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Dallas facility is an accidental FBO

The newest FBO building at Dallas Love Field Airport is six years old but looks younger.
Airports

Rocket Man touching down at Ellington

Houston Ellington Field, home to NASA’s C-9 “Vomit Comet” microgravity research airplane, is expanding to attract more general aviation activity by making
Airports

African business aviation on the rise

Business aviation is growing in Africa, according to Ettore Poggi, managing director of ExecuJet South Africa.
FBOs

Landmark builds on Raleigh...

Landmark Aviation added a new $2 million hangar and office complex at its Raleigh-Durham International Airport FBO.
Aircraft

In The Works: IBIS Aerospace

Ibis Aerospace said FAA and EASA certification of its Ae270 turboprop single was pending at press time.
Aircraft

In The Works: Dassault Falcon 7X

Since the maiden flight of the Falcon 7X on May 5, the 5,700-nm-range trijet has been flying almost daily from Dassault’s flight- test center in Istres, Fr
Aircraft

In The Works: Gulfstream G150

Flight testing of the Gulfstream G150 S/N 201 is “proceeding as planned” at Israel Aircraft Industries’ (IAI) flight-test center at Ben Gurion Airport in T
ATC

Inmarsat conference addresses future of in-flight communication

The six-ton I-4 communications satellite Inmarsat launched in late March has taken over satcom transmission routing responsibility from the previous I-3 sa
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Live tv coming to the oceanic bizjet cabin

Live tv over the ocean? It’s not possible today, and traditional direct broadcast satellite television providers are unlikely to have a business model for
Avionics

EFB devices a supplement for glass cockpits

Are portable electronic flight bag (EFB) computing devices merely a stepping stone until business aircraft operators get around to installing cockpit equip
ATC

Inter-agency financing debate could delay progress on loran

They say that politics makes for strange bedfellows.
FBOs

KCAC opens full-service operation in St. Louis

Kansas City Aviation Center (KCAC) opened the first of what will be several new FBO and service facilities in its nine-state Pilatus PC-12 sales territory,
FBOs

Love Field sees regal sale

JetDirect Aviation purchased Regal Aviation, an FBO, maintenance, sales and charter/management company based at Dallas Love Field.
Avionics

Grob’s Paris Surprise Will Fly with Honeywell Apex Avionics

Grob’s SPn, a carbon-fiber light business twinjet introduced at last month’s Paris Air Show, will enter production with the Honeywell Apex avionics system,
FBOs

Fayetteville Million Air unveils renovation

After eight months of renovations of its FBO facility, Million Air Fayetteville, Ark., held a grand reopening on August 11.
FBOs

SheltAir buys Sowell facility at Panama City

SheltAir Aviation Services expanded its Florida FBO stable to seven and total count to eight with the acquisition of Sowell Aviation Services at Panama Cit
Avionics

Duncan Certifies Collins Retrofit Cockpit in Astra

Duncan Aviation has certified and installed a Rockwell Collins IDS-3000 retrofit cockpit and IFIS (integrated flight information system) file server in a c
Avionics

CMC Introduces SatLite Antenna

For the business aviation market, CMC Electronics has introduced a compact satcom antenna the company calls SatLite.
Airports

Clearing Customs at Dallas

Contrary to earlier reports that aircraft flying into the Dallas area from international departure points could clear U.S.
Avionics

Arinc and Jeppesen Team To Develop EFBs

Arinc and Jeppesen last month announced an alliance that will integrate “best of class” EFB components from each company’s portfolios to produce what offic
Safety

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Aphis, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, will eliminate the exemption from inspection requirements and fees for commercial aircraft flying fr
Safety

SAMM warns of runway incursion potential

Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a joint L-3 Communications and Thales company, used last month’s Paris Air Show to introduce technolo
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Ericsson Decides To Join Airborne Cellphone Fray

Mobile phone maker Ericsson jumped into the race to supply hardware that will enable passengers to use their cellphones aboard aircraft after takeoff.
ATC

Collins’s Latest Satcom Makes Debut Aboard Global 5000

Rockwell Collins’s new SAT-6100 satellite communication system made its world debut aboard the Bombardier Global 5000 at the Paris Air Show last month.
FBOs

Business Jet Center Dallas Starts DCA Flights

Business Jet Center, a Dallas Love Field-based FBO, has been authorized as the first Dallas/Fort Worth-area gateway station for general aviation flights to
Airports

Port Columbus International Named DCA Gateway

Looking for a new Midwest gateway airport into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)? Look no further than Port Columbus International Airport in
Airports

Court of appeals upholds Stage 2 jet ban at Naples

Both sides claimed a measure of victory in the June 3 U.S.
FBOs

Mercury shakeup might rebrand some FBOs

“We’re still Mercury…for now,” is the way a customer service representative at one of the chain’s 16 FBOs responded to a question about the ongoing melding
Safety

Flight attendants seen as safety and political activists

Beau Altman’s retrospective put the profession of business aviation flight attendant into perspective at the 10th Annual Flight Attendants Conference in At
Aircraft

In The Works: Grob G160 Ranger

Certification of the seven-seat Grob G160 Ranger turboprop single has been delayed from this quarter to the middle of next year to incorporate a new interi