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Gulfstream delivers first GV to USAF as C-37A

Gulfstream Aerospace recently delivered the first of an order for five C-37A special mission versions of the GV to the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Wing builds Gulfstream shop in Tex.

Wing Aviation recently began construction of a 54,000-sq-ft facility to house its new Gulfstream maintenance center at the Montgomery County Airport in Con
Aircraft

Eldec monitors CRJ's flaps

Lynnwood, Wash.-based Eldec Corp.
ATC

Duncan is focused on RVSM compliance

Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Neb., reports it is developing a number of products and services including more emphasis on its ambitious reduced vertical sepa
Safety

'Whiskers' helps avoid bent wings

With the number of wing-collision incidents growing, so has demand for a device to assist pilots in avoiding them.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

IEC Int'l refines cabin system

Cabin management system specialist IEC International has introduced the new color version of its soft switch panel.
Engines

P&WC reports on its PW600 series plans

Pratt & Whitney Canada announced last year at NBAA 2000 that it had embarked on development of a new line of turboprop, turboshaft and turbofan engines
Aircraft

Guaranteed brakes for Pilatus PC-12

The Parker Hannifin Aircraft Wheel and Brake Division of Parker Aerospace announced a guaranteed cost-per-brake-landing (CPBL) program for Pilatus PC-12 an

Trade-a-plane wx is voted 'best of Web'

In addition to producing its familiar oversized yellow publication Trade-A-Plane people are enthusiastic about something totally new these days–access to t
Aircraft

Farnborough t-prop facing fiscal hurdles

Farnborough-Aircraft.com, the UK company that is developing the single-turboprop F1 air-taxi, business and utility aircraft, quietly withdrew from the NBAA
Safety

Are you ready for a ditching?

For those who operate aircraft over water, knowing how to ditch is an important safety issue.
ATC

Getting bizav into the CDM loop

Collaborative decision-making (CDM), the effort instituted by the FAA and the airlines to reroute traffic each day away from anticipated weather trouble sp
Charter & Fractional

ARG/US’s Feathers Ruffled at NATA Summit

ARG/US is publicly disputing claims made at the NATA Air Charter Summit held last week in Chantilly, Va., by the Air Charter Safety Foundation about its ne
Safety

NTSB Addresses Landing Distances, Crew Fatigue

The NTSB issued a number of recommendations yesterday stemming from an April 12, 2007, landing overrun of a Pinnacle Airlines Bombardier CRJ at Cherry Capi
Safety

FAA Holds First Aviation Fatigue Symposium

The FAA today wrapped up its first symposium focused specifically on managing fatigue in aviation.
Charter & Fractional

Aircraft Charter Broker Regulations Pushed

Recent enforcement actions against charter brokers using “unfair or deceptive” business practices have come under scrutiny, and some organizations are now
Aircraft

First Customer Hawker 4000 Finally Delivered

Hawker Beechcraft delivered the first super-midsize Hawker 4000 to launch customers Gary and Donna Hall during a ceremony yesterday at the company’s headqu
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker 12-month check performed via CD-ROM

Gulfstream Aerospace in Appleton, Wis., recently conducted the first complete logbook review for an aircraft maintenance inspection using AirLog Imaging ai
Cabin Interior and Electronics

OneView integrated into Rosen's cabin IFE system

Rosen Products is making a splash in the new product pool with announcement of the integration of Honeywell’s OneView satellite-direct television into its
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Smart window does away with yesterday's shades

Gone are the days of heavy, bulky window shades with accordion pleats.
FBOs

Icelandic FBO joins Avitat family

Icelandic FBO SouthAir offers what it describes as a red-carpet stepping stone for corporate aircraft operators crossing the forbidding North Atlantic.
Charter & Fractional

TAG confident of continued growth

When TAG Aviation took over Aeroleasing in Switzerland and Aviation Methods in California, and finally Wayfarer Aviation on the East Coast, all in 1998 and

2001 Pre-owned Aircraft Report:

The thought that the market for new and used corporate aircraft as well as corporate aviation itself may very well be the innocent beneficiary of terrorism

JetPlan has new software

Jeppesen recently announced the release of two flight-planning interfaces, one browser-based and one using TCP/IP communication protocol, for its JetPlan f
Cabin Interior and Electronics

DeCrane’s latest 16-g seats advance new technology

The DeCrane Cabin Management Group’s seating division had planned to attend the 54th NBAA Annual Meeting and Convention in September with a considerable di
Aircraft

Agusta ships USCG helos

Philadelphia-based Agusta Aerospace recently completed a 15-month project by delivering the last two of eight A109E Power commercial helicopters ordered by
ATC

ISS developing RVSM for six more bizplanes

Innovative Solutions & Support continues its aggressive certification schedule of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) equipment for a wide rang

Scholarships on tap for sched/dispatchers

The Schedulers and Dispatchers Committee is encouraging aviation professionals to apply for a portion of the $25,000 in scholarship money provided by spons
Cabin Interior and Electronics

B/E Aero now has an entire LED package

In the past, LED (light-emitting diode) lighting was just one small piece of the total cabin lighting puzzle, said Rod Stoehr, general manager of B/E Aeros
Avionics

Rockwell Collins traces its spirit of innovation to a rich heritage

A business is an institution when one of a city’s major thoroughfares and one of its fine hotels bears its name.