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Training and Workforce

Effective communications for flight and maintenance crews

For some time I have been aware of and exposed to a changing culture at the major airlines, and it holds lessons for corporate aviation.

What I
Rotorcraft

Keystone helicopter expands turboshaft engine services

Keystone Helicopter of West Chester, Pa., has expanded its accessories capabilities on both the Rolls-Royce 250 and Honeywell LTS101 turboshaft engines.
Maintenance and Modifications

NBAA awards scholarships to aspiring technicians

Two students were selected to receive NBAA’s 2004 William M.
Maintenance and Modifications

Profile: Gore Design completions adds maintenance services

“Adding maintenance capability just made sense; it made us more versatile,” Jerry Gore, president and CEO of San Antonio-based Gore Design Completions, tol
Training and Workforce

RAS at indy receives FAA Diamond award

The FAA has bestowed its highest award, the Diamond Award for Maintenance Excellence, on Raytheon Aircraft Services Indianapolis.
Training and Workforce

Alteon training gets TC nod for maintenance

Transport Canada has approved Alteon Training, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, to be an approved training organization for maintenance training under
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Denver station Adds two new types

Stevens Aviation Denver has received FAA approval to add new airframe and powerplant ratings to its repair station certificate.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier to build ‘super warehouses’

Expeditors International of Washington has teamed with Bombardier Aerospace to establish super warehouses with Caterpillar Logistic Services as part of a s
Maintenance and Modifications

NY nixes aircraft maintenance and storage tax

The New York Aviation Management Association and the Long Island Business Aviation Association, with support from NBAA, were instrumental in having legisla
Maintenance and Modifications

ITP of Spain designated PWC overhaul facility

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has appointed Industria de Turbo Propulsores S.A.
Maintenance and Modifications

Thunder Aviation named Atlantic Turbines' service facility

Thunder Aviation signed an agreement to become Atlantic Turbines’ newest service network facility.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation adds ACJ and Sovereign support

Jet Aviation and Airbus signed a service center agreement for Airbus Corporate Jetliner support.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star to develop Citation 525 seat STC

West Star Aviation is developing “16g” cockpit, cabin and lavatory seats for the Cessna CitationJet line.
Charter & Fractional

FAA changes course on controversal bulletin


The FAA has announced it will delay further the compliance date for a recent Handbook Bulletin for Airworthiness (HBAW), affecting aircraft maintenan
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Aviation technicians receive top FAA awards

Maintenance technicians at the Greenville, S.C.
Aircraft

Maintenance tracking service available to BBJ operators

Boeing Business Jets selected Flightdocs of Babylon, N.Y., as a factory-authorized maintenance tracking service for BBJ operators.
Accidents

NTSB: Many Discrepancies in TEB Challenger Crash

Failure of the crew to perform required weight and balance calculations and other weight-related procedures, lack of appropriate records to support trainin
Aircraft

Comments Closed on Proposal to Limit non-UK Aircraft

The UK Department for Transport is expected to decide early next year whether it will proceed with plans to restrict the amount of time foreign-registered
Safety

New Jets To Come with Pilot Safety Program

Bombardier Aerospace's new Leading Edge is a flight crew safety-training and resource program being offered at no-charge with the purchase of a new Bombard
Avionics

Avidyne and Ryan Announce Merger

Avidyne and Ryan International today announced the completion of a merger that folds Ryan's traffic-surveillance products into the Avidyne line.
Maintenance and Modifications

GDAS To Support Gulfstream IIs and IIIs

Factory product support for Gulfstream IIs and GIIIs will move out from beneath the wing of Gulfstream service centers and find itself under the umbrella o
FBOs

FBO Profile: Million Air gets a makeover in asheville

For general manager Bob Cruey, the recent renovation at Million Air Asheville (N.C.) was finished just in time.
Aircraft

Falcon 7X Might Go 6,000 Miles; 2000DX Introduced

Changes to the Dassault Falcon 7X, now in flight test, could increase its range to as much as 6,000 nm at Mach 0.80, Dassault Aviation said today.
Airports

Coalition presses EPA on fuel-spill issue

Future EPA spill-containment requirements for airport fuel trucks remains an ambiguous subject.
Aircraft

It's a Plus for the Citation Encore

Not satisfied to rest on its laurels of introducing 25 new or derivative Citations in the last 10 years, Cessna used the NBAA venue to introduce its 26th m
Airports

Proposed reliever faces resistance

The FAA has determined that a proposed privately funded business aviation airport west of Houston is “objectionable” because it would create overlapping tr
Aircraft

New Hawker 800 Series Derivative Grows Winglets

Beginning next January, Raytheon is scheduled to start delivering the winglet-equipped Hawker 850XP, successor to the Hawker 800XPi.
Charter & Fractional

FBO chain abd charter provider team up

Mercury Air Centers and TAG Aviation have joined to provide added travel services through Mercury’s FBO network.
Aircraft

Challenger 605 Offers Revamped Interior, Avionics

The Challenger 605, announced this afternoon, will feature upgrades in the cockpit and cabin over the Challenger 604, which will be replaced following expe
FBOs

Also at TEB, Milliion Air upgrade is under way

As the cold weather settles into the Northeast, construction is advancing well on Million Air Teterboro’s new terminal/hangar complex.