Company's Financial Report 'Not Reflective Of Our Potential'
Bombardier posted a difficult financial report for 2012, and while the 4th quarter revenues were up by a about a half-billion dollars, the overall year was down about $1.5 billion. Revenues totalled $4.8 billion for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012, compared to $4.3 billion for the corresponding period last fiscal year. For the year, revenues totalled $16.8 billion, compared to $18.3 billion for the last fiscal year.
Accident Resulted In The Fatal Injury Of Five People On Board
In a media briefing held Thursday, the NTSB indicated that the Beechcraft Premier IA jet which went down late Wednesday aborted a landing attempt and struck a power pole before impacting the ground. The briefing was given by NTSB Board Member Robert L. Sumwalt. He said the airplane was apparently was attempting to land on runway 10 at McDuffie County Airport near August, GA, "and for reasons that we intend to find out, the flight crew elected to discontinue landing."
EASA has certified Aspen's EDF1000 for installation in GippsAero GA8 and GA8-TC 320 Airvan aircraft. The certification is for the installation of a single unit in each aircraft. The Aspen EFD1000 PFD comes with software version 2.X unit and allows for integration with GPS and navigation sources such as the Garmin Touch Navigators GTN 750 and GTN 650.
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