Latest

All AIN news by date

Accidents

LED Replacements for Fluorescent Tubes Coming Soon

Because of 120- to 140-knot headwinds, two Circuit City Citations were making a refueling stop at Pueblo (Colo.) Memorial Airport (PUB), on Feb.
Maintenance and Modifications

Completion & Refurb Update: November 2005

LED Replacements for Fluorescent Tubes Coming Soon

Emteq Lighting & Cabin Systems recently announced a patent-pending LED replacement

Operators take another look at fuel tankering

Decades ago, AIN published one pilot’s mathematical formula for calculating the conditions that made fuel tankering viable.
FBOs

Goin Polar? Try Fairbanks

Alaska Aerofuel of Fairbanks, Alaska (PAFA), cut the ribbon on a new hangar last month, with on-site U.S.
FBOs

Columbia acquires Lakeland, Fla. (LAL) FBO

The Columbia group of aviation companies announced last month it has acquired Lakeland Air Service at Lakeland (Fla.) Linder Municipal Airport (LAL).
FBOs

Panorama looks back on a good year

Panorama Flight Service at Westchester County Airport (HPN), in White Plains, N.Y., reports it has reconfigured and refurbished its lobby, expanded its pas
Airports

Politics allows Brown field to languish in San Diego

The city of San Diego took over Brown Field, a former naval air station, in 1962.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Aspen Base Operation/Trajen

For co-owner and general manager of Aspen Base Operation Cliff Runge, it’s been quite a run.
Airports

Victorville (Calif.) Woos Business Aviation

The Los Angeles area is not known for its friendliness to business aviation.
FBOs

Salina wants you, and your aviation-related business

The Salina (Kan.) Airport Authority, Chamber of Commerce, local government and residents are pro-airport, and the airport authority is focusing on developi
Maintenance and Modifications

What on earth were these people thinking?

Aviation differs from other forms of transportation in a number of ways.
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Cutter Aviation-Dallas

Cutter Aviation-Dallas is using the high-end car dealership as a model on which to base its facility, a strategy that is working well, said Andy Biery, gen
Maintenance and Modifications

Aviall teams with Click Commerce on distribution

Aviall of Dallas has teamed with Click Commerce to help it undertake collaborative commerce with its suppliers and customers.
Maintenance and Modifications

Superior Aircraft maintenance now Raytheon service center

Raytheon Aircraft has named Superior Aircraft Maintenance, of Medford, Ore., the most recent addition to its global network of authorized service centers.

Crashproof fuel tanks developed by pronal

Pronal, one of Europe’s major manufacturers of bladder tanks designed to store and transport liquids, has developed new elastomer materials for use in manu
Maintenance and Modifications

CS Jet Spares expands parts inventory

CRS continues to expand support for the business jet community by increasing its parts distribution for Challengers, Gulfstreams, Learjets, Hawkers and Fal
FBOs

P&WC CSC Europe names Premiair a maintenance facility

Prist Aerospace, long-time manufacturer and supplier of anti-icing aviation fuel additives, has formed an alliance with Hammonds Fuel Additives.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dick leaves Canadian aviation maintenance council

The Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC) Board of Directors has announced a change in the organization’s leadership team.
Maintenance and Modifications

API to provide Legacy Beech spare parts

Aerospace Products International (API), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Aviation Services, has instituted a new program to enhance spares availability f
Maintenance and Modifications

Genesis 3 Engineering offers Falcon 20 group RVSM kit

Genesis 3 Engineering has begun delivering installation kits for its new group RVSM solution for Dassault Falcon 20s.

“Using proven Innovati
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation takes Over Crossair Hangar in Basel

Under an agreement signed last month with Swiss International Air Lines and airport authorities, Jet Aviation Basel has moved into the Crossair hangar in B
Maintenance and Modifications

McKinney Aerospace Named GE Service Center

McKinney Aerospace has been designated an authorized GE service center for engine work.
Rotorcraft

Helitech 2005: The even provided a showcase for manufacturers' newest training and avionics

Perhaps because it takes place only every two years, Helitech is always keenly anticipated by Europeans and they are rarely disappointed.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Tests Flaps to Dampen Vibration

Eurocopter has flown an experimental BK 117 fitted with a prototype electrical blade-flap rotor control system.
Rotorcraft

HAI Chooses New President

HAI has appointed Matthew Zuccaro, right, as its president, to succeed Roy Resavage, who will retire at the end of a handover period.
Safety

European program aims to improve helicopter safety

A $4.7 million European Union project could reduce the number of fatalities in helicopter accidents.
Rotorcraft

Laser Radar To Be Built in U.S.

EADS and DRS Technologies have agreed to collaborate on production and marketing of the Hellas laser-based obstacle warning system in the U.S.
Rotorcraft

The Raven Runs Cool

Robinson now offers air conditioning in the R44 Raven II.
Rotorcraft

Russian Operator Expands into India

Russia’s UTair Airlines plans to begin offshore services in India by year-end, as part of a contract with Gazprom subsidiary Zarubezhneftegaz.
Rotorcraft

Ardiden Spins into Life

Turbomeca’s high-altitude Ardiden gas turbine has made its first run in southwestern France.