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FBOs

Deer Horn acquires Avion Flight Centre

Deer Horn Aviation has acquired Avion Flight Centre at Midland International Airport (MAF), Texas.
FBOs

Easter Bunny, watch your back in Miami

Black-tail jackrabbits used to have a cushy home on the expansive grounds of Miami International Airport (MIA).
FBOs

New hangar at AGS ready for Masters traffic

Aircraft flying in to this month’s Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Ga., will have a new hangar/office complex at which to park.
Safety

NATA helping operators meet 12-5 security rules

The National Air Transportation Association developed a Transportation Security Administration-approved program in time to meet the April 1 deadline for co
Accidents

The Crash That Won’t Go Away

All fatal accidents are tragic, but the crash of Alberto-Culver’s GIV on takeoff from Palwaukee Municipal Airport on that windy late October morning nearly
Accidents

Court confirms $22.6M award in Illinois GIV crash

The fatal crash of the Alberto-Culver Gulfstream IV at Palwaukee Municipal Airport on Oct.
Safety

UK Safety Board Concerned about Avionics Corrosion

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) recently issued a sweeping recommendation that the EASA, FAA, Transport Canada and other aviation agencies

International Orders Boost Gulfstream’s Earnings

International orders accounted for more than half of Gulfstream’s 2007 earnings and contributed to a 17.3-percent increase in net sales last year, to $4.8
Charter & Fractional

VLJs ‘Not Revolutionary,’ but Do Enable Air Taxis

Despite one aircraft manufacturer’s claims, “very light jets are only evolutionary, not revolutionary,” noted Arie-Willem Van Doome, COO of Netherlands-bas

Textron: Cessna Can Weather Worst-case Downturn

With a year-end record backlog of $12.6 billion, up 48 percent from $8.5 billion at the end of 2006, Cessna will be able to weather any economic storm, par
Aircraft

Cessna Launches Large-cabin Citation

Cessna Aircraft today announced it has received the green light from parent company Textron for development of a large-cabin, intercontinental aircraft tha
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter denies illegal sales to Iraq

Eurocopter has denied a report in the March 7 Washington Times that it sent spare parts to Iraq for its Gazelle military helicopters.
Rotorcraft

Present at the Creation

In the late winter of 1923, these 12 men were most of the workforce of the fledgling Sikorsky Aircraft.
Rotorcraft

Colombian op does well with Russian rotorcraft

With a max gross weight of nearly 29,000 pounds, the Mil Mi-17 is no small helicopter.
Accidents

IMC, pilot error cited in rotorcraft mishaps

If all flights took place in flawless conditions, in ideal weather and with perfectly designed aircraft that are maintained to impossibly impeccable standa
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky targets environmental impact of its rotorcraft designs

Asked to visualize an environmentally “green” helicopter, most of us would think of a rotorcraft that was quiet.
Rotorcraft

Missouri Man Convicted in Helo Attack

Jimmie Leroy Shriver, 53, of Summersville, Miss., was sentenced by U.S.
Rotorcraft

No More Helos for Homeland Defense

As first presented to the public, the Bush Administration appeared ready, willing and able to open the homeland defense purse strings to allow first respon
Rotorcraft

Civil vs Government-operated Aeromed Services the Issue in Maryland

Commercial aeromed helicopter operators are claiming that Maryland state officials are overstepping their authority in a bid to impose additional rules res
Rotorcraft

CHC Gets Good News

Helicopter services firm CHC Helicopter has stated that third-quarter profit rose nearly 40 percent as higher contract rates and lower interest costs offse
Rotorcraft

Tiltrotor Busts Pentagon TFR

File this one under the heading “what were they thinking?” The U.S.
Rotorcraft

Surprising Shakeup at Enstrom

Ending a roughly one-year tenure as president and CEO of Enstrom Helicopters, and just a few weeks after HAI’s Heli-Expo show where he sketched a bold new

Antonov completes first An-148 fuselage on time

Antonov has removed the first An-148 fuselage from its assembly jig at the company’s experimental factory in Kiev after completing the project on schedule.
Aircraft

Sukhoi/Boeing RRJ wins Russian state tender

The Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) bid submitted by Sukhoi, Ilyushin, Yakovlev and Boeing has won the Russian state tender for development of a new 70- to 80-s

Varig regionals thrive on 145s

Last September’s merger of Brazil’s Varig with Rio Sul and Nordeste, its two regional-airline subsidiaries, has resulted in a new alignment of the operator

Air Atlantique ATR 42s breathe new life into Le Havre Airport

A French regional authority has taken over the ailing family-owned Air Atlantique regional airline, boosted its operations and brought new life back to the

Crossair heritage in jeopardy

The board of Swiss International Air Lines on February 24 accepted management’s proposal to reduce its current fleet from 131 to 111 aircraft, furlough up

Mesa Air comes full circle with United Express flying

Mesa Air Group chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein once again embraced the old adage “never say never” when the unpredictable industry veteran recently revi

EAS, pilot program face rising tide of discontent

Judging by a recently published U.S.

Lufthansa To Take Majority Stake in Air Dolomiti

Air Dolomiti president and majority shareholder Alcide Leali last month announced his intention to exercise an option to sell 31.2 percent of the regional