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Charter & Fractional

Per-seat scheduled service piques industry interest

Every time it seems that the business aviation industry has nearly exhausted all the market possibilities, something new appears.
Aircraft

In The Works: Quest Kodiak

Quest Aircraft’s Kodiak prototype (S/N 001) has logged more than 330 flight hours and is currently on schedule to receive FAA certification in the second q
Aircraft

In The Works: Epic LT

Epic Aircraft parent Aircraft Investor Resources in December said it had resolved a row with the FAA over the status of kit-built Epic LT turboprop singles
Aircraft

In The Works: Vulcanair VF600W Mission

According to Vulcanair director of sales Remo De Feo, the VF600W Mission is still an active program, though it has been “severely delayed due to a number o
Aircraft

In The Works: Diamond D-Jet

Diamond’s Williams FJ33-powered D-Jet didn’t fly as planned in October, but the first flight appears to be right around the corner.
Aircraft

In The Works: Avocet ProJet

It appears that the ProJet, an Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)-Avocet joint venture, doesn’t have much forward momentum.
Aircraft

In The Works: Cessna Citation Mustang

On January 11 Cessna began certification flights of the Mustang, some two weeks after receiving type inspection authorization.
Aircraft

In The Works: Eclipse 500

In late December Eclipse Aviation confirmed that a supplier problem has delayed certification of its VLJ from next month to late in the second quarter.
Aircraft

In The Works: Eviation EV-20

The twinjet derivative of the former VisionAire Vantage is progressing, though not quite as quickly as previously expected.
Charter & Fractional

Clear skies for Lufthansa Private Jet

With its Private Jet service, Lufthansa is Europe’s only airline to offer connection flights with business jets to and from its overseas links departing or
Avionics

Rockwell Collins Developing eFlight Information Management for NetJets

Rockwell Collins engineers are hard at work ona top-to-bottom overhaul of NetJets’ information management back office, an effort that Collins said will all
Avionics

Collins Expands IDS Offerings

Rockwell Collins last month said it has received an additional TSO for the Pro Line 21 Integrated Display System (IDS) that allows buyers to installthe ret
Avionics

Buy an S-Tec Autopilot, Get a Free Meggitt EFIS

Autopilot maker S-Tec announced that it is now offering factory installations of its Magic 2100 digital autopilot and single-side EFIS in the King Air 90,
Avionics

Further Details Clarify Shadin AD

An airworthiness directive requiring replacement of Shadin ADC-2000 computers affects only aircraft owners with “Quick Start” models of the Chelton FlightL
Avionics

Revue Thommen enters business aviation market

Revue Thommen, the Swiss instrument maker, last month opened a U.S.
Avionics

Broadband for bizav inches closer after satellite launch

The successful launch of the second Inmarsat-4 communications satellite late last year brings the introduction of SwiftBroadband airborne high-speed-data c
Regulations and Government

Inmarsat To Manage Galileo Network

Inmarsat announced it has been selected to manage the company that will look after Galileo’s global network operations, including performance monitoring an
ATC

FAA moves ahead on RNP and Rnav implementation

The FAA is making progress toward instituting a future Rnav and RNP (required navigation performance) environment across the National Airspace System (NAS)
Safety

News Note: Frisco, Texas-based Zaon Flight Systems has introduced the XRX, a portable aircraft collision-avoidance device that provides range, relative altitude and bearing of up to three surrounding aircraft

The unit, which plugs into an AC power receptacle, is about the size of an automotive radar detector and contains an integral antenna and small display.
ATC

Europe considers a new plan for ATM integration by 2020

Faced with the likelihood of the number of flights in Europe doubling to 17 million by 2020, the European Commission launched the ambitious Single European
ATC

Europe and Russia build satnav networks

On December 28, the European Space Agency launched the first test satellite of its future Galileo navigation system.
ATC

ExpressJet the latest regional squeezed by major partner

ExpressJet began shopping in earnest for a new mainline partner last month as Continental Airlines prepared to ask for bids from other regional airlines to
Safety

Schiavo pits pilots against industry in RJ crash suit

Former DOT Inspector General Mary Schiavo’s latest crusade against the aerospace establishment has placed Bombardier, General Electric, Honeywell, Northwes
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: April 2006

• Controlling earmarking, or “pork” amendments, and restraining lobbyists’ largesse continued to command the attention of lawmakers, and that led to a
Accidents

Prliminary Report: Fuel Imbalance in Metro

Swearingen SA-226TC Metro, Paris, Tenn., Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Pilot Reports Wake Encounter Preceded Landing Mishap

Bombardier Challenger 600, Aspen, Colo., Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air Gear Hangs Up

Raytheon Beech King Air C90A, Tampa, Fla., Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation Wing Hits Runway

Cessna 560 Citation V Ultra, Woodruff, Wis., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation I Gear Collapses

Cessna Citation I, Greensboro, N.C., Feb, 1, 2006–Citation N814ER, registered to Flite Services of Tampa, Fla., crashed on the runway at Piedmont Tr
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Australian JetRanger Crashes

Bell 206BIII JetRanger, Parkes, Australia, Feb.