Bell's new tail fan demonstrator helicopter is back at the
company's XworX facility in Arlington, Texas, following a
successful round of high altitude flight-testing in Leadville,
Colorado. While in Colorado the aircraft demonstrated OGE (out of
ground effect) hover at over 11,700 feet, and flight at an altitude
greater than 13,000 feet.
The next time some wag tells you that BizAv is not paying it's
fair share of the costs of running the nation's aviation
infrastructure, tell them they are ill-informed. The business
aviation community pays more than 100 percent of its share of the
costs it imposes on the Federal air traffic system, according to a
new study by the consulting firm of HLB Decision Economics,
Inc.
Premier Turbines, a division of Dallas Airmotive, Inc., marked a
significant milestone in the company's corporate engine business
with the completion of the 1,000th Honeywell TFE731 engine
serviced. The engine is used on a Learjet 35A and underwent a Core
Zone Inspection, Honeywell's terminology for a zero time
overhaul.
The FAA has approved a new aftermarket modification developed by
Boundary Layer Research, Inc (BLR) of Everett WA. The new
modification termed 'Fast Fin' which is making it's debut at NBAA,
is applicable to helicopters of the medium class manufactured by
Bell Helicopter such as the 205, 212 and 412, and UH-1 series, and
is available in kit form.
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