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Alternative Avionics in Waterford, Mich., has gained an STC for installation of upgraded air-data computers and pitot-static probes in the Hawker 700, a mo

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Watch for Embraer to announce “around NBAA Convention time” one or maybe two new business jets.

Publicly traded Macquarie Group, the Australian company that owns the Atlantic Aviation chain of FBOs, is purchasing the FBOs owned by private-equity firm

Executive Jet Management (EJM) announced changes to its management team with three personnel movements.

The “right stuff” might be your answer, particularly if you liked what author Tom Wolfe had to say in his recounting of America’s efforts to send a man to

The House Appropriations Committee has added a directive to a report on FAA funding for Fiscal Year 2005 that would require the agency to ensure that pilot

Although child restraints on airplanes have been on the NTSB’s list of most wanted safety improvements for almost a decade, the agency last month reclassif

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) assembly is expected to take action later this month on legal guidance for member states to protect sa

The first “A” in NASA stands for “aeronautics,” a fact often overlooked in day-to-day discussions of and references to what most people regard solely as th

Bigger is the latest goal for the interior refurbishment department at Jet Aviation’s West Palm Beach, Fla.

The completion and refurbishment industry continues to grow.

StarPort USA, the Sanford, Fla., FBO launched in 1995, has survived a bankruptcy and a recession, and with an eye on the slowly improving economy has launc

Since the EPA crackdown on dumping sumped fuel on airport ramp surfaces, draining fuel has become a problem for aircraft operators.

After meeting with industry representatives over several days in early March, the FAA launched a new ATC plan designed to head off gridlock by “shari

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association urged the Senate appropriations transportation subcommittee to ask FAA Administrator Marion Blakey what th

The single-engine, four/five-passenger Sport-Jet is the latest aircraft to join the very light jet race.

The Illinois DOT selected Palwaukee Municipal as the state’s general aviation reliever airport of the year.

As every pilot and mechanic knows, high temperatures are the bane of any engine.

At press time, nothing was said to be finalized, but Rockwell Collins and Piaggio were working on a deal to offer Pro Line avionics in the Avanti, accordin

Richard Doubrava has joined NBAA in the new role of director of security.

European Business Aviation Association chairman Brian Humphries is to become the group’s CEO in October.

Federal guidelines for improving security at the nation’s more than 18,000 general aviation airports remain bottled up in the Transportation Security Admin

Both revenue and profit at Cessna decreased in the first quarter, compared with the same period last year, primarily due to delivering fewer jets–34 versus

Gulfstream’s first-quarter operating earnings and margins improved from the same period last year.

At press time, Boeing was close to concluding a deal in which it will be selling its business-jet finance division.

Former NBAA president Jack Olcott weighed in on the NBAA contretemps with a letter sent to member representatives.

The first prototype G160 Ranger, Grob-Werke’s second turboprop single, flew for the first time on March 29 from the company’s facility in Tussenhausen-Matt

When NBAA hired Shelley Longmuir less than a year ago, the board of directors said the new president would raise the association to a new level.

Bell Helicopter’s MAPL (modular affordable product line) tail-fan demonstrator took to the air at the OEM’s new XworX research center in Arlington, Texas,