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Factual Report: Missed approach proves fatal for C90

Hawker Beechcraft C90A, Mount Airy, N.C., Feb.
Accidents

Final Report: Notar cable failure prompted autorotation

MD Helicopters MD902, Salinas, Calif., July 21, 2008–The NTSB has determined that the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control of the helic
Accidents

Final Report: Unsecured pack likely caused fatal crash

Eurocopter AS350B2, Chickaloon, Alaska, April 15, 2008–The NTSB blamed the fatal crash on loss of engine power due to an overspeed of the helicopter
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot, ATC blamed in helo tower crash

Bell 222, Aurora, Ill., Oct.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Westwind crew ditches as fuel runs low

Israel Aircraft Industries Westwind 1124A, Norfolk Island, Australia, Nov.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation crashes after unusual maneuver

Cessna Citation 550B, Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Beech 1900C goes down after takeoff

Hawker Beechcraft 1900C, Sand Point, Alaska, Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air Crashes Takeoff

Hawker Beechcraft C90 GTi, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Jan.
Airports

Operators earn industry approvals

Germany-based ACM Air Charter achieved IS-BAO Stage 1 registration and earned a platinum rating from Argus International, under Argus’s combo audit p

People in Aviation: April 2010

Former NetJets executive v-p and Executive Jet Management president and CEO Benjamin Murray has joined private aviation provider XOJet as its
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Airports

Single pilot approved for North American Jet

The FAA has approved North American Jet of Charleston, S.C., to fly its Eclipse 500 very light jets in single-pilot configuration.
FBOs

Silverwing community advances at Sandpoint

The SilverWing at Sandpoint luxury residential community at Sandpoint Municipal Airport in Idaho is progressing, with completion of the first model unit an
Airports

Weight increase approved at Scottsdale Airport

The FAA approved increasing the mtow at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona to 100,000 pounds, according to NBAA, which worked with the Arizona Business A
Airports

Bridgeport Airport to get EMAS runway safety area

The city of Bridgeport, Conn., received court approval to buy an acre of land next to Sikorsky Memorial Airport and plans to build an engineered mat
FBOs

Odyssey celebrates new lakefront FBO

Odyssey Aviation, the former Million Air FBO facility at New Orleans Lakefront Airport that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, opene
Rotorcraft

Helo hops available Farnborough Airshow

UK helicopter charter operator PremiAir is offering helicopter charters from the London Heliport to the Farnborough International Airshow (July 19 t
Charter & Fractional

Mayo Aviation buys Charterops

Mayo Aviation has expanded its charter/ management fleet to 18 aircraft with the acquisition of CharterOps of Portland, Maine.
FBOs

Passur AirportMonitor supports Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport is now using Passur’s AirportMonitor system to supplement its longstanding use of Passur’s data feeds and software for th

Point/Counterpoint

Nigel Moll says:The sticker on my car suggesting that fellow road users “Hang Up, Look Up, Wake Up & DRIVE” is evidence enough that my cur
Aircraft

Sukhoi Superjet 100 completes cold-soak trials

The third Sukhoi Superjet 100 (S/N 95004) has com
Airports

Execujet handles Davos visitors

ExecuJet Aviation again hosted arriving traffic for this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting January 27 to 31 in Davos, Switzerland, handling more <

Airline crews could benefit from GA weather data

At a February 24 hearing on aircraft icing legislators criticized the FAA for delaying implementation of rulemaking that would address outstanding issues o
Charter & Fractional

TAC Air chooses FlightAware FBO Toolbox

FBO chain Tac Air has added Flight-Aware’s FBO ToolBox at its 13 FBOs in the U.S.
Regulations and Government

Bill proposes more flight time for copilots

A manager’s amendment to the Senate’s FAA reauthorization bill includes a provision introduced by Sen.
Charter & Fractional

Flightworks adds new sales office

Charter/management firm FlightWorks has opened a new sales office at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, at the Signature Flight Support FBO.
Safety

Rocket responder info updated

The FAA has posted new information for airport workers on how to respond to the scene of an accident involving rocket-propelled ballistic parachute-equippe
Airports

Online car club offers local transport option

Stuck at an airport without a car? Airport Cars Club can help.
FBOs

Ambassador Jet Center opens Condo Hangars

Ambassador Jet Center, based at Dallas Executive Airport (formerly Redbird), has completed the first of three new hangar facilities.

Bombardier lands major C Series order

Bombardier secured a long-anticipated North