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Just two months after being unveiled at the NBAA Convention in November, the Spectrum 33 twinjet made a 10-minute first flight on January 7.

A two-year-old, previously undisclosed partnership between Epic Aircraft parent Aircraft Investor Resources (AIR) and Farnborough Aircraft Corp.

At a public hearing last month, the NTSB singled out allegedly less safe Part 91 operations in a special study on helicopter and fixed-wing EMS accidents.

A 27-percent increase in orders to 121 aircraft last year, compared with orders for 95 aircraft in 2004, and a further expected increase in sales is prompt

In the first fatal U.S.

The NTSB last month issued its final report on the Oct.

Four reported incidents of in-flight loss of hydraulic fluid led to an emergency AD for 139 Premier Is.

A pilot has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges following an accident in Hawaii last September that killed three passengers.

More detailed reporting of top executive compensation, including such perquisites as personal use of corporate aircraft, is the aim of new proposals from t

Starting February 1, owners and operators of aircraft with “questionable registrations and/or no TSA required security measures/ waivers” might be denied a

A plan implemented last year to offset the city and county tax burden on airplane owners at Pitt-Greenville (N.C.) Airport has attracted more aircraft owne

The French engine manufacturer Snecma plans to develop an all-new engine to power new business and regional jets, the company announced last month.

Last month pilots, airport managers and others gathered at two public meetings to tell the FAA what they think of the agency’s proposal to make the Washing

Bombardier’s Challenger 605, announced at the 2005 NBAA Convention, made a nearly 3.5-hour maiden flight on January 22 in Montreal.

John Reimers was named president and CEO of Aviation Partners Boeing.

Several leadership changes, including two U.S.

Joseph Hawkins, an assistant professor of aerospace at Middle Tennessee State University, was named National Aviation Maintenance Technician of the

Hugh Boyd, Chevron’s chief pilot, died in a snowmobiling accident in February.

Beech King Air 200, Green Bay, Wis., June 30, 2004–The accident was caused by the loss of engine power for an undetermined reason and the pilot’s pr

Eurocopter BO 105 CBS5, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., Oct.

Beech King Air 90, Rawlins, Wyo., Jan.

Bell 206L LongRanger, New York, N.Y., June 14, 2005–The NTSB blamed the crash of the Helicopter Professionals LongRanger on “the pilot’s inadequate

Cessna’s Citation Mustang on September 8 became the first very light jet to be fully FAA type certified.

Over the last 10 years business aviation safety has improved immensely.

About a week after the January 22 first flight of the Challenger 605, Bombardier relocated the test airplane to Wichita to begin the approximately 200 flig

Spirit Wing Aviation of Guthrie, Okla., has begun the final phase of flight-testing the Spirit-Lear, a re-engined and modified Learjet 24/25.

The Socata TBM 850, a faster, more powerful derivative of the TBM 700 turboprop single, received FAA approval on January 23, six weeks after the EASA certi

The family of flight attendant Kristi Dunn, killed in the Nov.

“Chunks of slush” slid off the taxiing Bombardier Challenger 600 just before it crashed on takeoff from Montrose Regional Airport in Montrose, Colo.,

Despite a widely acclaimed business idea–scheduled per-seat service with executive jets for its members–Geneva-based Club Airways filed for bankruptcy prot