Content Archive: December 2010

Stability Augmentation Coming for Garmin Autopilots

The first aircraft to receive Garmin's new ­stability augmentation system–Garmin Electronic Stability and Protection (Garmin ESP)–for G1000 and G3000 integ
FBOs

Jet Aviation Jeddah Now Open

Jet Aviation’s new FBO in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is open and features an innovative passenger flow system so arrivals and departures are conducted in sepa
Maintenance and Modifications

Houston Hobby MRO expands based business

Enterprise Jet Center evolved from Enterprise Products, a gas and oil company that opened a flight department in 1979.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Rockwell Collins Offers UAV ebook

Like it or not, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a growing feature in skies around the world, and ­avionics scientists and engineers are busy designin
Accidents

Criminal probe under way in fatal Carson S-61 crash

Several established federal criminal investigations are under way into the events surrounding the August 2008 helispot takeoff crash of a Carson Helicopter
Avionics

Elliott Adds ANAC Approval for King Air TCAS 4000

Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) has awarded Elliott Aviation an STC for the installation of Rockwell Collins’s traffic alert and collis
FBOs

Traffic Is Steady At Hub For Bahamas-Bound Travelers

During the economic downturn, some FBOs have enjoyed a steady flow of traffic, especially in places like the Bahamas where visitors from all over the world
FBOs

FBOs Join Shell Network

Eastern Aviation Fuels/Shell Aviation has added Panorama Flight Service at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., to its fuel dealer network.
Avionics

Stability Augmentation Coming for Garmin Autopilots

The first aircraft to receive Garmin’s new ­stability augmentation system–Garmin Electronic Stability and Protection (Garmin ESP)–for G1000 and G3000 integ

Elusive capital supply starves some gestational programs into inactivity

For a year marked by a lackluster recovery in flight activity, tepid used aircraft sales and continued slow sales of new light and midsize jets, there was