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Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: November 2006

• Congress closed up shop on September 29, and November 13 was set as the date for what might be a lame-duck Congress to reconvene.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Legacy, 737 involved in midair

Boeing 737-8EH and Embraer EMB 135BJ Legacy 600, Peixoto Azevedo, Brazil, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Reports: Birdstrikes damage CRJ and Hawker

Bombardier CRJ200, New York, Sept.
Accidents

Power-line strike kills two

Hughes 369D, Somis, Calif., Sept.
Accidents

Factual Report: MU-2 destroyed in night IFR accident

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Parker, Colo., Aug.
Accidents

Factual Report: Wind shift reported in runway overrun

Raytheon 390 Premier I, North Las Vegas, May 27, 2004–A routine weather report advised that the wind was from 160 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 20
Accidents

Factual Report: Four killed in BAE charter accident

British Aerospace 146, Stord, Norway, Oct.
Accidents

Final Report: Suspended pilot reapplied under another name

Mitsubishi MU-2B-25, Hillsboro, Ore., May 24, 2005–The NTSB found that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s failure to obtai
Accidents

Final Report: CitationJet gear collapsed

Cessna 525 CitationJet, Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 16, 2006–The NTSB blamed the CitationJet accident on the pilot’s failure to maintain dire
Accidents

Final Report: Conquest pilot had previous accidents, drug use

Cessna 425 Conquest I, Lone Tree, Colo., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Evidence of icing found on Conquest

Cessna 425 Conquest I, Belgrade, Mont., Nov.
Accidents

Unattended Falcon rolls through fence at McCarran

The FAA is not formally investigating a ramp accident that took place September 20 at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, during which an unattended
Safety

FAA Moves Safety Effort to a Higher Level

The FAA took another step in its efforts to promote a “cultural change” to improve aviation safety–replacing the Aviation Safety Program (ASP) with the new
Charter & Fractional

Avanti Deliveries Can’t Keep Up with Demand

Piaggio shipped only three Avantis in the first nine months of this year, hardly enough to keep up with demand, particularly from one of the OEM’s largest
Avionics

Sagem Targets Part 25 Cockpit Retrofits

Sagem Avionics and General Dynamics Aviation Services are partnering on a glass-panel cockpit upgrade for Part 25 jets including the Challenger 600 and 601
Avionics

AirCell Axxess Certified for Wireless Broadband

AirCell displayed at the NBAA Convention the newly certified wireless function of its Axxess satcom system for business jets.
Avionics

Flight Display Systems Unveils the ‘Flipper’

The Flipper from Flight Display Systems is a $5,000 fold-down LCD display that mounts to the underside of the glareshield, allowing it to be flipped up and
Maintenance and Modifications

Hi-Mach winglets dig deeper into drag rise

Aviation Partners (Booth No.
Avionics

Mid-Continent Introduces Two-inch Back-up CDI

Mid-Continent Instruments introduced a two-inch course deviation indicator (CDI) miniature backup.
Charter & Fractional

Air Partner strikes gold with Gold Air

Global charter broker Air Partner International has acquired UK executive charter operator Gold Air for around $8.1 million.
Avionics

Blue Sky’s router mines data, Internet

Blue Sky Network of La Jolla, Calif., has launched a wireless airborne router extending access to its satcom data or for surfing the Internet.
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer now must sell its service

Not new to supporting airline customers the world over, Embraer must nevertheless convince the business aviation community about its seriousness in competi
Avionics

VistaNav brings SVS to its electronic flight bag

What if you had an electronic flight bag (EFB) that doubles as a backup multifunction display with airspeed, altimeter, attitude and heading indicators in
Maintenance and Modifications

King Air 300 winglets get FAA approval

BLR Aerospace has received an STC from the FAA for its King Air 300 winglet system, the company announced here at NBAA’06.
Engines

PW617F Logs Phenom-enal First Flight

Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) has successfully completed the maiden flight of its PW617F engine, selected to power the Embraer Phenom 100 very light jet (VL
Aircraft

Cessna testing the waters with a follow-on to Sovereign, Citation X

Cessna is offering NBAA attendees a sneak peek of what its next Citation might look like.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Enflite shows expanded line of interior amenities

Enflite, Inc.
Engines

Honeywell puts Zing into TFE731 t-fans

Honeywell plans to introduce a new intelligent engine monitoring network for its engine remote diagnostic service called Zing.
Aircraft

Despite Airbus upheaval, ACJ family is thriving

Troubles in the executive suites at Airbus and in the now-delayed A380’s 300 miles of wiring have seized the headlines, but Richard Gaona, the company’s vi