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Awards & Honors: January 2006
The FAA will present its Excellence in Aviation Research Awards to Richard Dolbeer, coordinator of the aviation safety and assistance program
People in Aviation: January 2006
Candy Johnson was promoted to COO of Englewood, Colo.-based Mayo Aviation.
Charter & Fractional
Dutch start-up plans helo service
Dutch start-up Helinet will offer scheduled helicopter flights among cities in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Training and Workforce
OEMs must make more sims available
Operators are struggling to book time in flight simulators for certain types of business aircraft, according to Steve Fisher, director of corporate aviatio
Focus on Fuel: Bizjet fuel-burn
Aircraft fuel efficiency depends on many factors, not all of them directly controllable by operators.
Focus on Fuel: Saving on fuel (and other) costs
A few months ago, an Internet forum popular with corporate pilots erupted with a lively discussion about ways to save money while flying business jets, fro
Accidents
Factual Report: Meridian crashed in swamp
Piper PA-46-500TP Meridian, Daytona Beach, Fla., Dec.
Focus on Fuel: From oilfield to airport
“People blame the president, OPEC and anyone else they can think of for the price of fuel today; it’s nonsense.
Accidents
Factual Report: EMS King Air down in mountains in night IMC
Raytheon Beech King Air 90, Rawlins, Wyo., Jan.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Bandeirante cargo flight crashes
Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante, Manchester, N.H., Nov.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Helicopters collide near NASCAR track
Aerospatiale AS 350B/Eurocopter EC 130B4, Homestead, Fla., Nov.
Modified G550 to serve as platform for science studies
The German aerospace research office, the DLR, is preparing for the 2009 introduction of a modified Gulfstream G550.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Sikorsky loses power over gulf
Sikorsky S-76A, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Sept.
Regulations and Government
Security officials unlikely to budge on Washington ADIZ
Despite some 20,000 negative comments and calls to abolish the Washington, D.C., air defense identification zone (ADIZ), a closed-door meeting on Capitol H
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Conquest crashes in snow and fog
Cessna 425 Conquest I, Bozeman, Mont., Nov.
Charter & Fractional
ARG/US versus CharterX/Wyvern
Two leading providers of charter industry information are embroiled in a heated legal dispute focused on the alleged acquisition and misuse of proprietary
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Pilot admits distraction in Caravan crash
Cessna Caravan 208B, Unalakleet, Alaska, Oct.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Distraction might be a factor in gear-up landing
Learjet 25D, Sacramento, Calif., Oct.
Regulations and Government
Congressional Observer: January 2006
•Congress took a legislative break from November 18 to December 12 but, before leaving, both houses passed H.R.3058, the FY2006 Transportation, Treasury an
Charter & Fractional
Flight Options Raises the Stakes for Fractionals
Cleveland-based fractional provider Flight Options last month launched Fractional First, which it describes as a “purchase and use program designed to deli
Safety
FSF Merges with Safety Alliance
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and the Aviation Safety Alliance (ASA) have merged, effective December 31, to become “the world’s leading resource on fl
Regulations and Government
NGATS Institute Fills Executive Post
The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) Institute has named Stephen Fisher its executive director.
Charter & Fractional
Economies of scale drive Xojet business model
It’s one thing to find a new way of doing business.
Regulations and Government
Senate Bill Contains Incentive for R&D
Before leaving for the Thanksgiving break, the Senate passed a bill with tax credits to encourage innovation in aerospace and defense research and developm
ATC
U.S. and Europe plan ‘seamless’ ATC
At the Farnborough Air Show this summer, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey and European Commission (EC) vice president Jacques Barrot signed a memorandum of
Avionics
Category III landings come to bizav
Landings to below Cat I and II ILS minimums have been possible for more than three decades, but the price of admission until recently has been autoland cer
Avionics
2006 AIN Product Support Survey: Part Three - Avionics
AIN asked pilots, mechanics and department managers to rank avionics suppliers in seven key categories: parts availability; parts cost; AOG (aircraf
ATC
Industry voices concerns about the future of ADS-B
The FAA announced in August that it expects to award its ADS-B ground station contract (estimated to be for up to 500 ground stations) next July.
ATC
Comair crash may lead to broader use of runway alerting systems
Honeywell hopes the Comair crash prods airline executives to take a closer look at a software upgrade for its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGP
ATC
Controllers vow to fight FAA-imposed contract
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) called the FAA’s imposition of new work rules over the Labor Day weekend “a brazen, arrogant tramp
