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Final Reports: BELOW-MINIMUMS LANDING DAMAGEd KING AIR
Raytheon Beech King Air 200, Dulles, Va., Oct.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Prototype Sport-Jet cartwheels on takeoff
Excel-Jet Sport-Jet, Colorado Springs, Colo., June 23, 2006–Pilot James Stewart and mechanic John Welty were seriously injured when the prototype Sport-Jet
Accidents
Final Reports: OVERWEIGHT LANDING CAUSED CITATION ACCIDENT
Cessna CitationJet 525, Old Bridge, N.J., July 17, 2005–The NTSB blamed the crash of the Cessna CitationJet on the pilot’s improper preflight planni
Factual Report :WAKE VORTICES DOWN CHALLENGER
Bombardier CL-600 Challenger, Aspen, Colo., Feb.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: LOSS OF POWER SUSPECTED IN CARAVAN CRASH
Cessna 208B Caravan, Vilanculos, Mozambique, June 30, 2006–The Caravan charter was approaching Vilankulo Airport at night when it crashed abo
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Pilots Killed in Citation Overrun
Cessna Citation 560, Cresco, Iowa, July 19, 2006–The pilot and copilot of Citation N636SE, registered to Tomco of Nashville, Tenn., were killed on l
Accidents
Preliminary Report: PC-12 crash fatal for two
Pilatus PC-12, Big Timber, Mont., June 25, 2006–PC-12 N768H crashed shortly after takeoff from Big Timber Airport (6S0) and the two people on board were ki
Accidents
Preliminary Report: CITATION LANDS IN CREEK AFTER OVERRUN
Cessna 560 Citation Ultra, Hamilton, Mont., July 10, 2006–According to the FAA report, Citation Ultra N50CV was landing at Ravalli County Airport wh
Accidents
Preliminary Reports: Bell Runs Into Trouble in Search
Bell 206L-3 LongRanger, Taos, N.M., July 12, 2006–An NBC Channel 4 Eyewitness News helicopter, operated by AeroWest Helicopters of Albuquerque, N.M.
FBOs
Landmark refurbs Dulles FBO
Landmark Aviation completed a $300,000 upgrade of its Dulles International Airport FBO interior in June, marking another in the FBO chain’s series of new f
Accidents
Preliminary Report: LACY LEARJET SUFFERS IN-FLIGHT FIRE
Bombardier Learjet 55, Van Nuys, Calif., July 15, 2006–Learjet N554CL, operated by Clay Lacy Aviation, suffered an in-flight fire while on approach
FBOs
Mercury opens new PHF FBO
Mercury Air Centers opened its new FBO terminal at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF) on June 7, with new general manager Mike Agee at t
Accidents
Preliminary Report: MOVIE PLATFORM HITS POWERLINES
Bell 206B JetRanger II, Walford, Iowa, June 30, 2006–A cameraman was killed during the shooting of a movie when the JetRanger used for the filming h
Regulations and Government
Congressional Observer: September 2006
• The dog days of August descended on the Capitol right on schedule, and Congressional lawmakers escaped the doldrums as they usually do–by recessing for t
FBOs
Enterprise FBO touts new canopy at Houston Hobby
In mid-June, longtime Houston Hobby FBO Enterprise Jet Center opened a new 300,000-sq-ft FBO facility fronted by a 10,000-sq-ft canopy large enough to fit
FBOs
Flower Aviation Salina gets upgraded facility
Self-described as “America’s Fuel Stop,” Flower Aviation at Salina Municipal Airport in Kansas held a grand opening for its new customer service center on
ATC
…While NASA Cuts Hurt NGATS
Reductions to NASA’s aeronautics budgets are undermining critical research for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS), according to Dr.
ATC
'Measurable' Progress Shown by ATO...
In his first appearance before the Washington Aero Club in nearly three years, FAA Air Traffic Organization (ATO) COO Russ Chew told the group that a recen
FBOs
Moffett reopens at Lakefront
The Million Air FBO at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans reopened the historic 1930s-era art deco Moffett hangar, following repairs of damage sustained duri
FBOs
McKinney adding new hangar
Aeros Aviation, which owns completion and refurb shop McKinney Aerospace, is building a new corporate hangar at Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney,
FBO Profile: Premier Jet
The recently completed Premier Jet FBO at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, Calif., isn’t just an FBO; it’s a new kind of facility that Premier backer
FBOs
KCAC expands to St. Louis
This month Kansas City Aviation Center will open its second FBO and maintenance facility in a new building that it purchased at Spirit of St Louis Airport
Aircraft
Crossroads opt for Green FBO
Crossroads Aviation planned to break ground last month on an energy-saving multimillion-dollar “green” FBO building at Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minne
Charter & Fractional
FlightWorks opens facility at Manassas
At busy Manassas Regional Airport near Washington, D.C., FlightWorks has opened its third hangar/office facility for charter and aircraft management custom
Security
Aviation Pass system tracks unauthorized aircraft use
ADT has developed and is testing a private aircraft security system known as Aviation Pass.
Safety
Torqued: The end of the good old days
Everywhere we look in aviation today we can see long overdue signs of an economic recovery and return to the good old days.
Aircraft
Three Maintenance techs make good in Springfield
It’s an axiom of the industry that “to make a small fortune in aviation, start with a big fortune.” So far that has not been the case for the owners of Spr
