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Bizav forecast doesn't see turnaround until '06

After experiencing a meteoric rise lasting almost a full decade, business jet production this year is anticipated to decline for the third year in a row.

SwiftBroadband great for e-mail, not for Web surfing

Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband satellite Internet service is available on only a small handful of business jets, and one of them is here at TAG Aviation on the

ATR flying high as demand soars for turboprop models

Avions de Transport Régional (ATR) CEO Stéphane Mayer said the company remains on track to deliver more than 60 new airplanes this year after nearly doubli
ATC

Honeywell LAAS passes trials with flying colors

Honeywell has completed a series of GPS-guided autoland approaches to each of the four runways at Moses Lake Airfield in central Washington using a single
Avionics

Sandel awaiting approval for its TAWS with integrated RMI

Sandel Avionics of Vista, Calif., this month anticipates receiving the initial TSO and STC approvals from the FAA certifying the company’s ST 3400, a self-
Avionics

Avionics Update: Collins, FlightSafety develop CJ1 avionics training program

Rockwell Collins Aviation Services and FlightSafety have developed a training program for Cessna CJ1 pilots designed to prepare students for the FSI type-r
Avionics

Avionics Update: Thales vies for inroads at Bell and Agusta

Having established a strong position with the French-German Eurocopter joint venture, avionics maker Thales of Paris is now seeking to achieve greater expo
Avionics

Avionics Update: Satellite radio flight trials set to begin

Digital audio specialist Heads Up Technologies of Carrollton, Texas, plans to begin flight testing in the next two months of its satellite digital audio ra
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Avionics Update: Honeywell set to launch ePaxx cabin information services

Described as a family of services to be launched this year for passenger news, moving map and cached Web content, Honeywell’s ePaxx concept is being design
Avionics

Avionics Update: Cessna hungry for low-cost HUD option in Citations

For years Cessna has been searching for a head-up display (HUD) that would fit both the Citation’s cockpit and its owner’s budget.
Avionics

Avionics Update: Dassault evaluating MaxVis enhanced vision concept

An official at Dassault Falcon Jet revealed to AIN last month that the French airframe maker is negotiating with MaxVis of Portland, Ore.,

AIA: backlogs for airliners will buoy industry during U.S. crisis

The hundreds of billions of dollars worth of airliner orders now on the books will help insulate aerospace manufacturing companies from the industry crisis

Kun Peng orders five Embraer 190s

Chinese regional carrier Kun Peng Airlines has placed an order for five Embraer 190s in a deal that further sets the foothold the Brazilian manufacturer ha
Avionics

GA equipment suppliers hone strategies in face of slowdown

Given the recent sharp drop in shipments of GA piston-powered airplanes, it’s not surprising that some equipment suppliers have begun to look to other mark
Avionics

Cirrus brings Garmin cockpit to the SR22-G3

Cirrus Design’s partnership with Garmin on a “high-end” cockpit upgrade for the SR22-G3 called Cirrus Perspective is turning out to be a hit with buyers, n
Avionics

L-3's SmartDeck awaiting launch customer green light

The recent FAA approval of L-3 Avionics Systems’ SmartDeck integrated avionics system clears a path for integration of the cockpit into the production line
Avionics

SwiftBroadband set to make bizjet debut

After years of development and months of anticipation, Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband satellite aeronautical data service is finally poised for takeoff.
Avionics

Avionics News Update: FDS secures cabin monitor PMAs

Flight Display Systems in Alpharetta, Ga., last month said the FAA has granted it parts manufacturing approval for three new cabin LCD monitors, an endorse
Avionics

Avionics News Update: FDS secures cabin monitor PMAs

Flight Display Systems in Alpharetta, Ga., last month said the FAA has granted it parts manufacturing approval for three new cabin LCD monitors, an endorse
Avionics

Avionics News Update: West Star gains STC for standby

West Star Aviation last month announced the receipt of an STC covering the installation of L-3 Avionics’ GH-3100 standby instrument and magnetometer in the
Avionics

Avionics News Update: Icom gains experience with OLEDs

OLED technology has been offered for the last couple of years in the small displays used in some business jet cabin management systems, but now Icom Americ
Aircraft

Emergency AD targets Eclipse thrust levers

The pilot of an Eclipse 500 pushed the throttles forward during a wind-shear encounter at Chicago Midway Airport last month with enough force to result in
Aircraft

Eclipse Developing Thrust Lever Software Fix

Eclipse Aviation said extra margin added to the Eclipse 500’s thrust lever forward range of motion should prevent the levers from being pushed beyond their
Aircraft

Eclipse 500 Operators Responding to Emergency AD

The FAA and Eclipse Aviation are awaiting the results of thrust-lever quadrant inspections on the more than 200 in-service Eclipse 500s before determining

NBAA 2001 assumes an all-new aura

Exhibitors who prepared to make big announcements in New Orleans last month were scrambling to draw up alternative plans in the weeks following NBAA's deci
Avionics

LCDs coming for Bombardier Globals

It looks as though LCD flight displays will be coming to the cockpit of Bombardier’s Global Express sooner than many thought.
Avionics

Cessna selects Collins HGS for Columbus

Rockwell Collins announced that Cessna has selected its HGS-6000 head-up guidance system for the Citation Columbus, set to debut as the Wichita manufacture
Avionics

Avionics News Update: ICG offers med monitoring link

International Communications Group (ICG) has created an interface between its NxtLink Iridium satellite communication systems and the Tempus remote medical