Aerokopter Offers New Helicopter At Great Price

By ANN Senior Correspondent Kevin "Hognose" O'Brien Hey, I know that copter! It's a Schweitzer... the old Hughes 269. Or is it? But wait... it looks like one... but is that a Subaru engine...?

AD NUMBER: 2005-01-18 MANUFACTURER: Raytheon SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-01-18 SUMMARY: The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) to supersede AD 93-25-07, which applies to Raytheon Aircraft Company (Raytheon) Beech 100, 200, and 300 series airplanes. AD 93-25-07 currently requires you to repetitively inspect the fuselage stringers for cracks and modify at certain times depending on the number of cracked stringers. This AD is the result of FAA's policy (since 1996) to not allow airplane operation when known cracks exist in primary structure.

AD NUMBER: 98-20-38R1 MANUFACTURER: Raytheon SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 98-20-38 R1 SUMMARY: The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) to revise AD 98-20-38, which applies to all Beech 200 series airplanes. AD 98-20-38 requires you to revise the FAA-approved Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to specify procedures that would prohibit flight in severe icing conditions (as determined by certain visual cues), limit or prohibit the use of various flight control devices while in severe icing conditions, and provide the flight crew with recognition cues for and procedures for exiting from severe icing conditions. Part of the applicability of AD 98-20-38 includes the Raytheon Models B200 and B200C airplanes.