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Accidents
Preliminary Report: Jetranger Lost On Fire Mission
Bell 206B-III, Shelbyville, Texas, March 10, 2005–Brainerd Helicopter Service’s JetRanger, operated by the U.S.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Hawker Overruns At TEB
Hawker 700A, Teterboro, N.J., March 8, 2005–At about 10 p.m.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Challenger Porpoises At TEB
Bombardier Challenger 600, Teterboro, N.J., April 2, 2005–On landing at TEB, Challenger N169TA porpoised and the right wing struck the runway surfac
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Metro Strikes Deer On Landing
Swearingen SA-227-AC Metro, Miami, Fla., March 30, 2005–An IBC Airways Swearingen on an instructional flight hit a deer while landing at Dade-Collie
Accidents
Factual Report: Cessna 441 Pilot Concerned About Weather
Cessna 441, Vestavia Hills, Ala., Dec.
Accidents
Bizav suffers a steep spike in fatal accidents
The 30 days between late October and late November last year was the worst period ever for serious turbine corporate airplane accidents in the U.S.
Safety
UK wants to change ‘polished frost’ rule
The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is recommending that the FAA change its regulations to make it illegal for aircraft to take off with so-
Aircraft
Embraer 175 Certification Imminent
Embraer expected to win Brazilian certification of its new 78- to 86-seat 175 soon after AIN went to press last month, marking the official introduc
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Cabin Electronics: Keeping passengers entertained
Three years ago satellite direct television was “gee whiz” equipment.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Cabin Electronics: Creating an office in the sky
As anyone who has flown aboard a private jet can attest, whiling away the time en route with a good book, sampling the catering or just engaging in some qu
Aircraft
Falcon 50 engine upgrade under way
Premier Aircraft of East Alton, Ill., said it passed the first engineering milestone for its program to upgrade the original Falcon 50 engine (the Honeywel
Avionics
Avidyne Introduces Datalink for General Aviation
Avidyne used the stage at Sun ’n’ Fun in Lakeland, Fla., last month to launch a suite of datalink services for general aviation.
Safety
International Operations Special Report: Fatigue and security top issues on conference agenda
International flying is up, probably.
Safety
International Operations Special Report: European operators report obstacles to international ops
Security, crew fatigue and the potential for bureaucracy to inhibit operations, particularly on longer flights outside the region, are among the greatest c
FBOs
LABACE 2005: Jet Aviation to Open its First Latin American FBO
Jet Aviation has announced that it will invest between $8 and $10 million to build an FBO at Viracopos Airport in Campinas, about 62 miles from São Paulo.
Aircraft
LABACE 2005: Bombardier Opens LABACE With Global 5000 Sales
Bombardier arrived in style at LABACE 2005, bringing with it a Global 5000, a Global Express, a Challenger 300 and Special Edition Learjet 60 for the stati
Maintenance and Modifications
LABACE 2005: Oceanair signs on with Pilatus as Brazilian PC-12 represenative
After several years of weak sales in Brazil, Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus recently announced plans to remedy the situation by signing OceanAir Táxi
Avionics
LABACE 2005: Flight display systems expands market to large aircraft
Flight Display Systems continued its push to gain entry into the large-aircraft market with its presence at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference
Safety
LABACE 2005: IS-BAO Workshop Draws Small Crowd
The Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition hosted its first IS-BAO (International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations) workshop thi
ATC
LABACE 2005: RVSM arrives in Latin America with few glitches
Latin America adopted reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) on January 20, along with the rest of the Americas, and the transition to date in Brazil
Aircraft
Eviation Jets developing a twin-engine Vantage
Details emerged about two more very light jets (VLJs) during last month’s Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Brazil, a fitting v
Aircraft
Eviation develops VLJ in Embraer's backyard
At first glance, the headquarters of Eviation Jets do Brasil seems an unlikely location for the development of a new aircraft.
Accidents
Macedonian King Air accident shows value of TAWS
Analysis of last year’s fatal accident involving a King Air carrying Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski and others reinforces the value of the FAA’s req
Safety
FSF will begin corporate FOQA demo next month
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has moved ahead on a program to demonstrate a corporate aviation application for flight-operations quality assurance (FO
Aircraft
Eclipse Aviation sets the pace for VLJ pilot training
Eclipse Aviation is now putting the finishing touches on its very light jet (VLJ) pilot training program.
Regulations and Government
Special routes for ‘quiet’ aircraft over Grand Canyon?
The FAA has issued a final rule establishing a class of “quiet technology” aircraft to fly commercial tours over Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP).
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier takes a new look at after-market product support
Aware that its aircraft owners and operators have been growing increasingly dissatisfied with product support and service in recent years, Canadian b
