Latest
All AIN news by date
Avionics
Careful testing those 406-MHz ELTs
406-MHz emergency locator transmitters must not be activated for testing during the first five minutes after any hour, unlike 121.5-MHz ELTs (see AIM revis
Aircraft
Citation XLS receives FAA approval
Cessna announced on March 23 that it received FAA approval of its $9.895 million Citation XLS, a faster, roomier and longer-legged derivative of the Citati
Regulations and Government
Print name on aircraft registration form
Starting on June 1, the FAA will no longer accept aircraft registration applications (AC Form 8050-1) that do not contain the printed or typed name of the
Safety
NTSB reports increase in aviation accidents
No fatal accident involving Part 121 or 135 scheduled carriers occurred in 2002, versus three last year in which 24 people died, according to NTSB data.
Regulations and Government
Bizav bonus-depreciation extension hits turbulence
Although the accelerated-depreciation bonus has been credited with a pickup in orders for new business jets, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association
Regulations and Government
NTSB lashes out at FAA on maintenance scrutiny
The NTSB issued a scathing indictment of the FAA’s oversight of contract maintenance providers, essentially validating a DOT inspector general’s report tha
Regulations and Government
Meeting at DCA hangar places TSA in hot seat
Can and should Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) be opened to general aviation and charter aircraft? That was the principal topic during an u
ATC
Argentina Strips Air Force of ATC Function
The Argentine government took emergency action last month, relieving the nation’s Air Force of responsibility for providing ATC services.
Training and Workforce
PrestoSim Gets FAA OK for Citation Trng.
PrestoSim, a Grapevine, Texas, privately held Part 142 school, recently received FAA approval to provide simulator-based upgrade, initial, transition and t
Avionics
Cockpit and cabin avionics
Word that operators of nearly 600 U.S.-registered business jets failed to comply with an FAA mandate calling for installation of emergency locator transmit
New cockpit coming for Eclipse
Only time will tell if Eclipse Aviation’s decision to sever ties with Avidyne and bring in a new team of avionics suppliers for the Eclipse 500 will satisf
Catering: special report
In his eight-volume work, Physiology of Taste, French lawyer, magistrate, politician and gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote, “Animals feed them
Airports
N.C. airport back to normal again
At Dare County Regional Airport (MQI), N.C., Hank Stock grabs an armload of North Carolina aeronautical charts, centennial year edition, from among thousan
Aircraft
VLJs propel GA growth
The business and corporate side of general aviation should continue to benefit from a growing market for new microjets over the next 14 fiscal years, and t
FBOs
Pedaling to Paris
Two of Signature Flight Support’s top managers in Europe will be making it to this year’s Paris Air Show on just two wheels to raise money for children’s c
Aircraft
Preliminary report: Caravan crashes in Lake Erie
CESSNA 208 CARAVAN, PELEE ISLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA, JAN.
Ten steps to effective teamwork
Managing a flight department is a task equally as challenging as any confronted by other executives within a company.
Regulations and Government
Congressional Observer March 2004
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in late January announced that the federal deficit is expected to climb to $477 billion this year, up fro
Regulations and Government
NTSB urges tighter repair station certification
Following its investigation of the Jan.
Regulations and Government
Omnibus is not omnipotent
The $328 billion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress to fund most federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 (until September 30) failed t
Awards and Honors March 2004
Keith Lewis, an employee of Stevens Aviation Donaldson Center in Greenville, S.C., was named the FAA 2004 Avionics Maintenance Technician of the Year for t
