The McKinney, TX City Council has approved changing the name of Collin County Regional Airport to McKinney National Airport. The decision follows the city’s purchase of airport assets and the start of city operations as the airport’s Fixed Base Operator (FBO),McKinney Air Center.
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11/01/2013 - 12:00
CAPACG, provider of aviation Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) solutions, ISBAO auditing, and Safety Management Systems consulting announces that it is becoming an industry partner with the Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability (PEGASAS). PEGASAS is the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) new Center of Excellence for General Aviation.
11/01/2013 - 12:00
Industrial Energy Products, Inc. (IEP) of Mount Joy, PA has named Baker Aviation, a full service aircraft maintenance, management and charter company in North Texas, as its exclusive distributor of the HOT-STOP® ‘L’ Fire Containment Bag product line.
11/01/2013 - 12:00
Dallas Airmotive, a BBA Aviation company, announces the release of MyTurbine, a mobile app designed to connect the customer with Dallas Airmotive on the go. The icons allow for quick navigation to the services most used by customers. Users can connect with the F1RST SUPPORT global customer support center with one click and check cost estimates or completion dates on engines in process. Users can also find service locations, contact sales representatives to receive a quote, and access Dallas Airmotive’s aircraft engine APU cross-reference guide.
11/01/2013 - 12:00
Duncan Aviation’s location in Provo, UT recently announced that it has been approved by the Mexican Civil Aviation Authority as an approved aircraft maintenance organization. In addition, the company’s Battle Creek, MI location recently received approval by Bermuda’s Civil Aviation Authority.
“Duncan Aviation continually evaluates its certifications and is constantly communicating with customers and prospects around the world to secure new certifications when it makes sense to do so,” says Chris VanderWeide, chief inspector of International Airworthiness for Duncan Aviation.
11/01/2013 - 12:00
West Star Aviation announces it has received a Silver Award from the Colorado Governor’s Environmental Leadership Program (ELP). This is the third time West Star has received the Silver Award since it was first recognized as a Bronze Achiever in 2010. It received the award during a ceremony held in Denver, Colorado, on October 17, 2013.
11/01/2013 - 12:00
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) announces a call for nominations to acknowledge the individuals, offices, and organizations demonstrating excellence in their field and the highest level of customer service to the general aviation community.
Each year, NATA presents seven awards to the exceptional individuals and companies that have helped to improve the general aviation community. The recipients of five of these awards are chosen based upon NATA member-submitted nominations.
These awards cover five categories:
11/01/2013 - 12:00
I’ve been asked an age-old question several times recently: “Are service bulletins mandatory?” There are as many opinions about this question as there are FAA safety inspectors (but I encourage you to know the answer to this question without asking your FAA inspector). It truly depends on the service bulletin itself and the rules to which it relates. Each bulletin can be different in that regard. This article aims to provide you with enough information to be able to answer the question yourself.
11/01/2013 - 12:00
A maintenance facility representative recently asked me to explain what duties the facility might owe to an aircraft owner when the owner leaves his or her aircraft with the facility for service, other than the responsibility for performing repair or maintenance services on the aircraft as requested by the aircraft owner. This situation creates what many states refer to as a “bailment” and imposes certain additional duties upon the maintenance facility.
The bailment relationship is created when:
11/01/2013 - 12:00
An icon once stated, “Ask not what the government can do for you but what you can do for the government.” Unfortunately, there are functions only the government can perform, like registering aircraft. Some certificate holders have an arrangement with the agency to register aircraft similar to a car dealer’s methods. However, the majority of registration requests are from individuals and companies transferring valuable assets on a real-time basis.
11/01/2013 - 12:00
D.O.M. magazine’s sister publication Helicopter Maintenancemagazine, the premier magazine for, by and about helicopter maintenance professionals, is accepting nominations for its 2013 Helicopter Mechanic of the Year award. Following is information on who is eligible to participate and how to nominate an individual.
Eligibility requirements:
The nominee must be currently employed in the helicopter industry as a helicopter maintenance professional and have at least 3 years working experience on helicopters.
11/01/2013 - 12:00
Let’s discuss why events can escalate without us realizing it and how to get along when someone is being difficult, whether that someone is a colleague, crew member or part of our family. Recalling from my previous article, miscommunication occurs for several reasons:
11/01/2013 - 12:00
Businesses concentrate on the tangibles and measurables — “business by the numbers” as they say. This sounds like the way to go, making objective decisions based on objective criteria. Even quality systems are run by numbers. I teach it in my class, “You don’t improve what you don’t measure.” I had to start rethinking that statement because we tend to focus too much on the numeric goals and ignore the intangibles that are not directly measurable in our organizations. These are the soft issues that have a huge impact.
10/30/2013 - 13:50
National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks testified today before the House Aviation Subcommittee to discuss the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) aircraft certification process.
The FAA issues type and manufacturing certificates to aircraft, aircraft engines and propellers, as well as aircraft parts and appliances. The purpose is to create a standard level of safety that is continuously monitored by the FAA.
10/30/2013 - 09:18
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recently expanded the role of commercial sales representative Prestige Jet to handle Gulfstream aircraft transactions in France as well as Italy and Switzerland.
Prestige Jet, led by CEO Thierry Le Tourneur, will work closely with Gulfstream’s Rebecca Johnson, regional vice president, central and southern Europe, and Trevor Esling, regional senior vice president, International Sales, who will continue to oversee sales in the region.