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Monday, May 12, 2008
In This Issue: AVN's Semi-Annual Turboprop Value Listing
Airbus List Prices Accelerate While Values Ease Material Costs & Weak Dollar See Jump In List Prices Airbus list prices have jumped by nearly five percent, representing a significant rise and increasing the already high differential between list and net prices even further. The 4.9 percent rise in list... [read more]
May 12, 2008 Aircraft Value News
Turboprop Values Exhibit Stability
The values of turboprops have continued to enjoy solid performance to the extent that prices and lease rentals have achieved a measure of stability after a period of improvement. A consequence of the recovery in the turboprop market has been the difficulty...
May 12, 2008 Air Safety Week
Rules for the Air Safety Road
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) held their 53rd annual Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar (CASS) April 29-May 1 in Palm Harbor, Florida. The fact that the event had a record number of attendees belies...
May 12, 2008 Air Safety Week
Approach to Canadian Air Safety Oversight Needs Improvement
There are several weaknesses in how Transport Canada has managed the transition to a new approach for overseeing air transportation safety, says the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, in a recently released report. Under the new approach--a requirement...
May 12, 2008 Air Safety Week
Unusual Cessna 510 Accident
The pilot of a Cessna Citation Mustang that suffered severe mechanical problems in April is lucky to have gotten his stricken aircraft back on the ground. He lost his primary flight display (PFD) and autopilot and fought off fatigue to safely land the...
May 12, 2008 Air Safety Week
Pilot Shares Blame for Fatal Hot Air Balloon Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the veteran pilot had a hand in the fatal hot air balloon accident last October in New Mexico. The investigation was hampered by the pilot's lack of cooperation with NTSB investigators and the fatal...
May 12, 2008 Air Safety Week
Pilot Blamed for Injury to Flight Attendant
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) say the pilot of a corporate jet was at fault for the October 2006 leg injury to a flight attendant during a flight from Washington's Dulles International to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. On October 31, a...
May 12, 2008 Air Safety Week
Pilot Skills in Upset Recovery Need Overhaul
APS Emergency Maneuver Training recently released research results on the status of pilot skill level in upset recovery, specifically a pilot's ability to deal with Loss of Control In-Flight (LOC-I). The aviation research offers insight into contributing...
May 12, 2008 Air Safety Week
Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) Airplanes Final rule. SUMMARY: This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to...
May 12, 2008 Air Safety Week
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks April 04, 2008 Anchorage, AK Fairchild Swearingen SA 227-AC, N650PA Maintenance personnel discovered damage to twin-engine turboprop a/c during routine, daily inspection. Review of a/c flight logs showed that...
May 8, 2008 Avionics
Cessna's CJ4 Prototype Flies
Cessna’s Citation CJ4 business jet prototype completed its first flight May 5 in Wichita, Kan. The 2-hour, 22-minute flight, which departed from McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas, consisted of maneuver stability and initial systems evaluations. While...
May 8, 2008 Avionics
Honeywell Signs SVS Licensing Deal
Honeywell signed an exclusive licensing agreement to provide the VistaNav Synthetic Vision System, developed by Mercury Computer Systems, Chelmsford, Mass., for the general aviation market. Under the licensing agreement, announced in April, Honeywell will...
May 6, 2008 N/A
Idaho Runway Collision Kills Three
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the runway collision of two Cessna 172s at McCall Municipal Airport (MYL) in central Idaho on May 2. An FAA spokesman said a landing Cessna with two people aboard struck another...
May 5, 2008 Air Safety Week
Preliminary Findings On Colorado Air Tanker Crash
Using air tankers to fight raging wildfires remains a risky business as a recent fatal accident under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) graphically shows. On April 15, 2008 just outside Fort Carson, Colorado, an Air Tractor...
May 5, 2008 Air Safety Week
Safety Rules and Regulations
Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. Model A109A, A109A II, and A109C Helicopters Final Rule; Request for Comments. SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) model helicopters. This AD results from...
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