The News Review:
- Albuquerque Mayor: ffer made for Eclipse assets
- Boeing donates 747 engine to Everett Community College’s aviation …
- NTSB plan aims to shield planes from bird risks
- Congress to toughen airline standards
- Kerosene sells better as aviation fuel
- maha airport to get second helping of stimulus money
- Airport access road to be ready for Falcon Aviation in September
Albuquerque Mayor: ffer made for Eclipse assets
Forbes
– A buyer has come forward to take on the assets of failed Eclipse Aviation Corp. the city’s mayor said Friday. The new company is called Eclipse Aerospace. Mayor Martin Chavez indicated it includes former jet owners of the Albuquerque-based aircraft manufacturer that went out of business earlier this year.
Boeing donates 747 engine to Everett Community College’s aviation …
HeraldNet
’s Scott Carson knows the value of aerospace training and education in the state of Washington. Not only is the president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes a graduate of state universities and training programs but the company that he oversees depends upon skilled workers for its success. With that in mind Boeing donated a jet engine from a 747 on Friday to Everett Community College’s Aviation Maintenance Technician School as a training tool for future aviation mechanics. “Education is at the root of what makes a community a success” Carson told a few dozen people who gathered Friday for the hand-over of the Boeing engine. Carson made his comments the day after Boeing solidified an agreement to buy out 787 supplier Vought Aircraft Industries’ factory in South Carolina. The deal has triggered concerns that the company could locate a second 787 production line elsewhere. The company previously has expressed concerns over the state’s business climate its unionized work force and its lack of continued investment in education.
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NTSB plan aims to shield planes from bird risks
USA Today
The NTSB ruled that the jet struck one or more American white pelicans at about 3000 feet altitude shortly after takeoff. The impact crushed the plane’s wing. The case is the latest this year to highlight the danger that birds pose to aviation including airliners. In what has become known as the “Miracle on the Hudson” a US Airways jet struck a flock of Canada geese above New York City in January. The impact crippled its engines and forced it to splashdown in the Hudson River where everyone aboard escaped. The pelican that the klahoma City jet struck was likely twice as large as the average goose. White pelicans weigh up to 20 pounds.
Congress to toughen airline standards
USA Today
Prompted by the crash last February near Buffalo that has raised questions about pilot qualifications training and fatigue the “Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009″ aims to find the most successful safety programs and mandate them for all airlines said Rep. Jerry Costello D-Ill. chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee.
Kerosene sells better as aviation fuel
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However its price is rising because oil marketers – both the majoroperators and the independents divert the product for use as aviation fuel. rdinarily Kerosene or paraffin as it is known in the UnitedKingdom East Asia and South Africa is one of the by-products of crude. It isrefined worldwide as Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK). In this form the fuel is useful for heating lighting and cookingwhich makes it the Household Kerosene (HHK). It is also used to power jetengines then known as jet fuel or Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK).
maha airport to get second helping of stimulus money
USA Today
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. The money is part of $1.
Airport access road to be ready for Falcon Aviation in September
Newnan Times-Herald
n Friday the Coweta County Airport Authority ratified signatures on a $100000 loan from Wachovia Bank to fund the construction of an access road for the flight school off West Aviation Road at the airport off U. The airport authority has agreed to build the road and run utilities down the side of the road said Chairman Dale Pepper.