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Cabin Interior and Electronics

VIP completions can be completed on time

When Gore Design Completions (GDC) began welcoming visitors to its NBAA ’02 exhibit (Booth No.
Security

NATA up front in security debate

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) expects to sign an agreement with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as early as this week

Recovery has moved to the right a 'few quarters'

Peter Edwards, president of Bombardier Business Aircraft, joined the company in 1995 as vice president of marketing and international sales.
Rotorcraft

Elite Agusta helicopter really is

Agusta Aerospace Corp.
Avionics

TAWS maker files counterclaim against Honeywell's lawsuit

Terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) manufacturers being sued for patent infringement by Honeywell have started to fight back.
Charter & Fractional

ShareJet brings frax to Far East

A Japanese industrial trading company and a U.S.
Avionics

Thales and CMC plan Global Express EVS

Bombardier is developing an enhanced vision system with partners Thales Avioincs of France and CMC Electronics for its Global Express business jet, the Can
Charter & Fractional

NetJets orders totals $2B

It’s become tradition.
Aircraft

Winging in from Wichita

The Bombardier Learjet 40 conforming prototype made its first flight on August 31 and five days later the first Learjet 40 production airplane made its fir

Eclipse loosens lips, reveals order tally

Eclipse Aviation’s order book has been the subject of much speculation ever since the Albuquerque, N.M.-based startup company announced it had begun taking
Maintenance and Modifications

Pilatus expands service options

Pilatus Aircraft announced here an expanding suite of maintenance support choices for PC-12 customers under the umbrella name of ServiceWorx.
FBOs

UVglobal Network adds five new bases

UVglobal Network, introduced at NBAA 2001 last December, has added five new members to its worldwide group of ground-handling facilities, bringing the tota
Avionics

Latest Pentar cabin server nears the design finish line

Seattle, Wash.-based Pentar Avionics introduced its new Jet LAN AS200 Advanced Airborne Computer at an NBAA press conference yesterday.
Avionics

Teledyne unveils new SmartCabin

Teledyne Controls, exclusive distributor of Raytheon’s MagnaStar airborne telephone system, introduced its SmartCabin Office concept at a Monday morning pr
FBOs

Million Air Van Nuys gets $20M facility improvement

In spring 2003, Million Air at Van Nuys Airport will break ground on a new $20 million, 250,000-sq-ft facility.
Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell, PWC strike component repair deal

Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney Canada have agreed to start doing component repairs on some models of each other’s engines.
Avionics

Safe Flight auto throttle popular on Challenger 604

Orders for the Safe Flight AutoPower automatic throttle for the Challenger 604 have reached 120, the White Plains, N.Y.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation does 1st Universal TAWS at PBI

Jet Aviation at Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), West Palm Beach, Fla., has done that facility’s first installation and STC approval for Universal A
Rotorcraft

S-92 passes autorotation certification tests

Sikorsky S-92 test pilots John Dixon, company flight operations director, and Bob Spaulding, S-92 chief pilot, performed two full power-off landings last m
Avionics

Airshow plugs gaps for Rockwell Collins

Following its acquisition this summer of cabin entertainment provider Airshow, Rockwell Collins has integrated the Tustin, Calif.

GE takes a three-year view of business aviation scene

General Electric, the global giant with $126 billion in annual revenue, is at NBAA ’02 (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

NASA chooses Flexjet as its fractional provider

Bombardier Flexjet announced its selection as fractional provider to the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) at a press conference yesterda
Security

Baseops and iJET team on security reporting

Baseops International (Booth No.

Hockey team launches Jepp dispatch program

Jeppesen has launched its Flight Operations Service to support operators who are constrained by limited resources.
Avionics

Max-Viz installs first EVS-1000 on 601-3A

The first Max-Viz EVS-1000 installation on an operator-customer’s aircraft is being completed by Total Aircraft Services (TAS) at Van Nuys (Calif.) Airport
Regulations and Government

Star Trak cabin door exempt from 25.813

Steecon Enterprises (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Airborne cuts cost with exchange plan

Parker Aerospace’s Nichols Airborne Division is here at NBAA to provide information about its bleed air valve new spare and factory-overhaul exchange progr
Safety

Med-Pac 400 kit is a full-service package

Med-Pac is presenting its latest air ambulance system here at the NBAA show (Booth No.
Engines

P&WC's president has diversified view

After four months on the job as president of Pratt & Whitney Canada, Alain Bellemare intends to guide a company that becomes increasingly global in nature
Engines

Rolls-Royce shuffles the top of exec deck

Rolls-Royce North America has strengthened and reorganized the management of its Corporate Aircraft division.