Content Archive: July 2008

Avionics

WSI service gives enhanced weather data

WSI has put the finishing touches on a new interactive map section for its Pilotbrief Online weather service that offers an array of content features and f
Aircraft

In the Works: Cirrus Vision SJ50

Shortly after the first flight of Cirrus Design’s single-engine jet, the company finally revealed the name for what had long been referred to as “The Jet,”
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UAV technology could bring FBW to light airplanes

A company that supplies high-tech, fault-resistant databus components for the Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 has launched a research project aimed at bringing
Charter & Fractional

Sentient Restructuring Amid Financial Turbulence

Organizationally troubled Sentient Flight Group will be undergoing a restructuring, only a few weeks after the Weymouth, Mass.-based charter operator and m
Rotorcraft

Silver State Students Sue Lender

Students of the now-defunct training school Silver State Helicopters are suing KeyBank, one of the banks that financed their tuition, charging that it enga
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Beech Completes Sale of FBOs to BBA Aviation

Hawker Beechcraft late last week completed the sale of the majority of its wholly owned fuel and line operations to Signature Flight Support parent company
Rotorcraft

Poland Picks EC 135 for EMS

The Polish Ministry of Health has ordered 23 Eurocopter EC 135s for its nationwide EMS network.
Aircraft

Revamped Adam Aircraft Plans A700 Approval by 2010

AAI Acquisition, which bought the assets of Adam Aircraft Industries for $10 million after Adam filed for bankruptcy in February, is ramping up the certifi

Raburn Out at Eclipse as Etirc's Pieper Takes Reins

Amid scuttlebutt about persistent financial problems, Eclipse Aviation founder and CEO Vern Raburn (left, in photo) stepped down today and company chairman
Training and Workforce

Auction highlights mismanagement at Silver State

The state of the assets of bankrupt Silver State Helicopters is providing clues about how the troubled company was run before its shutdown and Chapter 7 (l