Boeing delivers first 737 MAX, with more than 3700 to go

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Writer

The glitch that threatened to spoil Boeing’s smooth progress toward first delivery of its new 737 MAX was overcome quickly, as the jet maker Tuesday handed over the first MAX 8 to Malaysian carrier Malindo Air.

The discovery of a potential manufacturing flaw in a batch of engines prompted Boeing on May 10 to temporarily ground its 737 MAX fleet.

But Jamie Jewell, a spokeswoman for engine maker CFM International, said the potential problem is confined to “around 30” of its LEAP engines, which have already been taken off airplanes and taken away for inspection.

By Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had cleared Boeing to fly the MAX with unaffected engines. Tuesday’s first delivery of a MAX to an airline suggests the incident may prove a small blip in the jet’s otherwise remarkably untroubled development.

Boeing announced in a brief statement before the delivery that with the FAA’s approval, the 737 MAX “has resumed all flight activities.”

The first MAX was officially purchased

Article source: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-delivers-first-737-max-after-faa-gives-ok-for-most-engines/

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Aerodrome built on passion for free-flight model planes

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Writer

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A replica of the Spirit of St. Louis will be unveiled to the public on May 21 at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook.
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In 1925, Cole Palen was born outside the town of Poughkeepsie and early on developed an intense interest in aviation. Initially building free-flight model airplanes, Palen enrolled in the Roosevelt Aviation School on Long Island to become a mechanic following his high school graduation and military service.

One of the hangars at Roosevelt Field contained a museum that featured World War l airplanes. In 1951, when the field was sold to build a shopping mall, the aircraft were put up for sale. Palen spent his life savings to buy six of the nine airplanes.

After transporting them to Dutchess County, Palen purchased a farm in 1959, cleared a runway and built makeshift hangars to house the aircraft. And that was the beginning of his lifetime dream to open what became the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, a living museum of vintage aircraft from 1900 to 1937.

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Today, the site features 70 antique aircraft, replicas, antique automobiles and an aviation history museum. Undoubtedly, the

Article source: http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/2017/05/16/aerodrome-built-passion-free-flight-model-planes/325148001/

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Epic Aircraft E1000 Flying Toward FAA Certification

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Writer

In the high-elevation, dry-climate environment of Bend, Ore., technicians are busy putting the final touches on parts cured in freshly made tooling and finalizing processes to begin serial production of the Epic Aircraft E1000, a certified version of the Epic LT experimental-amateur-built high-performance single-engine, all-composite turboprop. 

Transitioning an aircraft manufacturing program from making kits and assisting customers through completion to producing new airplanes for retail sale is an ambitious project, but the Russia-based owners of Epic have made the necessary investment to see the E1000 through certification and into production, according to Mike Schrader, head of sales and marketing. In 2012, he said, the owners opted to stop taking orders for kits and re-orient the company toward FAA certification. More than 50 kits were built, and the final two experimental versions are about to fly away from Bend.

Deposits for the E1000 are one percent of the $2.95 million price, and they are fully refundable. By the time inflation indexes are taken into account, the typical price will be about $3 million, he explained. Epic Aircraft currently has orders and deposits for 73 E1000s.

Epic is working with the FAA’s Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, which has gained significant composites experience, having worked with Boeing on the 787 program. The FAA helped Epic by adding resources to help keep the E1000 project on track. “They’ve been really good to work with,” Schrader said. 

The Bend region has also long been a center of aerospace composites expertise and

Article source: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2017-05-16/epic-aircraft-e1000-flying-toward-faa-certification

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FAA Issues SAIB CE-17-12 For Certain Cessna 150 and 152 Models

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Writer


The FAA feels that the airworthiness concern detailed in SAIB-CE-17-12 doesn’t warrant an airworthiness directive at this time.

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB CE-17-12) to inform aircraft owners/operators, maintenance technicians, and inspectors of an airworthiness concern “for the potential of loose bolts at the elevator attach points” on certain Cessna 150 and 152 airplane models listed below.

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The FAA notes that they received a report, through the Safety Difficulty Reporting (SDR) system “of the elevator hinge bolt backing out on Cessna Model 150 airplanes.” This, in turn, allowed the elevator to separate from the horizontal stabilizer in-flight “which resulted in reduced controllability in the pitch axis.”

The agency said that the main issue identified were:

  • Excessively worn attach hardware
  • Use of incorrect attach hardware

They also note that corrosion may have been a contributing factor is some instances and that after further reviewing SDR’s all the way back to 1979, they found seven similar reports. The agency says that the design used in attaching the elevator to the airplane is common among the models listed in this table:

The FAA recommends performing the inspections that are outlined in the Cessna supplemental inspection document (SID) 55-10-01, a copy of which can be found here, along

Article source: https://disciplesofflight.com/faa-saib-ce-17-12-cessna-150-152/

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Flight team inspires, educates Owasso students through stunt show

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Writer

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Boeing Halts Test Flights Of New Plane Over Engine Issue

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Writer

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Article source: http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2017/05/boeing-halts-test-flights-new-plane-over-engine-issue

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Arik Would Have Folded Up Without AMCON – Capt Ilegbodu

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Writer

In this interview, the managing director and chief executive of Arik Air Limited, Captain Roy Ilegbodu, speaks with BUKOLA IDOWU on the developments in the airline since it was taken over by  the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).

It has been three months since you came on board after the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) took over the management of Arik. What was the situation on ground?

When we started on the 9th of February, we looked at what was on ground at Arik, what we met was quite interesting.  For an airline that has about 30 aircraft on its book, they were only about 10 of them that were functional.  If you look at that alone, that tells you that there is a problem in the system. If out of 30 airplanes, only 10 are functional, then there is a problem somewhere. So, one would say that AMCON’s intervention was very timely.

That is because if you look at some of the things that were on ground, you can easily deduce that the company would have folded up in a couple of weeks, or maybe months. They were no spare parts in the stores to support the operations and you could see slow attrition in terms of aircraft fleets. There were huge bills left unpaid when we came on board which we had to address in order to rebuild confidence.

This business is mainly driven by credit and a lot of people

Article source: http://leadership.ng/2017/05/15/arik-folded-without-amcon-capt-ilegbodu/

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