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Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Sorocaba Adds Gulfstream ANAC Approval
The National Civil Aviation Authority in Brazil, Agência Nacional de Aviaçâo Civil (ANAC), has granted Jet Aviation Sorocaba the authority to provide line
Regulations and Government
Industry Questions FAA Interpretation of IA ‘Actively Engaged’ Definition
The FAA recently released a Notice of Policy titled “Policy Clarifying Definition of ‘Actively Engaged’ for Purposes of Inspector Authorization,” and indus
Charter & Fractional
Former Platinum Jet Pilot Gets Six Months Prison Time
Pilot Francis Vieira, 61, who had previously pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2005 takeoff crash at Teterboro Airport of a Challenger 600 operated
Sustainability and Environment
Bizav and the Environment - AIN Special Report
AIN_2011_BizavEnvironment.pdf
Simply by virtue of its incessant
AIN Blog: Brazil Is Aviation
Last week the Associação Brasileira de Aviação Geral, better known as ABAG, sponsored the eighth annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhib
Airbus Launches Labace Blitz
With its ACJ318 on a demonstration flight and on the display line for the opening of the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition, Airbus u
Regulations and Government
Brazil Must Invest in Bizav Infrastructure, Says ABAG
Labace 2011 opened today in São Paulo, Brazil, to the sound of a business aviation industry that represents sustained growth on a global scale, with partic
Avionics
Aircell Introduces SwiftBroadband To Brazil Bizav
Aircell announced today at Labace that two members of its global dealer network have received from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) installat
Regulations and Government
Senate Dems Ask Boehner To Avert Another FAA Shutdown
A group of Democratic senators sent a letter to House Speaker John Boeh
AIN Blog: Back to the Basics
Richard Bach, the well-known pilot and author of numerous books, articles and short stories about aviation (he’s probably most widely known for his book
Aircraft
Labace Starts Thursday, Looks To Be Biggest Yet
The eighth edition of the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Labace)
AIN Blog: The FAA Shutdown Wasn’t over EAS
So it took a torrent of battling press releases, multiple sound bites and numerous press briefings before we finally learned the real hang-up over the FAA
ATC
Temporary Deal Is Brokered on FAA Funding
Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced this afternoon that Congress has reached a bipartisan compromise that will allow temporary funding of
Regulations and Government
NBAA Lauds Industry for Debt-Ceiling Efforts
While negotiations over the nation’s debt ceiling waxed and waned, aviation associations were busily warning members that aviation user fees were re-emergi
Aircraft
Oshkosh 2011: New Money Helps Quest Aircraft Plot New Course to Same Destination for Kodiak Turboprop
Quest Aircraft Co. of Sandpoint, Idaho, introduced an executive interior for its rugged Kodiak turboprop single at E
Aircraft
Embraer Second Quarter Deliveries and Orders Up
Embraer released its second-quarter 2011 results in late July, and while the Brazilian OEM recognized an executive jet market that is “showing early stages
Regulations and Government
U.S. House to EU: A pox on your emissions law
by Paul Lowe
Congress threw the gauntlet at the European Union last month when a bipartisan group of House Transportation Committee leaders f
Regulations and Government
Offshore Doesn’t Mean Off the Books
The word “offshore” can conjure images of money laundering, tax dodgers and oil spills, but in today’s business aviation world, as privacy and security bec
Aircraft
Labace Show Is A Sellout
The Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Labace) was relaunched four years ago and this year’s eighth show in São Paulo, Brazil, to be
Security
Lawmakers decry Barr restrictions
Lawmakers from both houses of Congress have joined the battle over the Department of Transportation’s decision to dismantle the Block Aircraft Registration
Accidents
NTSB solves PC-12 crash puzzle
The NTSB coupled old-fashioned “kicking tin” with highly technical investigative assistance from safety agencies in Germany and Switzerland to solve a perp
Industry mourns loss of Bombardier’s James Hoblyn
The news of James Hoblyn’s sudden and unexpected death at age 46–on July 3, while training for a marathon–reverberated like a shockwave throughout the avia
Where’s Rupert?
AIN_2011_WheresRupert.pdf.
Aircraft
Cirrus SF50 Jet Prototype Held in “Commodity Jurisdiction”
Cirrus president and CEO Brent Wouters revealed during the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show this week that the company’s prototype
Dassault 1H Orders Encouraging, Deliveries Down
Activity in the business aviation industry continues to grow, Dassault Aviation chairman Charles Edelstenne said today during the release of Dassault Falco
State of the Industry: Business aviation is prepared to duck
Just when the business aviation industry appears to be weathering the economic storm comes another series of blows.
At the
Security
GAMA to Congress: review security fiats
Jeppesen president and CEO Mark Van Tine in July questioned the Transportation Security Administration’s use of security directives to vastly expand existi
