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Universal Weather is still pretty agile at 50

Just as Universal Weather and Aviation celebrates its 50th year in business, the company announced a number of new products and services to deliver more co
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

BofA and Avjet offer bizjet buyers a carrot

Bank of America and Avjet Aviation Services yesterday announced a strategic alliance whereby business jet buyers will receive preferred terms if they finan
Aircraft

Bombardier making progress on Lear 85

Bombardier Learjet (Booth No.

ASO Completes Web Site Upgrades

Aircraft Shopper Online (ASO) has completed an upgrade to its Web site in an effort to enhance the experience for both aircraft buyers and sellers.

AEA Offers Free Pilots Guide To Avionics

The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) is giving out free copies of its 2009/2010 Pilot’s Guide to Avionics at Booth No.
Engines

Honeywell Runs Biofuel on Engines, APU

Honeywell (Booth No.
Aircraft

Quest Kodiak Gains Foreign Certifications

Quest Aircraft (Booth No.
Aircraft

Nextant moving quickly on Beechjet upgrade program

Announcement of certification of the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 flight deck in the Beechjet 400A/XP led the news at Nextant Aerospace’s NBAA press confer
Aircraft

Cessna’s Pelton is optimistic thaw has begun

Cessna Aircraft may have eschewed a presence on the floor of the convention hall, but it has its full line of production Citation business jets parked at t
Aircraft

Cash-strapped Cirrus puts the brakes on Vision jet

A spokesman for Cirrus Design (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Elliptical Winglet STC for Citation X

Winglet Technology and Cessna Aircraft have begun installing elliptical wingl
Maintenance and Modifications

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Opens

Boeing, Shanghai Airport Authority and Shanghai Airlines have opened a new two-bay hangar at their joint venture, Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services.
Maintenance and Modifications

Falcon Transitioning To E-Maintenance Program

Dassault Falcon recently completed testing of its new Falcon E-Maintenance program, which will allow Dassault’s Falcon technical center and service centers
Maintenance and Modifications

Maximum Manuals Offers Same-day MEL

Maximum Manuals has launched an Internet-based minimum equipment list (MEL) generator that provides same-day MELs customized to the individual client and a
Maintenance and Modifications

Whistleblower Uncovers Woodward MPC Fraud

Aerospace contractor MPC International has agreed to pay $22.5 million to the federal government to resolve procurement fraud allegations that the company
Maintenance and Modifications

Nextant Beechjet Pro Line 21 Upgrade STC’d

Nextant Aerospace announced today at the NBAA Convention that it has received STC approval for its Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 flight deck retrofit for Be
Engines

GE Honda HF120 Test Phase Spools Up

The first GE Honda HF120 engine has successfully started its initial test run at GE Aviation’s altitude test chamber in Evendale, Ohio, the company announc

NBAA, GAMA Unveil Online Bizav Value Resource

NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) this morning at the NBAA Convention launched the Business Aviation E-Valuation Toolkit, a ne
Aircraft

Cirrus Slows SF50 Jet Single Program

Cirrus Design vice president of domestic sales Jon Dauplaise told AIN today at the NBAA Convention that development work on the company’s SF50 Visio

NBAA'09 Opens With Muted Optimism

It would have been next to impossible to open the 62nd NBAA Convention this morning in Orlando, Fla., without squarely aiming at the 800-pound gorilla in t

More G650 suppliers named

Several suppliers for Gulfstream’s new G650 were recently announced, some of which updated their progress building components for the new aircraft.

Quiet fliers lauded by TEB officials

Teterboro Airport (TEB) presented 29 “Good Neighbor Awards” here yesterday to airport tenants and users who recorded a minimum of 100 operations per year w
Aircraft

Dassault sees pockets of recovery

Like other business jet OEMs, Dassault Falcon is suffering from the effects of the global downturn.
Avionics

Jeppesen, Sat Direct team to enhance cockpit comm

Jeppesen and Satcom Direct announced Monday a teaming relationship that allows each company to sell a bundled solution to their customers that combines fli

SkyBooks Lands Heliservicio and STAM

Mexico’s Heliservicio and Servicio Tecnico Aereo de Mexico (STAM) have selected SkyBooks (Booth No.

MedAire and Gulfstream Celebrate 20th

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the partnership of MedAire (Booth  No.
Aircraft

Dornier’s Seastar taking off

When Dornier Seaplane (Static Display) debuted its amphibious Seastar at last year’s NBAA Convention, CEO Joe Walker outlined a number of goals, including
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Emteq SkyPro cabin system goes HiDef

Emteq (Booth No.
Airports

Columbia Modernizes Chilean Citation 650

Columbia Avionics in Columbia, Mo., has completed an avionics modernization program in a Cessna Citation 650 for Chile’s civil aviation department.
Training and Workforce

Win Flight Training and Help an Airport Grow

NBAA Convention visitors have a chance to win aerobatic flight training or advanced spin-recovery training, while helping to shape the future of a growing