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Accidents

Preliminary Report: Takeoff accidnet kills Mexican governor

Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 Westwind, Morelia, Mexico, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Hawker misses runway in Quebec

Hawker 600, Bromont Airport, Montreal, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: EMS fatal flight in Arkansas

Bell 206B JetRanger, Gentry, Ark., Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Air ambulance crashes on positioning flight

Raytheon Beech King Air 90, Rawlins, Wyo., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Circuit City Citation crashes on approach

Cessna Citation 560, Pueblo, Colo., Feb.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: April 2005

Beginning in mid-February, Congress took a couple of weeks off and returned to business in early March.
Regulations and Government

Ruling allows EVS use to go below minimums

In a landmark decision, the FAA has adopted a final rule allowing the use of HUD-based enhanced vision systems (EVS) for descent below published instrument
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NBAA Adds to Regional Staff

NBAA has redrawn the five geographic areas served by its five regional representatives to create a new central region that will be assigned to former assoc
ATC

Mesa Boss Ornstein: ‘Mother of All Years’

Smaller aircraft–specifically regional jets–are often blamed for delays in the National Airspace System, said Mesa Air Group chairman and CEO Jonathan Orns
ATC

Nav Canada Boosts Online Wx, Flight Plan Tools

Enhanced weather data and flight planning tools are now available for Canada under the Flight Operations link at www.navcanad
Accidents

Safety Board investigates Circuit City accident

The NTSB’s unusually lengthy preliminary report on the February 16 crash of a Circuit City Citation 560 on an ILS approach to Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB)
Avionics

FAA Releases More RVSM Guidance Materials

In the runup to the planned January 20 implementation of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) in the U.S., Canada, South America and Mexico, the FAA

A number of schedulers and dispatchers have retired or moved on to new positions.

Fred Barth, former manager of flight control for AT&T, retired last spring after 27 years with the Morristown, N.J.-based flight department.

Show me the moneeeeey! That’s what the latest NBAA Compensation & Benchmark Survey does, and more.

The survey, with a base of more than 675 flight departments, presents a set of baseline data broken down by characteristics of the flight department and th
Airports

The battle continues to reopen National Airport to general aviation.]

At an oversight meeting on the President’s proposed FY2006 budget for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), subcommittee chairman Hal Rogers (R

The NBAA has tallied the final numbers and the 16th Annual Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in Reno broke all records.

According to NBAA, the four-day show, which ran from February 13 to 16, drew 1,525 attendees, 75 more than last year’s show, and 275 exhibitors, 37 more th
Aircraft

Embraer Legacy Soon To Be Cleared to FL410

Embraer is now in the final flight-test phase of the certification process that will raise the service ceiling of the Legacy business jet from FL370 to FL4
Training and Workforce

SimuFlite Gaining More EASA Approvals

Following a recommendation from the French civil aviation authority, Dallas-based CAE SimuFlite will be obtaining approval from the European Aviation Safet
Aircraft

Learjets and Swiss fighters

In the January issue of AIN (page 39), we recounted the origins of the Learjet, complete with references to the well worn tale of the Swiss fighter connect
Avionics

Another Falcon 20 RVSM Solution Under Way

Thunder Aviation in Chesterfield, Mo., and Flight Test Associates of Mojave, Calif., are working on an RVSM solution for Falcon 20s equipped with Honeywell

Pre-Owned Update: Pre-owned aircraft market remains strong

Activity in the used jet sector continues to thrust ahead as another year-over-year decline in inventory served to strengthen prices among a number of mode

Fund Drive Marks Decade of Women in Aviation

In honor of its 10th year, Women in Aviation International is soliciting donations.
FBOs

AirNav links deal with Air BP to feature FBOs

AirNav, the Internet-based provider of aviation navigation and fuel data, has entered a strategic alliance with fuel supplier Air BP.
FBOs

GA gets a home in Cancun

Mexican aircraft handling specialist ASUR combined design elements from Denmark and its native culture to accent an all-new FBO at Cancun International Air
FBOs

Jet 1 Center GM takes a shot at Airport Authority

The Naples (Fla.) Airport Authority (NAA) has rankled more than its share of business aviation devotees–most prominently with its dogfight with the FAA ove

Frequent Inspections of Bell Tail Rotors Urged

Bell 205s, 212s and 412s are the subject of an FAA special airworthiness information bulletin recommending compliance with an Aug.
Airports

Colorado’s Jeffco Airport Gets AWOS

An automated weather observation system (AWOS) is now in service at Jeffco Airport, Denver.

IBM Euroflight gets IS-BAO OK

IBM Euroflight has become the first European corporate flight department to complete the new International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-B
FBOs

Jackson Hole Aviation expands facilities

After a number of years of seeking airport approval, Jackson Hole Aviation recently renovated its customer lobby and added several new features to the FBO.
Aircraft

Gulfstream 350 Receives FAA Approval

The FAA last month awarded type certification to the Gulfstream 350, an upgraded version of the previously manufactured G300.