Content Archive: May 2008

Accidents

Preliminary Report: Florida swamp claims two aboard Bell 206L-1

BELL 206L-1, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA., FEB.
Accidents

Final Report: Failure to follow IFR procedures damages aircraft

HAWKER SIDDELEY HS-125-700, JACKSON HOLE, WYO., DEC.

Dassault downsizes Falcon 7X facility, awards Falcon 2000EX work to China

AIN has learned that Dassault has reduced the size of the Falcon 7X-dedicated facility extension the company plans to build at its Bordeau
Accidents

New Asian bizav group takes off

With the goal of promoting a better understanding of the needs and benefits of business aviation in the Asia/Pacific region, the newly formed Asian Busines
Cabin Interior and Electronics

It’s lights out for Garrett Santa Barbara facility

General Electric’s Garrett Santa Barbara completion center, opened in mid-1999 for the express purpose of outfitting Boeing Business Jets, is scheduled to
Charter & Fractional

Gloves come off in two-way frax fracas

With the consummation of the Flight Options/Raytheon Travel Air merger on March 21, the fractional ownership business is “a two-horse race between Flight O
Avionics

New technology tests its wings aboard 737

For a glimpse into aviation’s future one need look no farther than Seattle Boeing Field, the home of a specially modified Boeing 737-900 outfitted with an

Strike stops Bombardier jet production

Walking away from a wage settlement endorsed by their own union leadership, 8,000 rank and file members of Local 712 of the International Association of Ma
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Fairchild fights for financing

Time is ticking, and Fairchild Dornier has only two months to find a strategic investor.