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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Townsend To Intro Artesano Hand-Crafted Woven Leather

Townsend Leather plans to introduce its new Artesano Woven leather at the NBAA Convention this month.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Dart Wins Canadian, European Approvals

Dart Helicopter Services has announced that affiliated partner Dart Aerospace has received Transport Canada and EASA certification of its expanded line of
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gore Design Picks Up Big Contracts

Gore Design Completions in San Antonio has secured major contracts for the completion of two Airbus A340-500s.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Airbus Corporate Jet Rolls Out Third ACJ

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre in Toulouse, France, has delivered its third Airbus ACJ-series executive cabin.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Boeing Finds Buyers for Executive 747-8

Pushing ahead with its new 747-8 Intercontinental passenger iteration of the venerable 747, Boeing has already sold seven of the big four-engine widebodies
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Comtran Wins EASA Approval for 328Jet

Comtran International, an independent interior refurbishment center based at Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport, Texas, has won European Aviation Safety Agency (
Cabin Interior and Electronics

MAC Finishes Second Falcon 20 for Egypt Air

MAC Aircraft Interior Specialists has completed refurbishment of the second of three Falcon 20s for Egypt Air.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

MAV Aircraft Customer Cancels A321 Contract

Kingdom Holding Company has backed away from an agreement that would have allowed MAV Aircraft Services of Dallas/Fort Worth to do the interior completion
Accidents

Learjet Lost Gear on Landing

Bombardier Learjet 60, Westhampton, N.Y., Aug.
Accidents

Engine Failure Forced Emergency Landing

Dassault Falcon 900B, Gatwick, UK, Jan.
Accidents

Final Report: Maintenance Flaws Led to Fatal Helicopter Crash

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Princeville, Hawaii, March 8, 2007–The NTSB has blamed the fatal crash on the failure of maintenance personnel to properly tighten the
Aircraft

Spirit Breaks Ground on New French Plant

Spirit AeroSystems yesterday broke ground on a new 57,888-sq-ft facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, where it plans to receive and assemble the composite cen
Aircraft

Learjet 85 program moves to Mexico

Bombardier’s Learjet 85 program continues to move forward or, perhaps more accurately, south, with plans to produce all primary structural components of th
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air Cabin Door Opens on Takeoff

Hawker Beechcraft C90A, Bismarck, N.D., July 23, 2009–The cabin entry door opened while the aircraft was climbing through 500 feet.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Birdstrike Causes Beechjet Damage

Hawker Beechcraft 400A, Sugar Land, Texas, July 31, 2009–While on takeoff roll from Sugar Land Municipal Airport and approaching 95 knots,
Accidents

Icing Eyed in Commander Crash

Twin Commander 690C, Wray, Colo., Jan.
Accidents

Tour Helicopter Crashes on Catalina

Eurocopter AS 350D, Avalon, Calif., May 24, 2008–N67GE, operated by Island Express Helicopters under Part 135, crashed while landing at Sa
Accidents

Factual Report: King Air Clips Tree while Taxiing

Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200, Henderson, Nev., March 22, 2009–The twin turboprop, operated by Southern Nevada Jet Charter, collided with
Accidents

Factual Report: JetRanger Crashes during Photo Shoot

Bell 206B, Nokomis, Fla., Sept.
Regulations and Government

Compliance Countdown: October 2009

'compliance_countdown_october 2009.pdf' PDF.

People in Aviation

BBA Aviation has named Peg Billson, formerly COO of Eclipse Aviation, president of BBA Aviation Legacy Support/Ontic.
Aircraft

European SSBJ study holds promise but powerplant remains undefined

High-speed aircraft (Hisac), a European research project to study the feasibility of a supersonic business jet (SSBJ), is coming to a close at the end of t
Aircraft

Mitsubishi Signs U.S. Customer for MRJ

Mitsubishi Aircraft scored an enormous marketing coup today when it signed the first letter of intent from a non-Japanese airline for its new MRJ.
Avionics

Rockwell Collins Preps Fusion for SVS Testing

Rockwell Collins plans to start flight trials early next week of the software load that will add a synthetic-vision presentation to the Pro Line Fusion avi

Charter Demand Still Soft, Say CharterX, Avinode

Executive charter activity is not recovering in line with the prevailing uptick on international stock markets, according to the latest data from online ch
Charter & Fractional

XOJet Dispels Citation X Disposal Talk

Responding to scuttlebutt about selling off its Cessna Citation X fleet, charter aircraft provider XOJet told AIN, “This is incorrect as t
Aircraft

VLJs Neither ‘Revolutionary’ Nor ‘Disruptive’

The marketing hype surrounding very light jets (VLJs) has “largely subsided,” according to Brian Foley, president of business aviation consulting firm Bria

Pelton: Bizav Issues Don’t End at Geographic Lines

Business aviation faces similar issues around the world that will require operators to cooperate across regional lines if the industry is to thrive, Cessna
Aircraft

2009 New Business Jets: Spiraling down: Goodbye Columbus & Epic meltdown

The recession has put the spike to some major new jet development programs, delayed others and shuttered some undercapitalized aircraft companies altogethe