The News Review:
- BNSF’s Chairman President and CE to Address JP Morgan Aviation …
- Aviation experts demand action from FAA
- Eclipse says it won’t oppose bankruptcy
- Dassault Aviation says Q4 sales down 12.8 percent
- Authorities: 1 killed in NC helicopter crash at Xe
- Final FAA-Weather Service Decision Delayed Again
- Investigators eye standards for bird collisions
BNSF’s Chairman President and CE to Address JP Morgan Aviation …
CNNMoney.com -
Rose chairman president andchief executive officer of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF)(NYSE: BNI) will address the J. Morgan Aviation and TransportationConference in New York City on Wednesday March 11 2009 at noon Easterntime. Interested investors may listen to the presentation via a simultaneousWebcast on BNSF’s Web site at.
Aviation experts demand action from FAA
WIVB NY -
(WIVB) – Aviation experts are demanding action from the Federal Aviation Administration. No one investigates like News 4. An American Eagle flight in freezing rain crashed in Indiana killing 68 people aboard. Two years later the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that testing requirements for flight certification of Turboprop planes be revised to include certain icing conditions. But the FAA which has the power to act on those recommendations has not. The National Air Disaster Alliance Foundation made up of air crash survivors and victim’s family members filed a lawsuit to compel the federal government to take action.
Eclipse says it won’t oppose bankruptcy
The Associated Press -
(AP) — Eclipse Aviation says it will not oppose a motion filed in federal court by senior noteholders to convert the Albuquerque aircraft manufacturer’s bankruptcy proceedings to Chapter 7 a further indication the company will likely be liquidated. Senior secured noteholders filed the motion in U. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on Tuesday after they say it became clear Eclipse’s buyer European-based EclipseJet Aviation International Inc. was unable to obtain financing for the purchase.
Dassault Aviation says Q4 sales down 12.8 percent
Reuters -
8 percent| Industries| Industrials Materials & Utilities| Reuters. PA> maker of Falcon business jets and Rafale fighterplanes said fourth-quarter sales fell 12. 2billion euros ($1.
Authorities: 1 killed in NC helicopter crash at Xe
The Associated Press -
(AP) — A helicopter crash killed a pilot and seriously injured a passenger Tuesday on the northeastern North Carolina campus of the private security contractor Xe authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration initially reported that one person was hurt in the 1:33 p. crash but Camden County Sheriff Tony Perry confirmed the pilot had died. Neither Perry nor Xe spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell would release the name of the pilot Tuesday night. Tyrrell also declined to identify the passenger.
Final FAA-Weather Service Decision Delayed Again
Washington Post United States -
In an “all-hands” e-mail to NWS employees today director Jack Hayes wrote that “Before we proceed with delivery of our final response to FAA the new NAA Administrator needs an opportunity to address the CWSU matter. FAA has agreed to extend our response deadline for another 30 days. ” (Full e-mail after the jump. )The Bush administration.
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Investigators eye standards for bird collisions
The Associated Press -
The National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said in congressional testimony Tuesday that the board is considering whether to recommend toughening federal standards for jet engines in response to the incident. The engines on the Airbus A320 involved in the accident are required by the Federal Aviation Administration to be able to withstand the impact of a 4-pound bird smaller than a typical Canada goose without bursting into flames or spewing shrapnel. There is no requirement the engines continue to produce power. “The fact that the accident engines exceeded even today’s standard and still failed is of great interest and concern to the safety board” Sumwalt told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. ne-and-a-half minutes after taking off from LaGuardia Airport on Jan. 15 Flight 1549 crossed paths with a flock of Canada geese sucking birds into both engines and losing all thrust.