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FBOs

Rialto Airport Lost In The D.C. Shuffle

The so-called “stealth” amendment passed Congress last month, granting the City of Rialto, Calif., special dispensation to sell its municipally owned airpo
FBOs

FBO Profile: Orion Flight Services

And what’s it like when close to 10,000 airplanes descend on your airport? Toby Kamark and Jeff Wanke, co-owners of Orion Flight Services (CEO and presiden
FBOs

Mercury Moves Into New Digs At LGB

Mercury Air Center LGB, a division of Mercury Air Group, has moved its operations into a newly built facility at Long Beach’s Daugherty Field.
FBOs

First The Towbar, Now The Whole Tug

Aircraft towing technology has advanced markedly in the past decade, with towbarless tugs improving efficiency and lessening wear and tear on nosewheels.
Safety

Bizav Groups Aim To Boost VLJ Safety

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and NBAA have developed a generic operations manual for single-pilot operation of very light jets (VLJs)
ATC

‘Commercialized’ ATC Would Hike Fees for GA

A “commercialized” ATC system in the U.S.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: September 2005

— The Senate and the House closed up shop at the end of July for their customary August vacation.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Midcoast Finds anOpening, Creates Door To Fit

Midcoast Aviation has a new supplemental type certificate for a solid-surface pocket door for the Falcon 900 and Falcon 900EX.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Blue Sky Network Approved for Airshow 4000

Rockwell Collins has issued a service information letter approving Blue Sky Network’s Iridium satellite phone system as a qualified data channel for its Ai
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Emteq To Merge Cabin and Lighting under One Roof

Emteq of Milwaukee is consolidating its aerospace cabin and lighting companies into a single facility at New Berlin, Wis., effective November 1.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

SkyLink Broadband Coming to Europe and the Middle East

Arinc Direct, which showcased its SkyLink satellite broadband service on two Gulfstreams at the Paris Air Show earlier this summer, expects to go active in
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Atlantic Aero Interiors Operation

Atlantic Aero of Greensboro, N.C., expanded its FBO and maintenance/mod operation recently to include aircraft interior completion and refurbishment.
Security

Justice Voices Anti-terrorismConcerns over In-flight Use of Cellphones

Even as a half-dozen companies are rushing to get FAA approval for systems that will allow the in-flight use of personal cellphones on business aircraft, o
Cabin Interior and Electronics

DunnAir CompletionStart-up Gets FAA Approval

DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center has received its repair station certificate from the FAA.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Loss of Power Downs AS 350B

Eurocopter AS 350B, Juneau, Alaska, July 25, 2005–The high-skid-equipped Squirrel was substantially damaged after a loss of engine power and subsequ
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Eurocopter Loses Power

Eurocopter EC 120B, Fair Oaks, Calif., July 13, 2005–The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department Eurocopter lost power and crashed in steep hilly ter
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Medical Flight Overruns Runway

Learjet 35A, Eagle, Colo., July 15, 2005–Learjet N620JM was substantially damaged when it ran off the runway on landing at the Eagle County Regional
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Bell Crashes in Malaysian Mountains

Bell 206L4 LongRanger, Balaga, Sarawak, Malaysia, July 25, 2005–At about 10:45 a.m.
Accidents

Factual Report: Cargo Airplane Crashed In Icing Area

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

Factual Report: Unqualified Pilot Flew King Air

Beech King Air B200, Morlan, Ga., Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Learjet Flew Into Thunderstorm

Learjet 55, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 19, 2004–The NTSB blamed the accident on the flight crew’s decision to continue the approach into a known ar
Accidents

Final Report: MU-2 Lost Control For Undetermined Reasons

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, Pittsfield, Mass., March 25, 2004–The NTSB determined the cause of the accident was “the pilot’s loss of aircraft control for u
ATC

Texas Aeromed Op Gets IFR Approach OK

Air medical service operator CareFlite, based in Grand Prairie, Texas, received final approval for its network of 17 IFR approach procedures to hospitals w
Maintenance and Modifications

Sale of Jet Aviation marks end of an era

On August 11 European private equity group Permira said it would buy a majority stake in Zurich, Switzerland-based aviation services company Jet Aviation f
Airports

FAA floats idea of permanent Washington ADIZ

While many in general aviation were seeking to modify or eliminate the much-loathed Washington air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the FAA executed a 1
Safety

Busting D.C. Airspace Might Get Costly

Federal legislation (H.R.
Aircraft

Hawker 400XP ok'd for steep approach

Raytheon Aircraft has received an STC from the European Aviation Safety Agency approving the Hawker 400XP (crewed by suitably qualified pilots) to fly the
ATC

ATC must prove merits of TIPH

The FAA said its notice sent last month to tower controllers to review the taxi into position and hold (TIPH) procedure is not intended to end the practice
Regulations and Government

More time to meet SIC type rating

Pilots will have several more months to comply with the new second-in-command (SIC) type rating rule.
Airports

DCA access rules go into effect

Rules that enable qualified general aviation operators to resume flights into and out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) went into effect l