Company Seeks 9.5 Percent Increase

Textron Inc., parent company of Bell Helicopters and Cessna Aircraft, said it plans to increase its revenue at least 9.5 percent in 2006 from last year as sales of airplanes rebound. Sales in 2006 will be between $10.8 billion and $11.4 billion, up from $9.86 billion last year, the company said. Sales this year will fall about 2 percent from last year, in part because of a drop in deliveries of Cessna Citation business jets, it said. Revenue at Textron, which also sells products ranging from golf carts to the V-22 Osprey military plane, has fallen for three straight years, mainly because of declining Citation deliveries. Since 2000, chief executive Lewis Campbell has sold businesses and laid off workers in an effort to reduce a

Second Crash In KS This Week

Three members of an air ambulance crew were killed early Tuesday when their twin-engine airplane crashed into a field near Dodge City (KS). The Kansas Highway Patrol said it was the second fatal plane crash in the state this week. In the other accident, 60-year-old Carl Johnson of Pratt died Monday afternoon when a single-engine plane he was piloting crashed into a field in Pawnee County. Two other Kansans died Tuesday morning when their plane crashed four miles east of Rich Hill (MO), near the Missouri-Kansas state line.

AD NUMBER: 2004-04-01

MANUFACTURER: Pilatus SUBJECT: Engine-driven fuel pump SUMMARY: The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that supersedes AD 2002-01-09, which applies to all Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Models PC-7, PC-12, and PC-12/45 airplanes that incorporate a certain engine-driven pump. AD 2002-01-09 currently requires you to inspect the joints between the engine-driven pump housing, the relief valve housing, and the relief valve cover for signs of fuel leakage and extruding gasket material; replace any engine-driven pump with any of the above problems; and ensure that the relief valve attachment screws are adequately torqued and re-torque as necessary.

AD NUMBER: 2004-03-35

MANUFACTURER: Raytheon SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-03-35 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Raytheon Model Beech 400A and 400T series airplanes, that requires an inspection to determine the part number of the A194 roll trim printed circuit board (PCB), and replacement of certain PCBs with improved parts. This action is necessary to prevent intermittent sticking of the relays on the PCB in either the open or closed position, which could result in an out-of-trim condition that could require using considerable control wheel force to keep the wings level, and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane. This action is intended