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June 14, 2005

FAA Blesses ERJ190 Thrust Reverser Actuation System

Smiths Aerospace has received FAA approval for its Thrust Reverser Actuation System (TRAS) from General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE).

Crew Aboard Pinnacle Flight Wanted To Join The 4-1-0 Club

How high is too high? In the case of a Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-2, the answer is 41,000 feet. Finding that out cost two Pinnacle pilots their lives. That's what NTSB investigators derived from the cockpit voice recorder aboard the CRJ.

Honeywell has announced that it has received FAA certification for its TPA-100A traffic surveillance system for the Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft.

AD/A330/51 Escape Slides & Slide Rafts - Electrical Harness Routing 8/2005DM Applicability: A330-200 and A330-300 series aeroplanes where crew/passenger doors 1 and 4 and crew/passenger door 3 (type 1 only), RH and LH sides of the fuselage, are equipped with emergency escape slides or slide rafts Part Numbers (P/N) 7A1508-XXX or 7A1509-XXX.