Content Archive: August 2008

Food (publication) for thought

UK-based business aviation caterer Castle Kitchens introduced an online publication on “global food, water safety and health issues.” The publication servi
Aircraft

G550 will require evac crewmember

Gulfstream, which has been engaged in a dispute with the FAA over whether its new Gulfstream 550 could be certified with the traditional four elliptical wi
Charter & Fractional

Major providers mature as local frax firms hatch

Executive Jet Aviation owner and CEO Richard Santulli brought the fractional-ownership concept to the business aviation community in the mid-1980s.
Charter & Fractional

Fractional Ownership: 17 years on

The concept of fractional ownership in the transportation industry is nearly half a millennium old.
Charter & Fractional

Hybrids fill fractional-charter gap

At first glance, the fractional industry, like the alien menace in a sci-fi thriller, appears to be morphing into a menagerie of hybrids.
Charter & Fractional

European scheduled charter firm rethinks fleet composition

Club Airways, the European scheduled business jet service, is broadening its fleet beyond Learjet 45s and is also rethinking its planned route network.
Aircraft

Improving air safety by thinking inside the box

It is impossible to ignore the role technology has played in making the art of powered, heavier-than-air flight incrementally safer for the successive gene
Avionics

Avionics Update: Garmin G1000 cockpit makes debut at Oshkosh

The wraps officially came off Garmin’s new G1000 integrated avionics system late last month at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture airshow i
Avionics

Avionics Update: OPSAT secures blanket approval for WAAS navigator

The FAA has issued a technical standard order and blanket installation approval covering 850 aircraft models for the CNX80 all-in-one GPS navcom from Salem
Avionics

Avionics Update: Avidyne demonstrates Nexcom digital radio

As part of the FAA’s Nexcom initiative to develop next-generation digital datalink radios for general aviation, Avidyne last month announced it has success