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The Boom XB-1 demonstrator measures 71 feet long, or roughly Boom rolls out supersonic XB-1 a third of the length of the planned Overture supersonic airliner. by Gregory Polek OEMs Boom Supersonic on October 7 staged an Overture such as carbon-fiber composite Read Our SPECIAL REPORT online rollout ceremony for its one-third construction, computer-optimized high- Fourth Gulfstream G700 scale XB-1 demonstrator, scheduled to make efficiency aerodynamics, and supersonic joins test fleet page 10 its first flight sometime next year. Powered propulsion systems. Robotic Flyers by three General Electric J85-15 turbofans, The design includes what Boom calls People the composite-bodied XB-1 will fly up to one of the highest-efficiency civil super- Reliable Robotics has now achieved Mach 2.2 ahead of the planned introduc- sonic intakes ever tested. During the roll- unmanned flight tests of two Bombardier ousts Coleal tion of the Overture supersonic airliner, out Boom CEO Blake Scholl explained the conventional Cessna airplanes. expected to make its own first flight in 2025. importance of the aircraft’s engine intakes, as president page 12 Boom expects the XB-1 to demonstrate which act to slow the speed of the airflow to page 28 technologies planned for the 55-seat continues on page 44 Accidents NTSB releases cause of Latitude crash page 22 Training THE INTELLIGENT Turning a Rolls-Royce FLYING SOLUTIONTM engine virtual page 33 WORLD CLASS FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP Safety www.planesense.com FAA sets 737 Max pilot training plan page 25 PRAETOR !""# CERTIFIED OUTPERFORMANCE.

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DASSAULT FALCON 6X ROLLOUT GE PARTNERS WITH UBER ON SET FOR DECEMBER 8 EVTOL FLIGHT DATA MONITORING Dassault Aviation will roll out the GE Aviation’s Digital Group is working first Falcon 6X on December 8 at to develop a flight data monitoring its production facility in Bordeaux- (FDM) program to support Uber Merignac, France, the company Elevate’s planned eVTOL aircraft announced on October 15. rideshare service. The two companies “Development of the 6X, including its have been collaborating on the project Pratt & Whitney PW812D engine is right for several months to develop the on schedule,” it added. “First flight technical requirements to apply FDM is set for 2021 and certification and and analysis to any of the eVTOL initial delivery are planned for 2022.” aircraft that will be used for the Ground testing on the first flight-test Uber Air operations, which are due This rendering shows the planned expansion of Bombardier’s service center at Singapore’s 5,500-nm Falcon 6X is still ongoing, to start from 2023 in cities such as Seletar Aerospace Park. The new complex, set to open in 2021, will include an FBO run by Jetex, with electric, hydraulic, and fuel Dallas and Los Angeles. The plan is to which will add to the several aviation service providers already in operation there. system tests having been completed. use GE’s eFOQA software to process Ground fatigue and damage tolerance and analyze flight data to identify testing are also underway. Meanwhile, safety risks, determine root causes, the second and third flight-test aircraft and monitor corrective actions. Uber Jetex, Bombardier partner are nearing final assembly, according Air Part 135 operators would use a to Dassault. Aircraft number three will standardized FOQA solution so that also be outfitted with a full interior. data could be comparatively analyzed on Singapore Seletar FBO and stored in GE’s secure servers. JUDGE GIVES ONE by Curt Epstein AVIATION ‘SHORT ROPE’ ACJ TWOTWENTY ‘XTRA ON LAST-DITCH SALE LARGE BIZJET’ BOWS Global trip support provider Jetex is part- Jean-Christophe Gallagher, the Canadian Eclipse 500/550 support provider One Airbus Corporate Jets has introduced nering with Bombardier Aviation on a new airframer’s v-p for service, support, and Aviation is moving toward liquidating the ACJ TwoTwenty, a corporate FBO at Singapore Seletar Aerospace Park. corporate strategy. “Jetex shares Bombar- its assets following the collapse of version of its A220-100 airliner. The new Jetex is currently providing ground han- dier’s commitment to delivering…excep- a bid to purchase the company out ACJ will be delivered outfitted from a dling services through shared facilities at tional service.” of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Company wide choice of predefined luxury cabin Bombardier’s service center, but as part The move will bring the Singapore facil- attorney Chris Dickerson expressed configurations and is slated to enter of the OEM’s expansion of the facility— ity into the Jetex network, with access to disappointment that the purchase service in early 2023. Acting as launch which will turn it into a “high-capacity, its international flight planning and trip agreement by proposed buyer SE customer and production partner, one-stop-shop super center”—Jetex will support services, including its global trip Falcon did not proceed. However, Switzerland’s Comlux Group is taking operate its own co-located facility there, manager platform that will provide seam- he said negotiations were underway the first two of the “Xtra Large Bizjets,” details of which were unavailable at press less aircraft services, security, and baggage for a new entity, Global Eclipse, to as Airbus Corporate Jets calls them, time. This gives UAE-based Jetex its 33rd control, as well as offer real-time billing. purchase the company’s assets. But and the group’s Indianapolis, Indiana international location and its fourth in “We are optimistic about the possibili- that bid” is “significantly less” than facility, Comlux Completion, will outfit the Asia-Pacific region. ties for growth in the Asia-Pacific region the now-defunct $13 million bid by the first 15 cabins. Four additional “We are thrilled to collaborate with a and very excited to be adding Singapore SE Falcon” and is on a liquidating ACJ220 orders from undisclosed service provider of this caliber as part of to our network,” said Jetex founder and basis, he added. One Aviation customers are also in hand. With a the expansion of Bombardier’s Singapore CEO Adel Mardini, adding the city-state furloughed its remaining workforce significant range increase to 5,650 nm Service Center, a key hub for business saw an 18 percent increase in private jet early last month. In the aftermath and ETOPS certification in hand, the aviation in the Asia-Pacific region,” said demand last year compared to 2018. of a second unsuccessful effort, U.S. ACJ TwoTwenty will be capable of Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher linking London and Los Angeles. Sontchi cautioned One Aviation has “a short rope” to complete the NETJETS ROLLS OUT Global Eclipse asset purchase. SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM Embraer launches urban air Fractional share provider NetJets BILL BOISTURE JOINS has unveiled its global sustainability SPIKE AEROSPACE TEAM program as a “commitment to mobility division called Eve Spike Aerospace has added Bill reducing the environmental footprint Boisture to its executive team as of the brand and its owners.” The by Charles Alcock it continues to build its leadership Ohio-based company previously base and lay the groundwork for the announced that it would purchase Embraer is stepping up its plans to development of the 18-passenger sustainable aviation fuel for all of develop eVTOL aircraft with the forma- Spike Supersonic Jet. With Boisture, its flights out of San Francisco and tion of a new subsidiary called Eve Urban Spike is bringing a seasoned business its home base in Columbus. NetJets Air Mobility Solutions. The Brazilian aviation executive into the fold who Europe has also been carbon neutral aircraft manufacturer said the new U.S.- has substantial leadership experience, since 2012. Starting next year, NetJets based division is working on “a portfolio including as president and COO of will also offset its approximately of solutions to enable the urban air mobil- Gulfstream Aerospace, president 1,600 annual administrative and ity (UAM) market,” confirming that these of NetJets, chairman and CEO of training flights in the U.S. To include an eVTOL it has been developing Hawker Beechcraft, and, currently, demonstrate its accountability, it in stealth mode for the past four years operating partner at AeroEquity. This will track and make publicly available through its EmbraerX advanced technol- background, Spike Aerospace said, key metrics such as percentage ogy unit. In addition to advancing plans air traffic management software, which will help it execute its strategy, build decrease in carbon emissions and to certify the aircraft, which also now is being developed by its Atech subsidi- partnerships, and seek financing. miles offset to carbon neutral. carries the name Eve, the new subsidiary ary. The new company will be led by CEO will work on other infrastructure and sys- Andre Stein, who was formerly head of tems needed to support UAM, including strategy for EmbraerX.

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FLIGHTSAFETY TRAIN SAFELY, FLY SAFELY AD - AIN - Trim: 10.8125” w x 13.875” d Bleed: 11.0625” w x 14.125” d Live: 10” w x 12.875” Non-fatal accidents involving U.S.-reg- News Briefs Bizav accident fatalities istered turboprops increased from nine in the first three quarters of last year to NBAA To Host First Virtual 15 in this year’s first three quarters, but ‘VBACE’ Convention tumble nearly 80 percent the number of fatalities from accidents While NBAA decided against in-person large declined by more than 50 percent—from gatherings for the remainder of the year by Gordon Gilbert 36 killed in eight crashes last year to 15 due to the Covid pandemic, the association who died in six accidents this year. is rolling out its first-ever immersive online The number of N-Numbered turbine fractional owners remained the safest The six fatal crashes (and the num- business aviation trade show—the Virtual business airplane fatal accidents and con- business aviation segment, reporting no ber of fatalities) involving N-numbered Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition sequent lives lost continue their nosedive accidents or incidents year over year. business turboprops were: February 20, (VBACE)—on December 2 and 3. Free for in 2020 primarily as a result of the fewer The February 8 in-flight break-up of a Beech 200 on a Part 91 personal flight members, the two-day event will feature flying hours stemming from the Covid- a Cessna Citation 501 in which the two (3); April 20, a Piper PA31T on a Part 91 a number of similar elements it typically 19 pandemic. In the first three quarters pilots and two passengers died was the personal flight (1); June 5, another Piper has during its in-person tradeshows such of this year, 19 persons lost their lives in only fatal U.S. jet accident in the first PA31T on a Part 91 personal flight (5); as virtual exhibit booths, keynote speakers, seven accidents involving U.S.-registered nine months of this year versus 21 people June 7, a Mitsubishi MU-2B on a Part 135 product demonstrations, and education business jets and turboprops (a 46 per- killed in five business jet accidents in the flight (1); August 20, a Beech 200 on a sessions. Exhibitors will have the ability to cent decrease) compared to 57 people same period of 2019. The NTSB reports positioning flight (1); and September 20, fully engage with virtual attendees globally. killed in 13 accidents in the first nine the Citation broke up while climbing a Piper Malibu Jetprop DLX turboprop In addition, NBAA has designed the event months of last year (a 78 percent drop). through 15,400 feet to 16,000 feet after conversion on a Part 91 personal flight (4). to ensure it includes a range of networking Notably, the seven non-fatal accidents its pilots reported “problems” with the opportunities through direct person-to- of N-numbered business jets remained autopilot and the left-side attitude indi- Four Non-U.S. Registered person connections among attendees unchanged year over year, and the 45 inci- cator. The twin jet, whose rated pilot was Fatal Accidents and dedicated subject-matter lounges. dents in the recent nine-month period flying from the right seat, was on a Part 91 The number of fatal crashes involving was only four fewer than in the first personal flight in day IMC and had filed non-U.S.-registered business jets took CAE Achieves Carbon Neutrality three quarters of last year. Meanwhile, an IFR flight plan. the opposite trend from U.S. accidents in Aviation simulation training provider the first nine months of this year, despite CAE has laid claim as the first Canadian the impact of the pandemic on reducing aerospace company to become carbon AIN tables show “incidents” as well as “accidents” to distinguish mishaps based on their worldwide flight operations. Fourteen neutral. According to the company, it degree of severity. Investigators often draw fine distinctions between the two events, but, people died in four non-N-numbered achieved carbon neutrality by reducing its typically, incidents result in minor or no damage and their investigations are sometimes business jet accidents in the first three own emissions and making investments in delegated to local o!cials. quarters of this year versus one fatality carbon-offset projects. CAE said its actions Accidents are events that range from minor damage to destruction and/or injuries. Also, in a single mishap in the same period last will prevent hundreds of thousands of tons some incidents ultimately get upgraded to accident status during the investigative process. year. of carbon dioxide from being emitted each Two of the four fatal accidents involved year by training pilots in simulators. In the air ambulance charter flights. On March near-term, it is using carbon offsetting Accidents/Incidents Worldwide 29, all eight people aboard an air ambu- and renewable energy certificates— lance IAI 1124A Westwind were killed including wind energy projects in India (first nine months 2020 vs. first nine months 2019) when the twinjet crashed on takeoff at and forest preservation in Canada—until U.S.-registered Business Jets and Turboprops Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Air- new technologies and solutions can be Total Part 91 Part 91K Part 135 Public/Gov’t Mfr. port, Philippines. On May 5, a Learjet developed to reduce its emissions. Business jets 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 35A air ambulance was destroyed when Total accidents 8 12 7 11 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 it crashed on approach to Esquel Airport, Paris Seeks Partners To Nonfatal accidents 776700100000 Argentina. The copilot died from injuries Open UAM Test Area Fatal accidents 151400010000 two days later. Paris is positioning itself to be an early Fatalities 4 21 4 8 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 On January 23, a Cessna S550 Cita- adopter of urban air mobility (UAM) services Incidents 45 49 28 39 0 0 17 10 0 0 0 0 tion S/II of the South African Civil Avia- by inviting companies to propose plans for tion Authority conducting a survey flight providing eVTOL aircraft, infrastructure, Business Total Part 91 Part 91K Part 135 Public/Gov’t Mfr. crashed into the Outeniqua Mountains. operational support, airspace integration, turboprops 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 The three occupants were killed and the and support in securing public acceptance. Total accidents 21 17 13 16 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 aircraft was destroyed. On March 13, a As a first step, a UAM “test area” will be Nonfatal accidents 15 98900 601000 CitationJet 525 suffered a runway excur- established at Pontoise airfield, 22 miles Fatal accidents 685700 110000 sion and subsequent fire after returning northwest of the city center to evaluate Fatalities 15 36 14 35 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 to land at Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago arrangements for starting air taxi services. Incidents 32 37 23 33 0 0 8 3 1 0 0 1 Mariño International Airport, Venezuela. It is hoped that services will launch in time All data preliminary. Sources: FAA, NTSB, Aviation Safety Network, AIN research The fire consumed the forward part of for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic the aircraft. Both pilots died from their Games. Officials have indicated that Non-U.S.-registered Business Jets and Turboprops injuries several days after the accident. tests “in a real aeronautical environment” Total Private Charter Other* Unknown Non-U.S.-registered turboprops suf- will be conducted in June 2021. Business jets 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 fered nine deaths from two accidents in Total accidents 9 11 2 5 3 3 3 2 1 1 the first nine months of 2020 versus 17 NetJets To Add Hangars Nonfatal accidents 5 10 1 4 1 3 2 2 1 1 killed as a result of four crashes in the in San Jose, Denver Fatal accidents 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 same period in 2019. NetJets has established hangars at Fatalities 14 1 2 1 9 0 3 0 0 0 Our charts and narrative do not include Mineta San Jose International Airport Incidents 10 13 5 6 2 4 1 0 2 3 accidents or incidents that result from (SJC) in California and Denver Centennial illegal flights, shoot downs, and suicides Airport (APA) to serve its customers as Total Private Charter Other* Unknown or otherYOUR intentional SOURCE FOR crashes. AVIATION NEWS well as those of subsidiary Executive Jet Business turboprops 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 www.ainonline.com Management (EJM). At SJC, NetJets will Total accidents 10 18 3 3 3 6 4 6 0 3 have 35,000 sq ft of an existing hangar Nonfatal accidents 8 14 3 3 3 3 2 5 0 3 and the location will serve as the largest Fatal accidents 2 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 West Coast operations center for EJM. Fatalities 9 17 0 0 0 8 9 9 0 0 NetJets will also have 15,000 sq ft of E!NEWSLETTER FOR BUSINESS AVIATION Incidents 9 9 2 5 4 1 1 2 1 1 hangar space at APA and nearly 7,000 sq ft www.ainonline.com/alerts *For example: ambulance, survey, ferry, training, testing, manufacturer, government (non-military), and head of state. of office space for NetJets and EJM staff.

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Gulfstream’s G700 program is right on track with the addition of a fourth aircraft in the flight- operational efficiency and permits access N705GD lifted off at 2:09 p.m. EDT and test fleet on October 2. To date, the test fleet has logged 600 flight hours. Service entry for to several airports during inclement flew for 1 hour and 56 minutes, reaching the largest Gulfstream is slated for 2022. weather and lower-ceiling approaches. an altitude of 41,000 feet and speed of Mach 0.89. certification, so our customers know that by T3 on May 8. According to Gulfstream, Shell, Neste Ink SAF “This is the fourth first flight we’ve what we deliver will be safe, reliable, and the G700 has also flown beyond its maxi- Supply Agreement accomplished within just eight months, exceed their expectations.” mum certified operating speed and cruise Global fuel provider Shell and Neste, the and that is a truly impressive feat,” said To date, the four flight-test aircraft altitude, reaching a speed of Mach 0.99 world’s largest sustainable fuel producer, Gulfstream Aerospace president Mark have logged more than 600 hours since and an altitude of 54,000 feet. have signed a supply agreement that Burns. “What sets Gulfstream apart is that T1’s first flight on February 14. T2 joined T4 will focus on testing avionics, envi- will provide Shell with its first European- we ensure our aircraft are mature upon the flight-test fleet on March 20, followed ronmental control system, mechanical produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). systems, electrical power, and hydrau- The company has existing SAF supply lics. Meanwhile, T1 is being used for partnerships with SkyNRG and World Energy envelope expansion, flutter, stalls, flying and this latest deal, which starts in October, qualities, flight control, and ice shapes; will increase the availability of the renewable Beechcraft King Air 360/360ER awarded T2, cabin development and static test; fuel, primarily in Europe, through Shell’s and T3, loads/parameter identification extensive refueling network. According FAA type certification, delivery imminent data (PID), engine/thrust-reverser oper- to Shell, the deal will serve all segments ation, field performance, and climb per- of the industry including commercial Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft King Air Cabin altitude has been improved by 10 formance. T5 will be used for further airlines, cargo, and general aviation. 360/360ER has been awarded FAA type percent over its predecessor 350i, provid- avionics testing and level-D simulator certification, a little more than a month ing for an altitude of 5,960 feet at a typical data, while a sixth G700 will serve as a Satcom Direct Upgrades after the upgraded twin-turboprop cruising altitude of 27,000 feet. New look production test aircraft during the certi- Network Ops Center was announced. The first delivery is custom-built cabinetry, partitions, and fication campaign. Satcom Direct has upgraded the expected in the coming weeks. side ledges plus upgraded materials and Powered by a pair of Rolls-Royce Pearl network operations center (NOC) at its The upgraded airplane features the Inno- finishes and new interior schemes round 700 engines, the Mach 0.92, 7,500-nm headquarters facility in Melbourne, Florida, vative Solutions & Support (IS&S) Thrust- out improvements to the type’s cabin. G700 features a five-living-area cabin to aggregate, collate, and analyze the Sense autothrottle, which allows pilots “The new era of the industry-leading with 20 panoramic windows. It also increasing amounts of data generated to automatically manage engine power Beechcraft King Air begins today,” said includes the Gulfstream Symmetry flight by business aircraft activity. According from the takeo! roll through climb, cruise, Textron Aviation senior v-p of engineering deck with electronically linked active con- to Satcom Direct, information collected descent, and go-around phases of flight. and programs Chris Hearne. “The King trol sidesticks, touchscreen controls, and from the SD Xperience hardware, software, Also new to the King Air cockpit is a digital Air 360 is a perfect combination of cus- a predictive landing performance system and infrastructure ensures the NOC is pressurization controller that automatically tomer input, innovative technology, and for enhanced runway safety. aware of the network status of each schedules cabin pressurization during climb next-generation capabilities. With cer- Service entry of the long-range twin- customer’s aircraft globally. Using artificial and descent and the gauges of which have tification now in hand, we are thrilled to jet—a stretch derivative of the G650ER— intelligence and machine learning, that data been integrated into the airplane’s Collins soon get these aircraft into the hands of is scheduled for 2022. is aggregated and displayed on the digital Aerospace Pro Line Fusion flight deck. our eager customers.” J.S. wall, allowing the company to identify any connectivity outage, degradation, or NEWS note systemic issues. From there, Satcom Direct support personnel can then implement Raytheon Technologies is eliminat- corrective actions, often during flight. ing 15,000 positions across its com- mercial aerospace and corporate VistaJet Unveils New Corporate organizations, including at Pratt & Membership Program Whitney and Collins Aerospace, to Charter provider VistaJet has launched strengthen the company as it navi- Dynamic Corporate Membership, a new gates through the Covid-19 pandem- program designed around heightened ic, Raytheon Technologies CEO Greg passenger health concerns and aimed at Hayes told investors recently. The businesses considering travel via private tally is nearly double the original means rather than commercial because estimate the company had detailed of the Covid-19 pandemic. VistaJet has in July. While Hayes said the com- seen a 49 percent increase in corporate pany is looking to further ways to interest for private business travel reduce costs of all its businesses, globally since the onset of the pandemic. he was optimistic about the balance Features of the program include single- Textron Aviation said with FAA type certification in hand, customer deliveries of the between commercial and defense day membership sign-up; an option to Beechcraft King Air 360 will begin in the coming weeks. during this time. pay in arrears; unlimited flying hours; and guaranteed availability of additional aircraft.

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844.436.8200 \ [email protected] \ globaljetcapital.com Coleal departs Bombardier News Briefs CAE Goes Digital To Build ‘Airside’ Community in consolidation move CAE, which this summer introduced the Éric Martel, Airside digital platform to provide career by Chad Trautvetter president and training resources for pilots during and CEO, the Covid-19 pandemic, said the site David Coleal is out at Bombardier as Inc. in March, replacing Alain Bellamare. Bombardier Inc. has attracted more than 10,000 visitors the company “has begun the process of “Our goal is to create a leaner, more agile, since it went live in June. CAE developed streamlining its senior leadership team and customer-centric company to better Airside after surveying more than 3,000 as it transitions to a pure-play business capture growth opportunities with our as v-p and general manager at Bombar- pilots in April, after the pandemic had jet company,” Bombardier announced industry-leading business jet portfolio. dier Learjet. Prior to Learjet, Coleal was shut down many areas of the globe. The late on Thursday. As part of this process, This includes simplifying our corporate the president and COO at Cirrus Aircraft training provider sought to create a pilot the Montreal-based company eliminated leadership structure.” from 2001 to 2008. community and engage with its customers the Bombardier Aviation president role, Martel added, “I want to acknowledge Over the past five years, Coleal shep- during the pandemic and has continued to which Coleal was promoted last year and thank David Coleal for his many herded the Global 7500 to completion and to add features to the platform. Content after helming the business jet division contributions to Bombardier. We wish unveiled the new Global 5500 and 6500 surrounds training, career, and lifestyle since 2015. David continued success in his future models, which are now both certified and sections with features such as a resume “With the sale of Bombardier Transpor- endeavors.” in service. He also helped steer the dra- builder, proficiency information, and tation nearing completion, we are prepar- Coleal rejoined Bombardier in 2015 matic expansion in the company’s services. pilot myth-busting. “CAE’s digital team ing for our future as a business aviation after a nearly four-year stint as executive Under his stewardship, the business avia- will continue to enhance Airside as we company,” said Éric Martel, who assumed v-p and general manager at Spirit Aerosys- tion group, once plagued with a delayed grow our digital-product portfolio and the president and CEO role at Bombardier tems in Wichita that followed his 3.5 years Global 7500 program and a canceled Lear- serve the civil aviation industry with jet 85, became what analysts deemed the outstanding pilot-training experience,” said “crown jewel” of the company. Coleal also Nick Leontidis, CAE’s group president during that time has become an industry of Civil Aviation Training Solutions. leader in sustainability, heading the Gen- eral Aviation Manufacturer Association’s Russian Officials: Supersonic environmental committee. Bizjet To Be New Design Martel, who is also a member of Bom- Russia will not use the concept of its Tu-160 bardier’s board of directors, previously bomber as the basis for its supersonic was president and CEO of Hydro-Québec business jet, as it was initially proposed for five years. From 2002 until 2015, he by Russian President Vladimir Putin, held positions of increasing responsibility according to recent statements made by within Bombardier, including president of Anatoly Serduykov, head of the aviation Bombardier Business Aircraft, president cluster of the Russian Rostec corporation. of Bombardier Aerospace Services, and Instead, the new aircraft will be a clean- v-p and general manager of the Global and sheet design. Military aircraft have their Challenger platforms. Martel also worked own specifics, particularly in how they

INTOSH at Bombardier Transportation from 2002 are used while in supersonic mode, he c to 2004 as v-p of operations for North added. This requires a specific airframe

DAVID M America and prior to that he worked for design. Serduykov’s views are shared by During his time at the helm of Bombardier Business Aviation and then Bombardier Aviation, various multinational companies, includ- leading Russian aviation analysts who point David Coleal unveiled the Global 5500/6500 program in Geneva (pictured here) and saw the ing Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Procter out that placing a comfortable passenger Global 7500 program to fruition. & Gamble, and Kraft Foods. compartment into a military aircraft design is highly problematic. In addition, military aircraft do not fit into international civilian standards either in terms of noise levels or emissions. Serduykov predicts the Sino Jet bringing FBO to Nanchang anticipated 20 percent year-over-year global demand for supersonic business increase in business jet use in Jiangxi jets may amount to about 400 aircraft Sino Jet is continuing its expansion into and highly experienced, international Province over the next three years. Nan- worth $30 billion to $50 billion. mainland China with the first FBO at Nan- team, we can o!er flexible business jet chang Airport accounted for less than 1 chang Changbei International Airport. management solutions to the region’s percent of the 27,000 business jet move- NTSB Cautions on Dangers Jiangxi Airport VIP Service Company is growing community of businesses and ments in China in 2019, Sino Jet said, of Flight in Snow developing and managing the FBO under high-net-worth individuals.” noting, “Despite the strong demand for The NTSB issued a Safety Alert highlighting a strategic partnership with Sino Jet. The The rapidly growing Asian business business aviation in Nanchang, growth is the dangers of flight into snow, citing companies recently held a grand opening aircraft charter management firm said slowed by a lack of facilities when com- concern that some pilots might not ceremony at the airport. the investment is in preparation for an pared with other regional airports.” K.L. understand the full dangers involved in such A new FBO will be built in an indepen- operations. “A recent NTSB investigation dent terminal that will accompany dedi- revealed that pilots and operators assumed cated business aircraft parking facilities that flight in snow was safe as long as and o!er 24/7 ground handling, a passen- Jiangxi Airport VIP minimum ceiling and visibility requirements ger and crew lounge, baggage services, Service Company were met or that snow conditions were and a range of other services and ameni- is developing and too dry or cold to pose an icing hazard,” ties. Sino Jet will provide ground handling, managing the first FBO the Safety Board said. The NTSB added a flight operating system, and personal- facility at Nanchang that these assumptions could serve as ized customer service. Changbei International a disincentive for pilots to fully review “With the appropriate investment, Nan- Airport under a icing-related forecasts or tools. Snow is chang can become a regional hub for busi- strategic partnership typically viewed as containing all-frozen ness aviation in southwest China,” Sino with Sino Jet. water, it said, but also can have liquid Jet said. “With Sino Jet’s global resources, particles that can freeze onto surfaces and pose safety-of-flight hazards.

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Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd • USA • +1 303 465 9099 • www.pilatus-aircraft.com The Liberty loses two seats in the News Briefs forward cabin—for a total of six seats— replaced by two fold-down ottomans and Startup Aims for a fold-out tables, creating what it calls the Hydrogen Fuel Future “executive suite” for the two remaining Universal Hydrogen, a California-based seats in the forward section of the cabin, startup co-founded by former Airbus chief which is separated from the cockpit by a technology officer Paul Eremenko, has sliding pocket door. In the aft cabin, the launched plans to convert regional airliners four remaining seats are placed in a club to clean hydrogen power. Eremenko configuration. and his fellow founders maintain that The APU and external courtesy lights hydrogen is the only clear pathway are optional on the Liberty, whereas they for aviation to achieve true carbon were standard on the baseline Learjet 75. neutrality. Formed seven months ago, It does retain a 51,000-foot ceil- Universal Hydrogen recently publicized ing and two Honeywell TFE731-40BR a plan to re-engine de Havilland Dash 8 engines, each with 3,850 pounds of and ATR 42 regional airliners with fuel- thrust. High-speed cruise remains Mach cell electric propulsion and refillable Bombardier’s Learjet 75 Liberty was announced in July 2019. 0.79 but range improves by 40 nm, to hydrogen modules. The modules will 2,080 nm, with NBAA IFR reserves. Also be supplied directly from hydrogen standard on the Liberty is the Bombar- production facilities to the aircraft. The dier Vision flight deck with an upgrade company is offering to cover all or part Bombardier’s Learjet 75 to the jet’s Garmin G5000 avionics. of the conversion kit costs for the new Gogo air-to-ground wireless connectiv- propulsion system in return for long- ity is available as an option. term contracts to supply the hydrogen. Liberty enters service “Over the past 20 years, Learjet aircraft and Bombardier’s support teams have Frax Hangar Facility Planned by Jerry Siebenmark given me a 99.9 percent dispatch reliabil- for Vancouver Airport ity rate. And thanks to the speed of a Lear- Canadian aviation services provider More than 15 months after Bombardier business tool for those seeking a safer jet, a late departure doesn’t prevent us Fast Air expects to break ground next announced its upgraded Learjet, the and more efficient travel option,” said from arriving on time, which has helped year on a new private aircraft hangar Learjet 75 Liberty has entered service, Bombardier senior v-p of new aircraft me run my business more efficiently,” said complex at Vancouver-area Abbotsford the Canadian airframer announced Octo- sales and marketing Peter Likoray. “This Alex Lyon & Son president and CEO Jack International Airport. Fast Air will employ ber 6. Auctioneering firm and long-time achievement would not have been possi- Lyon. “We appreciate the speed, range, a unique “fractional ownership” model at Learjet operator Alex Lyon & Son took ble without our highly skilled team mem- and reliability of these aircraft, and we’re the new facility, with those interested in delivery of the first Liberty. bers in Wichita, who are incredibly proud proud to become the owners of the first basing their aircraft there purchasing a “The Learjet 75 Liberty is a value-added to be delivering the best Learjet yet.” Learjet 75 Liberty.” share in the location. The $7 million-plus complex will feature a 30,000-sq-ft heated community hangar. Fast Air will provide all ground handling and line services for tenants, who will have access to the Bell continues European maintenance network development company’s fueling program. In addition, the first phase of the development will Bell Textron is continuing its European include a terminal with an executive lobby, expansion with the appointment of a third boardroom, customizable office space, and MRO provider to support customers there, private ramp space. A second phase could this one in Germany. The Fort Worth, Tex- include private individual hangars. Fast as-based manufacturer of rotorcraft named Air expects to eventually transition the Intercopter in Tau!irchen, Germany, as an facility to handle transient aircraft as well. authorized maintenance center (AMC) in the region. Intercopter joins AMCs in Poland SmartSky Prevails in and Denmark—its first two authorized cen- Gogo Patent Challenge ters in the region. SmartSky Networks, which is hoping to “We are looking to grow our footprint in launch its air-to-ground (ATG) network Europe and as I’m from the Netherlands I service in the U.S. next year, prevailed in recognize very much that Germany is a a patent challenge brought on by aviation very important player here,” Bell managing connectivity specialist Gogo. Gogo filed director for Europe and Russia Duncan Van the challenge before the U.S. Patent and De Velde told AIN. “We have quite a sup- Trademark Office (USPTO) against a patent port network…but that customer base is so that SmartSky said covers some of the spread out over Europe we constantly look Bell Textron is establishing a network of European authorized maintenance centers in most essential features of its ATG network, for where we need to be.” part to support owners and operators of its 505 Jet Ranger X. including beamforming and seamless cell AMCs serve as line maintenance stations tower handoffs. The USPTO declined to and augment Bell’s 12 customer service customers. “When we launched the 505 we support their request by appointing Inter- review the patent, saying Gogo “has not facilities and one company-owned service recognized that many of these customers copter to support these two types,” Van De demonstrated a reasonable likelihood center in Prague, the latter two of which were new to Bell and in many cases new to Velde said. “We currently have no intention of prevailing in demonstrating that at provide heavy maintenance, as well as the helicopter environment,” Van De Velde to appoint them as a Bell 505 AMC as well least one challenged claim” would prevail parts and component overhaul. Bell also said. “And as they were very spread out but this might change in the future depend- among the 20 claims against the patent. operates a blade repair shop in the UK and over Europe we do want to make sure they ing on customer demand.” Gogo disagreed with the decision, but a supply center in Amsterdam. get adequate support for these helicopters.” He added that the AMCs also serve to Sergio Aguirre, president of Gogo Business The addition of AMCs in Europe is due Intercopter, however, will not be supporting build brand awareness in a region where Aviation, stressed that this decision or in part to support needs for the 505 Jet the 505. Instead, customers were request- competitors Airbus and Leonardo call home. SmartSky’s patent portfolio “impairs our Ranger X, he said. So far, Bell has delivered ing support of the Bell 206 and 407. “We “We want to make sure that everybody knows ability to continue to successfully expand, 53 of the light single helicopter to European decided to act swiftly and decisively to we’re here,” Van De Velde explained. J.S. to launch Gogo 5G, or to enhance our position in the business aviation market.”

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20-MCJT30378 Citation Jet TXi_GTN Ad-10.8125x13.875-AIN.indd 1 3/30/20 12:39 PM such activity. “Some 135 operators were charters, in which case programs such as NATA expands reach of not cognizant of the fact that they had to Twelve-Five might be skirted altogether. be trained,” he said. “We’re resolved to “One concern that we’ve talked about in push this forward. While 533 companies working with Homeland Security, Cus- trafficking training initiative and 4,723 crewmembers sound like a lot toms and Border Patrol, and the FAA is —it’s a great start—there are more out what we call Part 134-and-a-half, the ille- by Kerry Lynch there that need to be trained obviously, gal charter scheme,” he said. and we’re going to keep trying.” Obitts added the agencies have “directly A little more than a year after the National But the congressional training The majority of those trained have been correlated illegal charter to the movement Air Transportation Association (NATA) requirements encompass Part 135 reg- air carriers. NATACS CEO Michael Sund- of humans and illegal goods. And so we’re began to highlight the issues surrounding ulations in addition to Part 121. And heim said the next step is to broaden that continuing to work hard to educate and to human trafficking and associated regula- while they don’t explicitly apply to the reach to FBOs. The training is not a require- have people be compliant and act because, tory requirements for the aviation indus- fixed-base operator, Obitts said FBOs ment for FBOs, but still necessary he said. whenever that happens is bad for the try, the organization has teamed up with can serve as a gateway to such activity “For the FBOs, it’s purely a public policy whole industry. The public doesn’t seem the U.S. government on its Blue Lightning and should be on the alert as well. campaign to help them to be aware, to make to be able to recognize the difference.” air carrier awareness and training initia- “NATA wanted to make sure that we did their facilities more resilient, and to put an And while they didn’t have details, the tive and has now trained several thousand our part to educate Part 135 operations, as outer layer over the top of the air carriers government agencies have indicated they pilots and hundreds of air carriers on pre- well as FBOs, on identifying the potential so none of this traffic goes through private have come across cases of operators that ventative measures. for human trafficking and ensure there’s charter and air carriers,” Sundheim said. have been either involved or ensnared in While encouraged with the response an awareness,” he said. “So that’s what we While the majority of trafficking occurs such activity, Obitts said. “They’ve not to the training, NATA president and CEO have done.” through the airlines, the role business given us specifics on that security because Tim Obitts said more needs to be done to aviation can play in the activity made they’re ongoing investigations,” he said. reach all carriers and to widen the scope for prominent headlines from convicted “They’re all working together in conjunc- of training to FBOs. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s use of his tion and we continue to work with them To help raise awareness among its business jet fleet in and out of Teterboro on this because it’s a very serious issue membership during its Aviation Leader- Airport in New Jersey. and, not only is it a safety issue, it’s the ship Conference last year, NATA brought Obitts and Sundheim noted that Part security issue. And then it’s also a public- in Philip Langford, the North America 135 operations often get confused with perception issue.” president for the International Justice Part 91 in these cases, but said any activity As for the training itself, it is a relatively Mission (IJM), an organization engaged is bad for the industry as a whole because short program that explains what human in a global battle against trafficking. of the perception cast upon all aircraft trafficking is, how it typically occurs, signs Langford stressed the brutality of human owners and operators. that it is occurring, and what to do should trafficking “is real. It is more vast, more However, Sundheim stressed that trafficking be suspected. The program brutal than at any time in history.” Some being a conduit for human trafficking is explains that human trafficking is modern- 40 million men, women, and children typically less of an issue with the large day slavery involving force, fraud, or coer- are trapped in slavery, whether through charter operators, those that operate air- cion. Human trafficking can be forced forced labor or prostitution, in what craft weighing more than 12,500 pounds labor, domestic servitude, or forced sex. amounts to a $150 billion business, he and must adhere to strict protocols under It further highlights indicators of traf- told conference attendees. NATA is helping educate charter operators the Transportation Security Administra- ficking, including means of control over Such activity thrives where police and and FBOs about human trafficking. tion’s Twelve-Five security program. In victims. One such example is the trafficker government intervention is minimal, addition to complying with Twelve-Five may hold the victim’s travel documents, Langford said, but added it is a global NATA signed a memorandum of mandates such as passenger manifest preventing them from escape. The traf- problem. However, he also maintained understanding (MoU) in June with the checking, those operators come under ficker may hold the victim close to them, that such activity is more stoppable than Departments of Homeland Security and heightened scrutiny. even accompanying them to a restroom. ever before through government and pub- Transportation to help extend the DOJ’s “Obviously, the Epstein scandal was The victim may not have clear ideas of itin- lic scrutiny and vigilance. Blue Lightning Initiative to general avi- horrific and terrible. But [Part] 135 has erary or give a non-sensical itinerary. Obitts called the practice “one of the ation. Under the partnership, NATA’s to check manifests and so there are more The trafficker can be anyone, including great scourges of society” and noted that Compliance Services (NATACS) agreed checks and balances than there would be the victim’s friend or family member and, most people are surprised at how wide- to educate the general aviation commu- in the Part 91 space,” Obitts agreed. “I’ve in turn, anyone can be a victim of trafficking. spread it is. This makes it critical that the nity on the pervasiveness of trafficking, talked with operators that had to deal The program provides numbers for aviation industry not only be aware of detection, and mitigation. with an angry broker and angry client crewmembers and operators to present trafficking itself but of the requirements because the person who shows up doesn’t suspected activity and urges that any and obligations of the industry to be on Training Underway match who is on their manifest and [the suspected activity be reported immedi- the alert for it, he said. “Our work to support the Blue Lightning operator] will not fly that person. There ately. The U.S. telephone numbers listed To combat the use of commercial air Initiative expands the array of, and access are those checks and balances. They com- on the Blue Lightening website include transportation as a means to facilitate to, resources and tools for our member- ply and they don’t want to lose their abil- (866) 347-2423 to report activity or (888) human trafficking, the U.S. Congress ship and the industry to assist in pro- ity to operate by failing to do so.” 373-7888 to get help from the National included a measure in the FAA Extension, tecting their employees, customers, and However, they were more concerned Human Trafficking Hotline. Safety, and Security Act of 2016 for flight businesses,” said NATA senior v-p Ryan about operators of smaller aircraft that The training module also advises attendants to be trained to recognize and Waguespack in announcing the training. might not have access to some of the against intervening; rather, it states leave respond to potential human trafficking. In response to the MoU, NATACS added security tools to stay on top of the issue. that up to the authorities. Even if it does That requirement was expanded under the 17-minute Blue Lightning training pro- “There are two sides of the air charter,” not appear as if the authorities took a the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 to gram to its training suit. By the end of Sep- Sundheim said. “One is the TSA-regulated. report seriously, surveillance might be include “ticket counter agents, gate agents, tember, NATACS had already trained 533 And they absolutely have procedures and ongoing that is not detectible. Regardless and other air carrier workers whose jobs companies and 4,723 crewmembers. protocols in place before any passenger of whether people are sure of whether require regular interaction with passen- Obitts qualified those numbers to note books or gets on that airplane. The other they are seeing trafficking activity taking gers on recognizing and responding to that many of the large, more sophisti- is the non-Twelve-Fives. That’s a mix of place, they should report the activity. It potential human trafficking victims.” cated operators already had been aware their ability to comply because they don’t is okay to be wrong, the training states, This awareness campaign and training of the requirements and had developed have access to vetting.” noting the authorities can make that has taken place through a joint govern- their own training protocols. And while “In talking with the under-Twelve-Five determination. ment effort, the Blue Lightning Initiative. NATA already has had a wide reach, he people, I know they’re trying very hard,” “Airline personnel like you are vital This initiative, originally brought to the worries that there are still many more Obitts added. “It can be a matter of partners in the Blue Lightning Initia- Part 121 sector, has already provided train- that are unaware of the requirements resources for them.” tive’s fight against human trafficking,” ing to more than 100,000 people. and might not be prepared to be alert for Another major area of concern is illegal the program states.

16 Aviation International News \ November 2020 \ ainonline.com took to the skies. Known as the Hawai’i Bird, this airframe will now be partially disassembled at Hayward and shipped to Hawaii to take part later this year in a series of proving flights with Mokulele Airlines on its short-haul routes. That test A twin-engine Cessna program will be partially funded by Ele- 337 Skymaster with mental Accelerator, a green-technology its engines arranged financial support platform. in a unique push- “The trial flights with Mokulele will pull configuration not only demonstrate the capabilities of has been retrofitted the EEL but will help to define the infra- by Ampaire as its structure required for wide adoption of Electric EEL, with electric aviation by airlines and airports,” an electric motor said Ampaire general manager Doug replacing the forward Shane, adding “the ability to put innova- piston engine tive electric technologies into the air rap- idly to assess and refine them is central to Ampaire’s strategy to introduce low-emis- sions aircraft for regional airlines and char- consumed during the flight or provide any ter operators within just a few years.” Electric EEL Skymaster details about payload weight. The batter- According to the company, the EEL ies for the electric motor are attached to can cut fuel use and emissions in half on the underside of the fuselage in a com- shorter routes where its electric power- makes longest flight yet posite nacelle. plant can run at higher power settings The flight was piloted by test pilot Jus- and generate similar reductions of up to by Curt Epstein tin Gillen and flight-test engineer Russell 30 percent on longer regional routes such Newman, and averaged 135 mph as it tra- as Camarillo to Hayward. In early October, electric-propulsion- The Electric EEL is powered by a versed California’s Central Valley at an alti- The Electric EEL program is viewed systems developer Ampaire achieved 310-hp Continental IO-550 piston avgas- tude of 8,500 feet. “The mission was a quite as just a stepping stone toward a larger its longest flight with the Cessna 337 engine installed in the tail of the aircraft normal cross-country flight that we could goal, said company CEO Kevin Noert- Skymaster, which it.has converted to and a 130-kW electric motor in the nose. imagine electrified aircraft making every ker. “Our next step will likely be a 19-seat hybrid- electric power. On October 8, According to Ampaire, the piston engine day just a few years from now,” said Gillen. hybrid-electric retrofit program that will the six-seat, Electric EEL aircraft took powered all taxiing, and then a combi- Normally the Cessna 337 can cruise at up lower emissions and operating costs, ben- off from the Los Angeles-area Camarillo nation of it and the electric motor were to 190 mph and Ampaire said its pilots had efitting regional carriers, their passengers, Airport and made a 341-mile flight to used for takeoff and climb. The cruise opted to make “conservative” use of the and their communities,” he explained. Hayward Executive Airport in the San phase was mainly powered by the piston, electric motor “to optimize for a specific “Ampaire, with funding from NASA and Francisco area in 2 hours 35 minutes. while the motor was put in low power battery state of charge upon landing.” others, is in the midst of design studies Ampaire, claims this was the longest mode, before being switched to idle The demonstration took place little for such an aircraft based on the de Havil- flight to date for what it defines as a during descent and landing. more than a year after the first EEL made land [now Viking Air] Twin Otter aircraft. “commercially relevant” aircraft using The company did not answer ques- its first flight, and just four weeks after That hybrid-electric aircraft will be called electric propulsion. tions from AIN about how much fuel was this aircraft, the second in the program, the Eco Otter SX.”

including Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Luxaviation takes first step France, Luxembourg, and San Marino. It also has an AOC in the UK, which will no longer be an EASA state after December 31. to single European AOC “We are pleased that EASA has issued an AOC to a first European business air- by Charles Alcock craft operator and we are confident that this EASA AOC will help the Luxaviation Luxaviation has placed its Portuguese safety oversight and certification. Group to streamline their operations in operation under the direct safety oversight According to Luxaviation, a typical Europe while ensuring the highest level of EASA in a move that the aircraft man- aircraft operator stands to save around of safety,” said EASA executive director agement and charter group says is a first 15 percent through the reduced burden Patrick Ky. step toward obtaining EASA regulatory associated with separate administrative Within the European business aviation supervision for all of its European divi- and training requirements. It said that it community, Luxaviation has been one of sions. Establishing a single European air can take six to 12 months to establish an the leading advocates for the adoption of operator certificate (AOC) is expected to AOC for a single aircraft. EASA’s new single AOC. During a webinar result in significant reductions in operat- “We have been working closely with on regulations organized in September ing costs for operators, who will no longer EASA to achieve a single AOC similar to the by the European Business Aviation Asso- need to duplicate compliance require- American FAA,” commented Luxaviation ciation, David Van Den Langenbergh, the ments in multiple EASA member states. CEO Patrick Hansen. “Today we are partic- company’s president of aviation services, With operations worldwide, Luxavia- ularly proud to take part in this historical explained how inconsistencies in the way tion Group manages 235 fixed-wing air- moment for European aviation and to start supposedly common EASA regulations are craft and 35 helicopters under 15 separate operating under one single EU AOC, which interpreted in member states can cause AOCs (nine of which are in EASA mem- we are confident will apply to all European confusion and inefficiency. He also added ber states). Under the European Union’s operating entities of the group.” that it can take up to six weeks to transfer 2018/1139 regulation, introduced in 2018, Luxaviation’s Portuguese fleet started an aircraft from the register of one Euro- operators have had the option to report operating under the European AOC as pean state to another and expressed that Luxaviation expects to gain new efficiencies to a single competent authority—any of October 13. The group also currently a single AOC would help to iron out these with its new European air operator one of the 31 EASA member states—for holds AOCs in other EASA member states, issues for operators. certificate.

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Full-throttle opinion from former NTSB member John Goglia

of FAA employees, pilots and mechanics, to always act as though they work for the Can the FAA win back its reputation and other employees of regulated entities public and not the aviation industry. Stop given short shrift by agency supervisors kowtowing to the industry and stop pres- as aviation’s safety gold standard? and managers. If an employee raises a suring employees when industry exec- safety issue, take the time to analyze that utives complain. Treat the industry at Being the best matters in aviation as in accident or incident, fault can be found issue and reach a decision based on a arm’s length as a safety regulator should. other industries. Being perceived as the in many places including the government proper safety risk analysis. Of course, the Of course, the industry’s input and con- best matters, too, if you believe that per- agency responsible for safety oversight. FAA will not always agree with its employ- cerns are critical, but they are not the ulti- ception is as important as reality when What hurt the FAA’s safety standing are ees or the employees of aviation entities mate concerns. It will take time for public it comes to aviation safety. For the FAA, the actions nations of the world took to raising concerns, but it should thought- confidence and international confidence being considered the gold standard for ground the 737 Max before the FAA took fully consider and properly analyze those in the FAA to return. But I am confident aviation safety oversight has been a mat- similar action and, most disturbingly, concerns. Too often, I have not seen that that it can. ter of pride for many up and down the while the FAA continued to insist on the happen in accident investigations I was agency’s chain of command. I have heard safety of the aircraft. No report can com- involved in. John Goglia is a safety consultant. bragging about this from FAA administra- pare with the reputational hit the FAA My second suggestion is for agency He welcomes your e-mails at: tors as well as from executives, managers, took when countries decided that safety executives, managers, and supervisors [email protected] and inspectors in offices around the coun- demanded that they ground the aircraft try and in far-flung places. regardless of what the FAA said about its Being the gold standard, of course, safety. Whether done for purely safety was of immeasurable benefit to aviation reasons or partially for political or eco- entities in the U.S. People buy U.S. avi- nomic reasons, the impact was to tarnish ation products, fly U.S. airlines, and use the FAA as setting the gold standard for U.S.-certificated maintenance repair sta- aviation safety. tions because of the confidence they place The first grounding of the 737 Max fleet in the safety oversight that these entities was by Ethiopia following the crash on are subjected to by the FAA. March 10, 2019. The next day, the Civil That gold standard has been severely Aviation Authority of China grounded all tested by the two 737 Max crashes. The 737 Max operations by its airlines. Shortly first occurred on Oct. 29, 2018, when thereafter, the UK, the European Union, Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Canada, and other countries grounded Sea 13 minutes after takeoff from Jakarta, the aircraft and closed their airspace to Indonesia. The second occurred less than the 737 Max. The lone holdout was the five months later when Ethiopian Airlines FAA, which was still insisting on March Flight 302 crashed just six minutes after 11 that the aircraft was safe to fly. But by takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The March 13, the cascade of groundings from two accidents killed a total of 346 peo- around the world could not be ignored

ple, including eight Americans. And thus and the FAA reversed course and closed ERIC MAGNAN/DAHER began the tarnishing of the FAA’s repu- U.S. airspace to the 737 Max as well. Since the introduction of the type in 1990, there have been 1,000 single-engine tation as the world’s preeminent aviation (On a side note, I always found the turboprop TBMs built, among all its versions. The milestone 1,000th TBM 940 rolled off safety authority. Recovering from that tar- FAA’s emergency order in this matter the assembly line in mid-September and was delivered to a U.S. customer soon after. nishing is important to the critical safety interesting. Instead of suspending the oversight work that the FAA does and also type certificate of the 737 Max as it had TBM fleet achieves 1,000th manufactured to the American entities that depend on it. done with the DC-10 in 1979 or issuing As I write, one more report has been an emergency airworthiness directive French airframer Daher has reached a 900-series that is now in production and issued criticizing the FAA for its oversight as in the case of the 787 battery fire, the milestone with the rollout of the 1,000th represents the sixth evolution of the air- of Boeing and the tragic 737 Max accidents FAA issued an Emergency Order of Pro- TBM-series airplane. The landmark tur- frame. The 900 series includes the top- that resulted. The latest report, from the hibition. In my decades of reviewing FAA boprop single, a TBM 940, was delivered of-the-line 940 with the Garmin G3000 House of Representatives Committee on orders, including my 10 years as a mem- in late September to U.S.-based owner- cockpit, HomeSafe emergency autoland Transportation and Oversight, details sig- ber of the National Transportation Safety operator James Hislop, an experienced system, autothrottle, and touchscreen con- nificant breakdowns at both Boeing and Board, I had never seen or heard of such private pilot and investment banker, at trols; the 910 features G1000 NXi avionics. the FAA. The report criticizes the FAA for an order. The order prohibited operation Daher’s Pompano Beach, Florida facility. According to Nicolas Chabbert, senior maintaining an oversight structure that of the 737 Max by U.S. operators and its Hislop also serves as a volunteer pilot v-p of Daher’s aircraft division, when the allows for “inherent conflicts of interest operation over U.S. territory but did not with several charity organizations, includ- TBM family was launched in the 1980s, that have jeopardized the safety of the fly- attack the aircraft’s airworthiness or type ing Mercy Flights Southeast, Angel Flights some in the industry questioned whether ing public” and a safety culture that pri- certification standards.) Northeast, and Patient Airlift Services. there was a market for single-engine pres- oritizes the opinions of the industry over As the FAA enters its final delibera- “The TBM 940 topped the list in areas surized turboprops, leaving them to doubt those of its own employees. tions on restoring the 737 Max to oper- of speed, range, and payload while also whether the company’s initial sales goal of The House report was preceded by ation, it’s also time to consider how the incorporating all of the safety features,” 600 would ever be realized. a U.S. Department of Transportation FAA will prove to the world once again explained Hislop, adding he had looked “Looking ahead to the next 1,000 TBMs, Inspector General report. It will likely be that it deserves to be considered the at many aircraft in its class before mak- we maintain our firm commitment to followed by other reports. Criminal pros- preeminent safety oversight organiza- ing his purchase. “It is built more to a continue delivering aircraft that provide ecutions may also result as the Depart- tion. My suggestions are twofold. First, commercial-grade compared to general the optimum combination of speed and ment of Justice has convened a grand the agency should start listening to its aviation standards.” operational e!ciency for owners and jury to review whistleblower complaints employees and the employees of regu- Since the inaugural TBM 700 made operators, along with the highest levels regarding the lead-up to these accidents. lated entities in the same way it listens its debut in 1990, Daher has continually of safety and protection for pilots, families, Reports criticizing the FAA are noth- to executives of those regulated entities. improved the design up to the current and passengers,” said Chabbert. C.E. ing new, of course. After every major For years I have seen the safety concerns

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ainonline.com \ November 2020 \ Aviation International News 23 asset-management platform is built MySky taps AI to help manage operations on comprehensive data collected from airports and vendors world- by Charles Alcock wide and based on the actual oper- ational experience of the aircraft it MySky, the spend-management platform Switzerland-based company, which launched According to MySky, its system has the already supports and listed prices. developed specifically for private aviation, in 2016, has appointed Jean De Looz as its potential to significantly increase financial MySky’s artificial intelligence is entering the North and South Ameri- head of Americas and is looking to build on consistency and transparency over the key (AI)-based system uses this data can markets following a $5 million capi- the more than 350 business aircraft currently areas of cost, such as landing fees, fuel, and to benchmark costs, to give opera- tal injection announced in late May. The using the system worldwide. handling charges. The company says that its tors a clearer idea of where savings could be achieved. AI allows MySky to check a vast “financial stream” of charges and costs, employing automation to identify discrepan- cies and errors that the company says would be far too difficult and time-consuming for employees to find through manual checks. Christopher Marich, MySky’s cofounder and global strategy direc- tor, told AIN that up to 20 percent of the costs in private aviation could be avoided. “No one really knows what things in this industry should cost,” he claimed, adding that MySky can provide a much higher degree of transparency by accurately itemizing each item on an invoice and giving more accurate price quotes based on the true cost profile from previous trips. MySky is mainly intended for individual aircraft owners, aircraft management companies (including those with Part 135 certificates), and Part 91 flight departments. De Looz said that the system helps to build and maintain loyalty among man- agement clients because it gives them a clearer picture of the finan- cial value delivered by the compa- nies operating their aircraft. MySky is working to integrate its technol- ogy with popular operational and scheduling software. FOR OVER 50 YEARS, OUR FOCUS “Think of this as an attitude indicator for the financial status HAS NEVER CHANGED – COMMIT TO [of an operation],” De Looz told AIN. “Today, the industry operates EXCELLENCE, EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS, almost entirely on estimates, with very few key performance indi- AND REDEFINE WHAT AN FBO SHOULD BE. cators and very little cost optimi- zation. Owners and operators are now paying more attention to what they spend.” The private equity group GMF Please cast your vote for Pentastar Capital, supported by Global Trad- VOTE ing Group, largely provided the new and mention our employees. capital. In addition to a recently opened office in New York, MySky has offices in Geneva, London, and Moscow. It says that it achieved Pentastar.aero | [email protected] sales growth of 60 percent during the first quarter of 2020, with new customers including Avcon, Saxon 800-662-9612 | Air, and Fly 7. De Looz was formerly managing Private Jet Charter | Aircraft Management | Advisory Services | Aircraft Maintenance director for North America with Avionics Services | Interior Services | FBO Services private charter broker Victor. Ear- lier, he served as a sales manager ©2020 Pentastar Aviation for the eastern U.S. and Canada with Dassault Falcon Jet and as a client consultant with Meridian Air Charter.

24 Aviation International News \ November 2020 \ ainonline.com FSB wants mandatory sim The FAA Flight Standardization Board’s draft report on training in 737 Max | by Gregory Polek Boeing 737 Max pilot training recommends The FAA issued a Flight Standard- design guidelines calling for no“objection- that pilots be trained

ization Board (FSB) report that able interaction with the piloting of the air- INTOSH in a full flight simulator c includes differences training for plane” and neglected the principle that it to handle potential

the 737 Max, marking the latest “not interfere with dive recovery.” DAVID M emergency situations. step toward lifting the model’s grounding order. The draft report, open for comment until Novem- ber 2, adds training requirements related to the Max’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation sys- tem (MCAS), the faulty triggering of which led to the two crashes that killed a total of 346 people. FIVE YEARS WORRY-FREE. The FSB would require training in a full-flight simulator demon- strating MCAS activation for each pilot during an impending or full stall and recovery demonstration FREE during manual flight in a clean configuration. It also requires demonstration of MCAS acti- vation stabilizer trim responses, according to the FSB, including “Stabilizer trim in the nose down direction when above threshold AOA [angle of attack] for MCAS activation during stall” and “Stabi- lizer trim in the nose up direction when below threshold AOA for MCAS activation during recovery.” For instances of runaway stabi- lizer, training must emphasize rec- ognition and timely pilot actions required by the runaway stabilizer non-normal checklist (NNC). It must also demonstrate control column functionality and its effect on a runaway stabilizer condition and emphasize the need to trim FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE out forces on the column prior to selecting STAB TRIM cutout. YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR MAINTENANCE WARRANTY FUEL TRAINING CHARTS Training must also include spe- 5 5 5 5 5 cial emphasis on multiple flight deck alerts during non-normal conditions, such as when a single malfunction results in multiple FLY FREE ‘TILL 2025 flight deck alerts. MCAS ground training must address the latest The only thing easier than “FREE” this fall is taking delivery of one of a limited number of flight control computer system description, functionality, and new M600/SLS aircraft from your regional Piper Dealer Partner by December 31, 2020. associated failure conditions. We’ll do the rest. Only from your Piper One Team. A 238-page report issued by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives in September con- cluded that Boeing’s faulty assump- tions about pilot response time contributed to the crashes. Accord- ing to the report, Boeing incor- rectly assumed that pilots, largely unaware of the MCAS, would be able to overcome any malfunction. It also failed to classify MCAS as safety-critical, which would have piper.com drawn further scrutiny from the 1.772.299.2403 FAA during certification. Finally, the report said that the operation of MCAS violated Boeing’s internal

ainonline.com \ November 2020 \ Aviation International News 25 Human organ transport aids NASCAR driver’s charter biz by Jerry Siebenmark

The timing might not have been perfect, With three owned or leased Hawker but for racecar driver and 2017 NASCAR 400XPs, a staff of 20 including pilots and Cup Series Champion Martin Truex Jr., a director of maintenance, the company owning and operating a charter company focused on flying NASCAR drivers. That’s made more sense than being a charter an area of business that Truex sees oppor- passenger to travel to races. tunity for further growth. “I think based Truex acquired a Hawker 400XP in on what we’ve been able to deliver, the 2014. After having his airplane managed by options are there for us to grow this on MTJ Aviation operates a small fleet of Hawker 400XPs, although owner and NASCAR driver another company, he brought the airplane’s the NASCAR side,” he added. Martin Truex Jr. plans to transition to Cessna Citations. management into his holding company, In addition to the NASCAR business, MTJ Group of Companies. “Long story MTJ Aviation also sought business from quickly. I think it’s up to around 50 per- business jets over the next three to four short, this is where it came to be the best corporate and leisure travelers. However, cent of our business now.” years, although that timeline might have option, was to do this all myself and hire that business all but dried up when the The organ missions take MTJ Aviation to be extended because of the effects of the right people to run it and at the same Covid-19 pandemic hit earlier this year, along the East Coast and as far west as the pandemic. Truex said the company is time not spend the money I was spending,” prompting the company to pivot to a new Texas. Moore estimates the company currently working with Textron Aviation Truex told AIN. “It was mostly I have con- line of business, flying human organs and is flying three to five organ trips a week to transition to Citations. Textron Avia- trol over everything and [I’m] paying for the surgical teams that retrieve them. and he hopes to expand it. “[Flying these tion is among several companies Moore services I felt I could do better myself.” That line of work came at the sugges- organ missions] was a real blessing and and Truex Jr. call “partners.” The others Last year, he decided to get into the char- tion of one of MTJ’s pilots, whose previ- it’s been a great experience,” added Truex. are Garmin Aviation, Sherwin-Williams ter business and in June MTJ Aviation was ous employer had done that sort of thing TCOA president and CEO Steve Pitzer Aerospace Coatings, and Noble Aerospace. created. “It just felt like when we looked for Transplant Coordinators of America described MTJ Aviation as a “Number While MTJ Aviation’s growth plans across the board at what others were doing (TCOA). “Not only is it very meaningful one class act operation. We do use a lot might seem ambitious, Truex said he in the industry as far as NASCAR and what for us to be involved in that channel of of other different vendors, but since MTJ intends to keep that growth in check. we were doing comparatively, it was kind business, but we didn’t adjust our rates called I’ve pretty much been using them “We don’t want to get away from why we of a no-brainer to take the model that we at all to service organ transports,” Todd exclusively unless we have too many started this and why it’s working for us were using and try to spread it around Moore, president of MTJ Group of Com- flights going at the same time,” he said. now,” he said. “Strategically growing it there, get some other drivers involved…not panies, told AIN. “And what we’ve found Longer-term, Truex and Moore would and being able to deliver the things that only from a cost perspective but a safety is our rates are hypercompetitive in that like to expand MTJ Aviation’s operations got us where we’re at I think is important perspective,” he said. space and [it’s] allowed us to grow fairly to include a fleet of between 25 and 30 to understand and keep in mind.”

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26 Aviation International News \ November 2020 \ ainonline.com Erickson’s research and development unit is developing software that is expected to help pilots determine the best locations within a wildland fire to drop water. Erickson looks to improve firefighting through R&D CHANNEL YOUR AIRFLOW by Jerry Siebenmark FOR A SMOOTHER RIDE

Erickson is an operator and manufacturer evaluate that portion of the system. RAISBECK’S DUAL AFT BODY STRAKES improve your aircraft’s directional stability providing of the S-64 Air Crane heavy-lift helicop- Ultimately, the data collected for each better pilot control and handling during takeo!, climb, cruise, and landing. By channeling air"ow directly under the aft fuselage, Raisbeck’s Dual Aft Body Strakes decrease drag, resulting ter, along with providing the air power to fire by this system will be archived and in better cruise and climb performance while reducing stress on aft fuselage stringers. fight wildfires globally. The Portland, Ore- could be used to help firefighters in devel- gon company is now adding research and oping strategies for fighting future fires. Isn’t it time for an upgrade and to add some stability to your investment? development to its credentials. “We’ve only had the capability of measur- Leading that charge is senior director ing this kind of stuff remotely for a year,” of R&D Jeff Baxter, who joined the com- Baxter noted. “I think it’s a body of knowl- (800) 537-7277 | [email protected] | raisbeck.com pany over a year ago. His team is develop- edge that as it grows, we’ll learn new things ing software aimed at helping firefighters about firefighting that will make it more determine the most effective location to effective because currently there are no drop water on a wildland fire that will more metrics. There are zero measurements efficiently and effectively extinguish it. made when you drop water out of a heli- “Currently, a pilot flies up to a smoky copter to know if it was effective or not.” environment and gets some generic Separately, Baxter is developing what he instructions from the air boss about what calls a firefighting aircraft comparison tool. area to work, and then it’s really up to him The idea is to determine which model or to put the water in the appropriate loca- type of fixed- or rotor-wing aircraft would tion,” Baxter told AIN. “And that can be be best for fighting a specific wildland fire. quite challenging, especially if the treetops Using performance data of the 16 most are high and you can’t actually see the fire.” commonly used firefighting aircraft in The software that Baxter’s team is devel- the current global arsenal—including oping will use infrared images collected small helicopters such as the Bell 212, the from sensors mounted on an aircraft that single- engine turboprop AT-802F Fire flies over a fire and transmits that informa- Boss all the way up to the 747 Supertanker tion in real-time to the ground. Using GPS and, of course, Erickson’s S-64—such as and computer algorithms, the software range, speed, the capacity of a water tank, will map images of the fire and highlight and other measures, the tool analyzes the areas within it to drop water. It also how effective each aircraft would be in a will consider the effect of wind and terrain fire based on factors such as the size of on the water drop, the amount of water the fire, distance of the fire from the air- needed to be effective in dousing the fire, craft’s base, and the nearest water source. as well as assign a score to the effective- The resulting analysis shows which air- ness of the actual drop. craft is best suited for a given fire. It also AT!THE!HEIGHT!OF!SERVICE “So the intent here is to do two things: compares each aircraft’s operating costs it’s to select water drop locations and for a given fire. As an industry leader, the Sheltair Family is then to select water drop flow rates,” Bax- “This tool allows anybody to take a look setting safety & service standards. ter explained. “If we can optimize those at their fire environment and say which automatically, then that…[gives] pilots a one of these aircraft is the right one,” Bax- IS-BAH & NATA Safety !st Clean Certified more robust recommendation of how to ter said. Contract Fuel & AVTRIP Rewards • Award-Winning Service use their assets.” He plans to make the tool available for Hangar & Airport Office Space Available Now Baxter added that the software prob- free through Google Sheets, once reviews ably won’t be ready until the 2021 fire by a number of people in the industry are season. But his team is ready to test complete. He’s offering it as open source sheltairaviation.com the remote sensors and real-time map- so users will be able to input data from ping application of a fire, and Erickson other aircraft used for firefighting that is currently seeking a partner to help it aren’t included in the current list.

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cargo space,” Rose reflected. Certainly, many charter companies have tried to crack the nut of serving far- flung passengers. “If you’ve got a lot of money, you can do it,” Rose said. But the need for pilots to be available when pas- sengers want to fly hinders the growth of these companies. “When we’ve broken this market down,” he said, “a lot of the reason you don’t see this is pilots don’t live next to the airplane or where the demand is.” A huge amount of charter flying is just to reposition the aircraft for the next passenger flight, and this adds more cost and logistical challenges for matching available pilots to the aircraft. “When you automate the aircraft operating model for these kinds of busi- nesses, it completely changes,” he said. Unmanned aircraft would cost less to operate, and what Rose envisions as remotely piloted operations have no need to have a pilot available to fly inside a particular aircraft. Even if passengers insisted on having a pilot onboard, this could be accommodated in the early stages, with higher efficiency obtained by flying the deadhead trips (those During flight testing last year, Reliable Robotics flew a Cessna 172 unmanned from San Martin Airport near San without passengers) unmanned. The Jose, California. unmanned aircraft would also be ideal for cargo operations. Rose believes that unmanned aircraft will have a big impact on safety. “In my limited aviation experience, I’ve been Reliable Robotics flies astounded at how complex flying a plane is, especially when things go wrong,” he said. “Keeping it in the air requires a great deal of cognitive capability. An unmanned Cessnas unmanned aircraft takes care of flying and frees a person to think how to get by Ma! Thurber out of a situation or solve a problem.” If that means the aircraft is guided by a California-based Reliable Robotics has “led flight software at SpaceX and the flight control system to a new design. remote crew on the ground, all the better, racked up some pioneering achievements, autopilot program at Tesla,” and Frefel The long-term goal, Rose told AIN, is he said, because at the control center having flown two aircraft without pilots in “led the team developing the computer to make more efficient use of the 5,000 “we have a lot of people ready to assist a relatively populated metropolitan air- platform for the Falcon 9 rocket and the public airports in the U.S., most of which in the event something does go wrong. space. The flights—which originated at Dragon spacecraft.” Since its founding, have a lot of underutilized capacity and continues on page 30 San Martin Airport, about 25 miles south- Reliable Robotics has raised $33.5 mil- are near where people live. Most people, east of San Jose—happened on Sept. 24, lion in two rounds of funding ($8.5 million he explained, might see about 30 of the 2019 with a Cessna 172 and on June 30, Series A led by Lightspeed Ventures and largest and busiest airports during their 2020, with a 208 Caravan. $25 million Series B led by Eclipse Ven- travels, while fewer people might occa- While these weren’t the first unmanned tures with participation by Pathbreaker sionally pass through another 170 smaller flights of a passenger-type general avia- Ventures and Teamworthy Ventures). regional airports. However, increasingly, tion aircraft, it is significant that Reliable Reliable Robotics’ goal isn’t to people are moving to desirable locations Robert Robotics was able to gain FAA approval design and manufacture the next great away from metropolitan areas, and the Rose, CEO, to operate them so close to major cities unmanned aerial passenger-carrying thousands of available airports could Reliable in the San Francisco Bay Area. Also, there vehicle. Instead, it seeks to accomplish be a tremendous resource. “We believe Robotics is more to what Reliable Robotics is doing, something more critical: development of automated aircraft are the key to unlock- and it could have a profound impact on the technological underpinnings it says ing these airports for use by regular peo- the advanced air mobility (AAM) or urban will make it possible for such vehicles ple,” Rose said. We’ve got air mobility (UAM) market. to succeed. The products that Reliable He realizes that many travelers remain a room full Robotics produces will enable vehicle wary of automated vehicles. “It will be of experts, a brain Unmanned Goals manufacturers to automate the flying, quite some time before people are com- CEO Robert Rose and v-p of engineering and this could allow for converting an fortable and the technology is ready to trust of people, Juerg Frefel cofounded Reliable Robotics existing aircraft to unmanned operations be flying passengers around, but before who know how to in 2017. According to the company, Rose or adding a Reliable Robotics-designed that, there is a lot of opportunity in the operate this plane.”

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continued from page 28 Rose still views the various inputs as sepa- We’ve got a room full of experts, a brain rate (VOR, DME, GPS, etc.). “The pilot acts trust of people, who know how to oper- as the integrator,” he said, which is true in ate this plane.” that the pilot has to interact with the FMS to navigate. He added, “We’ve developed The Technology another type of system that fuses this type The system that Reliable Robotics has of information to give a single cohesive designed for the Skyhawk and Caravan view [to the aircraft operator].” operates in parallel with the existing flight With the automation switched on, the controls, and it can be switched off in case aircraft is then connected to the control a pilot needs to take over. For example, after center through “redundant control links,” heavy maintenance, a pilot could still con- Rose said. The links are VHF or satellite duct a test flight, or someone could move and enable real-time control of the air- the airplane on the ground by taxiing it. craft from the ground. Pilots on the ground communicate with this unmanned Cessna 172 during The new system “is tying into the Regarding regulation, Reliable Robot- test flights near the San Francisco Bay Area via VHF and satellite links. [control] cabling like an existing auto- ics sees a pathway under the new FAA pilot would,” Rose said. “We use much Part 23 rules, which are intended to joined the Civil Air Patrol while in college. eVTOL and electric aircraft. But Rose stronger, more capable actuators that accommodate new technologies. The “When the paper came out, I thought, soon learned that this pathway wouldn’t have greater redundancy and fault man- aircraft have to fit within the existing ‘This is great; I’m going to jump in.’” make manufacturers’ jobs easier and agement and fault isolation capability.” airspace infrastructure, so they are At first, Rose looked into designing that working with the FAA early would The aircraft’s existing autopilot wasn’t equipped with ADS-B Out transponders new aircraft, as did virtually every other be far more productive. usable, however, because it isn’t capa- and use VHF for communications with aspiring UAM pioneer. Having worked at So the problem that Rose decided to ble of autolandings and the navigation air traffic controllers or to broadcast on SpaceX and Tesla, he recalled, “I’ve done solve was not how to design a new eVTOL sensors in the existing avionics aren’t local frequencies at non-towered San vehicle design, and it is a slog. I started or electric airplane but something that all precise enough, Rose explained. “We’ve Martin Airport. The communications are looking at what it took to do an [already] of the designers and manufacturers of developed a navigation stack that allows done by the pilot-operator on the ground, FAA-certified aircraft, and this is the slog those products would need: the ability us to precisely position the aircraft in the via the link to the airplane. The aircraft to end all slogs. But I was enamored by to fly without a pilot and the regulatory sky or on the taxiway.” are approved to fly on an experimental the use case and the potential of auto- framework that would allow this. “I got Although he wouldn’t provide much demonstration airworthiness certificate. mated aircraft.” pretty excited about this,” he said. And detail, Rose said, “We have borrowed When he spoke with the companies after all, the SpaceX rockets that he had some techniques learned from the space Company Genesis in the eVTOL/electric space, he found helped make possible were the ultimate industry and applied them to aviation. Rose was inspired to start Reliable Robot- that their founders were wary of the unmanned vehicle. “At SpaceX there was They’re not particularly novel. We’re able ics after reading Uber’s seminal Elevate FAA certification process and thought no process to do a commercial launch, to utilize these techniques to show the white paper, which laid out grand plans they might have an easier time seeking and we created it,” he said. “We were the integrity of navigation. It’s a combination for electric-powered UAM vehicles car- certification in other countries, then ones explaining to the FAA the process of sensors. That’s where it is novel.” rying people through the air. “I was really bringing their products to the U.S. for by which they’d certify it.” The concept of a flight management inspired by that,” he said. His family had FAA acceptance. EASA, after all, was the Ultimately, he explained, “Somebody system (FMS) isn’t new to aviation, but long been involved in aviation, and Rose first regulator to develop rules covering needs to do this, and why not us?” The result was Reliable Robotics and the recent culmination of its efforts, the unmanned flights of the Skyhawk and the Caravan. The next steps are to continue test- ing, working with designated engineering representatives, and gaining FAA con- fidence and a clear pathway to certifi- cation so customers can start operating unmanned aircraft, at least for cargo transport. In fact, the registration number of the Caravan—N927FE—pretty much reveals one company that is seriously interested in this technology (FedEx), although Rose can’t speak about it due to a nondisclosure agreement. “There is definitely interest by a number of oper- ators in the U.S.,” he said. Rose is confident that passengers will eventually elect to fly on unmanned aircraft. “I’m optimistic that when auto- mated aircraft become more com- monplace, people are going to be in a situation where there will be a mechan- ical failure or weather event that leaves you stranded, and the choice will be to stay overnight or jump in an automated plane that’s leaving that night.”

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allow offset for both the glideslope and News Update Blue Avionics certifies ILS localizer indications at the same time, but for the 560XL application, the customer Avidyne Obtains First Part wanted only one indication at a time for 25 STC for IFD540 FMS deviation training system its pilot training needs. The size of the Operators looking to upgrade the avionics deviation could also be set to meet cus- in Cessna Citation 560 Excel/XLS jets by Matt Thurber tomer requirements, to less than a dot or equipped with Honeywell Primus 1000 several deviation magnitudes. The system flight decks can now add Avidyne’s IFD540 Blue Avionics has developed an ILS devi- warning computer to ADS-B Out DO-260B works with federated ILS avionics or with Multifunction FMS under a new STC ation system with an offset application compliance monitoring.” integrated avionics and flight manage- approved by the FAA. The STC enables using its BA-540 Adaptable Avionics Unit For the 560XL, the BA-540 provides the ment systems. It could also be installed replacement of one of the DU-870 CRT- (AAU) and obtained certification for instructor with a momentary annuncia- in flight simulators. type multifunction displays with dual installation in a Cessna Citation 560XL. tion switch that can be used to select the The concept of being able to input a IFD540s, and this is Avidyne’s first STC for The ILS deviation system is used for pilot direction of deviation (up, down, right, or deviation is not new and has been done installation of the IFD540 in a Part 25 jet. training, where the instructor can induce left). Each switch illuminates to indicate the before with a special test rig, Cairns said. The addition of the IFD540 adds a deviation in the localizer or glideslope instructor’s selection. During training, if the “We are able to do it with our off-the-shelf modern capabilities to the Excel/ display during instrument approach instructor selects another mode or if the products. The idea is the same as missing XLS, including autopilot-coupled LPV training. Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln, pilot selects go-around mode, the deviation instruments or blocked instrument train- approaches, synthetic vision, traffic display, Nebraska headquarters facility did the training system reverts to normal ILS mode. ing. It’s just another method to test new and provision of GPS position information systems integration and certification of The 560XL installation includes a second pilots to adverse conditions or instru- for ADS-B Out. The STC also paves the the 560XL application. BA-540 to interface the Collins GLU-920 ments that are not correct.” way for further Part 25 approvals for the Unlike dedicated avionics boxes, the multi-mode receiver (MMR) with the L3 IFD units as well as Avidyne’s new Atlas BA-540 AAU allows integrators and EHSI-4000 standby instrument, so the ILS console-mount FMS. The IFD/Atlas can installers to design new avionics func- indications on the standby match those on interface to Primus 1000 or Collins Pro tions and use the AAU to implement the flight deck displays. Line 21 avionics “without the exorbitant these functions. In addition to the BA-540 “The adaptable BA-540 AAU is config- Universal Avionics costs of external adapter boxes or EFIS AAU, Blue Avionics offers the BA-440 urable to perform hundreds of functions factory upgrades,” according to Avidyne. Router/Filter and BA-110 Arinc to CDSB on aircraft,” said Cairns. “On the Citation launches Kapture Unit, which further expand the number of 560XLs, the BA-540 AAU is handling 85 UA Academy Offers functions that can be implemented. functions and logic equations in the ILS CVR/FDR series Online Avionics Training Blue Avionics systems have been installed offset system and 33 different functions Universal Avionics has expanded its on a variety of aircraft, according to Ross and logic equations in the MMR-to-EHSI Universal Avionics has obtained FAA training offerings with the launch of UA Cairns, company founder and v-p of engi- interface.” The AAU can provide the technical standard order approval for its Academy, an online learning center with neering. “The same BA-540 AAU with no deviation for both ILS and pseudo-ILS new sixth-generation Kapture series of on-demand courses for customers and software or hardware changes is being used indications. cockpit voice and flight data recorders authorized dealers/integrators. Courses for many other certified functions, every- According to Cairns, it would be easy (CVR/FDR). The Kapture models meet currently available include SBAS flight thing from performing as an airspeed/Mach to configure the ILS Deviation system to worldwide certification requirements, management system (FMS) operations, including the ED-112A internationally- VNAV basics, InSight display system recognized flight recorder standard. operations for fixed-wing aircraft, FMS To make shipping simpler, the Kap- end-user maintenance, FMS return to ture recorders come with a lithium-free service, and datalink fundamentals. Skytrac to make Iridium Certus terminals 90-day underwater locator beacon. Uni- The company’s online courses apply versal o!er five options in the Kapture tested adult learning theory and are Skytrac Systems has become a value- upload and download speeds up to 352 product line: CVFDR-1650 (combined built on a purpose-driven training added manufacturer (VAM) for Iridium’s kbps. According to Skytrac, in addition CVR/FDR); CVFDR-1650R (combined platform designed for customer training. Certus 9810 modem. Iridium’s Certus to live video streaming, the SDL-350 will CVR/FDR unit with embedded recorder Interactive practices are mixed with short network runs on the satellite operator’s be able to o!er customers EO/IR imaging, independent power supply); CVR-1651 instructional videos. Students also have Next network, which provides much faster telemedicine, timely recovery of flight (baseline CVR); CVR-1651R (CVR with the option to accelerate their learning by speeds than the classic Iridium constel- data, large file transfers, credit card pro- embedded RIPS); and FDR-1652 (base- pairing the online course with desktop lation. The new Certus modem enables cessing, Global Aeronautical Distress and line FDR). training software and devices, as well as manufacturers to build satcom terminals Safety System, and other critical commu- Countries with upcoming regulatory scenario-based instructor-led classroom capable of streaming video and other nications services. requirements for recorders include training, Universal Avionics said. bandwidth-intensive communications. A lower-cost midband option will also Mexico, which mandates CVRs and In 2021, Skytrac will introduce the be available, the Skytrac ISAT-200A-08 FDRs starting Dec. 31, 2020, through Bizjet Mobile Delivering SDL-350, a 2-MCU system capable of using Iridium’s Certus 9770 modem, Dec. 31, 2022, for commercially oper- Low-cost Messaging System with speeds of 22 kbps (upload) and ated turbine airplanes with 10 or more Bizjet Mobile is now delivering its CrewX 88 kbps (download). This unit will be passenger seats (including air taxis) Iridium-based global airborne messaging capable of satcom voice and messag- and large turbine helicopters flying in system. Although not yet available with ing, push-to-talk, flight data acquisition Mexican airspace under an interna- the new high-speed Certus modem, and monitoring, electronic flight bag tional air operator certificate. EASA will CrewX connects to the new Iridium Next automation, and real-time health and require CVRs in aircraft with an mtow of satellite network, and upcoming versions usage monitoring. 59,500 pounds or higher manufactured will add voice and internet capability. Skytrac is also an Iridium service pro- from Jan. 1, 2021. CrewX uses Bluetooth to enable vider, so customers can purchase hard- The Kapture CVR and CVFDR can pilots to send and receive messages ware and service from the same source, record more than 25 hours of audio and via mobile app using the Iridium as well as provide Iridium service for they also meet the EASA mandate. The network anywhere in the world. The other satco m manufacturers that are units feature storage of more than 25 connectivity service costs just $199 not also service providers. The company hours of non-audio content such as time, per month for unlimited messaging. will also help with the development and rotor speed, and datalink messaging. System price is $2,490, which includes manufacturing of supplemental type The FDR can store more than 90 hours of a lightweight three-inch antenna. certification and installation kits for the data, or another 25 hours can be added Enhanced internet features will be Skytrac’s SDL-350 Iridium Certus terminal. new systems. M.T. by including two Arinc 429 ports. M.T. available in the fourth quarter, and existing CrewX systems will be upgradeable.

32 Aviation International News \ November 2020 \ ainonline.com with a fresh understanding. Another was The student can view the engine in var- Rolls-Royce opens BR725 an older person, an external customer. “It ious ways—for example, by virtually walk- took him only 10 to 15 minutes to get the ing inside the engine and looking around; hang of it,” Whitman said. by using a cutaway tool to slice into the virtual training hangar As more people took the class, he found engine from the side or front; or by high- that younger students adapted quickly to lighting each subassembly and moving it by Matt Thurber the VR training. “They are very tech-savvy,” off the engine and then taking a close look he said, “and I think this really plays into at its components. I’m standing inside a big hangar, look- This meant not only the external their hands. It will help them retain infor- The size of the room that the student ing at a Gulfstream G650 parked on the appearance but also making each subas- mation and access information a lot more is in doesn’t matter because the Oculus polished concrete floor. The G650’s left sembly look real. The student can break quickly.” In any case, most corporate oper- VR setup allows you to teleport anywhere engine cowl is open, revealing a gleam- subassemblies down in most cases to nuts ators’ technicians rarely if ever disassemble inside the hangar without physically ing Rolls-Royce BR725 turbofan engine and bolts. Or students can peer inside the an engine. “Seeing the inside of the engine is moving. In the view with the G650 in the surprisingly unblemished with the dirt fuel metering unit, then take it apart to not critical to their job, but helps them with hangar, the student can teleport from the smudges that powerplants normally accu- see the spool valves and solenoids. “Each troubleshooting and servicing.” floor up onto the maintenance stand next mulate. I try to walk toward the mainte- one of those views I went through is opti- One great advantage of the VR train- to the engine or even onto the engine’s nance stand next to the engine and after mized per view to do that,” Whitman said. ing is not having to travel to a class, with bottom cowl, which is designed for a per- a few steps bump into something on the “It took a lot of work to be able to get to all the associated logistical hassles and son to stand on. This gave me a realistic floor. But it isn’t something in the hangar, that point.” To help the computer handle costs. “A lot of technicians don’t neces- taste of what it’s like to work on the BR725. and I’m not really in a hangar. I’m inside the massive graphical task, he explained, sarily have a large training budget that Whitman showed me a neat example a virtual reality (VR) world created by “in the background, it kind of forgets the allows them to fly in, stay at a hotel, et of how this training can help a technician Rolls-Royce for BR725 technician training, rest of the engine” while the student cetera,” Whitman said. “Some operators avoid embarrassing mistakes. The BR725 and that’s why the engine is so pristine works on a particular component, “so the don’t have enough downtime to spare starter-generator is slightly pressurized, and also why I ran into my office chair and if you need to service it with oil, you while trying to walk towards the engine. have to remove one of the plugs in the Rolls-Royce began VR training in March, side of the housing. But if you don’t first with its two-day BR725 familiarization release the pressure, as you remove the class. Participants join the class remotely, plug it will blow off in a cloud of oil and from their homes, offices, or maintenance make a big mess. On the VR BR725, Whit- facilities, logging in over the internet man pulled off the starter-generator and while wearing VR glasses and handheld highlighted with a virtual marker where VR controllers. Most sessions last about the pressure-relief button resides, so now 45 minutes, followed by a break. The train- I know about that particular tip. ing is free for Rolls-Royce CorporateCare Whitman also showed me the incred- customers, and those not enrolled in Cor- ible level of detail in the VR model by porateCare can pay to attend. removing a fan blade after completing the For the VR training, Rolls-Royce has to necessary disassembly steps. He flipped send a big package to each participant. I the virtual fan blade over and asked me was curious about what the training was to move closer, to where I could see the like when I learned about it, so Rolls- serial number clearly on the root of the Royce instructor and quality lead Jason Inside the virtual hangar, the Rolls-Royce BR725 on the G650 is ready for virtual maintenance. blade. He also showed me the vortex Whitman arranged to ship the VR training remover tubes in the high-pressure com- setup to my home. computer can prioritize parts and compo- them for a week. This opens up a huge pressor, and I could quickly grasp their Two days later, a large Husky case arrived, nents. It makes it more visually pleasing.” doorway to operators like that, and now function and clever design. The same was containing a set of Oculus VR glasses and The benefit of VR training is that stu- they can afford to get some training.” true of the stripe or “turbulator” patches hand controllers as well as a powerful Win- dents can learn about parts of the engine For now, the VR training offers the on the fan blades. This is clearly no toy dows laptop computer. Whitman emailed that they might be able to see only if the familiarization class for the BR725. “I but a serious training tool. detailed instructions on how to set up the real engine was fully disassembled. And think this is better suited to familiariza- The VR training is instructor-led, so training session, and we arranged a time to they can see all the subsystems and com- tion and task-based maintenance,” Whit- someone is always there to help explain meet in the virtual hangar. ponents exactly as they relate to each man said. But he also sees an opportunity what the student is viewing. But I would The development of the VR training other, either in an as-assembled view or to use this technology for troubleshoot- prefer that the subassemblies, compo- class came at a propitious time when by virtually taking them apart, assembly ing training or for teaching a technician nents, and parts be labeled. This would much of the world became inaccessi- by assembly, piece by piece. The student how to comply with a service bulletin. help students during free-play sessions. ble for travelers due to the coronavirus can virtually dive into the engine and “I hope next year to move forward with Whenever I look inside an aircraft or pandemic. Whitman had already been visually trace the way air flows through the troubleshooting portion,” he said. engine compartment, there are always working on VR training development, or see how the shafts and bearings relate Whitman has been contacted by aviation components that I wonder about, and contracting with an outside vendor to to one another or take apart an assembly authorities interested in how VR train- labeling would answer a lot of questions. create the complex training environment. until each part and nut and bolt is float- ing can help during the Covid pandemic, Another future application I’d like to “I spent a lot of time with the VR com- ing in the air next to the engine. Routine perhaps even to help technicians satisfy see is the ability to look for indications pany,” he said, and it took six months to tasks are also possible, like checking the practical requirements for their aircraft of damage inside the engine. The VR tool get the system ready for the first class of oil level or finding a part-number stamp maintenance training programs. This does have a borescope function so the trainees. Much of the work had to do with on a part or component. Thankfully, the Rolls-Royce course is not approved for student can look inside the borescope getting the shading, color, and texture of student can reassemble anything with just any airworthiness training requirements, ports, but having wear and damage to the thousands of parts that make up a the touch of a button. however, and that isn’t a goal of Rolls- look for would add another element of BR725 just right—for example, to make “What VR does is help students get Royce for the familiarization course. reality. And perhaps eventually a virtual a titanium fan blade look as if it’s really acclimated to all the components, espe- During my testing of the VR training, borescope could be used for practicing made of titanium. There was also a great cially those internal ones,” Whitman said. Whitman showed me how to navigate damage repair or FOD retrieval. amount of work to make it possible for He has been “pleasantly surprised” at around the engine and how to highlight There is no end to the possibilities of students to break the engine down into the reaction from those who have taken and remove subassemblies and then take VR training, and Rolls-Royce has taken various systems and group all the compo- the class. One who benefitted from the components apart down to the nuts-and- a compelling piece of technology and nents and parts that make up each system. VR experience was a new Rolls-Royce bolts level. Basically, it involves pointing turned it into a practical training tool. “It took a lot of time to graphically make software engineer who had no idea how with the hand controllers and clicking and Anyone who takes this training will soon the engine very pleasing,” Whitman said. a turbine engine works and came away selecting various assemblies. appreciate its benefits and capabilities.

ainonline.com \ November 2020 \ Aviation International News 33 ROTORCRAFT & unmanned systems News Update LCI partners with Sumitomo Helicopter lessor LCI and Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing (SMFL) have agreed to establish a joint-venture A month after helicopter leasing business. While they UK-based Hill are co-investors in the partnership, LCI Helicopters showed will act as the manager. The joint venture off the exterior of was launched with the acquisition of 19 the newly-designed helicopters valued at $230 million that will HX50 light single be used for a variety of missions, including turbine, the air ambulance, search and rescue, and company provided transport to offshore energy platforms. the first glimpse of the interior, Milestone signs up for six H160s highlighting its Helicopter lessor Milestone Aviation is luxury automobile- adding six Airbus H160 medium twins to its style cabin. order book for missions such as offshore transport and helicopter air ambulance. Deliveries are set to begin in 2023. The H160 received EASA certification on July 1 and features a design that incorporates Hill unveils HX50 helicopter interior noise-reducing Blue Edge swept-tip main blades, all-composite airframe, flat- by Mark Huber floor cabin, and the Helionix avionics system with accrued pilot assistance UK-based Hill Helicopters has unveiled holders, USB ports, and four-point har- with the instrument panel, and dual con- and flight envelope protection. the interior design for its new five-seat, nesses. The rear seats are elevated, pro- trols are available. light turbine single helicopter. The Hill viding passengers with improved views The HX50 will be powered by an FAA urged to move forward HX50’s interior features “redesigned over the front seats. Climate control as-yet-unspecified 500-shp powerplant. on UAS remote ID flight controls, a full glass instrument and Bluetooth connectivity are provided Design features include an all-compos- UAS industry groups are urging the FAA panel, large windows and skylights, com- throughout the cabin. Headset holders ite, three-blade main rotor, retractable not to delay the intended December fortable leather seating, and opulent fin- and jacks for Bose ANR headsets are inte- landing gear, and a ducted tail rotor. release of rulemaking covering remote ishes,” according to the company. grated into the seat headrests. Performance targets include a 140-knot identification requirements (ID) for “Traditional helicopters were designed On the flight deck, the collective cruise speed, a maximum payload of unmanned aerial systems. The Association to be utilitarian, with comfort as an after- moves forward and aft which allows 1,760 pounds, and a maximum range of for Unmanned Vehicle Systems thought. The HX50’s interior design is for the addition of a pilot armrest. The 700 nm. Hill reports that the HX50 is cur- International, the Consumer Technology built around experience and comfort in the integrated pilot interface (IPI) is located rently in the advanced design phase, with Association, and the U.S. Chamber of same manner as premium automobiles,” immediately adjacent to the collective, three prototypes scheduled to begin flight Commerce’s Technology Engagement said Hill Helicopters CEO Jason Hill. providing dial and numerical keypads to testing in 2022. Pre-orders will begin in Center encouraged the Department of All five aircraft seats are identical, cov- operate navigation, autopilot, and com- the fourth quarter, with first deliveries Transportation and the FAA to proceed ered in two-tone napa leather, with drink munications. The cyclic is integrated planned to commence in 2023. without delay and “support a final rule that sets performance requirements, rather than specifying particular solutions for remote ID compliance.” The groups noted that they all had provided substantial input Bristow’s UK SAR contract extended around the UK on behalf of Her Majesty’s regarding “minor changes” sought to the Coastguard to respond to all SAR incidents prospective rule to DOT during the notice Bristow’s contract to provide search and and Coastguard Agency (MCA), with a fleet for the whole of the UK and employs 360. of proposed rulemaking public comment rescue (SAR) services in the UK has been of 11 Leonardo AW189 and 10 Sikorsky S-92A Since 1971, Bristow has flown more than period and hoped “these changes have extended through 2026. The company will helicopters configured for SAR. Bristow was 60,000 SAR operational hours in the UK been considered.” They also pointed continue to support HM Coastguard, the originally awarded the contract in 2013. Bri- and conducted over 15,000 SAR missions, out other benefits of the technology, emergency response service of the Maritime stow operates from 10 SAR helicopter bases during which more than 7,000 people were including real-time UAS identification, rescued. For nearly 60 years, Bristow also has safer and more secure airspace, the served the UK’s o!shore oil transport industry. role the technology is likely to have in “Our specialist teams have worked tire- developing UAS traffic management, lessly, diligently, and with unquestionable and “driving public acceptance of UAS.” pride to ensure the transition from a military and coastguard operation to a fully com- 505 fleet tops 50,000 hours. mercialized SAR helicopter service,” said Bell’s fleet of more than 260 in-service Alan Corbett, chief executive of Bristow Heli- Model 505 Jet Ranger X light single turbine copters and senior vice president for Europe, helicopters has accumulated more than Africa, Middle East, Asia, and search and res- 50,000 flight hours with customers in 55 cue. “We have, throughout the years since, countries. “This milestone represents the committed ourselves to delivering a service platform’s global growth and adoption as that is equal to or better than that which it it enables operators to complete dynamic replaced. The extension of the current con- missions at an affordable cost,” said Bell tract allows us to cost-e!ectively introduce light aircraft program director Eric Sinusas. new capabilities into the existing helicopter First delivered in 2017, the five-seat 505 A Bristow S-92A in Her Majesty’s Coastguard is one of a fleet of 21 search-and-rescue- fleet and to explore technologies which may is powered by a Safran Arrius 2R engine configured helicopters housed at 10 bases and serving the entire UK. be of benefit in future contracts.” M.H. and has a cruise speed of 125 knots and 1,500 pounds of available useful load.

34 Aviation International News \ November 2020 \ ainonline.com More insurance pain likely to inflict rotorcraft industry by Mark Huber Above-normal losses due to The insurance pain for the rotorcraft indus- Aerospace. “And if the relationship isn’t fixed- and rotary- try—and aviation in general—is likely to there, make a change.” Heining said broker wing accidents are continue for at least another year or two. familiarity and trust in operator safety fac- causing insurance That’s the assessment of David Wat- tor large in a successful relationship. rates to spike, kins, regional manager of general aviation “There’s simply no replacement for a which means for Allianz. “Premiums are on the rise,” face-to-face interaction,” said fellow webi- that helicopter he said, during a recent webinar hosted nar participant Colin Bruno, senior vice operators need by Helicopter Association International president and underwriter for Global Aero- to work closely (HAI). “We’re 18 months into a hard mar- space. Bruno advised operators to begin with brokers and ket” for aviation insurance, circumstances preparing for a policy renewal months in underwriters and not seen since 9/11. While aviation insur- advance because “time is critical.” invest in safety ance, at $4 billion to $5 billion per year, Watkins agreed. “Brokers need time to programs. represents a relatively minuscule portion assemble a panel of insurers. What took of the $800 billion annual insurance mar- weeks now takes months.” Watkins said ketplace, the Boeing Max accidents and brokers “are looking to get a feel for your Other items that factor into insurability Watkins cautioned that during the past groundings and recent large awards for operation” and examine key elements of and rates include aircraft hull value, age, soft market, simply joining an organiza- several fixed- and rotary-wing accidents the business, including its mission state- make, model, and time. However, Watkins tion that focuses on industry safety and resulted in big losses. Liabilities associated ment, safety culture, safety management said that having an IFR-capable helicopter provides accreditation such as TOPS— with the Max already exceed $4.75 billion. system (SMS), and emergency response is of little help unless the pilots flying it the Tour Operators Program of Safety— Aviation insurance is currently unprofit- plan. “It’s about selling your business to have instrument currency; and he noted did not always produce tangible economic able, reinsurance is harder to acquire, and the insurers and it’s about training.” that certain types of operations with benefit due to pricing pressures and still brokers are scrambling to find multiple “Training is more of an issue in a hard higher liability exposure will always be may not unless an operator can show a insurance companies to share client cov- market,” including simulator, scenario- price-disadvantaged. compelling application to operations. erage for anything much above $5 million. based, and recovery from inadvertent entry “High hull value coupled with single- “While it is important that you are Since 2019, the aviation insurance indus- into instrument meteorological conditions pilot operations is something we are wor- taking part in those organizations,” he try has sustained 24 major losses above (IIMC) training, said Kovarik. “You should ried about,” said Bruno. Those types of said, “it is going to be important that normal, and reserves are now depleted, want to tell your broker about the type of operations typically need multiple under- you show why you are a part of those according to Kevin Kovarik, an underwriter training you do. We have to explain why we writers to distribute the risk, he added. organizations, and what you gather for USAIG who also participated in the put our money behind certain risks. We like These are the kinds of scenarios that from them and bring back and imple- webinar. And approximately one-quarter to see a third-party set of eyes on your orga- can benefit most from a close broker ment into your day-to-day operation. of those accidents involved rotorcraft. nization. In a hard market, you want to load relationship, said Kovarik, who related Simply joining some of these organi- Despite these factors, operators can use your hat with as many of these factors as the case of a low-time pilot customer zations isn’t going to trickle down into strategies to maintain their insurability and you can.” And that includes comprehensive engaged in a “challenging” operation who your day-to-day flight department.” get the best possible rate. “Make a personal training and transition plans for new pilots. was initially declined, only to get cover- Heining said any direct insurability relationship with your underwriter,” coun- Watkins agreed, touting the value of age after a sit-down in which he was given or rate benefit an operator would accrue seled webinar panelist Joel Heining, a bro- SMS and flight operations quality assur- the opportunity to fully explain his opera- from such programs would not likely arrive ker with Colorado-based AssuredPartners ance (FOQA) programs to the insured. tion’s safety culture and training. “until the back end of this hard market.”

Aero asset says medium twin used Russia developing fast hybrid helicopter inventory sees rapid growth incorporating artificial intelligence

While used helicopter sales showed modest third quarter versus the second quarter, Russian Helicopters and the Russian drives, and hybrid power. Current e!orts improvement from the second to third quar- but the preowned supply remained stable. Advanced Research Projects Foundation concentrate on the creation of the aircraft’s ter, nearly $1 billion worth of used rotorcraft Light twins are proving to be the most are working on a concept helicopter driven integrated electric power system. remain on the market, with a large increase liquid category, with the Leonardo A109E by a hybrid powerplant and artificial intel- Created in 2012, the foundation already in the inventory of medium twins. That’s the and Bell 429 posting absorption rates of ligence (AI), according to Russian govern- has an extensive portfolio of AI projects, latest analysis from Toronto- based helicop- one year or less. But move up in weight ment news service TASS. The foundation including satellite imagery decoding and ter consultancy Aero Asset. class and problems emerge—supply in is the Russian equivalent of the Defense augmented reality “smart helmets” for The firm found that retail sales volume the medium twin market increased by 45 Advanced Research Projects Agency fighter pilots. in the third quarter increased 40 percent percent and retail sales decreased by 33 (DARPA) in the U.S. but is believed to have Several Russian organizations have quarter-over-quarter, but that was still percent in the third quarter versus the sec- an annual budget that is substantially less indicated they are involved in the devel- down 17 percent from the 2019 quarterly ond quarter. The worst performer in the than its U.S. equivalent. Researchers work- opment of high-speed rotorcraft in recent average. Meanwhile, supply for sale medium twin market was the Airbus H155, ing on the project said performance will be years. Last year, the Central Aerohydro- increased 8 percent compared with the where the supply rate increased by 70 per- modeled to reflect future anticipated heli- dynamic Institute (TsAGI) revealed that second quarter and 13 percent from the cent between the second and third quarter, copter technologies in 10 to 20 years. it was working on a fast civil compound 2019 quarterly average. The deal pipeline and the absorption rate ballooned to nearly Stated performance parameters include design to conduct search and rescue contracted 30 percent versus the second four years. The supplies of heavies on the a seven-hour mission duration and top missions in the Arctic. In 2018, the Kamov quarter and was 60 percent smaller than market decreased by 25 percent compared speed of at least 265 knots. Key compo- design bureau released images of a dif- third-quarter 2019. Retail sales in the light to the second quarter, while sales volume nents will include AI-based controls, elec- ferent compound design it claimed would twin market increased by 75 percent in the was steady and values firming. M.H. tromechanical transmission, electric servo have a top speed of 378 knots. M.H.

ainonline.com \ November 2020 \ Aviation International News 35 AIR transport Boeing News Update AirAsia Japan Shuts Down AirAsia Japan ceased operations on adjusts October 5, after parent company AirAsia Group reached a decision to stem its losses due to Covid-19 effects. The commercial smallest of AirAsia’s subsidiaries, AirAsia Japan has seen operations shrink to an unsustainable level since the onset of outlook on the pandemic early this year, as travel restrictions and the uncertainties they have created prompted the airline to severely Covid effects curtain operations and ground aircraft. Since its incorporation in July 2014, by Gregory Polek Boeing’s latest market forecast projects an even more pronounced trend toward the company operated domestic and narrowbodies, particularly in China where 20 percent of the world’s demand for all international flights from its base in While the so-called exogenous shock of the commercial airplanes resides. Chubu Centrair International Airport. Covid-19 pandemic has affected Boeing’s The cessation does not affect flights Commercial Market Outlook for 2020 by and widebodies even more pronounced. year, Boeing projects that over the same into and out of Japan operated by virtually every measure, company forecast- While Boeing believes long-term fun- time period replacements will account for other airlines within the AirAsia Group. ers see the 20-year market for commercial damentals will remain in place and traffic 48 percent of deliveries. In fact, over the airplanes recovering to within about 5 growth trends will return to pre-Covid next 10 years, the phenomenon appears Rex To Launch 737 Ops in March percent of the trend the CMO predicted levels, some structural differences appear more pronounced, as replacements Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) has last year. The relatively optimistic view likely in terms of the share of replacement account for 56 percent of deliveries. signed letters of intent with two lessors for assumes that traffic won’t return to its pre- and growth demand, for example. History Overall, the CMO projects the global delivery of six Boeing 737-800s, moving the vious trendline until after five years, how- shows that during disruptions to growth commercial fleet will reach 48,400 by carrier a step closer to launching its first ever, suggesting a far greater difference in due to exogenous shock, rates of aircraft 2029, compared with 25,900 airplanes jet operations. The airline plans to take the the company’s forecast for the next decade. replacement essentially double. The Covid today. During that period, Asia will con- first 737 on November 1 and the remaining Over the next 10 years, the CMO showed crisis will follow that trend and in a more tinue to expand its share of the world’s five over the following four months. demand for 11 percent fewer airplanes obvious way, according to Boeing managing fleet, accounting for nearly 40 percent of Rex recently signed a term sheet compared with the 2019 forecast. director for marketing Darren Hulst. the total compared with about 30 percent with investment firm PAG Asia Boeing projects that over the next “The replacement element of the fleet on today. Single-aisle demand will recover Capital to entirely fund its domestic decade, manufacturers will deliver 18,350 an annual basis tends to average between sooner due to what Boeing calls its key jet operations. PAG Asia Capital has airplanes, of which narrowbodies would two and three percent of the in-service fleet role in short-haul routes and domestic committed A$150 million to the venture. account for 13,570. In the second decade during normal times,” said Hulst. “After markets as well as passenger preference for Plans call for the airline to deploy of the forecast, Boeing expects 43,110 the last two great financial crises and after point-to-point service. Widebody demand three of the 737s on the airline’s Sydney- deliveries, including 32,270 narrowbod- the 9/11 and SARS combination, those rates will feel the effects of a slower recovery in Melbourne route upon the operation’s ies. The more than tripling of the total doubled to somewhere between four and long-haul markets and uncertainties aris- launch on March 1. It expects the next number of deliveries during the second five percent…Obviously airlines avoided ing from Covid-19’s effect on international two to enter service before Easter. decade reflects the delay in the acceler- cost on aging aircraft [and] looked for ways travel. Finally, air cargo demand, what Boe- “From there, Rex will continue to grow ation of the rate of recovery from Covid to enhance efficiencies and also to manage ing called a relative bright spot in 2020, the domestic fleet in line with the return and, while the company hasn’t changed capacity in the near term. Our view is that will grow 4 percent annually and generate of passenger demand and hopes to see its its view that narrowbodies will dominate we’ll see something very similar in this further demand for 930 new widebody fleet of 737-800NGs reach ten by year- demand, the pandemic’s effect on inter- case.” Last year’s forecast showed that 44 production freighters and 1,500 converted end,” added Rex deputy chairman John national travel will make the difference percent of overall deliveries would involve freighters over the forecast period, accord- Sharp. “Our preparations are progressing in demand between single-aisle airplanes replacements over the next 20 years. This ing to the CMO. very well and on schedule and we hope to obtain regulatory approval by December.”

Bamboo Airways Launches E195 Service OEM studies show low risk of Covid spread safety problems in terms of evacuation, in Two Embraer E195s have started terms of fire propagation. So the benefits operations in Vietnam with Bamboo Engineers from Boeing, Airbus, and All three companies have conducted their they would bring is zero, we fear.” Airways, offering the first jet service Embraer appear to have reached a consen- own studies—using both computational fluid While the companies’ study method- to Con Dao from Hanoi, Vinh, and Hai sus that the cabin environment in an airliner dynamics and either cabin mockups or actual ologies di!ered slightly, each detailed Phong, Embraer said on September 29. poses far less danger of Covid transmission airplanes—to determine what exposure simulation confirmed that aircraft airflow Located 760 nm from Hanoi, off the than virtually any other indoor setting. Boe- passengers actually su!er. None articulated systems do control the movement of par- southern coast of Vietnam, Con Dao Island ing engineering director for the company’s any need for significant aircraft cabin rede- ticles in the cabin, limiting the spread of has until now received air service from Confident Travel Initiative Dan Freeman, sign or even more frequent replacement of viruses. Data from the simulations yielded turboprops due to its short runway, light Airbus Engineering executive and leader of HEPA air filters. Meanwhile, all rejected the similar results, finding that aircraft airflow pavement, and lack of fuel provision. the Airbus Keep Trust in Air Travel initiative e"cacy of transparent cabin dividers under systems, HEPA filters, the natural barrier The Embraer E195s join Bamboo Bruno Fargeon, and Embraer vice president development and, in fact, suggested that the of the seatback, the downward flow of air, Airways’s fleet on a wet-lease agreement of engineering Luis Carlos A!onso joined disruption to airflow they might cause could and high rates of air exchange all reduce with Denmark-based Great Dane Airlines. International Air Transport Association med- actually increase the danger of transmission. the risk of disease transmission on board Bamboo Airways has become the first ical advisor David Powell during a briefing “We do not recommend using [seat divid- in normal times. to operate direct flights to Con Dao from in October on the risks of Covid infection ers] for several reasons,” said Airbus’s Far- Still, none of the experts recommended three cities; the capital Hanoi, Hai Phong during air travel, during which IATA pre- geon. “Either they are very small and don’t allowing passengers from opting not to city in the north, and Vinh city in the sented statistics showing that a total of 44 protect you from anything or they are large wear masks. A!onso, for one, noted that central area. The airline will offer two flights people out of 1.2 billion passengers have and, if they are large, that means they dis- a mask worn by both a potential virus car- a day on the Hanoi-Con Dao route and daily contracted the virus on a commercial air- rupt the [airflow]. By the way they need to rier and an adjacent passenger reduces flights from Hai Phong and Vinh to Con plane during the pandemic. be cleaned…They also pose some other the risk of transmission six-fold. G.P. Dao in the initial phase. Bamboo Airways operate its single-class E195s with 118 seats.

36 Aviation International News \ November 2020 \ ainonline.com Boeing to move all 787 work to Charleston

Boeing will consolidate all 787 production operational excellence,” added Deal. at its plant in South Carolina starting in mid- The company began assembling 787-8 2021, the company confirmed in October. and 787-9 airplanes at its Everett site in The decision comes following months of 2007 and began operations at the North deliberation over possible consolidation of Charleston facility as a second final assem- its two sites—in North Charleston and Ever- bly line in 2010. However, Boeing builds

CHANGI AIRPORT GROUP CHANGI AIRPORT ett, Washington—as production falls from the 787-10 only in North Charleston—a non- Singapore Changi Airport now offers direct flights to 49 destinations, down sharply from 160 the current 10 per month to a total of six per union site. On Thursday the company said before the onset of the Covid pandemic. month next year. At one time building 14 production of the smaller 787 models will Dreamliners per month, Boeing had seen continue in Everett until the program moves demand for widebodies fall even before to the previously announced production the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, and in Jan- rate of six airplanes a month in 2021. Covid stains Singapore’s uary announced a rate reduction from 12 to In a statement, Boeing added that the 10 per month. In April, it then changed the consolidation review examined the e"ects rate plan to seven per month by 2022 and and benefits to Boeing customers, sup- status as global travel hub then in July, when CEO David Calhoun first pliers, employees and the overall health acknowledged the consolidation studies, of the production system. The 787 study by Jennifer Meszaros to six by 2021. stands as part of an enterprise review “The Boeing 787 is the tremendous underway to reassess all aspects of Boe- Singapore has unveiled plans to explore While Singapore has employed a metic- success it is today thanks to our great ing’s facility footprint, organizational struc- new measures to reopen its borders ulously coordinated public health response teammates in Everett,” said Boeing ture, portfolio and investment mix, and including additional air travel corri- to the pandemic, the country faces dire Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal. supply chain health and stability, it noted. dors, rapid testing, and easing its 14-day economic effects, due largely to its depen- “They helped give birth to an airplane “We recognize that production decisions self-quarantine rule as the island nation dency on global traffic. Once the seventh that changed how airlines and passen- can impact our teammates, industry, and our struggles to revitalize its status as a global busiest airport for passenger traffic, Changi gers want to fly. As our customers man- community partners,” said Deal. “We exten- air hub amid a pandemic-driven recession. has since plummeted to rank as the world’s age through the unprecedented global sively evaluated every aspect of the program Speaking at a parliamentary hearing 58th, offering direct flights to just 49 inter- pandemic, to ensure the long-term suc- and engaged with our stakeholders on how on October 6, Transport Minister Ong national destinations compared with 160 cess of the 787 program, we are consol- we can best partner moving forward. These Ye Kung acknowledged that Changi before the onset of the pandemic. Accord- idating 787 production in South Carolina. e"orts will further refine 787 production and Airport and national carrier Singapore ing to Ong, Singapore has suspended plans “Our team in Puget Sound will continue enhance the airplane’s value proposition.” Airlines (SIA) both faced a “deep” cri- for a fifth mega terminal at Changi. to focus on e!ciently building our 737, Boeing said it continues to assess sis as a result of fewer flights and lower “We have decided to take a two-year 747, 767, and 777 airplane families, and e"ects on employment in Everett and passenger volumes. Despite fiscal relief pause so that we can have more clar- both sites will drive Boeing initiatives Charleston and will communicate any measures to soften the impact of the ity on the pace of air travel recovery,” to further enhance safety, quality, and changes directly to its employees. G.P. pandemic, Ong called for “proactive explained Ong. steps” to revive Changi Airport’s inter- national hub status, adding that it was a matter of national priority. “The longer our borders remain closed, ensure a proper wear profile. At the time, the greater the risk of losing our air hub GE9X gains FAA certification the problem contributed to Boeing’s deci- status and our attractiveness as a place to sion to shift its original 777X certification invest and to create jobs because of those by Gregory Polek target from late 2019 to early 2021. investments. The status quo is therefore More recently, Boeing delayed expected not sustainable for us. We cannot just The GE9X engine has won certification on the GE9X to support Extended Opera- certification by another year, to 2022, due to wait around for a vaccine, which may take from the FAA, GE Aviation said on Septem- tions (ETOPS) approval. The GE9X team what Boeing CEO David Calhoun described a year or two to become widely available,” ber 28. The largest commercial turbofan also continues to work on maturation as a need to balance supply and demand as he said. in the world, the GE9X powers the Boe- testing to help GE engineers prepare to customers began asking for later deliveries Measures now under consideration ing 777X, the new twinjet now expected to support the engine in service. due to an expected protracted recovery for include a change to Singapore’s 14-day gain certification sometime in 2022. Not always a smooth exercise, certifi- widebodies from Covid-19. stay-at-home orders, which Ong called The GE9X’s FAR Part 33 certification cation of the 9X didn’t come without its GE has delivered eight GE9X test “onerous” and a deterrent for most trav- involved eight test engines that com- difficulties, most notably reflected in the engines and two test spares to Seattle elers. A more stringent and repeated pleted just under 5,000 hours and 8,000 need to retrofit redesigned Stage 2 stator for Boeing’s four 777X prototypes. The Covid-19 testing procedure over three, cycles. GE Aviation plans to conduct vane assemblies in the engines’ compres- engine company also said it has assem- five, and seven days are now under 3,000 cycles of additional ground testing sors after revamping their geometry to bled “several” GE9X production engines study. Ong also stated that Singapore is and remains in the process of completing considering lifting travel advisories for factory acceptance tests. its citizens to countries with stringent For service and support of its customers, public health measures in place while GE has established GE9X engine training continuing to pursue reciprocal air courses at its Customer Technical Edu- travel corridors with partner countries cation Center (CTEC) in Cincinnati. The in a bid to spur business travel, having company uses a GE9X engine to develop done so already with Malaysia, Brunei, lean maintenance practices it plans to China, and South Korea. Reopening Sin- implement in customer training modules gapore’s borders unilaterally to nations and GE training procedures. Course work that share a similar “low risk profile” includes line maintenance, borescope and also stands as a possibility, after the city- boroblend repair procedures, as well as fan state recently allowed entry to travelers stator removal and installation. The CTEC from New Zealand, Brunei, Vietnam, team is also working on augmented reality/ and Australia, excluding coronavirus virtual reality (AR/VR) training courses to hotspot Victoria. A GE9X turbofan hangs from GE Aviation’s Boeing 747 testbed in Victorville, California. supplement the in-person training.

ainonline.com \ November 2020 \ Aviation International News 37 TOUCHING bases FBO and Airport news by Curt Epstein

at BFI through its earlier purchase of a new FBO, providing a fully immersive, 37,000-sq-ft hangar, which can accom- luxury Middle Keys experience,” said modate super-midsize business jets, company owner Marty Hiller. “As and 23,000 sq ft of adjoining offices. It a launchpad for U.S. Customs and has plans to replace Kenmore’s 1970s- a gateway for the region’s tourism, era, 4,000-sq-ft terminal, which sits five-star resorts, and world-renowned on a six-acre leasehold located on the fishing industry, we’re proud to unveil southeast corner of the field, with a new this investment in the local commu- building triple its size and add 45,000 sq nity, economy, and our customers ft of new hangars capable of sheltering ahead of the busy winter season.” the latest large-cabin business jets. LEJC is currently working through the design and permitting process and TAC Air Expands Network hopes to break ground within a year with Buffalo FBO Purchase Built to withstand hurricane-force winds, Standard Aviation’s new 24,000-sq-ft FBO hangar at on the new complex. “This is an excit- TAC Air has enlarged its FBO network St. Thomas’s Cyril E. King Airport is the largest free-span structure in the Caribbean. ing growth development opportunity with the purchase of Prior Aviation, for LEJC to meet the essential need the lone service provider at Buffalo New Caribbean FBO introduced able to accommodate the latest flagship for business aviation in the Pacific Niagara International Airport, which The U.S. Virgin Islands welcomed a business jets such as the Bombardier Northwest and beyond as we pursue has been in business for nearly six new FBO with the grand opening of the Global 7500 and the under-develop- consolidation opportunities at growth decades. While TAC Air will assume the Standard Aviation facility at St. Thomas ment Gulfstream G700. Plans for a airports,” said company executive chair- FBO duties, Prior will retain its aircraft Cyril E. King Airport. The 28,000-sq-ft second phase of construction include an man Steven Levesque. “Seattle has been charter and flight training businesses. complex features a 24,000-sq-ft han- additional 100,000 sq ft of hangars on one of the fastest-growing metro areas The now-Avfuel-branded 24/7 facility gar, currently the largest free-span the south and west sides of the airport in America over the last decade, and provides all fueling at the upstate New building in the Caribbean, which can also capable of sheltering the big bizjets. BFI is a highly sought-after airport for York airport for both commercial and accommodate aircraft up to a Gulfst- The company has already selected business and private aviation travelers.” general aviation, as well as all deicing ream G550. It was heavily reinforced to Shell distributor Titan Aviation Fuels services. The 16-acre complex includes enable it to withstand tropical storms as the supplier of its planned fuel farm, an 8,000-sq-ft terminal with pilot lounge, and hurricanes and was put to the test which will have a capacity of 20,000 gal- Florida Keys FBO Rises Again conference room, crew cars, car rental, when it easily sheltered 21 aircraft— lons of jet-A and 12,000 gallons of 100LL. Marathon Aviation, the lone service on-site U.S. Customs, and 50,000 sq ft including a G200, GIV, Falcon 2000, “We wanted to build a facility to sup- provider at Marathon International of office space. Its 70,000-sq-ft heated and Falcon 900EX—as Tropical Storm port our growing aircraft management Airport in the Florida Keys, has hangar, which can accommodate aircraft Isaias blew through at the end of July. business and offer our clients a level opened a new FBO and hangar com- up to a Bombardier Global 6000, is The Air Elite Network, CAA-preferred, of privacy and customer service that is plex on the west end of the field. The currently home to 10 private jets, two tur- and World Fuel Services-branded facil- difficult to find in the Washington, D.C., company broke ground a year ago boprops, and 14 piston-powered aircraft. ity, developed in partnership with the and Northern Virginia region,” president on the facility that replaces the one For Tac Air, which operates at a string Virgin Islands Port Authority, includes Scott Kuhn told AIN. “With very little destroyed by 2017’s Hurricane Irma. of mainly central U.S. airports, this a two-story, 4,000-sq-ft terminal with private investment historically into The Avfuel-branded facility, which will be its northernmost location, and passenger lounge; upstairs pilot lounge; existing facilities, Leesburg Executive features a 3,000-sq-ft, two-story Key TAC Air plans to retain its 120 employ- shower facilities; flight-planning area; Airport has needed a competitive envi- West-style terminal, was built to the ees. “We are excited to have the Buffalo eight-seat conference room overlook- ronment for a long time. We’re looking latest hurricane standards, with a team join the TAC Air family as our ing the runway; and a fully appointed forward to serving our customers and second-floor verandah, pilots lounge, 16th FBO location,” Joe Gibney, the kitchen with a dishwasher, wine refriger- the continuation of a successful project.” shower facilities, 10-seat A/V-equipped company’s COO, told AIN, “and look ators, and ice machines; complimentary conference room, a café, and a spacious forward to great work from the line laundry; concierge services; and 24/7 kitchen. A 12,000-sq-ft hangar with service, customer service, aircraft and U.S. Customs pre-clearance capability. Northwestern FBO Chain 28-foot-high doors can accommodate GSE maintenance, commercial fueling, “Our team is elated to welcome Acquires Seattle Facility aircraft up to a Gulfstream G650. cargo and sports charter management jet owners, charter guests, and their Oregon-based aviation services provider Marathon’s new facility caters to teams, delivering on the promise of crews to our world-class facility in Leading Edge Jet Center (LEJC) has larger turbine-powered business aircraft being a full-service FBO to western the Virgin Islands,” said Shaun Miller, acquired Kenmore Aero Services, one and is available 24/7, with expedited New York private aircraft visitors.” managing member of Standard Avia- of three FBOs at Seattle King County- customs service and concierge sup- tion. “For St. Thomas and numerous Boeing Field International Airport port. A separate facility owned by the surrounding islands, there has not (BFI). For LEJC, this marks its third same company located at the eastern Jet Aviation Adds Montana been an FBO to meet the expecta- location in the region beyond facilities end of the 5,000-foot runway handles Location to Network tions of modern, high-net-worth at Oregon’s Roberts Field Airport in smaller general aviation piston aircraft. Jet Aviation has acquired Arlin’s Aircraft travelers. Standard Aviation raises the Redmond and Bend Municipal Airport. “The Marathon Aviation team is Services, one of two FBOs at Montana’s bar, enabling St. Thomas to compete The company already had a presence thrilled to welcome guests to our iconic Bozeman Yellowstone International with the world’s most lavish FBOs.” Airport. Arlin’s, which will retain its aircraft maintenance operation, has provided aviation service at the airport D.C.-area Airport To since 1979. Its facility there includes Get Second FBO a 5,000-sq-ft terminal with passen- Virginia’s Leesburg Executive Airport ger lobby, two pilot lounges, shower will be receiving a second FBO by early facilities, conference room, flight- 2021. The yet-to-be-named facility planning area, and crew cars, along currently under construction on the with more than 60,000 sq ft of hangar east side of the airport by Kuhn Avia- space with 27-foot high hangar doors. tion features a three-story, 4,000-sq-ft According to the General Dynamics terminal with private passenger lounge, subsidiary, plans call for a renovation of shower facilities, pool table, pilots the terminal, the upgrading of ground lounge, conference room, and parking When it is completed by early 2021 by Kuhn Aviation, Leesburg Executive Airport, service equipment, and the construction garage. An adjoining, fully climate- approximately 30 miles from Washington, D.C. will have a second FBO. The company’s 25,000 of a new hangar capable of sheltering controlled 25,000-sq-ft hangar will be sq ft climate-controlled hangar is already operational. the latest ultra-long-range business

38 Aviation International News \ November 2020 \ ainonline.com jets. The staff at the facility will be business jets. Atlantic has committed retained. For Basel, Switzerland-based to a $15 million expansion and upgrade FBO PROFILE: Fort Wayne Aero Center Jet Aviation, this represents its ninth of its current facility, which will include location in the U.S. and 33rd worldwide. construction of a new 28,600-sq-ft “Arlin’s FBO in Bozeman is a most hangar capable of sheltering the largest welcome addition to our FBO network,” new business jets. As well, the provider said David Best, Jet Aviation’s senior will renovate its two existing 26,000- v-p and general manager for the Amer- and 23,000-sq-ft hangars, along with icas. “As the gateway to Yellowstone its 3,200-sq-ft terminal that features a National Park and in close proximity to flight planning room, six-seat conference the Yellowstone Club and Big Sky Resort, room, pilots lounge with snooze room, Bozeman is Montana’s busiest airport and shower facilities. “These improve- ALLEN COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY ALLEN COUNTY AIRPORT and a key destination for our aircraft ments to our facilities and operations management and charter customers.” demonstrate Atlantic’s commitment to

the Addison/Dallas market for the long # WAYNE FORT term,” said Steve Hirschfeld, the Plano, Fort Wayne Aero Center is one of a new breed of airport-built and operated FBOs that can New FBO Opens in Texas-based company’s senior vice pres- rival many an established service provider location, in terms of style and customer comfort. Dallas Metroplex ident. Earlier this summer Black Forest US Trinity Aviation has become the Ventures announced it broke ground on a second FBO at the Dallas-Fort Worth- new FBO at the airport, which is sched- Growing an airport-owned FBO area Denton Enterprise Airport. The uled to debut in the summer of 2021. company began operations on Sep- Airports usually get into the FBO operating which occupies approximately 10 acres tember 1 out of a former Greenpoint business through one of two ways. The first on the field, also includes 100,000 sq ft Technologies facility that was vacant for Airport To Take Over is when the existing service provider either of community hangars that can accommo- several years after the aircraft comple- Alabama FBO doesn’t want to, or can no longer, continue date the latest flagship business jets. Beh- tions specialist consolidated its oper- Alabama’s Pryor Field Regional Airport to operate their facility and the airport is ling noted hangar occupancy is currently at ations at another location in the area. will assume control and operation forced to step in to continue fueling oper- about 88 percent. The recently renovated facility occu- of its lone FBO after North Alabama ations until a longer-term solution can be “I’m always one big airplane away from pies four acres on the field. It includes a Aviation’s owner gave the airport 30 found. In the second scenario, the lease for suddenly not having room,” he told AIN. As 26,300-sq-ft terminal with two passenger days notice that he plans to close the an existing provider has come to an end, such, the airport’s master plan includes the lounge areas, two conference rooms, a FBO he has run for a decade. Rea- and the airport board, wishing to increase addition of up to three more large commu- large dining area, concierge, crew cars, sons for the closure include current its revenues and eliminate the middle man, nity hangars as demand dictates, as well vehicle valet service, on-site car rental, economic conditions and the slow- decides to bring the FBO services in-house. as possibly attracting private flight depart- and tenant office space. The Avfuel- down in corporate traffic. According For Fort Wayne International Airport ment hangar development. branded facility also features 65,000 to airport manager Adam Foutz, the (FWA), it was the latter. Long before the The airport known as Baer Field began sq ft of hangar space that can accom- authority will not put the FBO out incumbent service provider’s lease drew life as a WWII-era Army Air Corps base, and modate aircraft up to a Boeing BBJ. for bid and plans to retain its staff. to a close in 2015, FWA’s management after the war it and its nearly 12,000-foot “The existing layout is spacious and The facility features a modern 7,500- decided to enter the FBO business, rather main runway were given to the city. The well-appointed for an FBO,” general sq-ft terminal with a pilot’s lounge, than issue an extension or put the existing name was finally changed in 1991. The Fort manager Damon Ward told AIN, adding two snooze rooms, shower facilities, facility through the RFP process. Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority also the only thing lacking is better presence crew car, on-site car rental, and a With a master plan seeking to consol- manages the Smith Field Aero Center FBO on the ramp side, which is currently 30-seat conference room/classroom. idate general aviation operations on the at nearby Smith Field. under construction. “We are adding a Pryor Field is the second-largest west side of the field and commercial Fort Wayne is known more as a busi- new ramp-side lobby and pilot lounge, general aviation airport in the state. As activities to the north side, that meant the ness destination than for tourism, with executive restrooms, and designated part of that change, the location will old FBO on the north side would have to the FBO’s peak coming in September and computer stations/business center.” switch its fuel supplier to Shell distrib- go, so the airport built a new 15,000-sq-ft, October rather than the summer or around utor Titan Aviation Fuels this month. $5 million terminal on the west side, which the end-of-year holidays. “In addition to our FBO services, Pryor debuted on Jan. 1, 2016, the day after the When it comes to customer service, Atlantic Aviation Re-ups Field Airport Authority is committed to previous FBO’s lease ended. Behling keeps it simple, advising his sta! at Addison Airport investing in Pryor Field Regional Air- The two-story, LEED-certified building, at both airports to “do the right thing. It will Atlantic Aviation has received a 40-year port,” said Foutz. “We are in the early which is sta!ed 24/7, includes a passen- gratify some people and astonish the rest.” extension on its FBO lease at Addison stages of building additional private ger lobby with fireplace, refreshment area, As an example, he cited a situation Airport from the city of Addison, Texas. hangars and acquiring adjacent land two conference rooms; flight planning when the FBO helped fulfill the wish of a The company operates one of the two for additional corporate and private area; pilot lounge; snooze room; fitness local disabled man who had never flown. (soon to be three) service providers at hangars. We have ground lease sites center; showers; on-site laundry and The sta! contacted a local flying club that the Dallas-area dedicated general aviation available for tenants needing larger dishwashing; on-site car rental; and crew agreed to take him as a passenger. One gateway, which is home to nearly 150 commercial operation structures.” cars. One exceptionally popular treat is day last December, all six on duty line sta! the individually-wrapped, FBO-branded met the man in the terminal, wheeled him Swedish Fish, which are scooped up by to the ramp, and got him safely seated in a the handful according to Joseph Behling, Cessna 172, after which he enjoyed a night director of fixed base operations for the flight over the city. He was so delighted Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority. that he sent cards and letters to the FBO “When business flyers or owners fly sta!, which hang in the line o"ce. into Fort Wayne and their first impression “It was just one of those great things is Fort Wayne Aero Center, that’s a great where it helps you remember why we kind thing,” said Behling. “It really represents of got into the business in the first place,” the city and the area very appropriately, said Behling. “We get so preoccupied with and we really wanted to have a modern, the business travelers and the business much better looking, better equipped FBO.” jets and the idea of the quick turn…this This artist’s rendering shows the new, nearly 29,000-sq-ft hangar Atlantic Aviation will Soon after the FBO’s opening, the air- was such a di!erent circumstance and it build at its FBO Addison Airport north of Dallas. The construction is part of a $15 million FBO port also unveiled a new U.S. Customs really resonated with us. You never know expansion project keyed to Atlantic’s lease being renewed for another 40-year span by the clearance facility next door. The complex, whose lives you can touch.” C.E. city of Addison.

ainonline.com \ November 2020 \ Aviation International News 39 MRO/ hot section Maintenance news by Jerry Siebenmark ExecuJet Australia Ontic Names AAIC as Completes Heavy Mx Authorized Repair Station Check on Global Express Ontic, which has specialized in services The first 120-month heavy maintenance and parts to extend the life of legacy air- (8C) check on a Bombardier Global craft, named Aviation Avionics & Instru- Express in Australia has been performed ments (AAIC) as an exclusive authorized by ExecuJet MRO Services at Sydney repair station for its barometric product Airport, a development that officials line in the U.S. Ontic selected AAIC there hope will lead to additional calls for its background and knowledge of for that type of work. ExecuJet MRO the product line, the company said. Australasia v-p Grant Ingall explained “We believe that our partnership with that Global Express owners and oper- AAIC will add value to our customers,” ators in the region have traditionally said Chris Muklevicz, Ontic’s head of taken their aircraft to Europe or the sales for North America. “With AAIC’s U.S. for the what is the type’s larg- expertise and knowledge of the prod- est scheduled maintenance check. uct line, I am confident that AAIC will “Our capabilities to perform the continue Ontic’s high caliber of service.” 10-year inspection have been built up This Bombardier Global Express underwent what ExecuJet MRO Services said is the first 120- Ontic, which has 46 years of aerospace over many years of performing heavy month inspection in Australia. product manufacturing and aftermarket maintenance,” said Ingall. “We have experience, supports legacy products made significant investments in Bom- third hangar. The expansion is part of AW139 would have required millions with its manufacturing and MRO facil- bardier tooling and factory training our a larger plan to add staff for increased of dollars in maintenance to return ities in Chatsworth, California; Creed- licensed engineers on the Global series.” research and development activities to service, which is not economically moor, North Carolina; Plainview, New An authorized service center for for its Atlas active winglet system. viable in the current environment.” York; Cheltenham, UK; and Singapore. Bombardier, ExecuJet Australia dis- Currently, the company is recruiting Pirang argued further that the Founded in 1987, AAIC services mantled and removed the Global for five sales and engineering positions purchase of recycled parts such as equipment at its new 32,000-sq- Express’s interior cabin for inspection and expects to fill another five mostly main rotor blades and cabin interior ft facility in Freeport, New York, of the airframe and other structures. engineering positions before the end liners represents a better use of a near JFK International Airport. External panels also were removed of the year. “We’re excited to be adding company’s resources. The recycled and functional checks were done on to our team,” said Tamarack president parts that are fully inspected and all operating systems. In addition, the Jacob Klinginsmith. “We’re in a hiring certified by Transport Canada and StandardAero Becomes jet’s landing gear was overhauled and phase now and as we close out 2020, we FAA approved repair stations also Prizm LED Lighting Dealer recommended service bulletins and expect to add even more to the team as serve to lower direct operating costs. Elliott Technologies has added Stan- upgrades were completed, according our sales numbers continue to steadily dardAero to its U.S. dealer network to the Dassault Aviation subsidiary. grow and new projects come online for Prizm Aircraft Lighting, allowing cus- late this year and early next year.” AP Completions Services tomers to add the LED lighting system Tamarack is also seeing growth Uses Web To Update at any StandardAero facility. With the Bombardier To Gain Ownership overseas, with the addition in July of Global 7500 Clients agreement, StandardAero becomes the of Berlin Service Center the Tamarack European Installation AP Completion Services has delivered 13th dealer to join the Prizm network. Bombardier will add a wholly-owned Center at Jet Maintenance Internation- its 11th Bombardier Global 7500 and The Prizm lighting system offers service center in Berlin through an al’s facility at London-Oxford Airport has more completions projects on the full-color-spectrum lighting through- agreement to acquire all of the issued in the UK. That facility was established type scheduled for the future. As a result out an aircraft cabin and can be and outstanding shares it doesn’t own of to expedite Atlas winglet installations of that work and because many of its controlled through a mobile app or Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services and reduce supply-chain lead times, as Global 7500 customers are interna- the aircraft’s existing controls. from Lufthansa Technik and ExecuJet well as augment sales and marketing tional, the Montreal-based company has “[StandardAero has] a lot of expe- Aviation Group. The deal is expected in the region. “We’ve been focused on created a web-based portal for them rience in large business jets, which is to close before the end of the year. rebuilding our team this year, which to provide up-to-date information on an excellent fit for our products,” said “This investment is critical to the is the core of our business, along with the progress of completions projects. Elliott Technologies product sales expansion of our service footprint in our outstanding customer commu- The portal includes photos, video manager Tim Lockerby. “Prizm Aircraft Europe and around the world, and as nity,” said Tamarack CEO Nick Guida. walk-throughs, specifications, and Lighting is scalable and can be adapted the service center is set to become a project documentation. Besides provid- to just about any size business jet.” wholly-owned Bombardier service cen- ing clients regular briefings, the portal ter, our customers will benefit from even Global AirParts Adds AW139 automatically alerts AP Completion staff more advantages and expertise offered Helos to Part-out Program when clients interact with the portal TechnicAir Establishes by the OEM,” said Jean- Christophe Global AirParts has expanded its to provide near real-time responses. Farnborough Mx Base Gallagher, Bombardier Aviation v-p and helicopter part-out program to include “We have been working on the cus- Signature TechnicAir has established general manager of customer expe- the Leonardo AW139 intermediate tomer service portal for quite some a line station and mobile service unit rience. Since 1997, the jointly owned twin, citing the market’s “significant time. We created a safe, efficient way to (MSU) at Farnborough Airport in service center has supported Learjet, overcapacity” of rotorcraft and not- exchange information in a timely way England, which will complement the Challenger, and Global owners and ing that many helicopters remain with clients,” said AP Completion prin- company’s primary service center at operators in Europe, Africa, the Middle idle and may never fly again. The cipal Andrew Broccoli. “The portal helps Bournemouth Airport and line sta- East, and Russia. It was Bombardier’s Abbotsford, British Columbia-based us keep them informed, and it helps us tions and MSUs at London-Biggin Hill first service center in Europe to support company previously focused its part- fulfill our commitment to deliver not Airport, London-Luton Airport, and customers of its flagship Global 7500. out business on the Sikorsky S-76. only aircraft but the best possible expe- Manchester Airport. The Farnborough With a large, active worldwide fleet, rience. It makes clients feel as if they unit will operate seven days a week. the AW139 presents Global AirParts with are right there in the factory with us.” Signature TechnicAir now has eight Tamarack Adds Staff, an opportunity to use its proprietary In all, AP Completion has outfit- fully equipped mobile service vans Expands Facilities part-out system on a helicopter model ted more than 170 aircraft since its and 15 dedicated engineers and oper- Following its exit from Chapter 11 other than the S-76. “The sum of the inception in 2009. With nearly a ates from five UK airports, offering bankruptcy reorganization, Tamarack parts is greater than the whole in this dozen Global 7500 projects completed, AOG and line maintenance assistance Aerospace Group has expanded its market, and we’re likely to see more the company is earning a reputa- to business and general aviation, Sandpoint, Idaho facilities by tripling of these,” said Global AirParts founder tion as a specialist in Bombardier’s according to the company’s EMEA its office space, as well as acquiring a and CEO Mike Pirang. “This particular newest flagship business aircraft. managing director Andy Preston.

40 Aviation International News \ November 2020 \ ainonline.com Minor aircraft maintenance, the to stem the shortage of AMTs. clearing of defect lists, preventative Eligible projects include programs checks, and oxygen and nitrogen service to teach technical skills in aviation are among the amenities Signature maintenance; scholarships or appren- TechnicAir will offer at Farnborough. ticeships in aviation maintenance; Its MSUs will support customers in AMT career outreach targeting pri- Southampton and the Midlands with mary, secondary, and post-secondary proactive aircraft maintenance as well students; and support for military as AOG troubleshooting and repair. personnel moving to civilian AMT jobs. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 set aside the funding and made Eagle Creek Takes On Aerial grants available annually through 2023. Firefighting Upgrades Grants from $25,000 to $500,000 are Three Twin Commander 690s used in available for eligible groups, which Conair’s aerial firefighting fleet now include academic institutions, Part operate with new Garmin G950 flight 145 repair stations, labor unions, decks and tactical radios following and state and local governments. an extensive modification project by Eagle Creek Aviation. Integrating A C&L Aviation Group technician positions transducers on the inside of an Embraer 135 interior all primary flight, navigation, com- West Star Completes Major panel as part of a Bongiovi speakerless sound system installation. munication, terrain, traffic, weather, FOD Repair on Legacy 650 and engine instrumentation, the West Star Aviation recently completed list of suppliers available to Jet Main- Garmin G950 panel includes a 12.4- a major FOD structural repair on an C&L Installs Speakerless tenance Solutions clients,” said Jet MS inch multifunction display and two Embraer Legacy 650E that was substan- Sound System on Embraer 135 CEO Vytis Zalimas. “With further goals 10.4-inch primary flight displays. tially damaged when a military helicop- C&L Aviation Group has installed a of strengthening the company’s global “The Garmin G950 glass flight ter landed near it in Peru. Upon landing, Bongiovi speakerless audio system in brand, we believe that continuous deck in our Twin Commander fleet the military helicopter had kicked up the cabin of an Embraer 135 regional jet, search of new partnerships will allow Jet improves the pilot and air attack offi- metal objects into the Legacy’s fuselage. which according to the MRO provider Maintenance Solutions to excel, deliver cer’s ability to assess multiple environ- “Significant structural damage is the first such installation in the high-quality services and provide an mental hazards simultaneously,” said occurred to the fuselage skin, frames, type. Using Bongiovi’s patented digital unmatched level of flexibility when it Canada-based Conair’s Jeff Berry. “The and ribs,” said Bob O’Leary, West power station technology coupled with comes to aircraft maintenance and repair, innovative tool offers greater sim- Star’s Embraer business development transducers, the system uses the inte- as well as in spare parts supply services.” plicity in the cockpit, providing more manager. “We coordinated closely rior panels of an aircraft as speakers to The agreement further enables data on demand to the air attack team, with Embraer on the engineering create what it calls an immersive sound. Becker Avionics to expand its business within a clean, integrated display.” required for the repair, along with the “C&L are experts in modifying and internationally. “With Jet Maintenance, Also included in the installations corresponding parts recommended.” improving regional aircraft like the we have found a reliable, highly pro- was the Genesys DFCS2100 digital After the initial evaluation, the ERJ-135/145, making them the ideal fessional, and well-known partner in autopilot. Eagle Creek’s experience aircraft was ferried to West Star’s choice for a project like this one,” said the sector of maintenance and repair with the Twin Commander includes MRO facility in East Alton, Illi- Bongiovi Aviation managing part- for private and business jets,” said the development of the Dash 10T nois, for repairs and full exterior ner Rob Hamelink. “C&L has been Becker Avionics CEO Detlef Haag. engine upgrade program and col- paint. The extensive work took a great partner of ours for several laboration on Twin Commander’s about eight months to complete. years and we look forward to working Factory Grand Renaissance program. The East Alton facility is an autho- with them for many years to come.” Pratt & Whitney Continues rized Embraer base maintenance The Bongiovi system is standard Service Network Expansion service and warranty provider. equipment on the HondaJet Elite Pratt & Whitney continues to build FAA Announces Grants To The aircraft captain, S. Almeida, cited and the soon-to-be-in-production out its worldwide network of desig- Build Ranks of AMTs the complex process and the need to Gulfstream G700. It has also been nated maintenance facilities (DMF) As a means to fill the pipeline of future find a maintenance shop that was agile installed as a retrofit on a Dassault with two recent additions: Prince aircraft maintenance technicians and available. The captain noted that Falcon 7X and other business aircraft. Aviation in Serbia and Aero-Dienst in (AMTs), the FAA announced the Avia- the crew also was in a position where it Germany. The facilities reflect “our tion Maintenance Technical Workforce had to decide quickly where to deliver desire to grow our points of ser- Development Grant Program. In Fiscal the aircraft for repair. “After completing Jet MS Adds Becker vice around the world,” a Pratt & Year 2020, Congress appropriated all the service, we left with the certainty Avionics To Supplier List Whitney spokeswoman told AIN. $5 million to fund projects intended of having followed the best choice.” Lithuanian MRO Jet Maintenance Solu- As a new DMF, Prince Aviation is tions (Jet MS) has struck a partnership authorized to provide service on the agreement to add Becker Avionics to its PT6A, PW500, PW600, and JT15D supplier list. Headquartered in Swit- engine families. In addition to Serbia, zerland with facilities in Germany and its service area will encompass Arme- Florida, Becker Avionics manufactures nia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, communication, navigation, surveil- Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turk- lance, and search and rescue equipment menistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. for airborne and ground applications. Aero-Dienst will also support the The agreement comes as Jet MS PW300 engine family. Besides Germany, focuses on becoming a one-stop- Aero-Dienst’s service territory for those shop for private and business jet engines comprises Austria, Belgium, maintenance and repair, the com- Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Ire- pany said. Jet MS provides base land, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Poland, and line maintenance services Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. for business and regional aircraft, Pratt & Whitney has more than including Hawkers and Bombardier a dozen DMFs in North and South CRJs, Challengers, and Globals. America, Europe, and Asia supporting “Our partnership is yet another step helicopter and business and general Canada-based Conair uses the Twin Commander 690 as part of its aerial firefighting fleet. towards a wider and quality-oriented aviation customers.

ainonline.com \ November 2020 \ Aviation International News 41 ACCIDENTS by David Jack Kenny

PRELIMINARY REPORTS to the pilot, they were in cruise at 700 feet landing in a field. No patients were on 58 feet. Investigators found that the cable agl at 110 knots when an uncommanded board the air ambulance at the time, and had been pulled from the three poles south Rescue Flight Escapes left yaw accompanied a sudden loud bang. the pilot and two medical crew members of the wreckage that were bent toward the After Rotor Strike He told investigators that the door, which escaped without injury. site, and 1,300 feet of cable ran from the both he and a mechanic had checked The airplane was based at McAlester, next pole to the scene. The cable was sev- LEONARDO AW139, AUG. 12, 2020, during their preflight inspection, went Oklahoma. The flight was intended to ered at a point between two stands of trees NEAR CABOOLTURE AIRPORT, from “fully secured to gone instantly.” pick up a patient in Idabel for transport to which, on the helicopter’s heading, would QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA Except for the preflight, the door had Paris, Texas. The pilot recalled lowering the have obscured the poles from view. not been opened that day. The pilot engine ice vanes and activating the de- icing The contractor’s COO reported that The main rotor of a Queensland govern- landed the helicopter in a grassy area system during ground operations, then rais- the Jordanian pilots “often wanted to ment helicopter struck trees during a nearby. Both the door and the airframe ing the ice vanes for takeoff. After reaching fly low-level, high-speed maneuvers out- medical evacuation at night, damaging “at were recovered for examination. cruising altitude, 7,000 feet, Fort Worth side the airport environment,” which he least three” blades. After climbing away Center advised of heavy rain showers in the regarded as “serious transgressions.” He from the surface, the pilot conducted TBM Crashes in Upstate vicinity of Idabel and the pilot “put the ice was not aware of any such offenses by the a control check and did not detect any New York, Killing Two vanes down.” The airplane’s electrical sys- accident instructor during his tenure with unusual vibrations; the crew alerting sys- tem went through two quick “fluctuations” the company. tem likewise flagged no abnormalities. The SOCATA TBM 700, OCTOBER 2, 2020, in which “everything went away and then pilot nevertheless took the precautions of CORFU, NEW YORK came back. Seconds later, the entire system Ergonomics Faulted immediately returning to the helicopter’s failed.” His efforts to navigate by compass in DC-3 Ditching base at the Archerfield Airport, limiting A prominent personal injury attorney and references to an area where his preflight airspeed to 100 knots and performing a his niece were killed when their single- briefing led him to expect better weather BASLER TURBO CONVERSIONS TP67 (DC-3C), run-on landing. No injuries resulted. engine turboprop spiralled in from 11,000 were complicated by conflicting sugges- JUNE 21, 2019, EABAMET LAKE, ONTARIO The flight was dispatched to rescue a feet. While following vectors for the ILS tions from the medical crew, who had con- horseback rider who’d been injured in a approach to Runway 23 at the Buffalo tacted company dispatch by cell phone. TSB investigators concluded that the fall. A ground-based paramedic in a four- Niagara International Airport in New Investigators found no visible fuel in simultaneous loss of power in both engines wheel-drive vehicle reached the patient York, the airplane entered a descend- either wing tank, none in the left nacelle immediately after takeoff “may have” been first but was unable to perform the evac- ing right turn and rapidly disappeared tank, and about one quart in the right caused by the airplane’s captain, who was uation due to the patient’s suspected inju- from radar coverage. The last two radar nacelle tank. Both ignition/engine start/ the pilot not flying, having accidentally ries and the ruggedness of the terrain. The hits show its rate of descent increasing starter-only switches and both engine moved the condition levers while twisting flight was conducted in dark night condi- from 4,760 to 11,667 feet per minute as anti-ice switches were set to ON. Battery around to reach the safety latch control tions in rain; the crew located the accident it descended through 11,000 feet. Local voltage was measured at 10.7. handle and gear handle to raise the land- site using night vision goggles. The lack of sources described an impact crater 10 feet The airplane’s operator reported that ing gear. Both handles are located between a suitable landing zone necessitated two deep at the accident site. 1,720 pounds of fuel were on board at the two pilot seats in a location that can successive winching operations, one to During the flight from Manchester, dispatch, good for 2.7 hours at maximum be difficult to reach. No handle or support lower the rescue crew officer (RCO) to New Hampshire at FL280, the pilot lost cruise power and 4.2 hours at maximum surface is provided other than the throttle the site and the second to extract both communications with Boston Center. economy. The accident flight lasted 3.65 quadrant, and testing demonstrated that him and the patient. Forty seconds after he checked in with hours, which the NTSB interpreted as the condition levers are more easily dis- During the extraction, with the cyclic Buffalo Approach, the approach controller showing that the flight departed without placed by the pilot in the left seat. and pedals controlled by the flight asked, “Everything okay up there?” The the required IFR fuel reserves. However, The freighter ditched in the lake after director-autopilot system, the helicopter pilot responded, “Yes, sir, everything’s the combined straight-line distance from both engines shut down while climbing drifted left and forward while descending fine.” About one minute later the pilot McAlester to Idabel to Paris is only 107 through 200 feet; both altitude and air- from about 65 to 50 feet above the ground. acknowledged the controller’s explana- nm, well under an hour in a King Air at speed were too low to make a restart fea- The right rear quadrant of the main rotor tion of their routing to the final approach any reasonable power setting. sible. Both pilots escaped without injury disc struck trees and the medical offi- course. The airplane began turning right a and swam to shore, where they were res- cer saw a branch fall to the ground. The minute later and the pilot did not respond Unauthorized Maneuvering cued by an officer of the Nishnawbe Aski pilot raised collective while the patient to multiple transmissions from Approach Ends in Wire Strike Police Service. and RCO were still on the winch; they Control, including instructions to “Stop were dragged through the trees during your descent, maintain one zero thou- HUGHES 369, AUG. 21, 2018, Engine Shut Off During the climb, then were spun by the rotor sand” and to “Stop your descent, level GRANGER, TEXAS Practice Autorotation wash until they were recovered into the your wings, maintain any altitude.” helicopter. Postflight examination found A special operations pilot from the Jorda- AEROSPATIALE AS350B2, FEB. 18, 2020, that one main rotor blade had lost a sec- FINAL REPORTS nian Air Force and his instructor, a retired TAMPA, FLORIDA tion of its tip cap estimated as weighing U.S. Army helicopter pilot with 7,000 hours 50 grams (1.76 ounces), while two others Switching Error Leads of experience, were killed when their heli- The instructor accidentally moved the showed “evidence of damage to the abra- to Fuel Exhaustion copter collided with a steel wire power dis- helicopter’s throttle lever from “idle” to sion strip on the outermost edge of the tribution line strung between 36-foot-high “off” during a practice 180-degree autoro- tip cap.” Those blades were returned to BEECH C90A, FEB. 14, 2017, poles. Low-altitude maneuvering was not tation, causing a complete loss of engine the manufacturer for further examination. RATTAN, OKLAHOMA part of the curriculum for the flight, which power. The instructor took over the was intended to be an initial orientation to controls and landed the helicopter on a Main Rotor Struck The NTSB concluded that a complete the local airports and practice area as part taxiway, where it skidded 180 feet before by Cabin Door loss of electrical power in IMC resulted of annual refresher training in emergency sliding into the grass and coming to rest from the pilot accidentally switching the procedures which the operator provided in a drainage ditch. No injuries resulted. EUROCOPTER AS350, SEPT. 6, 2020, three-position “ignition/engine start/ under contract with the U.S. Army. The student was attempting to practice FORT GREELY, ALASKA starter only” switches to the ON position, A witness saw the helicopter flying a 180-degree autorotation to the runway. thereby switching the starter-generators towards his house at high speed in a The instructor moved the throttle lever The pilot made a successful emergency to starter operation and taking the gen- nose-low attitude and an altitude of 30-40 from “fly” to “idle” as they passed abeam landing and both crew members escaped erators off-line. The left engine subse- feet before making a quick climb to clear their target point. The student overshot without injury after the left passenger quently lost power as the pilot searched power lines along his street. Radar track the turn, instead lining up with the taxi- door abruptly separated from the airframe for an opening in the clouds. The nose data showed its altitude varying between way, and was initiating a go-around when and struck a main rotor blade. According gear collapsed during a precautionary 25 and 125 feet, with the last hit coming at power was lost.

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44 Aviation International News \ November 2020 \ ainonline.com COMPLIANCE countdown by Gordon Gilbert

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ROBERT STANGARONE MIKE CAMPBELL KELLY FORESTER PAPPAS SÉBASTIEN JAULERRY MARTIN O’BOYLE

Robert Stangarone was elected chairman of Jaulerry executive v-p of support and services. Executive Jets, and Bombardier Learjet. Western Jet Aviation added Greg Potter the board and president of the New England He succeeds Olivier Le Merrer, who is retiring. Timothy Lomakin has rejoined Dumont and Doug Wendt to its sales sta". Potter, who Air Museum. He succeeds Scott Ashton, who Jaulerry, who most recently was general man- Aviation Group to help launch and lead the flew UH-1H helicopters in the U.S. Army, served decided against seeking reelection after serv- ager for the Eurasia region of Safran Electrical Dumont Jets West expansion. Lomakin, who with Hughes Helicopters and Goodyear Aero- ing in the role for 12 years. Ashton will remain and Power’s EWIS division, has more than 25 is also president of Foundation Aviation, pre- space before spending 25 years at Collins Avi- on the board as past president for a one-year years of experience with the company, begin- viously was director of operations for Dumont onics and then another 10 at Universal Avionics. term. Stangarone is a veteran aerospace ning as a workshop manager in 1994. before leaving for a stint as president of Wing Wendt served as a dynamics engineer with marketer and communications specialist who L2 Aviation appointed Tony Bailey as v-p of Aviation Group in Orlando. Cessna before spending 22 years with Gulfst- has held senior positions at Pratt & Whitney, business development. Bailey has an aviation Air 7 promoted Matt McKee to facilities ream Aerospace as a product support manager. Sikorsky, Rolls-Royce, Litton, Fairchild Dornier, career that spans more than 35 years and has manager. Mckee, who has 10 years of FBO and North American Aerospace Industries Cessna Aircraft, and Embraer. included a number of leadership positions such aviation experience and joined Air 7 in 2012, named Martin O’Boyle business development The Air Charter Association (ACA) appointed as president and COO of Spirit Aeronautics. has worked in FBO line service operations, manager of MRO. O’Boyle brings a background aviation consultant Glenn Hogben as joint dep- Elliott Aviation named Lawrence Harting v-p refueler management, facility maintenance, of technical and commercial experience work- uty chair. Hogben, who joined the ACA board in of operations for the company’s headquarters in and aircraft services support. ing across aviation with airlines, aircraft lessors, 2017 and will share the deputy chair role with Moline, Illinois. Lawrence joined Elliott in 2013 as West Star named Bob Fairfield Northeast corporate operators, OEMs, and maintenance Julie Black, has more than 17 years of experi- v-p and general manager of its Minneapolis loca- regional sales manager, covering a territory facilities. ence in aircraft charter, leasing, and manage- tion and before that spent 12 years with Dassault including New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, West Star Aviation promoted Lisa Hall to ment, serving with ACC Aviation since 2004. Aircraft Services in Wilmington, Delaware. New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, global program manager at its Grand Junction, Evans Composites appointed Mike Camp- Bluetail added D. Darwin Stout as v-p of sales. and New Jersey. Fairfield has held a number of Colorado facility. Hall has more than 30 years of bell as president. Campbell has more than 29 Stout has more than 30 years of aviation indus- maintenance technician positions, most recently aviation experience, previously holding senior years of leadership experience, including with try expertise, including at Gulfstream,Embraer as regional sales manager at Gulfstream. positions with Bombardier, and West Star. the U.S. Navy and also multiple repair stations. King Aerospace named Scott Parkinson CFO. Parkinson has more than 30 years of financial oversight experience, previously serv- in a virtual awards ceremony, the award recog- ing as controller and vice president of finance AWARDS and HONORS nizes outstanding professional accomplishment for the defense, aerospace, and security divi- in the conduct of flight testing. sion of Sanmina. Business aviation veteran communications In addition, Allen is recognized for “his 35 SETP established the Iven C. Kincheloe Dave Weil was appointed to the board of TAG executive and Wichita Aero Club president years of leadership as a regulator, operator, Award in 1958 in memory of the veteran Aviation Europe. Weil has more than 30 years of Dave Franson joins a slate of six recipients and civil and military pilot, with significant flight test pilot and U.S. Air Force Korean war aviation industry experience, including formerly for this year’s 2020 National Aeronautic contributions to setting industry standards ace. It is considered the highest honor from serving as CFO for TAG Aviation USA for 17 years Association Wesley L. McDonald Distin- and improving aviation safety for all.” the organization. and currently serving as CEO of business aviation guished Statesman and Stateswoman of Clark is honored for “her decades-long The Kincheloe Award in particular recog- consultancy Flight Dept Solutions. Aviation Award. Other recipients include contributions to the art of aerobatic airshow nized Carr for his role as the experimental Meridian added Kelly Forester Pappas Brigadier General John Allen, U.S. Air Force flying, inspiring millions of fans who have test pilot in the Autoland flight-test program. to its board of directors, marking the third (Ret.); Captain Julie Clark; Einar Enevold- witnessed her expertly choreographed rou- Carr has flown hundreds of approaches and generation on the board of the family-owned son; Colonel and Dr. Kathryn Hughes, tines, and for blazing a trail for women in fully-automated landings using Autoland in business. Pappas, whose grandfather John USAF (Ret.); and Michael Quiello. aviation as one of the first female pilots to the Columbia 400, Piper M600, and Cirrus Kenneth Forester founded the FBO and main- The Distinguished Statesman and States- be hired by a major U.S. airline.” SF50 Vision Jet, including tests involved as tenance operation in 1946, has spent the past woman of Aviation honors “outstanding Enevoldson is cited for “his visionary and part of the FAA certification program. The eight years focused on aviation sales and busi- Americans who, by their efforts over an persistent quest to advance the progress of system has since received approval from ness development for Meridian. extended period of years, have made con- aeronautics by researching and exploring the FAA and EASA. Bart Biggers is joining Sidley Austin as a tributions of significant value to aeronautics the stratosphere in a glider utilizing high Carr has a 42-year career in experimen- partner in its Dallas o!ce, serving as a mem- and have reflected credit upon America and altitude waves.” tal flight test, including as director of flight ber of the mergers and acquisitions and pri- themselves.” Past recipients have included Hughes, meanwhile, is recognized for “her operations and chief test pilot at Garmin for vate equity practice groups and co-leading the Jimmy Dolittle, Katherine Stinson, Charles pioneering accomplishments in aviation and 17 years. He has more than 12,000 hours as aviation practice. Biggers previously was the Bolden, Olive Ann Beech, and Chuck Yeager. aerospace medicine, passion for advancing pilot-in-command and more than 5,000 in chair of both the Corporate, Commercial Trans- Franson, the president and owner of Fran- human systems integration, and unceasing experimental flight tests and his experience actions & Outsourcing Practice Group, and the son Consulting who has led the Wichita Aero drive to mentor future generations.” spans 192 di"erent aircraft. Airlines Industry Group at Winstead PC. Club for a dozen years, is being recognized Lastly, Quiello is honored for “his life-long “His dedication to the advancement of Renée Martin-Nagle has joined Eckert for “his fervent dedication as an aviation devotion to aviation as a military aviator, flight testing, along with his perseverance Seamans’s Pittsburgh o!ce as special counsel, communications executive and founder of commercial airline captain, industry execu- and pioneering vision, have played a vital focusing on the law firm’s aviation and envi- the Wichita Aero Club, and for his 40 years of tive, and non-profit leader.” role in bringing innovative Garmin products ronmental practices. Martin-Nagle formerly service in continuing to advance the future of The Society of Experimental Test Pilots to market and into the hands of our custom- was CEO and president of A Ripple E"ect, a aviation.” His career has spanned business (SETP) honored Tom Carr, Garmin director of ers, all of which further illustrates why he is consultancy focused on international water aviation manufacturers such as Bombar- flight operations and chief test pilot, with the extremely deserving of the Iven C. Kincheloe law that also has conducted airline and airport dier, Cessna, and AlliedSignal to association 2020 Iven C. Kincheloe Award for his role in the Award,” said Phil Straub, executive v-p and sustainability projects. work, including NBAA. Garmin Autoland flight-test program. Presented managing director of aviation. Safran Helicopter Engines named Sébastien

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