NEWS
TOP AWARDS PRESENTED TO SIX WOMEN IN AVIATION AND AEROSPACE The Northern Lights Award Foundation (NLAF) announces the six winners of its 2014 aviation and aerospace awards. Among the prestigious list of honorees is Dr. Roberta Bondar, the world’s first neurologist in space and Canada’s first woman astronaut. Each year, the national not-for-profit foundation honors outstanding Canadian women in aviation and aerospace who have made a significant contribution in their field and who continue to lay the groundwork for other women to enter or excel in these industries. The Foundation’s award program, called the Elsie MacGill
Northern Lights (EMNL) Awards, is named after aviation pioneer and human rights advocate Elsie Gregory MacGill. The world’s first female aircraft designer, MacGill graduated from the University of Toronto’s electrical engineering program in 1927 and later became pivotal in the design and production of the Hawker Hurricane in Canada during the Second World War. During her career, MacGill was appointed to the Canadian Royal Commission on the Status of Women, and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Since its inception in 2009, the Northern Lights Award
Program has received an overwhelmingly positive response from the industry, and as a result, has grown from one to six separate award categories. The 2014 NLAF winners are: • Pioneer Award Dr. Roberta Bondar, Canada’s first
woman astronaut and the world’s first neurologist in space • Flight Operations/Maintenance Award Nachelle
White, Dash 8 pilot currently flying missions throughout Africa for the United Nations • Government/Military Award Sandra McDonald,
34 year veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force supporting its CP140 Aurora Fleet; currently government contractor at Maritime Proving and Evaluation Unit • Business Award Eva Martinez, Director at UTC
Aerospace Systems, Landing Gear Systems • Education Award Lynne McMullen, Chair of the School of Aviation and Flight Technology at Seneca College • Rising Star Award Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail,
aviation author and historian and first female president of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society
NATA STATEMENT ON HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ACTION ON BONUS DEPRECIATION
On May 29, the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 4718, legislation to make permanent the immediate expensing of 50% of new investments in equipment and software. NATA joined other major associations including the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in support of the legislation.
The following is a statement by National Air
Transportation Association President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks: “NATA deeply appreciates the leadership of Chairman
Dave Camp, Representative Pat Tiberi, and the other members of the Ways and Means Committee for approving legislation to make permanent this important job creating provision. Studies have shown that by encouraging NATA member companies, and others, to make additional immediate investments in the U.S. economy we can create over 200,000 jobs.”
AIRCRAFT ENGINES GET A HOME OF THEIR OWN AT DUNCAN AVIATION
As a part of its new 175,000-square-foot hangar construction project in Lincoln, NE, Duncan Aviation dedicates 4,050 square feet just to engines. And according to James Prater, manager of turbine engine services, when you double shop space, good things happen. “We’ve only been in the new shop for a few months,
but have already experienced a significant increase in work efficiency and improvement to the safety of our customers’ property,” says Prater. “Prior to the move, all engines and their components would remain in the hangar, always subject to hangar moves and disruptions to work. If the aircraft moved, work stopped and the engines moved as well.” The new shop space provides a safe place for engines to
be torn-down and built up off the hangar floor and free from unnecessary interruptions. With the new tech rep and project manager offices located right in the shop, Shawn Schmitz, turbine engine tech rep, says there is a benefit to being located where the action is. “More and more in-house customers are stopping by the shop to see their engines. I’m nearby and available to answer their questions or assist the engine techs with a project. Then I’m right back on the phone answering questions from customers who call in.” According to Prater, engine work has been busting down the doors since October. “Our new engine line shop is more centrally located among the hangars we work in most and provides immediate access to the ramp. The expansion of the shop, office and tool crib spaces all help us to be more efficient with our work. We’d like it to get even busier.”
BOEING ACQUIRING AERDATA TO EXPAND AIRPLANE MAINTENANCE AND LEASING RECORDS MANAGE- MENT CAPABILITIES
Boeing announces that it is acquiring AerData Group B.V., which provides integrated software solutions for lease management, engine fleet planning and records management. Based in the Netherlands, AerData also provides technical services for aircraft and engine operators, lessors, and maintenance, repair and overhaul companies. “AerData’s tools make it easier for airlines and leasing companies to manage complex maintenance records,” says Stan Deal, senior vice president of Commercial Aviation
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