Aeros Receives a
Production Certificate from the United States Federal Aviation
Administration
February 27, 2009
Los Angeles, CA
On the photo: Production Certificate Award Ceremony (Left to right: Igor
Pasternak, Anatoliy Pasternak (Aeros) and Wanda A. Kimura (Manager, Los
Angeles Manufacturing Inspection District Office FAA)
Aeros
announced today that the company was awarded a Production Certificate by
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In recent years Aeros achieved
the full FAA type certification for the Aeros 40B Sky Dragon airship and
Aeros 40D Sky Dragon airship. The Production Certificate will allow the
company to issue Standard Airworthiness Certificates for the newly built
airships. “Having a production certificate on hand ensures an ability to
make faster deliveries of our airships to our customers”, said Fred
Edworthy, Aeros Vice President.
“We are very proud to accomplish such a significant milestone as the
production certificate for our new facility” said Igor Pasternak, Aeros
President and CEO. He added “The production certificate signifies that our
production quality, as well as methods of assembly and fabrication, meets
the strict requirement set by the FAA to ensure safety of operations.”
Aeros has always been a great innovator in airship design and has
introduced many advanced features in its airships. The Aeros 40D follows
the tradition of the Aeros engineering with state-of-the-art technologies
which significantly reduce the pilot’s work load. The featured
technologies like the fly-by-wire flight control system, the structural
awareness, the green cockpit along with a new stronger and lighter
envelope fabric with much improved helium impermeability and IFR
instrumentation package make the Aeros 40D user friendly and
straightforward for pilots and enjoyable for the operators.
About
the Aeroscraft: The
Aeroscraft is a new type –
the variable buoyancy air vehicle designed to control lift in all stages
of air or ground operations
including the ability to off-load payload without taking on-board ballast.
The key features of the Aeroscraft include the rigid structure, vertical
takeoff and landing capability, ability to operate at low speed and hover,
and operate from unprepared surfaces. For more information please visit
www.aeroscraft.com
About
Aeros: Aeros is the
world's leading lighter-than-air, FAA-certified aircraft manufacturing
company. The company's operations involve the research, development,
production, operation and marketing of a complete family of Aeros-branded
air vehicles used in government and commercial applications. These include
non-rigid FAA Type Certified Aeros 40D Sky Dragon Airships, Advanced
Tethered Aerostatic Systems and New Type Rigid Air Vehicle - Aeroscraft.
For more information please visit
www.aerosml.com
Aeroscraft and Aeros are registered trade marks.
Contact: Edward
Pevzner
Tel.
323.201.8306 Edward@AerosML.com
Aeros
announced today that the company was awarded a Production Certificate by
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In recent years Aeros achieved
the full FAA type certification for the Aeros 40B Sky Dragon airship and
Aeros 40D Sky Dragon airship. The Production Certificate will allow the
company to issue Standard Airworthiness Certificates for the newly built
airships. “Having a production certificate on hand ensures an ability to
make faster deliveries of our airships to our customers”, said Fred
Edworthy, Aeros Vice President.
