Content Archive: November 2008
Sino Swearingen gets a name change
The saga of Ed Swearingen’s 9,250-pound, twin-engine Fanjet, announced in 1986, continues.
People in Aviation: November 2008
Jet Support Services (JSSI) made some changes to its leadership, naming Joe Hagin, former deputy chief of staff to President George W.
Aircraft
GECAS Places Fleet Order for Chinese RJ
China Aviation Industry I (AVIC I) Commercial Aircraft Co.
CAN reaches new heights
The Corporate Angel Network (CAN) achieved a major milestone last month by providing air transport for its 30,000th cancer patient since its founding 26 ye
Editorial: Tough Times
Business and corporate aviation faces its most daunting challenges in the six decades since innovative people put comfy chairs, a coffee pot and windows in
EADS Agrees To Sell Socata to Daher
Socata–the Tarbes, France-based manufacturer of the TBM 850 turboprop single–will be majority owned by French-based aerostructure specialist Daher under an
Grob’s German Subsidiary Files for Insolvency
Germany-based Grob Aerospace GmbH, which was forced to enter the preliminary insolvency process on August 18 after its main source of capital suddenly with
Hawker Beechcraft Announces Layoffs, Drop in Sales
Hawker Beechcraft chairman and CEO Jim Schuster informed employees on Friday that the Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer will lay off 5 percent of its wor
Cash-crunched VLJ Maker Cancels AOPA Expo Exhibits
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aviation yesterday confirmed that it scrubbed its planned attendance at AOPA Expo this week in San Jose, Calif., as it seek
