Content Archive: December 2007
Security
New software simplifies no-fly checklist
Aviation Technologies has created what it believes is a solution to the time-consuming process of checking air passenger and employee names against Transpo
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.
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
