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Rockwell Collins introduces WAAS GPS and ADS-B units

Looking ahead to technologies that likely will be commonplace in tomorrow’s business jet cockpits, Rockwell Collins has introduced a GPS receiver with WAAS
Aircraft

Execujet Owners Take Over Grob Aerospace

Executive Jet Investments (EJI), a Swiss investment firm led by Execujet CEO Niall Olver, has acquired a controlling stake in German-based manufacturer Gro
Avionics

Universal Weather & AviationBuys FBO Software Maker

Universal Weather & Aviation is at Booth Nos.
Maintenance and Modifications

Field Aviation Takes King Air C90GT North of the Border

Field Aviation Sales of Mississauga, Ontario, an authorized international sales rep for Raytheon Aircraft and its Beechcraft and Hawker products in Canada,
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Gets STC for Securaplane Batteries

Duncan Aviation (Booth No.
Avionics

Another EFIS Package STC’d for the PC-12

The FAA granted Innovative Solutions & Support an STC on September 14 for installation of two and four 10-inch display units in the Pilatus PC-12.
Aircraft

New owners take the reins at Grob

Executive Jet Investments (EJI)–a small group of largely anonymous Swiss private investors–has completed an acquisition of a majority stake in German airfr
Aircraft

The New ’Dynasty’ Is Not a TV Soap Opera

Epic Aircraft parent Aircraft Investor Resources (AIR) last week changed the name of the certifiable version of its Epic LT turboprop single to the Dynasty
Aircraft

Boeing Flies 737-900ER, Platform for BBJ3

On September 1 Boeing’s new 737-900ER, the platform for the new BBJ3, made its first flight.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bizliner ‘range booster’ provides an extra 200 nm

Operators looking for better range from their executive/VIP single- or double-aisle jumbo jets–as well as enhanced safety–might find what they’re looking f
Maintenance and Modifications

Ten Falcon 50 shell kits sold

Duncan Aviation recently installed its 10th Duncan Design Shell Kit for the Falcon 50.
Avionics

AirCell ST 3100 satcom picked for Hawker 4000

Raytheon has selected AirCell’s ST 3100 satcom system as standard equipment on the Hawker 4000 super-midsize business jet. Already standard
Rotorcraft

Bell Warns Operators about BLR Strakes

A September 7 information letter from Bell Helicopter warns Bell 206 and 206L operators of potential problems with STC'd Boundary Layer Research (BLR) tail
FBOs

Track fuel prices with Arinc Direct online tool

Arinc Direct has introduced an online tool called the Virtual Fuel Desk to help its business aviation customers boost their fuel purchasing power.
Charter & Fractional

ARG/US Wins Injunction Against CharterX

A North Carolina judge issued an injunction recently against charter facilitator CharterX, its new Wyvern Consulting charter audit unit and a former ARG/US
Maintenance and Modifications

Blackhawk Modifications offering PT6-135A upgrade for King Air F90

Blackhawk Modifications (Booth No.
ATC

Approach Limits Raised in Canada

Responding to recommendations from Canada's Transportation Safety Board after at least two low-visibility landing accidents, Transport Canada will increase
Aircraft

Movers & Shakers: Rick Adam hopes his A700 becomes third certified VLJ

How is the A500 program progressing? As of late last month, the A500 is certified to its full 5.5-psi pressurization, which provides
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Millennium To Supply Kodiak Interior

Sandpoint, Idaho-based Quest Aircraft has chosen Millennium Concepts to design, fabricate and certify interior packages for its Kodiak 10-seat, single-engi
Regulations and Government

Comments Due Monday on Two NPRMs

September 18 is the comment deadline for two separate notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
FBOs

Indy Jet Center Expands Hangar Space

Responding to rapid growth in maintenance and completion activities since the repair station’s formation two years ago, Indianapolis Jet Center (Booth No.
FBOs

Avjet Grows with Burbank Hangar

Avjet, an aircraft charter, management, sales and leasing company, announced an expansion of its operation at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport in Southern
Airports

FAA Moves To Keep LGA High-density Rule

The FAA today issued a "
Regulations and Government

Cape Town rules still causing headaches

Seven months after the International Registry of Mobile Assets (IRMA) became effective, the controversial Web-based registry–known colloquially as the Cape
Aircraft

Heavy-iron trends: Big Bigger & Biggest

In the world of private aircraft in the bizliner category there are three subcategories–big, bigger and biggest.
Aircraft

Citation Mustang VLJ Obtains Full Certification

The Cessna Citation Mustang on Friday became the first of a new segment of aircraft known as very light jets (VLJ) to be fully FAA type certified.
Safety

Glider in Midair with Hawker Didn’t Turn on Tx

The Schleicher sailplane that collided with a NetJets Hawker 800XP near Smith, Nev., on August 28 was equipped with a transponder, but it was not turned on
ATC

Canada, Playing Catch-up, Will Mandate TCAS

Transport Canada has proposed a regulatory amendment requiring installation of TCAS-I and TCAS-II, in line with current FAA rules.
Charter & Fractional

Now NetJets’ Mechanics Start Picketing

First it was NetJets’ pilots who picketed and finally got a new labor contract; now it’s the fractional’s mechanics and other support personnel who on Frid
Aircraft

Movers & Shakers: BBJ begins its next 'wild ride'

Sales expectations were modest when Boeing formed its business jet unit in 1996 to market an executive/VIP version of the company’s Next Generation 737-700