Content Archive: September 2010
Bizav Flight Activity Regains Momentum
Business aircraft flight activity returned to positive territory in August, increasing 1.7 percent from last year, after posting an almost 1-percent year-
Aircraft
Eclipse outgrowing its teething troubles
I’ve been waiting quite some time to fly the Eclipse, a dozen years in fact, since the then revolutionary very light jet (VLJ) was first announced in 1998.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hubbard invests in hush kits
Hubbard Aviation Technologies has made a major commitment to its Stage III-certified
Bizav Infrastructure Taking Root in Taiwan
Taiwan’s air force is giving a hangar at Taipei Songshan Airport to the Civil Aeronautics Administration for use as the Asian country’s first business
Accidents
Phenom 100 Brakes Face Scrutiny
The NTSB is investigating a September 10 incident in which an Embraer Phenom 100 suffered minor damage upon landing in Brenham, Texas.
Gulfstream Names New Vice presidents
Gulfstream Aerospace promoted Greg Collett to v-p of initial phase operations and Austin Shontz to v-p of final phase operations.
ATC
Airport Congestion Likely for EU VLJs
The latest Eurocontrol traffic projections suggest that capacity constraints for the anticipated growing numbers of very light jets (VLJs) will be at air
FBOs
FBO cuts ribbon at Westhampton Beach, N.Y.
After years of wrangling, SheltAir Aviation Services has opened its new FBO at Francis S.
Hawker Beech Laying Off Another 350 Workers
“While there are pockets of growth in the global economy, the market for new production aircraft has stagnated at a very low level,” Hawker Beechcraft chai
ATC
NextGen Challenges Top RTCA Symposium Agenda
Presenters at an RTCA symposium in Washington, D.C., last week warned that the FAA’s ambitious NextGen overhaul of the ATC system in the U.S.
