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Part 25 Aircraft Receives Synthetic Vision STC

In a first for a Part 25 aircraft, the FAA has approved the Vision 1 synthetic-vision system from Universal Avionics for use in the Challenger 601-3A.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Ups the Customer Support Ante

To increase the level of support customers receive, Dassault Falcon recently doubled its replacement parts warranty and merged its help desk operations and
Aircraft

Cessna Highlights Product Improvements

A Max-Viz enhanced vision system (EVS) for the Citation Excel and XLS and a Collins Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS) for the CJ1 and CJ2 were am
Aircraft

Bombardier Buoyed by Business Jets

An increase in business jet sales and deliveries continued to bolster the aerospace arm of Bombardier, according to the Canadian manufacturer’s financial r
Aircraft

Raytheon Gets More Time To Certify Hawker 4000

Raytheon Aircraft yesterday reached the FAA’s five-year time limit for certification of the Hawker 4000 (née Horizon) under Part 25 amendments that existed
Regulations and Government

User-fee Issue Makes Front Page of The Wall Street Journal

The verbal sparring over ATC funding and user fees reached the front page of The Wall Street Journal today in a long article, “Why Big Airlines Are
Maintenance and Modifications

Raytheon Closing Northeast Service Facility

Raytheon Aircraft Services (RAS) sent a letter dated May 31 alerting customers that it is selling its Atlantic City, N.J.

Bizav Veteran Bill Boisture Joins Carlyle

Former Gulfstream and NetJets Aviation executive Bill Boisture has resurfaced at Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group as a senior a
ATC

Comment Period Extended on Airspace Redesign

The comment period was extended to July 1 for the FAA’s
Accidents

NTSB Begins Learjet Crash Investigation

Investigation has started into a June 2 accident involving Learjet 35 N182K, which crashed in Baker Cove a few hundreds yards short of the runway while try
ATC

FAA Puts New Controller Pact into Effect

With the failure of Congress to take any action in the contract dispute between the FAA and the air traffic controllers union, the agency arbitrarily put i
Regulations and Government

Crandall Says Public Should Pay More of ATC Costs

In the war of words between the airlines and general aviation about who should pay how much for ATC services, Pogo’s Robert Crandall argues that more of th
Charter & Fractional

Pogo Won’t Be Bouncing Anytime Soon

Very light jet air-taxi hopeful Pogo will likely “not launch operations before 2009,” according to company CEO and former American Airlines boss Robert Cra

This Year’s Latin American Bizav Show ‘Deferred’

NBAA and the Associação Brasileira de Aviação Geral (ABAG) disclosed yesterday that they have ‘deferred’ this year’s Latin American Business Aviation Confe
ATC

Alaska ADS-B Returning to ATC Radar Scopes

ADS-B-equipped aircraft will be back on ATC radar screens in Alaska after an absence of several weeks.

Bizav Department Manager Nominated to NTSB

On Tuesday, President Bush sent to the Senate the nomination to the NTSB of Robert L.
ATC

And ’Commercial Airspace’ Is?

As the user-fee battle rages, rhetoric from Air Transport Association member airlines is reaching vast audiences.
FBOs

Next Up for Landmark: Van Nuys

No sooner had Landmark Aviation celebrated its refurbished Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) FBO and maintenance facility last Thursday, than it turn
Accidents

Many Factors Led to Fatal Hansa Jet Crash

The NTSB’s recently released final report implicates errors and FAR violations in the Nov.
Accidents

Pilot Held Responsible for Citation Overrun

On May 15 last year a Citation CJ2 (Danish registration OY-JET) landed 1,000 feet down the 2,948-foot-long runway at Bader Field in Atlantic City, N.J., an
Engines

Engine to power Superjet makes successful first run

PowerJet, the 50/50 partnership between France’s Snecma and Russia’s NPO Saturn, successfully ran up the first SaM146 engine for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 on
Airports

FAA Requiring New Runway Safety Margins

A new FAA policy will require Part 91, 121, 125 and 135 jet pilots never to land where available runway is not at least actual landing distance plus 15 per
Aircraft

DayJet’s Day Approaches

DayJet, which plans to start per-seat, on-demand operations using Eclipse 500s in November, yesterday unveiled its five initial DayPorts (service cities),

Now a haute couture bizjet

Bringing new meaning to the old line–“If you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it”–the TAG Group of Switzerland and Gianni Versace of Italy just thre
FBOs

Van Nuys FBO Petersen Aviation Set for Sale

Long-time Van Nuys, Calif.
ATC

Wake of Airbus A380 Might Mean More Spacing

Because international aviation regulators and aerodynamic experts failed again last week to reach agreement about the extent of the safety hazards created
Safety

Inflatable Seatbelts Move Step Closer to STCs

The FAA issued special conditions that would apply to STCs of AmSafe inflatable seatbelts in a variety of general aviation airplanes, including Beech, Cess
Maintenance and Modifications

AOPA Readies Fight Against Mandatory SBs

A recent NTSB decision has sparked action by AOPA on behalf of Part 91 operators.
Aircraft

UK wants UAV to tackle Taliban

The UK Ministry of Defence is preparing to issue an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) for an unmanned aerial surveillance system to help British troops
Rotorcraft

Chinese Firm Teams With Sikorsky

Sikorsky and China Aviation Industry Corp.