Contractor's Financial Woes Won't Affect Ae270 Program
Ibis Aerospace Ltd. announced Monday that it expects continued
strong support from its Ae270 primary contractor, Aero Vodochody.
The company made a public statement that Czech authorities are
fully behind Aero and its Ae270 program despite Aero publicized
financial woes last week. Ibis Aerospace Ltd. is a joint venture
company consisting of Aero Vodochody of the Czech Republic and AIDC
of Taiwan R.O.C. Established in 1919, Aero is the largest aerospace
concern in the Czech Republic and is also known as a producer of
military aircraft. In a statement, company officials claim Aero
Vodochody and the Czech government are fully committed to Ibis
Aerospace and its Ae270 Propjet—scheduled for certification
later this year.<
The Whirly-Girls International will present their 2004
scholarships to nine women at the annual Whirly-Girls Scholarship
Banquet held during Heli Expo 2004. Together, the scholarships are
worth a total of $40,490 of helicopter flight training. Some
scholarships were donated by training facilities and helicopter
manufacturers while $19,000 in cash gifts to the scholarship fund
were also awarded. In addition to the scholarships, each winner was
presented with a copy of "Cyclic and Collective," donated by author
Shawn Coyle.
MANUFACTURER: Dassault
SUBJECT: Feeder Tank Sealant
SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness
directive (AD), applicable to certain Dassault Model Mystere-Falcon
50 series airplanes, that requires applying PR (fuel tank sealant)
and installing PR patches over the internal side panel recesses of
the left-hand and right-hand feeder tanks at certain frames and
stringers. This action is necessary to prevent possible fuel
ignition in the event of a lightning strike and consequent
uncontained rupture of the fuel tank(s). This action is intended to
address the identified unsafe condition.
MANUFACTURER: Bombardier
SUBJECT: Elevator Servo Tab
SUMMARY: The FAA adopts a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Inc. (formerly deHavilland
Inc.) Model Otter DHC-3 airplanes that have turbine engines
installed per one of three supplemental type certificates (STC).
This AD prohibits you from operating any affected airplane with
these engine and propeller configurations unless a new STC for an
elevator servo tab with a redundant control linkage is installed.
This AD is the result of reports of the control rod to the elevator
servo-tab system detaching from the elevator servo-tab, which
caused the elevator servo-tab to flutter on airplanes with a
turbine engine installed. Th
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