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Accidents

Control Linkage OK in Crashed Bell 206L

The NTSB said it confirmed throttle and flight control continuity, as well as fuel type and quantity, in the 1977 Bell 206L that crashed into the East Rive
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Completions Facility Expanding

Raytheon Aircraft breaks ground October 3 for a major expansion of its Hawker completions facility in Little Rock, Ark.
Avionics

Garmin Delays WAAS Upgrades

Lingering technical issues are forcing Garmin to delay plans for upgraded WAAS capability in its GNS 430/530 and GPS 400/500 panel-mount avionics, accordin
Avionics

Enhanced Mode-S STC’d for Gulfstreams

PrivateSky Aviation Services of Fort Myers, Fla., and Spectralux of Redmond, Wash., have STC’d a mode-S enhanced surveillance upgrade for Gulfstreams.
Accidents

Glider in Midair Didn’t Turn on Transponder

The Schleicher sailplane that collided with a NetJets Hawker 800XP at about 16,000 feet near Smith, Nev., on August 28 was equipped with a transponder but
Airports

Front Range Airport Standing Tall

On June 25, the tallest general aviation control tower in the U.S.
Security

Errant Pilot Gets a Break

Hayden Sheaffer, the pilot-in-command of the Cessna 150 that violated the Washington, D.C.
Regulations and Government

EASA will further delay for-hire SEIMC

The saga surrounding European approval for commercial operation of single-engine aircraft in IMC (SEIMC) continues.
Regulations and Government

FAA Notice Addresses Part 135 Ops

Part 135 operations are the subject of FAA Notice 8400.83 focusing on clarifying the responsibility for operational control during air-taxi operations and
Regulations and Government

Chicago and FAA settle over Meigs

The City of Chicago settled an FAA enforcement action that arose after it bulldozed Meigs Field’s runway on March 30, 2003.
Aircraft

Embraer E175 gets FAA nod

The 78- to 88-seat Embraer E175 earned its FAA certification last month, paving the way for deliveries to start in the U.S.
Aircraft

C series gets its engine, launch delayed until fall

Pratt & Whitney Canada plans to build a brand-new engine for Bom-bardier’s C Series line of single-aisle airliners.
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Regulations and Government

Seminars set for new UK regs

Owners, operators and manufacturers of aircraft registered in any of the UK’s overseas territories have been advised to get familiar with a comprehensive s
Safety

Seat belt failure found in Hawker

After the NetJets-operated Raytheon Hawker that collided with a sailplane in Nevada on August 28 (see page 106) prepared to land, one of the jet’s passenge
Regulations and Government

Insulation rule still of concern

Controversy continues to swirl around the FAA’s September 2005 regulations regarding aircraft thermal and acoustic insulation.

U.S. airframers challenge subsidies for foreign OEMs

“We cannot compete with na-tional treasuries,” Gulfstream Aerospace president Bryan Moss testified at a May House aviation subcommittee hearing on foreign
ATC

GA Leaders To Advise on Future ATC System

Leaders of several general aviation groups have been named to help the FAA Joint Planning and Development Office create a next generation air transportatio
Charter & Fractional

GA Leaders To Advise on Future ATC System

Club Airways, the Geneva-based members-only airline, has resumed operations under new ownership and management; it had filed for bankruptcy in late April.
Charter & Fractional

Euro Bizjet Airline Resumes Operations

Club Airways, the Geneva-based members-only airline, has resumed operations under new ownership and management; it had filed for bankruptcy in late April.
Charter & Fractional

Avanti Frax Operator Adds Premier Is

Breaking from its single-airplane fleet of Piaggio Avanti twin turboprops, Fairfield, N.J.-based fractional provider Avantair has added two new Beechcraft
Rotorcraft

Huey Reincarnated as Bell 210

At press time, FAA certification of the Bell 210, a single-turbine medium helicopter derived from the military UH-1H Huey, was imminent.
Charter & Fractional

Per-seat Bizjet Scheduled Service Started

On June 30, Perfect Jet Travel launched per-seat, twice-weekly scheduled charter service between Aspen, Colo., and Dallas and Aspen and Burbank/Los Angeles
Aircraft

Grob backer now majority owner

Executive Jet Investments (EJI), the Swiss-based group of investors that has had a 50-percent stake in the Grob SPn Utility light business jet, has now acq

Regional Airline Buys into GA

The recent buying frenzy for FBOs has reached at least one airline.
Maintenance and Modifications

Boeing closes aviall purchase

Aviall, one of the largest independent suppliers of new parts for business, government and commercial aircraft, was acquired by Boeing for $1.7 billion.
Regulations and Government

IRS To Publish Notice on Personal Use

At press time, the Internal Revenue Service had yet to officially publish IRS Notice 2005-45, Deductions for Entertainment Use of Business Aircraft.
ATC

CBAA defends Nav Canada’s ATC user fees

As discussions about user fees in the U.S.

Dassault Projects Fewer Falcon Deliveries

Edelstenne also said Falcon deliveries will reachbetween 50 and 55 this year.
Aircraft

Verdict on Smaller Falcon ‘Early Next Year’

Dassault will decide by early next year whether to launch a smaller Falcon, chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne said shortly before the Paris Air Show last
Training and Workforce

Simulator Builder Selected for Eclipse 500

Eclipse Aviation selected Opinicus of Clearwater, Fla., to be the exclusive supplier of flight-training devices and simulators for the Eclipse 500 very lig