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$4 million light jet to be built in N.C.

Scheduled for delivery late next year, Honda Aircraft is constructing 250,000-square-foot facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport near Greensboro. The complex includes a 187,000-square-foot research and development center. There will be 600 employees when the planes are in production.

Honda Aircraft was formed in August, and has “well over 100” orders for the $3.65 million light jet—more than a year’s production. The jet’s plan includes a composite fuselage, over wing engines and Garmin G1000 displays. The jet’s plan is being developed in-house.

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Airport Research Program Addresses Industry Problems

The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) is an industry-driven, applied research program that develops practical solutions to problems faced by airport operators. Funding more than 20 research projects a year, ACRP focuses on research needs that other Federal research programs do not address.
ACRP is managed by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies and sponsored by the FAA. We encourage you to read the research, visit the ACRP website, and find out how you can participate in ACRP

ACRP FY 2011 Synthesis Projects: Letters of Interest Solicitation
Published: January 5, 2011 5:23 AM
TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) is soliciting letters of interest from contractors interested in proposing on upcoming projects. To propose, please send a single pdf file containing a one to two-page letter of interest, a resume providing your qualifications, and a statement that you can comply with the terms of TRB’s contract. Links to additional information on the synthesis process, how to submit a letter of interest through the letters of interest web portal, and a listing of the FY 2011 projects are available on the ACRP Synthesis program website. The deadline for submitting letters of interest and supporting information is March 21, 2011.

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Trigana Air Flight 267 Crash: Black Box to be Sent to France after Unsuccessful Data Retrieval Attempts

Trigana AirAccording to a preliminary report released by Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), the black box from Trigana Air jet that crashed in August will be sent to France for data retrieval.

The flight TGN267 crashed after it lost contact with the ATC during a flight from Sentani airport, Jayapura, to Oksibi, Papua. There were 54 people aboard at the time; all of them were killed.

The report released on October 7 said, “The downloading process to retrieve data from the FDR was unsuccessful. For further examination, the FDR data will be downloaded at BEA facility in Paris, France.”

The report further said that the cockpit voice recorder had a 2-hour recording but it did not give any clue as to what caused the crash.

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