Content Archive: January 2007

Safety

FAA grounds Mentor fleet after latest wing failure

A Raytheon Beech T-34 Mentor crashed on December 7 when the left wing snapped off about four inches inboard of the root attach point.

Pilots bring presents to Michigan kids

In a project dubbed “Operation Good Cheer,” corporate and private pilots, aircraft owners, FBOs and other volunteers helped deliver more than 14,000 presen
Charter & Fractional

Indian charter firm predicts bizav growth

Indian executive charter firm Deccan Aviation, based in Bangalore, is evaluating aircraft from Gulfstream, Bombardier and Cessna with a view to adding up t
Regulations and Government

Public Being Asked To Comment on Numerous Issues

The DOT in its advance NPRM asks the public to comment on the following questions:(1) How might customers and passengers benefit from the infor
Aircraft

Honda’s ‘compact jet’ takes its first test drive

Honda’s “research project” light jet now has its first logbook entry.
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Safety

MedAire expanding beyond medical expertise for travelers

Flight nurse Joan Sullivan Garrett never envisioned herself as an entrepreneur and certainly never as the head of a multi-million-dollar company with globa

GAMA continues search for new president

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is still searching for a replacement for former president and CEO Ed Bolen, and the board of director
Aircraft

Looking Back: Bill Lear’s Legacy

Bill Lear possessed the soul of a true inventor.
Bill Lear founder Learjet Corp.
ATC

Blakey ‘not amused’ by LAAS debacle

LAAS developer Honeywell and FAA LAAS program officials remain tight lipped about how the contract, awarded in April on the understanding that the system’s
Accidents

Three bizjets damaged in a week of overruns

Landing overruns substantially damaged two Gulfstream IVs and a Falcon 20 in the period between November 29 and December 5.