Content Archive: March 2009
Safety
Safety programs essential to keep insurance costs down
“You can bet the insurance market is going to change.
Regulations and Government
Battle over user fees resumes
House aviation subcommittee chairman Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) has joined Rep.
Economy clouds outlook for aircraft acquisition
It is the best of times to purchase a business jet…and the worst of times to finance it.
Rotorcraft
AgustaWestland unveils new Grand development
AgustaWestland last month unveiled a special variant of the A109S Grand light twin, dubbed Da Vinci, with improved avionics.
Training and Workforce
EC 135 Sim Available in Germany
Eurocopter is offering an EC 135 helicopter flight simulator at its training facility in Donauwörth, Germany.
No ‘silver bullet’ for pre-owned market
The used business jet market has not yet reached equilibrium.
FBOs
FBO Report 2009: Service reigns supreme
Amid a troubling decrease in business aviation operations, FBOs are struggling not only to survive but also to continue serving customers using leaner work
Rotorcraft
With in-development R66, Robinson bets on turbines
Just two days after the second Rolls-Royce RR300-powered Robinson R66 made its first flight in February, Robinson Helicopter CEO Frank Rob- inson still had
CAN Surpasses 31,000 Patient Transports
Corporate Angel Network, the Westchester County, N.Y.-based public charity that arranges free flights for cancer patients to treatment by using empty seats
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter studies speedy compound helicopter concept
Eurocopter is working on a compound helicopter with a single main rotor, a fixed wing with two propellers in puller configuration and no tail rotor, probab
