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Rotorcraft

Look Ma, No hands, No feet

Boeing has flown its Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) technology demonstrator without a safety pilot for the first time. The modified MD 530F lifted off f
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Aircraft

Post-maintenance stall tests raise safety concerns

An incident on May 4 this year in which a Hawker 800A lost more than 10,000 feet during a post-maintenance stall test underscores the potential risks of st
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Renovation Hardware: Artistry in paint, wood and leather

The 1991 Falcon 900 moving through Duncan Aviation’s facility in Lincoln, Neb., has been stripped of her weathered coat in preparation for a makeover in th
Airports

FBO and Airport News: EXECUTIVE AIRPORT SPROUTING IN HOUSTON

Ron Henriksen christened his new airport’s 5,000-foot runway on August 6 by making the first landing on the freshly built airport in his Piaggio Avan
FBOs

FBO and Airport News: LANDMARK LOSES VNY BID

Aviation (The Jet Center) facility at 16200 Daily Drive.
FBOs

FBO and Airport News: Ascend Expanding to Stewart

Ascend Development is expanding its private hangar complex operations to Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y.
FBOs

FBO and Airport News: Business Aviation Services Opens New Terminal

The new terminal at FBO Business Aviation Services, Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, S.D., opened July 11.
FBOs

FBO and Airport News: Business Jet Center Renovates Oakland Hangar

The old Alaska Airlines maintenance hangar at Oakland International Airport in the San Francisco Bay Area is now a clean corporate hangar operated by OAK F
FBOs

FBO Chain Profile: The Chain with No Name

This chain has no name but owns 22 FBOs, is backed by a large investment firm and continues to seek opportunities to build or buy more.
ATC

First students complete joint FAA/Chinese ATC training

Twenty students from China’s Air Traffic Management Bureau (ATMB) completed six months of U.S.
Aircraft

European companies research possible SSBJ

Supersonic transport research carried out within the European Commission’s 6th Research Framework Program has received attention since Italian manufacturer
Aircraft

King Air 300 sprouts winglets

BLR Aerospace expects to receive an STC for winglets for the King Air 300 in late summer or early fall.
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Maintenance and Modifications

2006 AIN Product Support Survey: Part Two - Engines

AIN’s readers this year have chosen CFM as the best provider of product support for turbofan engines (the CFM56s on Boeing Business Jets), and Pratt
Safety

Industry teams to address runway information issues

The Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 overrun accident at Chicago Midway Airport last December 8 has led to two significant developments for operators.
Charter & Fractional

Charter under the microscope

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Safety

Safety is the theme at the flight attendant conference

NBAA tried something new at its annual Flight Attendants Conference, held this year in Denver in June.
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Regulations and Government

Canada prepares for ATC regs transition

Transport Canada (TC), the government agency that regulates the country’s aviation activities, has presented its future policy philosophy in the recently p
Regulations and Government

Provisional certification: it’s still subject to change

Assuming the marketplace wants the aircraft, nothing is more important to an aircraft manufacturer than FAA type certification–the government seal of
Aircraft

In The Works: Cessna Citation Mustang

Cessna began function and reliability (F&R) flight-testing on the Citation Mustang early last month, the last step before gaining type certification from t
Aircraft

In The Works: Dassault Falcon 7X

The Falcon 7X flight-test program is progressing on schedule, with four of the trijets logging more than 850 hours during 275 test flights.
Aircraft

In The Works: Aerion SSBJ

After an initial round of meetings with potential OEM partners on its supersonic business jet (SSBJ), Aerion is refining its business case.
Accidents

737 freighter damaged in go-around accident

Bringing new meaning to “crash ’n’ dash,” a Boeing 737 suffered damage during a go-around at the attempted conclusion of a night freight flight from Liege,
Aircraft

In The Works: Comp Air 12

Comp Air of Merritt Island, Fla., last month unveiled plans to certify its 10-seat, all-composite Comp Air 12 turboprop single.
Avionics

Garmin reveals first retrofit packages for popular G1000

Garmin in late July announced plans for a retrofit version of the G1000 avionics system in the Beech King Air C90 through an STC program with Executive Bee
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Aircraft

In The Works: Diamond D-Jet

Following initial flight-testing in late April, the Diamond D-Jet single-engine very light jet resumed flight testing after installation of its data acquis
Aircraft

In The Works: ATG Javelin

Aviation Technology Group in late June announced several design changes to its two-place Javelin twinjet.
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Aircraft

In The Works: Spectrum 33

Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.-based Spectrum Aerospace said flight testing of its Spectrum 33 very light twinjet is progressing on schedule.
Regulations and Government

London government looks at helicopter noise

A committee within the London Assembly is investigating the issue of helicopter noise in Britain’s capital.
Avionics

Bombardier Keeping a Watchful Eye on Connexion

Bombardier officials last month conceded they are somewhat concerned about the recent news from Boeing that it might pull the plug on the satellite-based C
Rotorcraft

Two European companies team on convertiplane study

By some accounts, riding as a passenger in the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey military tiltrotor is memorable not for its comfort level but because of the aircraf