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Maintenance providers and customers now meet via the internet

AvQuotes.com uses the Internet to match people seeking maintenance with more than 50 maintenance facilities.

Kamov Ka-226 enters operational trials

The launch customers of the Kamov Ka-226 helicopter–the Moscow city government and fossil-fuel company RAO Gazprom–have begun pilot training and operationa

Rotor mogul Robinson works hard on simplicity

Frank Robinson, the 74-year-old firm-handed  founder, chairman and president of Robinson Helicopter, says that as long as he’s sitting behind the big

Small is beautiful

Robinson Helicopter CEO Frank Robinson has convinced the El Salvador National Police force that they should downshift to piston-powered helicopters.

CHC pulls in the reins

CHC Helicopter is scaling back its offices in St.

Who is buying UTair?

A mystery buyer has bought nearly half the shares in one of the world’s biggest helicopter operators, Russia’s UTair Aviation.
Charter & Fractional

America (still) rising, albeit slowly

Fledgling helicopter commuter airline America Rising has pushed back to 2006 the launch of its New York to Washington, D.C.

EC 225 production ship airborne

The first production Eurocopter EC 225 medium twin made its maiden flight in late June.

Performance where it's needed

Boundary Layer Research has won FAA approval for a hover-performance increase of up to 250 pounds for Bell 204Bs, 205A-1s and UH-1Hs fitted with its tailbo

Firefighting rotorcraft showed their worth; Europe responds

Last year was something of a landmark in helicopter firefighting activity.

Tu-334 okayed, with asterisk

Russia’s Air Register of International Aviation Committee (AMRAK) in late June awarded the Tupolev Tu-334 regional jet AP-25 certification, allowing revenu

Embraer's gobal reach extends ever farther afield

Brazil’s Embraer continued to spread its steadily expanding influence among the world’s airlines last month with a 12-aircraft order for 76-seat Embraer 17

Bombardier turns cool on composites for airliners

As studies on Bombardier’s proposed 110- to 130-seat jets progress, all the early talk about extensive use of new high-tech composites in the airframe now

Four more Q400s headed for Japan

Bombardier’s once beleaguered Q400 turboprop continued its steady but certain market penetration in the Far East last month when Japan Air Commuter committ

Finnair is latest Embraer convert

The newly established leasing arm of Finnish flag carrier Finnair last month placed a firm order for 12 Embraer 170 regional jets as part of a deal worth m

728 proprietor files for insolvency

Fairchild Dornier Aero Industries has filed for bankruptcy protection in a German district court, virtually ensuring the end of the latest attempt to resus

Legislator goes to bat against Independence Air

The House aviation subcommittee plans to hold a hearing at the behest of Rep.

Australian ATC authority studies GPS RAIM outages

Occasionally, GPS satellites are spread across the sky in configurations that prevent a receiver from calculating a good position fix.

Blazing another trail, JetBlue opts for two-HUD installations

Ask any copilot of a HUD-equipped airplane what a low-visibility approach looks like, and the answer will be the same–no different from any other airplane.
ATC

Juneau equips ground vehicles with ADS-B to reduce incursions

While most ADS-B installations will be in aircraft, system proponents see the technology being applied in other ways.

SwiftBroadband will offer DSL-like service in 2006

It’s a small world, after all, and the one-two combination of a business airplane and an Internet connection for the cabin can make it seem even smaller.
Aircraft

Avionics for Ibis Ae270 clarified

Honeywell’s Apex glass cockpit will be a future optional avionics upgrade for the Ae270 turboprop single, currently under development by Ibis Aerospace of

IS&S flight display certified

Innovative Solutions & Support announced last month that the FAA has awarded the company TSO certification for its 12- by 9-inch flat-panel flight display

AirCell tests airborne broadband

AirCell reports it has successfully completed the initial phase of flight testing for a new airborne telecommunications link, which is claimed to provide a

EGFWS deliveries top 30,000

Honeywell last month announced that it has delivered more than 30,000 enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS), placing the safety gear in rarefie

E-Charts, video certified in Gulfstream PlaneView cockpit

The FAA has issued a follow-on certification for the Honeywell-developed PlaneView avionics suite in the Gulfstream 500 and 550 that lets pilots view elect

Pilots fall under gray area in overtime rules

In the April 23 Federal Register, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued what it called “FairPay” rules that will take effect on August 23.

N.M. shopping for T-prop

According to New Mexico Department of Transportation spokesperson S.
Aircraft

'Green people' aid 7X progress

Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 7X business jet, with a fly-by-wire, side-stick control system, promises to redefine the word “new.” At the Dassault Falcon Jet

Falcon owners seminar focuses on support

A record attendance of more than 1,100 Falcon business jet owners, operators and maintenance technicians at the 25th Worldwide Maintenance & Operations Sem