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FBOs

Panorama looks back on a good year

Panorama Flight Service at Westchester County Airport (HPN), in White Plains, N.Y., reports it has reconfigured and refurbished its lobby, expanded its pas
FBOs

Columbia acquires Lakeland, Fla. (LAL) FBO

The Columbia group of aviation companies announced last month it has acquired Lakeland Air Service at Lakeland (Fla.) Linder Municipal Airport (LAL).
FBOs

Goin Polar? Try Fairbanks

Alaska Aerofuel of Fairbanks, Alaska (PAFA), cut the ribbon on a new hangar last month, with on-site U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Completion & Refurb Update: November 2005

LED Replacements for Fluorescent Tubes Coming Soon Emteq Lighting & Cabin Systems recently announced a patent-pending LED replacement
Accidents

LED Replacements for Fluorescent Tubes Coming Soon

Because of 120- to 140-knot headwinds, two Circuit City Citations were making a refueling stop at Pueblo (Colo.) Memorial Airport (PUB), on Feb.
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: November 2005

Congress Might Clip NASA’s WingsNASA’s use of seven of its fleet of 85 aircraft to transport employees to routine site visits, meetings, speeches and
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: November 2005

– Among the after-effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was a flood of Congressional bills to provide relief to the communities and people devastated
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Birds Down Falcon 20

Dassault Falcon 20D, Lorain, Ohio, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: MU-2 Crashes Short of Runway

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, West Memphis, Ark., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: New Orleans Photo Flight Hits House

Bell 206B JetRanger, New Orleans, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Repot: Swearingen Aborts Takeoff

Swearingen SA-227-AC Metro, Brownsville, Texas, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Astar Crashes in Ocean

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Lihue, Hawaii, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Learjet Strikes Runway Lights

Learjet 35A, Bellville, Mich., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Sikorsky S-7 Crashes in Baltic Sea

Sikorsky S-76, Tallinn, Estonia, Aug.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Premier I landing gear collapses

Raytheon Premier I, Rockland, Maine, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Three Killed in Offshore Accident

Agusta 109A II, Shoreline, Wash., Sept.
Accidents

Final Report: Birds Blamed

Rockwell International NA-265-80 Sabreliner, Brownwood, Texas, May 9, 2005–The NTSB blamed bird ingestion for the damage to the first-stage compress
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot failed to maintain proper climb rate

Beech King Air C90A, Salt Lake City, Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Mechanical Failure

Learjet 25B, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot did not maintain control in icing

Cessna Caravan 208B, Bellevue, Idaho, Dec.
Accidents

Factual Report: Pilot lost control on takeoff

Beech King Air 200, Bay View, Texas, Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: King Air Ran Out of Fuel

Raytheon Beech B200 King Air, Tulsa, Okla., Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Fuel Exhaustion Downed Another King Air

Raytheon Beech King Air A90, Pensacola, Fla., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: VFR Flight Into IMC Blamed for Mountain Crash

Rupert, W.Va., June 13, 2004–King Air N200BE departed Summersville (W.Va.) Airport (SXL) VFR, having filed an IFR flight plan, but it struck Big Mou
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Strategies, Options & Perspectives: June 2005

Like the flu and other nasty bugs, the user-fee virus is making its periodic appearance as Congress considers FAA reauthorization, up for renewal in 2007.
Regulations and Government

NTSB includes Part 91K in call for improved GA statistics

How accurate are the NTSB’s published general aviation accident rate statistics and related data? Not accurate enough, according to the Safety Board.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Insurance Competitors Merge

Former insurance competitors Aero Insurance and AirSure have merged to form what officials say is now the “largest general aviation insurance broker in the
Charter & Fractional

NetJets pilots reach accord

Four years after their contract became “amendable,” the unionized NetJets pilots may finally have a new work agreement.
ATC

Myths and facts enshrouding the FAA’s STMP slot program

“We use the standard slot system like everyone else,” said a NetJets official in response to an AIN inquiry about how the frax operator gets slots u
Aircraft

New Jet Single to be Unveiled at NBAA

Look for a new single-engine jet to be unveiled at the NBAA Convention this month.