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Charter & Fractional

Charter Fleet Surpasses 100 Mark

Charter operator Executive Jet Management has broken the 100 managed-aircraft threshold.
Regulations and Government

FAA clears Utah helicopter pilot

Salt Lake City helicopter pilot Jeremy Johnson, 29, was cleared of all alleged FAR infractions in connection with his Santa Clara River flood rescue flight
Regulations and Government

Government Funds P&WC’s R&D

The Quebec government will provide Montreal-based Pratt & Whitney Canada $250 million in “reimbursable support” for research and development over the n
FBOs

Barbados FBO Celebrates Grand Opening

IAM Jet Centre, a new FBO in Barbados, held official grand-opening ceremonies late last month.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets and SSBJs

A former NetJets researcher places high odds on the likelihood of the fractional pioneer operating a fleet of supersonic business jets.
Aircraft

Competitor SAI also moving forward with its SSBJ

Supersonic Aerospace International (SAI) of Las Vegas said it continues to work with Lockheed Martin on the Quiet Small Supersonic Transport (QSST), the ci
Airports

The Fine Print: Under the plan to reopen DCA to non-airline traffic

• General aviation operations will be limited to 24 arrivals and 24 departures each day. • Pilots must be pre-certified under a program similar to t
Airports

DCA will open to GA soon, with many strings attached

A limited number of general aviation operations may return to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) soon, but some rather onerous requirements wi
Aircraft

Aerion: viable market for SSBJ

Last month at the Paris Air Show, Reno, Nev.-based Aerion said its market research, conducted over the past nine months by aerospace market research and st
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Aircraft

HondaJet to debut at Oshkosh show

The experimental HondaJet is scheduled to make its worldwide public debut at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., later this month.
Avionics

Advanced vision test flights end

Wrapping up a four-year effort, officials from Rockwell Collins, NASA, the FAA and other entities last month conducted the culminating test flight of advan

GE changes policy on use of aircraft

General Electric implemented a policy that requires its vice chairmen to personally pay for any trips–personal or business–on company aircraft once their t
Charter & Fractional

Jet card program offers demo plan

Private jet travelers have a new option this summer to sample jet card membership without the typical 25-hour annual commitment.
Regulations and Government

FAA to order more de-icing equipment on Cessna Caravans

A proposed AD would require the installation of de-icing boots on the landing-gear struts and cargo pods, as well as  other changes to deicing equipme
Regulations and Government

Air-Tour rules further delayed

According to a DOT report last month on significant rulemakings, the FAA is not expected to complete until January its work on a November 2003 proposal to

A decade of BizJet recovery forecast

Forecast International predicts that nearly 10,900 business jets worth $141 billion will be manufactured between this year and 2014.
Regulations and Government

Cingular wants to keep cellphone ban

Cingular, the largest wireless service provider in the U.S., has asked the FAA to maintain its ban on cellphone use aboard aircraft in flight.
Airports

Van Nuys proposal is effectively a stage 2 ban

Proposed noise mitigation measures under study by the Los Angeles World Airport Authority do not contain an outright ban on Stage 2 jets at Van Nuys Airpor
FBOs

Mercury shakeup might rebrand some FBOs

“We’re still Mercury…for now,” is the way a customer service representative at one of the chain’s 16 FBOs responded to a question about the ongoing melding
Airports

Court of appeals upholds Stage 2 jet ban at Naples

Both sides claimed a measure of victory in the June 3 U.S.

Awards & Honors: August 2005

Henry Schubach, founder of San Diego-based on-demand charter company Schubach Aviation, received the “Neighbor of the Year Award” from Father Joe’s

Final Flight: August 2005

John Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and a member of the company’s board, died in the crash of his experimental ultralight airplan

People in Aviation: August 2005

Dassault has named Jacques Chauvet vice president for Falcon customer service in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot failed to maintain directional control

Gulfstream American Twin Commander 690C, Indianapolis, Feb.
Accidents

Final Report: Abrupt Collective Input Downed Bell

Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Galliano, La., March 13, 2005–Parked on a platform in the Gulf of Mexico for approximately 10 minutes with the main rotor rp
Accidents

Final Report: MU-2 Lost Airspeed

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Ferndale, Md., May 14, 2004–The MU-2 pilot was finishing his third round-trip IFR Part 135 cargo flight from Baltimore Washingt
Accidents

Factual Report: Hawker missed unlit runway

Hawker Siddeley HS.125-600B, Québec, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Corporate helo crashes

Sikorsky S-76C, New York, June 17, 2005– Corporate Aviation Services’ S-76 was substantially damaged when it crashed into the East River after takin