Aviation News

Stphane Jacques Stphane Jacques has been named EADS Socata’s chief test pilot. The 44- year-old Jacques retired as a Lt. Col. in the French Air Force where he was a test pilot instructor.

Norm Matheis Norm Matheis has been appointed Regional Marketing Manager for Canada for Universal Avionics Systems. He worked at Field Aviation in Toronto for 19 years and was educated in Ontario.

The Air Care 2008 conference on public benefit flying will be held Apr. 25-26 in Atlanta. Anyone thinking of going is reminded that the deadline for getting discount hotel rates is March 28 and more information is available here … Jon Sharp will try to set a speed record in his NemesisNXT racer at EAA […]

Jeppesen will stop updating NavData databases for some older IFR GPS receivers as of next year, says AOPA… Vicki Van Meter, who was celebrated for piloting an airplane across the country in 1993 at age 11, died Saturday, an apparent suicide. She was 26… Officials in Mexico have cracked down on aerial drug trafficking, and […]

Mark Bianchi NetJets Aviation today announced that Mark Bianchi has been named Executive Vice President of Aircraft Maintenance. Bianchi previously served as Senior Vice President of Aircraft Maintenance for NetJets and will oversee the maintenance and operation of more than 400 aircraft in the NetJets fleet.

Eric Lampert has been named Vice President and Director of Operations for the Flight Operations Department at NetJets Aviation. Lampert most recently served as the Assistant Director of Operations for Flight Operations at NetJets He started in 1994 as a line pilot in the Citation SII.

Standard Aero has appointed Kevin Perris as STC Program Director for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A Business Unit. Perris has been with the Winnipeg, Manitoba company since 1995.

The FAA has granted a Technical Standard Order (TSO) for Aspen Avionics’ Evolution primary flight displays. The company says deliveries of the innovative devices will begin, as scheduled, on March 31 … The Australian Owners and Pilots Association says the countrys Civil Aviation Safety Authority “sensationalized” an emergency airworthiness directive issued to address problems with […]

George B. Litchford Sr., an inventor who helped develop TCAS (Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System) for aircraft, died on Feb. 28 at age 89… A proposed FAA Airworthiness Directive would require owners of Cirrus SR20s to inspect and perhaps replace the heat exchanger to prevent carbon monoxide from leaking into the cabin… Alarms were […]

Stephen Woolstenhulme Stephen Woolstenhulme has been appointed president of both Lake Texoma Jet Center, LLC and Red River Turbines, both located in Denison, Tex. The FBO is a strategically-placed refueling stop, and the engine shop specializes in GE CJ610 and CF700 service. (The Jackson Group web site)