Content Archive: May 2008

EBACE Preview:

The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) is returning to the scene of its highly successful debut last April, when the second ann

13th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference

“The changing dynamics of aviation have brought a lot of people to corporate aviation,” said corporate pilot Darcy Eggeman at last month’s Women in Aviatio
Charter & Fractional

Big 12 basketball teams are still big on aircraft charters

Before Big Eight basketball teams began competing in the newly formed Big 12 Conference in 1994, their longest league road trip was about 600 mi.
ATC

European airports’ choice of MLS doesn’t mean ILS is dead

In February, London Heathrow became the latest European airport to opt for the microwave landing system (MLS) as its future precision approach landing aid.

New business aviation center sets up shop at Coventry Airport in the UK

The UK’s Coventry West Midland International Airport now has a new business aviation center.
Airports

Chicago Meigs Airport deal not yet set in stone

A bill moving through Congress that would dramatically expand Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) would also protect tiny Meigs Field (CGX) for the
Airports

New operator sought for Midway Atoll airport

Early last month Midway Phoenix, a subsidiary of Phoenix Air Group of Cartersville, Ga., and the U.S.
Airports

El Toro backers will fight Measure W

California’s March 5 primary vote that nixed plans for a civil airport at the former El Toro Marine Air Station was a body blow to the FAA’s Operational Ev
ATC

Partnership works to improve aviation weather data quality

Although the official raison d’etre for the Friends/Partners in Aviation Weather is to coordinate the needs of users and the ability of the Nation
Aircraft

In The Works: Air Tractor S-22 Surveyor

Air Tractor of Olney, Texas, better known for its line of Air Tractor agplanes, is working on an amphibious 10-passenger turboprop called the S-22 Surveyor