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ATC

Washington Report: Next version of Stars begins at BDL

Raytheon said it achieved initial operating capability (IOC) for a second limited-production version of its new standard terminal automation replacement sy
Safety

Washington Report: GA safety: It depends on the viewpoint

Although the number of general aviation accidents last year was the lowest total since record keeping began in 1938, the NTSB noted that the accident rate
Regulations and Government

New NTSB boss copes with crises in an edgier world

Marion Blakey took over the National Transportation Safety Board as its ninth chairman just in time to enter the maelstrom surrounding last November’s c
Regulations and Government

Time left to comment on LGA capacity proposals

Based on projections that airline flights at New York La Guardia Airport won’t return to their pre-September levels until the end of this summer, the FAA h
Cabin Interior and Electronics

CompletionAir, Premier Air merge at St. Louis

With the February cash acquisition of Premier Air Center, CompletionAir’s founders and three unidentified investors have captured a major piece of the busi
Cabin Interior and Electronics

EMTEQ Purchases Cable Technologies

New Berlin, Wisconsin-based EMTEQ (Booth No.
Rotorcraft

P&WC allies with Russian companies

Pratt & Whitney Canada and Helicopters of Russia last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Moscow to produce the PW127TS engine for Russia’s
Aircraft

Columbus to steer by Collins

Rockwell Collins (Booth No.
Avionics

Primus Apex for Viking Twin Otters

Viking Twin Otter series 400 airplanes will be equipped with an integrated suite of Primus Apex avionics from Honeywell Aerospace.
Maintenance and Modifications

VIP Boeing 757s Get Aviation Partner Winglets

No fewer than 10 Boeing 757-200s–both VIP and head-of-state aircraft–now benefit from Aviation Partners’ Performance Enhancing Blended Winglet Systems, th
Charter & Fractional

Skylliance Charter Adds Two New Members

Skylliance, the charter jet program of Jet Aviation, announced here that it will add JetNetherlands and Elite Jets of Dubai, effective June 1.
Maintenance and Modifications

Midcoast To Upgrade Falcon 50s

Premier Aircraft, a joint venture between West Star Aviation and Yankee Pacific Aerospace, has named Midcoast Aviation as an authorized distributor for 50D

NetJets Europe Hiring Tomorrow in Hall 1

NetJets Europe is here at EBACE holding its first company-wide career fair tomorrow.
Aircraft

See You at LBA2009

NBAA president Ed Bolen, left, peeked in on Cirrus CEO Alan Klapmeier yesterday as he sat behind the controls of the Minnesota lightplane maker’s single-en
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Aircraft

Aerion SSBJ by 2014 unlikely, despite 40 LOIs

Aerion is still hoping to convince an OEM partner to join it by the end of this year in its quest to build a supersonic business jet capable of sprinting f
Aircraft

In the Works: Explorer 500T/500R/750T

Graham Swannell, CEO; Donald Joseph, president; and Geoffrey Danes, director of operations, research and development–the three principals of Explorer Aircr
Aircraft

In the Works: Century Jet CA-100

New  life could be breathed into the Century Jet program if owner Bill Northrup and Roy Norris, chairman and CEO of AASI, can reach an agreement.
Safety

Bombardier will continue its Safety Standdown Europe

Bombardier Aerospace marked EBACE eve with its second annual day-long European Safety Standdown, and made it clear that the program in Europe will continue
Aircraft

In the Works: American Utilicraft FF-1080-200

In the seven months after September 11 American Utilicraft Corp.
Avionics

Sandel Shipping Collins-compatible Display

Sandel Avionics (Booth No.
Aircraft

In the Works: Aerostar FJ-100

The search for funding, aggravated by the infarction of the private financial markets after the dot-com meltdown in 2000 and made worse by September 11, ha
Maintenance and Modifications

Canada’s Innotech Opening High-tech Paint Shop

Innotech Aviation plans to open a new 41,000-sq-ft paint preparation and application facility this July.

IPS Providing Starter/Generators for Learjet 85

Bombardier Aerospace has selected Innovative Power Solutions to provide its brushless starter/generator (BS/G) system for the new Learjet 85.
Avionics

Sabena Takes EFB Software To New Level

Sabena Flight Academy Consulting is debuting its newly developed integrated electronic flight bag (EFB) software here at EBACE.
Aircraft

Piiots Take Solar Impulse Sim on 25-hour Flight

Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg recently spent their first 25 hours at the controls of a flight simulator that replicates the cockpit in the first So
Charter & Fractional

Prestige Jet buys five G650s

Prestige Jet of Abu Dhabi signed a letter of intent at EBACE for the purchase of five Gulfstream G650 long-range executive jets to be delivered in 2012.
Avionics

Avidyne has datalink Wx for Europe

Hoping to duplicate the success of in-flight datalink weather services that have exploded in the U.S., Avidyne (Booth No.
Aircraft

Single-engine version of Falcon 7X is remote-controlled

Remote-controlled model specialist Aviation Design has started offering 1/7th model kits of the Dassault Falcon 7X business jet and expects many of the cus

Rolls-Royce forecasts steady bizjet growth

Rolls-Royce has again peered into its crystal ball and is predicting steady growth in business jet deliveries through the remainder of the decade, it said
Charter & Fractional

XOJet starting joint venture in Middle East

XOJet, the fast-growing on-demand charter company operating a fleet of Cessna Citation X and (starting this fall) Bombardier Challenger 300 aircraft, has s