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Three people were killed and five others injured January 21 in the crash of a Sonicblue Airways Cessna Caravan as it approached Vancouver Island, B.C.

BLR Aerospace late last year received an STC for its winglet kit for King Air 200s.

Palo Alto, Calif.

An InfraTek infrared de-icing system is under trial and now open at Norway’s Oslo Gardermoen Airport.

Charter broker Air Partner has entered the flight-planning market with the creation of a new division called Flight-Operations.com.

Galaxy Aviation recently added to its chain of Florida FBOs with the purchase of the former Aero Sport facility at St.

New amendments to Part 36 require a minimum 3 dB–noise reduction for small single-engine propeller aircraft– including turboprops–weighing more than 3,307

Bombardier’s Challenger 605, announced at the 2005 NBAA Convention, made a nearly 3.5-hour maiden flight on January 22 in Montreal.

Over the last 10 years business aviation safety has improved immensely.

The family of flight attendant Kristi Dunn, killed in the Nov.

CAE is relocating its Sikorsky S-76 and Gulfstream IV simulators from its SimuFlite facility in Dallas, to its new business aviation training center near M

April 10 is the comment deadline for a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal to require more detailed reporting of top executive compensation,

A Tri-Coastal Airlines Metro crashed in a “nose-down, near-vertical attitude” near Paris, Tenn., while on a cargo flight from Dayton, Ohio, to Harlingen, T

Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita last month announced it is acquiring BAE Systems’ aerostructures division.

All six people aboard a King Air 200 that crashed in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on February 3 were killed.

Jet Aviation has opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil, to offer aircraft charter, management and sales in Latin America.

FAA financing and the prospect of user fees to help pay for modernization of the ATC system is the primary issue facing general aviation in the coming year

March 26 is the comment deadline for a widespread proposal that would require operators and manufacturers of airliner-size airplanes (including bizliners)

The pilot of a Bombardier Challenger 600 that was substantially damaged during a hard landing on Runway 15 at Aspen, Colo., on February 9, told the NTSB th

To encourage the purchase of shares in its Embraer Legacy fleet, Cleveland-based fractional provider Flight Options until March 24 is offering buyers the c

New legislation in Michigan exempts the sales tax on aircraft parts installations performed in the state for customers who do not reside or base their airc

Aircraft statistical and sales transaction information provider JetNet/AvData has introduced a helicopter database service.

The Senate last month confirmed Donald Bliss, an attorney specializing in aviation, as the U.S.

Eclipse Aviation won the National Aeronautic Association’s 2005 Robert J.

A new rule will end the hundreds of mode-S installation exemptions currently in effect.

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) still has concerns regarding new requirements for improved flammability characteristics of retrofitted t

Germany’s highest court last month voided a law adopted last year that allowed the military to shoot down hijacked civilian aircraft.

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) still has concerns regarding new requirements for improved flammability characteristics of retrofitted t

Beginning March 1, aircraft and engine buyers, sellers and lenders in the U.S.

Sikorsky has delivered its 600th S-76.