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FBOs

Business Jet Center expands at Love Field

Business Jet Center recently completed a $5 million expansion project at its Dallas Love Field (DAL) facility.
FBOs

Still awaiting permits, Million Air VNY spiffs up

Million Air Van Nuys (VNY), Calif., still awaiting final approval to begin construction on its permanent facility upgrade, has completed a $750,000 interim
Charter & Fractional

california fbo plans development to accomModate growing charter operations

During the Cold War in the 1950s, squadrons of North American F-86 Sabres and, later, F-100 Super Sabres stood guard over the West Coast secreted in hangar
Airports

Salina runway reopens after $2.7m upgrade

The 12,300-foot Runway 17/35 at the Salina Municipal Airport (SLN), Kan., reopened at the end of July following a three-month rehabilitation period.
Regulations and Government

Nineteen indicted in jet-a theft at Miami Int'l

An ongoing racketeering and corruption investigation by the Florida state attorney’s office has produced indictments of 19 suspects and seven companies for
Training and Workforce

Chinese try quality trainers

Shanghai Sikorsky has delivered two Shen 3A helicopters (license-built Schweizer 300Cs) to Tianjin’s Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC).
Rotorcraft

British pilot establishes new helicopter record

As the only approved IFR-capable MD 500E in the world, N5144Q is no ordinary MD 500E helicopter.
Regulations and Government

Comment time extended again on air-tour proposal

Interested parties are getting more time to comment on the FAA’s controversial proposal to require all air-tour operators to be certified under Part 135 or
Rotorcraft

New resorts will bolster Middle East helo market

Helicopters fill the make-believe future skies in Disney World’s Tomorrowland, but in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates real rotorcraft are an integral par
ATC

Operators to ‘share the pain’ in gridlock plan

After meeting with industry representatives over several days in early March, the FAA launched a new ATC plan designed to head
off gridlock by “shari
Rotorcraft

A grand day out

At Farnborough, AgustaWestland unveiled yet another, long-anticipated evolution of the A109–a stretched and higher-power model dubbed the A109S Grand.
Rotorcraft

Grizzly traps K-Max

Grizzly Mountain Aviation, of Prineville, Ore., has taken delivery of a second Kaman Aerospace K-Max, for use on logging, firefighting and power-line const
Accidents

Patient Killed in Helicopter Air Ambulance Crash

The patient was killed and the three crewmembers injured when their Air Evac Lifeteam Bell 206 crashed April 20 about 30 miles northeast of Evansville, Ind
Rotorcraft

Pakistan takes Bell 412EP

In a deal valued at more than $230 million, Bell has started to deliver 26 Bell 412EP medium twins and associated equipment to Pakistan.
Rotorcraft

Police power for Slovenia

Agusta delivered a new A109 Power to the national police of Slovenia.
Rotorcraft

Air Evac gets new owners

EMS provider Air Evac Lifeteam, founded in West Plains, Mo., in 1985, has new owners, including two private-equity firms.
Regulations and Government

AD Addresses Potential Altitude Error in L-3 TAWS

An AD for the Landmark 8000 terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS), manufactured by L-3 Communications Avionics Systems, corrects potential altitude e
Rotorcraft

Fires raging, taxing helo resources

As AIN went to press, the severity of the 2003 forest fire season was repeating, as feared, in Europe as well as in the western U.S.

Ziegler and Miller Leave as Bombardier Restructures

Jim Ziegler, v-p and general manager of Bombardier business aviation services, and Keith Miller, v-p of engineering for Learjet in Wichita, have left Bomba
Rotorcraft

Model 407 climbs to new heights

While the Bell 427 has struggled for acceptance in the helicopter community, one LongRanger derivative that has been a success from the start is the single
Rotorcraft

Bell’s new 427i promises much more than just IFR

By launching the IFR version of its 427 model at Heli-Expo, in Las Vegas in March, Bell Helicopter finally acknowledged its mistakes in introducing the typ
Aircraft

Learjet 24/25 RVSM Group Approval Received

Avcon Industries of Olathe, Kan., has obtained group approval for its RVSM upgrade for the Learjet 24 and 25, including models with various wing modificati
ATC

Controllers Ask Congress to Tackle Staffing Issue

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association urged the Senate appropriations transportation subcommittee to ask FAA Administrator Marion Blakey what th
Aircraft

Magellan Air, ATR win first open t-prop bid in Russia

Siberian regional airline UTair has selected the Franco-Italian ATR 42 as its primary growth platform in the first-ever open tender for regional turboprops
Aircraft

Sport-Jet Latest Contender in Very Light Jet Market

The single-engine, four/five-passenger Sport-Jet is the latest aircraft to join the very light jet race.
Airports

Palwaukee Airport Named Reliever of the Year

The Illinois DOT selected Palwaukee Municipal as the state’s general aviation reliever airport of the year.

ALPA answers NWA 70-seat proposal

The Air Line Pilots Association finally appears ready to play ball with Northwest Airlines as the Minneapolis-based company pushes for a new deal to allow

Penn State researchers turn coal into jet fuel

As every pilot and mechanic knows, high temperatures are the bane of any engine.
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety has lofty plans at Farnborough

FlightSafety International’s business aviation learning center at Farnborough Airport in the UK is expected to open next January.
Aircraft

New avionic in the works for Avanti

At press time, nothing was said to be finalized, but Rockwell Collins and Piaggio were working on a deal to offer Pro Line avionics in the Avanti, accordin