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Sikorsky Helitech and FlightSafety Team to offer Training on P&W Engines in Australasia
Sikorsky Helitech, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, has signed an agreement with FlightSafety International to provide maintenance training for customers in the Asia Pacific area. The three- year agreement is the first of its kind to offer Pratt & Whitney Canada aircraft engine maintenance training in the region. “By leveraging our existing Technical Training School, we are able to add another valuable support capability to our portfolio. We are thrilled to be working with FlightSafety and look forward to advancing the relationship for the benefit of our Pratt & Whitney Canada customers in the region,” said George Cheetham, managing director of Sikorsky Helitech. The program will launch with an initial offering of 16 courses per year for maintenance training on four different P&WC engine types. Under the
terms of the contract, FlightSafety will provide Sikorsky Helitech with training courseware, a graphical flight simulator, plus a wide range of training aids. Sikorsky Helitech instructors will be FlightSafety trained and certified.
Applied Geo Technologies Achieves AS9100C Registration
Applied Geo Technologies, Inc. (AGT) has achieved AS9100C registration, which also incorporates the requirements of ISO 9001:2008, for its Choctaw, Miss. location, validating its quality management system meets and exceeds the needs of the aviation, space and defense markets. This achievement is the latest step in AGT’s continuing quality processes and goals designed to provide mission-critical products and services to its government and commercial customers. As a provider of cabling and wiring harness engineering design and
manufacturing services for more than 20 years, AS9100C registration allows AGT to expand its expertise from ground vehicles into the aerospace market, where it currently provides wiring for the Patriot missile system and small commercial aircraft. “This achievement is a testimony to our employees’ commitment for continual improvement,” said David Ogg, AGT President and CEO.
CFM Maintains Strong Presence in Russia
CFM International continues to maintain a strong leadership position within the Commonwealth of Independent States with CFM56 engines powering more than 300 single-aisle aircraft for 24 airlines throughout the region. CFM56 engines are a product of CFM International (CFM), a 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran group) and GE. The first CFM56 engines were delivered to Aeroflot in 1998 and the fleet has steadily grown while maintaining the industry-leading reliability that is the hallmark of the CFM56 product line. “We have great relationships with all the airlines in the region
and look forward to strengthening them even further in the future,” said Lionel Gobert, vice president of International Sales for CFM International. “By 2013, we will have approximately 900 CFM56 engines in the region and we expect that number to grow to more than 1,200 by 2016, more than any other Western engine manufacturer.” All of the CFM56 engines being delivered in the CIS region today are either the CFM56-5B or CFM56-7BE configuration.
FLYHTStream Meets European Mandatory Data Streaming In the past 24 months, FLYHT participated
The French Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses (“BEA”) has recommended mandatory triggered data streaming technology on passenger aircraft. Calgary-based AeroMechanical Services, marketed under the FLYHT brand name, has developed technology that meets BEA recommendations. The recommendation is contained within
the BEA’s third interim report on the loss of the Air France flight 447. The report, released July 29, outlines ten new safety recommendations including one that both the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) require triggered data transmission from an aircraft in flight in the near future. The BEA recommends: “…that EASA and
ICAO make mandatory as quickly as possible, for airplanes making public transport flights with passengers over maritime or remote areas, triggering of data transmission to facilitate localization as soon as an emergency situation is detected on board” (from page 81 of the report).
in the BEA’s Data Recovery and Triggered Data Transmission working groups. The company demonstrated FLYHTStream, its on-demand triggered data streaming technology, on operational commercial aircraft, to representatives from international organizations, manufacturers and operators. FLYHTStream’s capabilities for automated triggered position and data transmission meet the intended requirements of the rule- making proposal of the BEA, including to automatically transmit the exact position of an aircraft and key ‘black box’ data in real time. The primary use of AMA’s tools is to
assist in supporting normal operations with in-flight troubleshooting. In an emergency, FLYHTStream provides position and data continuously from anywhere on the globe. Flight tests and triggering during normal airline operations have proven that accurate position reports and hundreds of data parameters can be sent continuously from an aircraft to
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the ground, on demand. FLYHTStream can be activated three ways; automatically, by the pilot, or by ground personnel. When it is activated, it provides position and other data and also provides auditory and visual messages in operations control centers. It also delivers critical details to cell phones or pagers to ensure all essential personnel are notified of the situation. The system that enables FLYHTStream,
FLYHT’s patented Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS), can determine which data is outside normal operating ranges in real time. AFIRS then automatically transmits a message and supporting data to ground personnel and enables voice and text communication between the cockpit and the ground. FLYHTStream is deployed on aircraft
operated by several of FLYHT’s commercial transport customers and has also been demonstrated on a Hawker Beechcraft business jet.
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