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Sikorsky S-76 in line for yet further improvements
At 11:30 a.m.
Asiana 214: NTSB Looks beyond Obvious Pilot Error
NTSB hearing looks for factors behind pilot error.
BAE sees future in ATP cost-cutting programs
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft plans to work with ATP operators, maintenance organizations and equipment vendors to reduce the turboprop’s ownership costs b
Aircraft
A Tribute to Concorde: 1976-2003
It is symbolic of the malaise cloaking aviation as it celebrates the centennial of powered flight that, for the first time since Orville and Wilbur Wright
Aircraft
G550 awarded type and production certificates
Gulfstream last month proved the old axiom: “Double your pleasure, double your fun; get two certificates instead of one.” In what is believed to be a first
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA grounds Learjet 45 fleet, demands tail jackscrew fix
The FAA’s concern that a critical part on the Bombardier Learjet 45 “was not manufactured per the type design data” led it to ground the entire fleet of 17
Airports
Mayor’s Midnight Raid Ignites Meigs Firestorm
It has been more than a month since Chicago mayor Richard Daley’s midnight raid on the city’s lakefront airport, Meigs Field.
Maintenance and Modifications
In buyout, Keystone finds key to growth
In the middle of a helicopter market that has been flat for nearly a decade and seems likely to remain that way for the foreseeable future, how does a 50-y
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Innovative Advantage's Channel Tracker Upgrades Cabin Video to High-def
Channel Tracker upgrades video systems in aircraft cabins to high-definition.
'Taking risks to be the winner'
Bill Boisture, president of Gulfstream Aerospace as well as an executive vice president of General Dynamics, which bought Gulfstream in 1999, joined the Sa
FBOs
FBO Survey 2002 - A home away from home for passengers and crew
The state of the aircraft service industry eight months after September 11 can best be described as guardedly optimistic.
Rotorcraft
Cadorath Receives R-R, FAA Approvals for Nozzle Repair
The process involves replacing worn cooling tubes for existing nozzles that previously could not be repaired.
NBAA Convention News looks back
This special issue of Aviation International News represents the 30th year this publication has supported NBAA.
Aviation leaders plead case for GA
General aviation leaders trouped up to Capitol Hill late last month to plead with Congress for an audience with President Bush’s security advisors to expla
ATC
Shutdown of National Airspace System Was ‘Organized Mayhem’
The airspace shutdown on 9/11 was done methodically but quickly, with many calling it "organized mayhem."
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream Names Mark Knall V-p and GM of Appleton Operation
Knall will oversee daily operations of the MRO for all Gulfstream aircraft.
Rotorcraft
Turkish Group Orders 17 EC135s
Is This a Better Safety Briefing?
Most fliers can probably recite the safety briefing by heart on just about any airplane these days.
Regulations and Government
Congress Passes Bill Banning U.S. Participation in EU-ETS
Regulations and Government
FAA Releases College Football Championship Notam
Security measures, including TFRs and discrete transponder requirements, expected during College Football Championship.
