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Top Pilots Rack Up Hours Flying Safely

The National Business Aviation Association presents Pilot Flying Safety Awards each year to the member company pilots who have exemplary safety records.
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Avionics

FCC Licenses Row 44’s North Atlantic Broadband

Row 44 has received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval to provide broadband connectivity on transatlantic flights, using the T11N North Atlan
Avionics

Embraer Chooses Sennheiser Headsets

Embraer has selected Sennheiser to provide its HMEC 26 active noise-reduction headsets for the Phenom 100 and 300, Lineage 1000 and E170 through E195 airli
Avionics

Waas Satellite Serving Alaska Will Be Back Online Soon

Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 geostationary satellite, which ceased broadcasting the Waas signal covering some airports in Alaska on December 16, is now back under
Avionics

SVT Approved for Phenom 300

Embraer’s Phenom 300 has received approval for the upgrade to Garmin’s synthetic vision technology (SVT).
Avionics

Thrane & Thrane Presents Aviator Wireless

Thrane & Thrane recently introduced its Aviator wireless handset, a device designed to work with the Danish satcom specialist’s Aviator SwiftBroadba

Murdoch BBJ Listed for Sale: ‘Make Offer’

News Corp./News America chief Rupert Murdoch’s Boeing Business Jet was listed for sale on September 1, coincidentally the publication date
Aircraft

Nextant 400XT STC’d, Company Looks To Next Project

Nextant Aerospace received FAA STC approval for the 400XT–the model name for its remanufactured Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP–yesterday.
Regulations and Government

FAA’s NextGen Program Hits Turbulence

The FAA faces significant challenges in achieving the vision of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), government and industry panelists
Safety

Bizav Accidents Climb Considerably in First Nine Months

The number of accidents and fatalities for business jet and turboprop operations worldwide increased substantially in the first nine months
Avionics

Rockwell Collins Moving Fusion into Part 23 Market

Rockwell Collins is moving aggressively into the light jet and turboprop market with a new version of Pro Line Fusion targeted at smaller aircraft.
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NBAA Show Shaping Up As Another Big One

The flow of aircraft, people and exhibit booth material is accelerating toward Las Vegas in preparation for the NBAA’s 64th Annual Meeting & Convention
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Aircraft

Qantas Seals Order for 110 A320s

Qantas orders A320s.
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Look Who's Talking for Bombardier

Bombardier has appointed movie star and pilot John Travolta as one of its business aircraft brand ambassadors.
Aircraft

AIN Blog: Bizav OEMs Must Go Bold or Just Go Home

Business aircraft manufacturers' future survival could very well rest on them announcing bold plans at NBAA 2011.

Gulfstream Adds to Product Support Team

Gulfstream Aerospace has named Jace Stone as director, product support sales for the western U.S. and western Canada.
Maintenance and Modifications

AD Proposed for Challenger Air-driven Generator

The FAA is proposing an airworthiness directive for the Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (CRJ) air-driven generator (ADG). The document cites three occasions
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Offers iPad App

MRO facility Duncan Aviation has developed a free application for the Apple iPad designed to improve access to information about the company’s service
Maintenance and Modifications

Rheinland Air Services To Overhaul ATR Systems

Rheinland Air Services (RAS) has been approved by ATR to do repair and overhaul work on ATR flight control systems.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jeff Bonner R&D Delivers Nextant Nacelle Systems

Jeff Bonner Research & Development of San Antonio recently delivered the first four nacelle/cowling systems for the Nextant 400XT
Maintenance and Modifications

PAMA Sets January Date for Maintenance Symposium

Eastern Michigan University in Ann Arbor will host the 2012 Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s National Aviation Maintenance Symposium
Maintenance and Modifications

Dynetics, WestWind Technologies Form Support Alliance

Dynetics and WestWind Technologies have entered into a joint venture creating Aviation Support Alliance. ASA, which brings together engineering, manufactur
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Maintenance and Modifications

JSFirm.com: Employee Searches Should Start in the Fall

Maintenance technicians can look forward to hiring opportunities this fall as “companies should begin recruiting in October, November and December,”
Maintenance and Modifications

Grand Jury Indicts Six Former Weco Employees

A federal grand jury returned a 36-count indictment charging Jerry Edward Kuwata (60), Michael Dennis Maupin (58), Scott Hamilton Durham (39)
Maintenance and Modifications

ARSA Launches Lift the Ban Survey

The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has launched a survey to measure the impact of the ban on new foreign repair station certificates.

AIN Blog: What makes AIN different?

New AINonline maintains AIN's editorial principles
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Charter & Fractional

Million Air Charter OK’d for RNP-AR Approaches

Million Air Dallas completed the validation flight requirements to obtain authority to conduct RNP-AR (formally SAAAR) approaches in its Gulfstream G450.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

EMS Aviation’s Aspire Gaining in Popularity

EMS Aviation, now a Honeywell company, is continuing to find customers for its Aspire 200 LG data connectivity system.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Otonomy Offers Answers To Ground Security

As more and more business and private jets travel farther abroad, often to airports where ground security is minimal at best and nonexistent at worst, Oton
Cabin Interior and Electronics

BaySys Moves To Ku-Band Broadband

Independent completion and refurbishment center BaySys Technologies of Melfa, Va., has concluded that service over a Ku-band satellite system “provides a s