Content Archive: May 2008

ATC

Go-ahead for European Galileo SatNav

Europe approved funding late last month to launch full development of the Galileo satellite navigation system, which will provide the EU with an alternativ
Regulations and Government

NATA: Where is online student notice system?

When the Aviation and Transportation Security Act was adopted last November, the flight-training industry was told that an online system would be in place
FBOs

Proposal bans night Stage 2 bizjets at PWK

Part 150 noise-study recommendations for Palwaukee Municipal Airport in Wheeling, Ill., which include a nighttime ban on Stage 2 jets with a mtow of less t

Shutdown of CCAir threatened

CCAir president Carter Leake last month notified his employees that parent company Mesa Air Group planned to close the money-losing regional airline on Jul
Charter & Fractional

Buffett gives highs and lows of his bizav units

Insight into the competitive performances of FlightSafety International and Executive Jet can be found in a candid and personal letter by Berkshire Hathawa
FBOs

Delayed Opening for Conroe, Texas FBO

Construction of Wing Aviation, which started last September at Montgomery County Airport in Conroe, Texas, is now slated to finish in the fall instead of t
Accidents

King Air gear collapse kills Texas mechanic

Don Judy, a mechanic for Addison (Texas) Airport-based DFW Aero Mechanix, was killed last month when the landing gear of a King Air 200 apparently collapse

Petitions cast doubt on Czech OEM merger

A bankruptcy court judge in the Czech Republic last month granted bankruptcy petitions filed by several creditors against Moravan Airplanes and Libor Soska
Accidents

Incident started with wrong word, not wrong squawk

According to the AOL Time Warner flight department, it wasn’t a hijack code that was mistakenly squawked (AIN, December 2001, page 10<
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Singapore to do Learjet RVSM mods

Learjet 30-series jets operating in the Pacific Rim can have RVSM mods performed by Jet Aviation Singapore.