Content Archive: December 2010

Aircraft

HondaJet Achieves flight Milestone

Honda Aircraft Company announced late last month that it completed the first flight of an FAA-conforming HondaJet.

Bizav Warriors: Derrick Buggi

Some in the business aviation industry leave behind their families and jobs to serve in active war zones.
Regulations and Government

FAA: Comments Welcome on Airport SMS

The FAA will extend the comment period for the Airport Safety Management System (SMS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which had been scheduled to end

FAAC issues aviation recommendations

The Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC), whose membership represents a cross section of the aviation industry, last month presented Transportati
Engines

Bombardier Delivers First CRJ1000s

Contingents from France’s Brit Air and Spain’s Air Nostrum joined Bombardier executives in Mirabel, Quebec, last month to mark the first deliveries of the
Regulations and Government

Tax Bill Would Benefit New Aircraft Buyers

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, which was moving toward the desk of President Obama at press time, w

Bombardier Sees Revenue Drop in 3Q

Bombardier Aerospace third-quarter financial results show total aerospace revenues of $1.8 billion, down from $2.1 billion for the quarter ending October

Broker Pleads Guilty to Parts Laundering

The owner and operator of Shelby Enterprises of Suffern, N.Y.
Regulations and Government

Tax Relief Act Good for Business Aviation

On December 17, President Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance ­Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010.
Maintenance and Modifications

DAE hangs for-sale sign on its StandardAero

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is accepting offers “for part or all of StandardAero,” according to a Reuters report released last month, raising question