Taking off into the New Year, the EADS group has been rebranded as “Airbus Group.” Uniting all its activities under a single and strong brand, Airbus Group also renames two of its three Divisions. Going forward, the Group is home to:
• Airbus, focusing on commercial aircraft activities;
• Airbus Defense and Space, integrating the Group’s defense and space activities from Cassidian, Astrium, and Airbus Military;
• Airbus Helicopters, comprising all commercial and military helicopter activities.
D.O.M. News
01/01/2014 - 12:00
Shell announces it has become the first major oil company to develop a lead-free replacement for Aviation Gasoline (Avgas 100 and 100LL), and will now begin a strict regulatory approvals process. Avgas is one of the last common transportation fuels to contain lead and is used by light aircraft and helicopters. Shell’s new lead-free formulation comes after 10 years of exhaustive R&D, as well as successful initial testing, carried out in the last two months by two original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
01/01/2014 - 12:00
National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen paid tribute to general aviation (GA) community legend Russell W. Meyer at a ceremony on January 25, hosted by the Wichita Aero Club, to honor Meyer’s nearly 50-year legacy of championing the industry’s interests. During the event, the organization awarded Meyer its fourth annual Wichita Aero Club Trophy.
01/01/2014 - 12:00
Leadership isn’t just something you do; it’s someone you become. It requires a personal transformation, not just a personal agenda. Roger hadn’t learned that lesson. During an interview for a new leadership position, the hiring manager asked why he switched jobs and sometimes companies every three to five years.
01/01/2014 - 12:00
Elliott Aviation announces the FAA has certified the supplemental type certificate (STC) for Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics’ MD302 Standby Attitude Module (SAM®) as part of its Garmin G1000 avionics upgrade in King Air aircraft.
01/01/2014 - 12:00
Complacency has been identified as one of the top causes for safety issues and quality escapes. Since we recognize that, why does it remain the top of the list? For one thing, we “accidentally on purpose” keep it there because we are complacent on complacency. I will describe the psychological reasons for this phenomenon. It will be counter-intuitive and run in the face of traditional lines of thinking. First is a statement of clarity: complacency is not a cause.
01/01/2014 - 12:00
Engagement. No, I’m not proposing — I’m referring to employee engagement.
01/01/2014 - 12:00
If it weren’t for the trees and the water towers, and for a small hill about five miles to the east, you could see the tall buildings of Dallas. From this vantage point, Sammy Pence hangs his hat (literally) at work at Airbus Helicopters’ U.S. headquarters at Municipal Airport in Grand Prairie, TX.
01/01/2014 - 12:00
What is the secret to happiness? The answer is probably different for everybody. Here’s an observation: people who have passion and enjoy what they do are often successful, while “successful” people aren’t always happy.
01/01/2014 - 12:00
You have an idea of your natural thinking style: detail versus big picture, faster paced versus slower paced, importance on people versus tasks, and immediate response of taking action versus pondering the situation. You might even have picked up on cues from others as to their natural communication and thinking styles.
01/01/2014 - 12:00
This year, the theme of my column will be encouraging you to visit sites that commemorate an aviation event, person or place. You might find some bronze tablets that need polishing or a vacant hangar with broken windows. There might be a small aviation museum nearby, one that is open only a few days a week and is run by unpaid volunteers. Find your past. Drive, fly, walk or visit a Web site. Take your friends or family.
01/01/2014 - 12:00
SkyTrac Systems announces the introduction of world-wide weather overlays to its web-based tracking and mapping tool, SkyWeb. This feature, previously only available for maps in Canada, the United States and Europe, will allow operators to track weather changes across the continents alongside the location and status of fleet, all from one interface.
12/26/2013 - 18:41
Beechcraft Corporation announced today that Textron Inc. has agreed to acquire Beech Holdings, LLC, the parent of Beechcraft Corporation, for approximately $1.4 billion in cash.
12/23/2013 - 09:17
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, is today celebrating the first deliveries of the Citation M2 light jet following Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification.
Brad Thress, Cessna senior vice president of business jets, says: “Cessna is once more redefining the light jet segment with the Citation M2. We’re proud to get the M2 into the marketplace and see the aircraft begin to set the standard for the next generation of business aviation.”
12/23/2013 - 09:11
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, is today beginning deliveries of the newly certified Citation Sovereign+ midsize business jet.
The new Citation Sovereign+, whose name now includes a “+” to more clearly differentiate it from its predecessor, brings increased range, updated technologies and enhanced performance to the company’s established Citation Sovereign business jet.
12/20/2013 - 09:52
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, this month is commemorating the 20th anniversary of its Greensboro Citation Service Center. The facility, located at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C., is one of the busiest in the network of company-owned service centers, and this year alone handled approximately 2,500 service orders for aircraft operating in or traveling through the mid-Atlantic United States.
12/20/2013 - 09:45
In the aftermath of the latest fatal Boeing 737 crash in Kazan, the pressing air safety-related issues have once again become the focus of discussions in the boardrooms of carriers and regulative institutions across Russia and the entire CIS. The most frequent culprits named in the case of the crash claiming all 50 lives on-board included the age of the aircraft as well as poor pilot training and technical maintenance standards.
Baker Aviation Announces Life-Time Free Replacement Guarantee for HOT-STOP 'L' Fire Containment Bags
12/20/2013 - 09:32
Baker Aviation, a full service aircraft maintenance, management and charter company in North Texas, recently announced its new exclusive distributorship of the HOT-STOP® 'L' Fire Containment Bag product line. The news just got better -- a newly added benefit makes the HOT-STOP ‘L’ Bag a life-long purchase by Baker Aviation's commitment to replace, free of charge, of any of HOT-STOP ‘L’ bag that has been deployed to contain thermal runaway of lithium ion powered devices aboard an aircraft.
12/17/2013 - 13:52
Klassic Tool Crib is the U.S. distributor of ECKOLD products. ECKOLD AG is recognized worldwide as the specialist in machines for forming sheet metal. ECKOLD machines are used for shrinking and stretching, doming, planishing, flattening, calibrating, etc. Based in Switzerland, ECKOLD goes to 50 countries all over the globe. About 50 motivated staff are running the business which was founded in Switzerland in 1957 by the grandfather of the current CEO Marc Eckold.