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Congress may have approved FAA funding for Fiscal Year 2006 before it adjourned for the Thanksgiving holiday, but the drumbeat for user fees in future year

Jack DeCrane, 59, president and founder of DeCrane Aircraft Holdings, died on December 29 of complications resulting from lung cancer.

Gordon Newstrom, founder of Mesaba Aviation, died in December.

David Bender was named president of the electronics group at Lynwood, Wash.-based Crane Aerospace & Electronics.

Cessna Caravan 208B Portland, Ore., Dec.

The enactment of the FY2006 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill will restore planned cuts in the FAA’s aircraft cer

In a state-of-the-industry press release last month, the Air Transport Association (ATA) again called for a change in the way the FAA does business.

NASA is restructuring its aeronautics research programs, including fundamental aeronautics, airspace systems, aviation safety and aeronautics testing.

The OSG has posted more than 100 of the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) about business aviation operations, along with answers, on the NBAA Web site

At this point, to review MCL submissions, the TSA is using the CBP Advance Passenger Information Systems (APIS) which commercial carriers use to submit pas

An Alerts Manager feature allows the user to send alerts automatically to any Blackberry, mobile phone or e-mail inbox in the world.

The company announced release of the Flight Explorer 6.0 software upgrade at the NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference last month.

Sun Air Jets at Camarillo Municipal Airport (CMA), Calif., recently completed the final phase of a $10-million hangar-expansion program, which has added mo

Fuel on Demand (www.fuelondemand.

It started out as a small, Griffin, Ga.-based repair station specializing in fiberglass aircraft such as the Cirrus but quickly expanded into carbon fiber

Aviall Services and Sierracin have signed an agreement appointing Aviall an official global supplier and distributor of Sierracin’s business aircraft trans

Despite having been required to submit a “Category X” airport security plan to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) more than a year ago, Washi

After several years of discussion and consultation, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will soon present new operating standards to helic

As the helicopter industry once again prepares to hold its annual roundup in Dallas later this month, it is riding the crest of a wave that includes the hi

The unit, which plugs into an AC power receptacle, is about the size of an automotive radar detector and contains an integral antenna and small display.

The successful launch of the second Inmarsat-4 communications satellite late last year brings the introduction of SwiftBroadband airborne high-speed-data c

Private Jet Gourmet in Miami has come up with a unique variation on traditional catering–an assortment of gourmet frozen entrees, side dishes and desserts,

Edward Taylor, a 16th-century New England Puritan not given to excess, nevertheless saw fit to describe the spiritual in terms of the flesh when he wrote o

Every time it seems that the business aviation industry has nearly exhausted all the market possibilities, something new appears.

For a long time–too long some say–the industry has been struggling to give passengers on corporate aircraft the same business and entertainment tools at 41

The call comes as the FAA released its draft environmental impact statement on its airspace redesign–a project involving 31,000 sq mi, five states and 21 m

The seven-seat aircraft will operate from Switzerland Lugano Agno Airport. The $6.27 million Avanti II received European Aviation Safety Age

A NetJets Citation 560 sustained substantial damage, according to the NTSB, when its right wing contacted Runway 36 during landing at Lakeland Airport in M

At a public hearing last month, the NTSB singled out allegedly less safe Part 91 operations in a special study on helicopter and fixed-wing EMS accidents.

A 27-percent increase in orders to 121 aircraft last year, compared with orders for 95 aircraft in 2004, and a further expected increase in sales is prompt