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Charter & Fractional
How many players?
One prediction about which most fractional providers’ executives and consultants agree is that within five years there will be only two strong major provid
Rotorcraft
Piasecki compound X-49 makes first flight
Retrofit technology that could turn the Pentagon’s fleet of Black Hawks and other helicopters into 200-knot, high-altitude speedsters, and later be applied
Charter & Fractional
Fractional VLJs?
Most of the fractional executives interviewed for this article were not optimistic that very light jets (VLJs) will enter the fractional fleet.
People in Aviation: August 2004
Ronald Zilberbrand resigned from Chicago-based JSSI International, the company that he co-founded.
ATC
FAA Concept of Operations gives sneak peek at NextGen
Most pilots by now are aware that at some point in the future, today’s ATC system is expected to morph into something called NextGen, Administrator Marion
Forecast predicts brighter skies for bizav
Forecast International of Newtown, Conn., released its most recent 10-year outlook, The World Market for Business Jet Aircraft, at the Farnborough A
People in Aviation: August 2007
Jack Pelton, chairman, president and CEO of Cessna Aircraft, and John Rosanvallon, president and CEO of Dassault Falcon, have b
Final Report: Update on Canadian Caravan crash
Cessna Caravan 208B, Lake Erie, Ontario, Jan.
Preliminary Report: Rash of JetRanger fatals
BELL 206B JETRANGER, MESA, ARIZ., JUNE 24, 2004–While maneuvering on a trailer at Falcon Field, JetRanger N97AZ hooked a skid on the underside of th
Preliminary Report: JetStar loses left flap
Lockheed JetStar 1329-23E, Houston, Texas, May 15, 2004–Lockheed JetStar N57NR sustained minor damage following an in-flight separation of the left
Final Report: Four survive CitationJet overrun
Cessna 525A CitationJet, Dexter, Maine, Oct.
Accidents
Final Report: Mechanical failure blamed in fatal sightseeing flight
McDonnell Douglas MD-369D, Volcano, Hawaii, June 15, 2003 – The commercial pilot and three passengers were killed when the MD-369D lost power and cr
Final Report: Thelma and Louise' maneuver cited in helicopter crash
Eurocopter AS 350-B2, Meadview, Ariz., Aug.
Accidents
Final Report: Pilot opted to land below minimums
Swearingen SA-26AT, Jacksonville, Fla., Nov.
Accidents
Final Report: CRJ windshield was installed improperly
Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Asheville, N.C., March 19, 2006 – The NTSB found that company maintenance personnel improperly installed the pi
Accidents
Final Report: King Air pilot lost control on landing
Beech King Air 200, North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Bell 212 crashes in Spain
Bell 212, Guipuzcoa, Spain, June 13, 2007 – The two commercial pilots flying the Spanish-registered Bell 212 from Santander Airport to Ali
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Caravan engine fire under investigation
Cessna 208B Caravan, Quepos, Costa Rica, March 22, 2007 – Costa Rican-registered Cessna Caravan TI-BBG landed at the Aeropuerto La Managua, near Que
Rhode Island repeals Av taxes
A coalition of general aviation interests was successful in getting aircraft sales and use taxes repealed in Rhode Island when Gov.
Rx for tax headaches: LAS
The tax committee of the NBAA will host two events in conjunction with its 57th annual meeting and convention in Las Vegas in October.
FAA HQ now has 'wright' stuff
The two buildings that house the offices of the FAA in Washington have been named after the Wright brothers.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Service letter issued for ERJ 135 gear
Embraer ERJ 135, Boston, June 20, 2007 – Despite a gear-down-and-locked indication with three green lights, the crew of the American Eagle
Vision 100 speeds airport projects
When President Bush signed the FAA reauthorization act (generally known as Vision 100) late last year, the bill called on the agency to work with airports,
Congressional Observer: August 2004
• Congress recessed for about a week to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday and returned to face a full plate of pending legislation before recessing agai
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Close call at Teterboro
Piaggio Avanti, Teterboro, N.J., June 17, 2007 – The pilot of a fractional Avanti, cleared to take off from Runway 24 at Teterboro Airport
Strategies, options & perspectives
Our community will face greater change in the next 10 years than we experienced in the last 50.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Falcon overruns on takeoff
Dassault Falcon 900, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 10, 2007 – As the Falcon 900 was taking off from Runway 25 at Santa Barbara Municipal Air
SpaceShipOne: new vision in space exploration?
Based on the success of the SpaceShipOne (SS1) suborbital craft’s ascent on June 21 (AIN, July, page 2)–becoming the first priv
Accidents
Preliminary Report: GV lands with nosewheel up
Gulfstream V, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1, 2007 – The Swiss-registered GV landed nosewheel-up at Zurich/Kloten Airport, causing minor dama
Pre-owned update
Aircraft brokers can usually tell when the summer solstice has arrived by the lack of aircraft being sold, but, as some had earlier predicted, the historic
