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South African-based maintenance specialist Thunder City is offering for Eurocopter Pumas a modernization program that the company claims  extends the

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling in July predicted that the company would sell between 650 and 700 helicopters this year, up from previous expectations of 600.

President Bush has appointed Mark Rosenker vice chairman of the NTSB for a two-year term that began August 9.

For airplanes–some airplanes at least–30 years is just another birthday to precede many more

Universal Weather & Aviation announced it has signed a letter of intent to merge as a majority partner with Brazilian trip services specialist Cavok Serviç

Texas Aviation Services and Brazilian partner Sierra Aeronautica have revealed a joint venture to provide support for Brazilian helicopter clients in the S

Avidyne has announced that graphical weather and two-way text messaging is now available for Latin America on its two-way datalink transceiver, the MLX770.

Brazilian race driver Nelson Piquet, one of few ever to win three world championships, hasn’t slowed down.

Soon-to-be GD property Jet Aviation and Tropic Air of São Paulo announced at LABACE they have signed a partnership agreement under which the two companies

Embraer’s second Phenom 300 joined the flight-test program just a few days before making its first public show appearance at LABACE.

Before last month’s Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE), organizers were forecasting the largest show to date.

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The FAA in late July issued an emergency order of revocation to LAB Flying Service of Juneau, Alaska, effectively shutting down the 52-year-old carrier, wh

A Hawker 900XP crew recently discovered after landing that a slightly out-of-tolerance closing mechanism can render the cabin door unopenable from inside t

George Antoniadis, the president and CEO of Alpha Flying’s PlaneSense fractional ownership program, is standing by the company’s order for 25 Grob SPns.

After more than 40 years operating business aircraft, Bristol-Myers Squibb is shutting down its Trenton, N.J.-based flight department.

The FAA and Pratt & Whitney Canada believe they have found the cause of at least three high-altitude, dual-engine flameouts on Pratt & Whitney Canada

American Eagle had to ground nine Embraer ERJ regional jets at Chicago O’Hare Airport on August 19 after a TSA officer used the airplanes’ total air temper

It now appears that the launch of another new Gulfstream–the G250, a successor to the super-midsize G200–is nearing and could possibly come at the NBAA Con

Organizers at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE) had forecast the largest show to date and they were not disappointe

A story in Monday’s USA Today that reported the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is working on “a massive expansion” of aviation security rules

Holders of DCA Access Standard Security Program (DASSP) clearances will be permitted to operate through the temporary flight restriction (TFR) areas surrou

You said recently that the NTSB could become more proactive if it investigated incidents, as well as accidents.

Tongue firmly in cheek, National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) president John Carr thanked Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta for the Bus

In a letter to USA Today, NBAA president Shelley Longmuir said the newspaper’s August 5 article on corporate aviation ignored the “demonstrated an

Runway incursions at the 35 busiest general aviation airports decreased slightly in fiscal year 2002, according to a new report by the FAA Office of Runway

A five-year plan–four-fifths of which FAA Administrator Marion Blakey could actually see through to fruition–was laid out in draft form in late July for th

Although Congress is on its annual summer vacation, the battle over privatization of ATC continued at press time.

The FAA has released a “roadmap” for performance-based navigation that would enable pilots to use Rnav and RNP (required navigation performance) procedures

Defunct VisionAire’s intellectual property for its six-seat, single-engine Vantage very light business jet and two-seat, single-engine Spirit sport jet is