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Bizjet Forecast Shows Blue Skies, with a Few Clouds

Forecast International yesterday released a prediction that 14,978 business jets, worth some $192 billion, will be manufactured between 2007 and 2016.
Regulations and Government

FAA Reauthorization Clears House 267-151

The House of Representatives this afternoon approved an FAA reauthorization bill that raises the tax on jet-A from 21.8 to 35.9 cents a gallon and the tax
Aircraft

SSBJ developers having a hard time gaining traction

Three companies have expressed serious interest in developing a supersonic business jet (SSBJ), but none of the designs proposed by Aerion, Sukhoi or Super
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FBOs

Pentastar names new president

FBO operator, aircraft service provider and management specialist Pentastar Aviation (Booth No.
FBOs

Air Partner plans Biggin Hill facelift

Work is set to begin on development of a major business aviation enclave at London Biggin Hill Airport (Booth No.
Aircraft

Pre-owned aircraft

It has been an extraordinary year in the pre-owned business jet sales arena.
Engines

P&WC boss sees opportunity across entire maket spectrum

When NBAA Convention News spoke with Alain Bellemare, Pratt & Whitney Canada president, and John Saabas, senior v-p, earlier this month, Bellemare reported
Safety

Safe Flying Awards: 50 Years

In 1998, the National Business Aviation Association started honoring companies that have flown 50 years or more without an accident.
Avionics

WSI starts deliveries of Sirius wx receiver

Deliveries of the new WSI InFlight AV-300 series datalink weather systems began earlier this month, following their introduction and demonstrations at EAA

Huey Lewis to headline NBAA gala

Huey Lewis and the News will headline this year’s NBAA Benefit Gala tonight in the Murphy Ballroom at the Georgia World Congress Center.

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Baldwin introduces mentoring program

Don Baldwin has led the Texaco and Coca-Cola flight departments and served as chairman of NBAA’s board of directors.

Learjet 60 starter-generators ready off the shelf

StarterGenerator.com of The Woodlands, Texas, is at Booth No.

Remote-control tug makes

Aero Specialties (Booth No.
Airports

Epps family was there from Georgia’s aviation beginning

While this year’s NBAA Convention commemorates the association’s 60th anniversary, show planners are taking advantage of its Atlanta location to celebrate
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet-Care ready to take the pulse of new ‘patients’

Need to monitor the health of your engine? Jet-Care (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Maintenance/Avionics Technician Awards

Each year, NBAA recognizes the top aviation maintenance and avionics technicians with good safety records who work for member companies.
Aircraft

Piaggio views its home turf as fertile market for the Avanti II

Even as Italian manufacturer Piaggio Aero Industries reaps the benefits of a remarkable sales resurgence in the U.S., the company increasingly views its ow
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours expands to make room for large-cabin projects

Canada-based aircraft completions specialist Flying Colours (Booth No.
Engines

Mx software keeps records straight

Tdata, Inc., (Booth No.
Engines

Snecma moves on after loss of super-midsize competition

Jean-Pierre Cojean, Snecma executive vice president of commercial engines and head of the Silvercrest engine program, said the engine-maker was disappointe
Engines

Snecma sets aside $100M for Silvercrest research

Despite having lost out to Rolls-Royce in the competition to power Dassault’s still-under-wraps super-midsize Falcon, Snecma is moving ahead with developme

Industry Perspective: Gulfstream Aerospace

Joe Lombardo took over as president of Gulfstream Aerospace last April, inheriting the reins to a company in the midst of an unprecedented sales boom and a
Aircraft

Program Update: HondaJet

In designing a new sub-10,000-pound business jet, Honda designer Michimasa Fujino took an unusual approach.

New simulators, online courses change face of flight training

New technology and tactics are changing flight training against the backdrop of a declining pilot base, fewer student pilot starts and a shortage of flight

How Time Flies

If any of the founding members of the organization that eventually grew into the National Business Aviation Association could be transported through time t
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Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault factory service center readies for 7X

Dassault Falcon Service (Booth No.
Airports

TAG awaiting decision on F’boro growth plan

By the end of next month, TAG Aviation (Booth No.
Aircraft

New Business Jets

From new Cessna Citations to new versions of Hawker Beechcrafts to clean-sheet designs like Dassault Falcon’s fly-by-wire 7X, the world of business jets co