Aircraft News - North America.Apr 2, 2007 Airlines, ALPA ALPA abbr. Air Line Pilots Association support moving map, warn there is no incursion in·cur·sion n. 1. An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion. 2. The act of entering another's territory or domain. 3. cure-all US airline industry representatives voiced support yesterday for FAA's planned streamlining of the certification process for technology allowing pilots to view their aircraft's "own ship" position on runways and taxiways via moving map displays but warned that the technology does not offer a complete cure for runway incursions. Mar 28, 2007 USA plans trial of civil aircraft Manpads protection using high-altitude UAVs The US Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States is to experiment with the use of high-altitude long-endurance UAVs to protect commercial aircraft against Manpads missile attacks during take-off and landing at major US airports. Mar 28, 2007 American Airlines American Airlines parent AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Corp. is planning to invest up to $100 million into its Maintenance Services group in an effort to bolster third-party business. It said the funding will be used to update facilities, invest in new technology and increase efficiencies. "In the past three years, we have worked with our [Transport Workers Union Transport Workers Union may refer to:
named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. provider." AMR and the TWU TWU Texas Woman's University TWU Transport Workers Union TWU Trinity Western University TWU Two Worlds United TWU Texas Wesleyan University TWU Transport Workers Union of America TWU Telecommunications Workers Union , who shared ATW's Labor Management Relations Award this year, announced a goal last month of obtaining $175 million in customer revenue by year end. In 2006, AMR generated nearly $95 million in third-party revenue. Mar 29, 2007 American Airlines, Boeing American will speed up delivery of new jets American Airlines says it will receive the first of 47 Boeing 737-800s on order years ahead of schedule. The new planes will replace American's fleet of aging MD-80s. Boeing will deliver the planes in 2009-2012 instead of 2013-2016. Mar 29, 2007 Boeing Boeing's 787 programme has taken a major step forward with the delivery, by air, of two fuselage sections from the Alenia Aeronautica plant, Grottaglie (Italy) to Charleston, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. (USA). Lift was provided by a Boeing Dreamlifter freighter, a modified cargo version of the 747. Once at Charleston various items will be added and the sections then delivered by rail to the Boeing Everett plant in Seattle. Alenia Aeronautica accounts for 14% of the aircraft structur Mar 29, 2007 Boeing Boeing has cleverly stage-managed the rollout of its flagship 787 to occur on the date which - at least in the American calendar - exactly matches the aircraft's designation, 8 July, 2007. The event, which observers had suspected would be on 7/8/(0)7 for some time, is hugely significant for Boeing, which looks as if it could surpass the 500 orders mark by the time of the rollout, making it the fastest selling wide-bodied airliner in history. Mar 29, 2007 Boeing Boeing takes cautious approach to jetliner production Boeing is increasing jetliner production gradually even as a recovery in the airline industry boosts demand for the planes. "We really do want to produce as many airplanes as we can, but we want to be responsible about it," Jim McNerney, Boeing's chairman and chief executive, says in an interview. The company booked record orders in 2006. Mar 26, 2007 Boeing, Airbus Boeing closes on three-digit order book for 747-8 family. Vicious battle envisaged as widebody goes head-to-head with A380 for major deals. Boeing has reached the 1,500 order milestone for the 747 program amid rising optimism from the company that it can reach the 100-order mark for the recently launched 747-8 variant within months. Meanwhile, International Lease Finance chairman and chief executive Steven Udvar-Hazy says a battle royal is brewing between the new Boeing giant and the Airbus A380 as the two sides compete for some key customers. Mar 26, 2007 Boeing, Crane Crane Aerospace & Electronics was selected by Boeing to supply the onboard weight and balance system for the 777 freighter. Crane's AirWeighs system uses the landing gear struts as scales to determine the load-bearing pressure at each strut to calculate weight and balance measurements. To date, nine customers have placed 56 orders for the 777F. Mar 28, 2007 Boeing, Garuda Indonesia Garuda Indonesia yesterday confirmed its widely reported order for 25 Boeing 737-800s, saying on its website that it will take delivery of eight aircraft in the May-December 2009 period, 10 in 2010, five in the final five months of 2011 and a pair in the first two months of 2012. It did not announce an engine choice, nor did Boeing confirm the order. Garuda also confirmed it will begin taking delivery of 10 787-8s in 2011 Mar 26, 2007 Bombardier Bombardier reports stronger Q4, cites demand for business jets Strengthening demand for business jets helped Bombardier's fourth-quarter profit climb 30%. The Canadian company says efforts by U.S. airlines to restructure operations are progressing. Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines have placed new orders for Bombardier planes. Mar 29, 2007 Bombardier Bombardier delays C-Series launch decision - again Bombardier Aerospace has again put off the launch of the proposed 110-130-seat C Series airliner although it is maintaining its previous planned 2013 entry into service date. Mar 28, 2007 Continental Airlines, General Electric, Boeing FAA probes GE90 A US Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control investigation is under way into an apparent contained engine failure that caused a Continental Airlines General Electric GE90-94B-powered Boeing 777-200ER to abort (1) To exit a function or application without saving any data that has been changed. (2) To stop a transmission. (programming) abort - To terminate a program or process abnormally and usually suddenly, with or without diagnostic information. take-off at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Newark last week. GE says ground personnel observed "a flash of fire" from the number two engine during the take-off roll. GE, which is working on the investigation, says this type of failure has not occurred on a GE90-94B engine before. Mar 26, 2007 Delta Air Lines Delta builds "insourcing (1) Doing work with inhouse employees. Contrast with outsourcing. (2) Creating jobs in your country by an organization that is foreign owned. Contrast with outsourcing. " maintenance business Delta Air Lines says revenue generated from maintaining jets owned by other airlines rose from $50 million in 2000 to $312 million in 2006. Delta says its maintenance operation is now the third-largest owned by an airline. Mar 26, 2007 General Electric, Lynxs Holdings General Electric GECAS GECAS General Electric Commercial Aviation Services and Lynxs Holdings of Texas have formed a 50/50 joint venture, Lynxs Group, to develop, finance and manage new air cargo facilities. GE holds an option to expand its stake over the next five years. The companies did not announce potential sites. Mar 27, 2007 Honeywell Honeywell's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System Ground proximity warning system (GPWS) is a system designed in 1967 by Don Bateman Chief Engineer, Flight Safety Avionics, Honeywell to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into the ground. (EGPWS EGPWS Enhanced Ground-Proximity Warning System ) creator Don Bateman does not dispute the UK Civil Aviation Authority's recent finding that UK crews can expect to experience about 26 terrain awareness and warning system Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) attempts to reduce controlled flight into terrain by improving on current ground proximity warning systems. TAWS does this by using digital elevation data and airplane instrumental values to predict if a likely future position of the (TAWS) alerts per million flights. In fact, a Honeywell analysis of data from 500,000 flights of large commercial aircraft in 2005 indicates as many as 60 EGPWS warnings per million departures might be expected. About 95% of the world's airlines use Honeywell's product for their TAWS. Mar 27, 2007 Honeywell Honeywell enhances the EGPWS Honeywell's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System has undoubtedly saved many lives. But new enhancements offer to make aviation even safer. f anyone is sleepless in Seattle, it is probably Don Bateman. The tireless chief engineer for Honeywell Flight Safety Systems is usually quite bothered with commercial aviation safety, and the skies are safer as a result. Mar 26, 2007 JetBlue Airways, Airbus JetBlue Airways took delivery of its 100th Airbus A320 last week. The aircraft will have stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. 100s painted on the tail. Mar 30, 2007 Pratt & Whitney Pratt looks to broaden MRO footprint Pratt & Whitney wants to grow its presence in the maintenance, repair and overhaul Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul or MRO is a multi-billion dollar industry which works on international authorization rules to deliver a safe airline operation and to assure reliability and availability of customer fleets. aftermarket beyond powerplants, Global Service Partners Senior VP and GM Jim Keenan told AirguideOnline this week in Hartford, Conn. Mar 30, 2007 Pratt & Whitney Pratt sees GTF GTF glucose tolerance factor. service entry possible in 2012 Pratt & Whitney expects to be able to bring its proposed Geared Turbofan single-aisle engine to market by 2012, with a 12% improvement in fuel burn compared with today's narrowbody engines, a 20%-25% reduction in noise (dBs) and a 70% reduction in NOx emissions versus CAEP CAEP Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians CAEP Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (ICAO) CAEP China Academy of Engineering Physics CAEP Certificat d'Aptitude a l'Exercice de la Profession 2, President Steven Finger said yesterday at the company's media day in Hartford, Conn. Mar 29, 2007 Raytheon, Hawker Beechcraft Raytheon closes on sale of aircraft operations Raytheon on Monday closed on the $3.3 billion sale of its aircraft operations to Hawker Beechcraft. Hawker Beechcraft was formed by an affiliate of Goldman Sachs Group and Onex Partners LP. 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