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Citation 500 RVSM Package STC’d

JetTech of Littleton, Colo., last month announced it has received an STC for an RVSM kit for pre-275 serial number Cessna Citation 500s equipped with Bendi
Avionics

Pro Line 21 IDS Certified in Avanti

The Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 integrated display system (IDS) has been certified in a Piaggio Avanti at Jet Works in Denton, Texas, according to the avi
FBOs

FBO survey: Covering Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa

All the leading forecasts agree that business aviation is an increasingly global phenomenon that will see growth rates for aircraft and flying activity ris
Avionics

AD Affects Honeywell NZ-2000s

A software error in Honeywell flight management systems with NZ-2000 nav computers could cause sudden, un-annunciated shifts in computed position, accordin
Avionics

Forward Vision, Max-Viz Form Alliance

Enhanced-vision system (EVS) makers Forward Vision and Max-Viz have announced a joint venture to bring lower-cost infrared products to the general aviation
Avionics

FAA wants moving maps in more cockpits

Reacting to last summer’s crash of Comair Flight 5191 at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky.–as well as countless runway incursions and serious on-airport
Safety

International Operations

“Business aviation operators are becoming much more sophisticated about the ways they can use their airplanes outside the United States,” said Bill Stine,
Avionics

Aircraft Electronics Association Convention 2007

While FAA Administrator Marion Blakey and GA industry leaders wrangled over aviation user fees and taxes at the Aircraft Electronics Association’s 50th ann
Aircraft

In the Works: Cirrus The-Jet

Early adopters who plunked down $100,000 for a position on the Cirrus jet assembly line got to participate in a clever Cirrus marketing campaign that is dr

Industry group looks for jet-fuel alternative

As oil prices remain above the $60 per barrel mark, operators, oil companies and government regulators are showing ever more interest in alternative jet fu
Aircraft

In the Works: Excel-Jet Sport-Jet

Twelve people, including company president Bob Bornhofen, continue to work on the Sport-Jet single-engine jet program based in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Aircraft

In the Works: Embraer Phenom 100

Embraer has begun construction of its second Phenom 100 airframe and is on schedule for planned first flight in the middle of this year and entry-into-serv

‘Captain Bob’ Cooper

Robert Harold Cooper, often referred to by those who knew him as “a true gentleman” and known to his friends at Gulfstream Aerospace as “Captain Bob,” died
ATC

Europeans continue to await OK for single-engine operations

Proponents awaiting European approval for commercial single-engine operations at night or under instrumental meteorological conditions (SE-IMC) should not

NTSB chief stresses gravity of incursions

NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker was busy stumping about issues related to GA safety last month.
Regulations and Government

Legislator wants investigation into pilot medicals

The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has called for a hearing later this spring on falsified medical certificates after th
Safety

Cessna flies CJ4’s FJ44-4A

Cessna continues to push forward with the certification of the CJ4, the latest model in the CJ line.
Engines

Group gives vets a much needed lift

Jets for Vets, a new initiative sponsored by an aircraft dealers association, is arranging free flights on corporate aircraft for military personnel wounde
FBOs

Dubai firm begins process to acquire Landmark

State-owned Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) agreed last month to purchase Carlyle Group’s Landmark Aviation and Standard Aero Holdings for $1.8 billion.

Stage III To Begin Hush Kit Installations

Stage III Technologies, which received an STC two years ago this month for its hush kit for Gulfstream IIs and IIIs, plans to have its long-awaited first i

Mexican event a draw for U.S. companies

For the 15th consecutive year, Agustin Melgar staged his annual business aviation show in Toluca, Mexico.
Maintenance and Modifications

Fewer VLJ deliveries forecast this year

Germany-based aerospace consultancy PMI-Media has lowered its estimated very light jet (VLJ) delivery schedule for this year based on production difficulti
Training and Workforce

Customer input key on CAE’s new lower-cost bizjet simulator

Canadian-owned aircraft simulator and training operator CAE has unveiled the latest addition to its line of flight simulators.
ATC

FAA chooses plan for N’east airspace redesign

The FAA selected a preferred alternative in late March for the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign project after 10 years of studies, meetin
Aircraft

Comp Air 12 flies to Sun ’n’ Fun

Meanwhile, just steps away from the Cirrus display, Ron Lueck, president of Comp Air, proudly showed off his latest creation, the prototype Comp Air 12 sin

EBACE 2007 Preview

The seventh annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) seems certain to be the largest event yet, with more than 10,000 visitors exp
Aircraft

Cirrus to unveil jet next month

At the Sun ’n’ Fun show in Lakeland, Fla., Cirrus Design cofounder and CEO Alan Klapmeier said that on June 27 the company will unveil its new single-engin
Charter & Fractional

LegFind.com expands operations

LegFind.com, a wholesale air charter marketplace, released a new service last month aimed at quickly matching charter operators with clients.
Engines

Turboshaft and turboprop

The pace of new technology infusion in helicopter turbine engines is not slowing.
General Electric, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Rolls-Royce
FBOs

Atlantic Aviation, Mercury FBOs merge

Allied Capital, the private-equity firm owner of the Mercury Air Centers FBO chain, has agreed to sell its 24 FBOs to Macquarie Infrastructure, a publicly