Content Archive: December 2007

Rotorcraft

US Helicopter service links New York-area airports and heliports

A helicopter service connecting Manhattan with New York City airports is due to start this month.
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FBOs

NATA hosts ATA's James May in strategic issues forum

James May, president of the Air Transport Association (ATA), the U.S.
FBOs

Cutter sharpens its edge with a seventh location

Beginning this month, Cutter Aviation will assume FBO operations from WingsPoint Aviation Services at McKinney Airport in McKinney, Texas.
Aircraft

PiperJet To Have Rivetless Wing

Piper Aircraft is patenting a new metal bonding technique that will be key to the manufacture of the PiperJet’s all-aluminum wing.
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Accidents

Brazil Investigators: U.S. Pilots Didn’t Turn Off Transponder

Brazilian authorities have continually blamed ExcelAire pilots Joe Lepore and Jan Paladino for a midair between their Legacy 600 and a Gol Airlines Boeing
Safety

GAO Raps FAA over Runway Incursions

Per a request by House aviation subcommittee chairman Jerry Costello, the Government Accountability Office yesterday issued a

Hutchison Named Ranking Member of Senate Aviation Subcommittee

NBAA welcomed the announcement yesterday that Sen.
Avionics

Avio NG Software Delay Hurts IS&S

Reflecting on a “tough year” for Innovative Solutions & Support, company officials nonetheless said they are confident that the Avio NG cockpit for the
FBOs

Trajen continues expansion with Ranger acquisition

Trajen FBO Network, which late last year acquired ski-country’s Aspen Base Operation, has further enriched its portfolio of FBOs in another, very different
FBOs

Comment period completed on FBO fuel-spill proposal

Last month saw the deadline on the second of two notices of proposed rulemaking to ease fuel-spill prevention, control and containment (SPCC) rules for fue