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Chinese Airspace More Open

Foreign business aircraft operators are enjoying somewhat easier access to Chinese airspace, at least between the country’s major cities.
Maintenance and Modifications

Latin American RVSM Bottleneck?

Argentina and Colombia are lobbying to delay the planned January 2005 implementation of reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) airspace throughout Lati
Safety

International Operations: Bizav copes with a world in turmoil

If international flight operations were complicated after 9/11, they are certain to become even more difficult now in view of the U.S.-led war against Iraq

A Century in Review - The 1940s: First jets, big war

The year 1939 saw not only the outbreak of World War II but also the first flight of a jet airplane –both events that were rapidly to change aviation beyon

Turbine business airplane accidents level off

After last year, when the total number of U.S.-registered turbine business airplanes involved in serious accidents decreased significantly from 2001, the a
Rotorcraft

Bell Cutting Four Helos from Product Line

Bell Helicopter is “optimizing” its product line to accelerate deliveries of its high-demand aircraft, namely the Bell 407, 412 and 429.
Avionics

Gulfstream Gets Double Vision

Gulfstream Aerospace announced yesterday that its synthetic-vision system and second-generation enhanced-vision system (known as EVS II) are now FAA certif
Regulations and Government

FAA Finalizes Mandatory MU-2 Training SFAR

Yesterday, the FAA issued the final version of MU
Training and Workforce

Sabena Offering Third-Party Eclipse 500 Training

Mesa (Ariz.) Falcon Field-based Sabena Airline Training Center (SATC) yesterday received Eclipse 500 type-rating training approval from the FAA, making it
Aircraft

EADS Proposes Faster, Longer-range Aircraft

EADS Socata chairman and CEO Jean-Michel Léonard told AIN that the France-based manufacturer is evaluating production of a new turboprop o

People in Aviation: April 2003

Terrance Kelley has announced his resignation as president and COO of U.S.
Regulations and Government

GAC Challenges Pilot Certificate Revocation Rule

The General Aviation Coalition (GAC) and its 17 member organizations have challenged the TSA’s recent direct final rule that would allow the revocation of
Safety

NATA’s Coyne demands DCA access for Part 135

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) filed a petition with the FAA last month asking that the agency reopen Ronald Reagan Washington National
Accidents

Final Report: Wing ice cited in Caravan crash

CESSNA 208, DILLINGHAM, ALASKA, OCT.
Accidents

Final Report: Failure to see-and-avoid cost 11 lives

PA-31-350 AND PA-44-180, BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J., AUG.
Accidents

Factual Report: Cheyanne crashes on IMC

PIPER PA-31T1, GRAHAM, TEXAS, Nov.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Meridian clips power lines

PIPER MERIDIAN, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., MARCH 7, 2003–The pilot and his two passengers were killed when their Meridian, N522RF, turbine single
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Icy reception for Caravan

CESSNA 208, KOTZEBUE, ALASKA, MARCH 2, 2003–Cessna N205BA sustained substantial damage at about 3:04 p.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Main rotors strike passenger

BELL 407, HIGH ISLAND 443, GULF OF MEXICO, FEB.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cheyanne and 172 in Midair

PIPER PA-31T AND CESSNA 172P, DENVER, COLO., JAN.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: T-prop single crashes on approach

SOCATA TBM 700, LEESBURG, VA., MARCH 1, 2003–TBM 700 N700PP was destroyed, and its three occupants killed, when it crashed into trees duri
Aircraft

AvCraft’s 328 buy closes under cloud of skepticism, uncertainty

When reports began circulating last month that Leesburg, Va.-based AvCraft Aviation had reached an agreement to buy Fairchild Dornier’s 328 production and
Charter & Fractional

How to develop a startup jet: Just do it, then crow about it

The “affordable jet” has become synonymous with the flying car.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: April 2003

There was good news and bad news concerning appropriations for those 11 of 13 government agencies that have been impatiently waiting and enduring the agony
Regulations and Government

Blakey Boosts FSDO Consistency

FAA Administrator Marion Blakey chose a speech before the Washington Aero Club to announce a new project designed to bring more consistency among the vario
Regulations and Government

R&D Funding, Coordination Urged

General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) president Ed Bolen added his voice to a growing chorus that is pushing for more government coordination a
FBOs

Service People proves its name isn’t just a gimmick

This is an FBO? In the office Mozart plays softly on the radio, and the warm smell of fresh coffee drifts across the room from the corner kitchen.
FBOs

A dome home for the corporate jet

Would you feel more comfortable about your hangar knowing that buildings from which it was derived are used as community disaster shelters? Monolithic Cons
FBOs

Silverhawk targets transient jet market

Don Allen, owner of Silverhawk Aviation, would like pilots to be thinking of Lincoln Municipal Airport (LNK), Neb., as a mid-continent refueling stop.
FBOs

Kit developed to test for bio-contaminants

ECHA Microbiology, based in Cardiff, Wales, has developed a test kit that can provide a numerical indication of microbial contamination in aircraft fuel ta