Second Executive Jet Also Delivered To Russia As International
Business Grows
Following its first mainland China delivery of a Bombardier
Challenger 850 business jet in the Spring, Ontario-based Flying
Colours Corp. has delivered two completed Challenger 850s ... one
to the Middle East and one to Russia ... in the last three
months.
A Gulfstream G550 recently demonstrated its long-range
performance capabilities when it set a city-pair speed record
between Savannah, GA, and Campinas, Brazil. On Aug. 8, the aircraft
took off from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport at
0756 EDT with 11 passengers and one flight attendant on board and
international captains Eric Parker and Anthony Briotta in the
cockpit.
Announced at Oshkosh, aviation synthetic vision is now available on the iPad. Hilton Software boasted of the addition of Synthetic Vision to its flagship WingX Pro7 for iPad product -- an addition that depicts 3D terrain using its high-resolution terrain database, obstacles using a comprehensive obstacle database, and airport runways.
Issues Found With Certain First Stage Reduction Sun Gears
The FAA has sent a notice of an emergency AD (2011-20-51) to
owners and operators of Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG, -27,
-28, -34, -34AG, -34B, and -36 series turboprop engines. The move
was prompted by failures of certain first stage reduction sun
gears, manufactured by Timken Alcor Aerospace Technologies,
Inc.
Kansas Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) has introduced
legislation to fully reinstate the Block Aircraft Registration
Request (BARR) program, so that aircraft owners and operators can
opt out of having their flights broadcast over the Internet.
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