The News Review:
- Australian aviation pioneer dies at age 93
- PIM Aviation Insurance awarded contract with K-State
- Kelly Aviation Center earns European engine repair certification
- Forecasts 2009 – Business Aviation: From boom to gloom
Australian aviation pioneer dies at age 93
The Associated Press
Walton who was named a Living National Treasure by the National Trust of Australia in 1997 died at her Sydney home Tuesday afternoon her granddaughter Anna Holman said. “I most remember her as my grandmother who was a part of my everyday life and who was exceptionally inspirational to women all over Australia” Holman said. “But most of all she made great chocolate cakes with peppermint icing.
PIM Aviation Insurance awarded contract with K-State
Bizjournals.com NC
The contract awarded by the state of Kansas also has the potential for five one-year extensions. Timothy Bonnell Jr. vice president of sales and marketing for PIM says the contract covers the university’s fleet of 35 aircraft all of which are maintained at a 149-acre site at the.
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Kelly Aviation Center earns European engine repair certification
Bizjournals.com NC
With this new certification in hand the company has the potential of winning maintenance repair and overhaul services contracts on a broader range of aircraft engines. Local workers already provide repair services on the engines that power the military’s C-2 Greyhound the C-5 Galaxy C-130 Hercules the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the KC-10 aerial tanker. EASA certification will allow Kelly Aviation Center employees to pursue engine work on commercial European engines including the engines that power the DC-10 A300 and 747 aircraft.
Forecasts 2009 – Business Aviation: From boom to gloom
Flight International
The combination of the global credit crunch declining corporate profits the squeeze on finance and a strengthening dollar are sending business aircraft buyers running for the hills. US engine and avionics manufacturer.