Customers of the service will receive an e-mailed report from Jet-Care for each download sent.

Sabreliner Receives STC

Flight Test Associates certified Sabreliner 80 with CF700 engines to Stage 3 noise levels. The STC is available for all Sabreliner 80 operators with standard wings. Installation involves a flight manual supplement and a slight maximum landing weight reduction.

Boeing Continues to Sell

With seven new order this year, Boeing business jets stands at 135 firm orders. The seven new orders are worth $478.5 million and include six BBJs, a derivative of the Next-Generation 737-700 and one 787-9 VIP jet.

Skylliance Expands

The charter partner program of Jet Aviation, Skylliance added Homac Aviation and GainJet to its alliance. The two new operators bring a German-based Cessna Citation Bravo and two Greece-based Gulfstream G220s. The expansion brings the Skylliance program to six members and more than 20 aircraft that are available for charter services throughout Europe.

Cessna Selects Nordam

The Nordam Group will provide executive cabinetry for the newest aircraft in the Cessna Citation family, the CJ4. The value of the contract is close to $100 million during the next 10-15 years and requires Nordam to build, assemble and finish all CJ4 cabinetry. The first set is scheduled for delivery this month.

New Hawker Facility

TAG Farnborough was appointed a Hawker Beechcraft Corporation-authorized service facility for Hawker 800-series aircraft. TAG Farnborough becomes the second HBC-certified service facility in the U.K.

Jet Aviation and Bombardier

Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland and Aero-Dienst in Nuremberg, Germany have become authorized service facilities for all Bombardier business aircraft. Bombardier has more than 300 business jets across Europe.

Honeywell Gains TSO

The FAA granted Technical Standard Order approval for Honeywell’s EASy Flight Deck avionics for the Falcon 7X. The system, based on Primus Epic architecture, includes digital flight control, simplified control of communication, navigation and flight management systems, and new aircraft system interfaces.

Snecma Delivers

Snecma delivered the first components of the Silvercrest core engine technology demonstrator. Silvercrest is the company’s new generation engine for super mid-size to large business jets. The technology demonstrator promises advanced performance, reliability and a cleaner, greener engine.

Hawker Receives STC

The Enersys/Hawker steel case, sealed lead-acid battery will replace existing SAFT 4076-9 and 4078-10 batteries on the Embraer-120. The battery is also used on the EMB-110, DHC-6 and DHC-8 aircraft. According to the company, the batteries benefits include, 99.99 percent pure lead construction, a 30-month full replacement warranty after installation and no maintenance.

NetJets Buys More Jets

The contract for the purchase of 32 Hawker 4000 aircraft for NetJets’ European fleet includes a maintenance agreement and exceeds $700 million. Deliveries will begin in 2008. NetJets also signed a contract in 2005 for 50 Hawkder 4000 aircraft for its U.S. fleet.

Chengdu Collaborates

The collaboration for aeronautic composites manufacturing engineering with Chengdu Aircraft, a Chinese aircraft manufacturer, allows ESI Group, developer of prototype simulation software, to display the benefits of the new generation composite parts. Chengdu can now simulate the entire process of composite parts design and manufacturing.

Embraer Reduces Costs

The new revision of the Legacy 600 executive jet maintenance planning guide is expected to benefit operators with labor cost reduction of up to 18 percent. Since the original guide was published in 2001, the man-hour to flight-hour ratio has dropped by 50 percent to the current rate of 0.65. The planning guide was revised based on customer interaction and an advisory board.