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Midwest Express Suspends 328JET, B1900 Payments
Milwaukee-based Midwest Express last month suspended lease and debt payments on 38 of its 58 airplanes, including several Fairchild Dornier 328JETs and Bee
Chautauqua Pilots Rally Against ‘Alter Ego’ Rival
Pilots of Indianapolis-based Chautauqua Airlines planned to walk an informational picket line on March 28 at Louisville International, Ky., and Indianapoli
Aircraft
Upgraded TBM 850 Makes Debut
An upgraded EADS Socata TBM 850 turboprop single was unveiled late last week during a “discovery show” held at the company’s factory in Tarbes, France.
Aircraft
Special Conditions Notice Reveals Phenom 100 Weight
The FAA on Friday issued a request for comments on special conditions that would apply to Embraer’s Phenom 100 VLJ to cover “novel or unusual design featur
Rotorcraft
Another Record Year for Eurocopter
Eurocopter, at a news conference in Paris today, disclosed its results for last year, saying it achieved an all-time high in sales that surpasses those for
Funding Is Front and Center at Adam
Adam Aircraft’s financial predicament is apparently more dire than the company let on
Aircraft
Bombardier Partners with Grob on Composite Learjet
In October, after announcing that it planned to offer a next-generation Learjet for the midsize jet market, Bombardier said that it considered the new Lear
Avionics
Would-be bizav customers clamor for Boeing Connexion
Boeing has been inundated by requests from business jet operators for information about its Connexion broadband satellite communications system since the w
ATC
Entegra: jet tech for the pricey-piston generation
The Avidyne Entegra avionics system–particularly the revolutionary left-side primary flight display (PFD)–is new territory for most piston pilots.
Avionics
Honeywell Receives TSO for KI 825 Nav Display
Honeywell has obtained TSO authorization for the new Bendix/King KI 825 EHSI (electronic horizontal situation indicator) for business aircraft.
Avionics
Securaplane Introduces Digital Video Recorder
Securaplane Technologies of Tucson, Ariz., has introduced a digital video recorder for aircraft that replaces tape-based recorders.
Avionics
Collins High-speed Data Satcom Awarded Initial STC
The HST-900 data satcom from Rockwell Collins has received STC approval for installation in the Falcon 50, 900 and 900EX.
Avionics
Jeppesen Working To Fix NavData Software Anomalies
Officials for Jeppesen report that the company has identified and corrected many of the irregularities in its NavData boundary data, but at press time abou
Avionics
WSI Adds Temporary Flight Restrictions to In-flight Uplink Service
Weather data provider WSI announced it has added detailed information on temporary flight restrictions (TFR) to its InFlight airborne datalink information
Avionics
Max-Viz EVS Certified in Challenger 601
The FAA has approved a head-down display certification of the Max-Viz EVS-1000 enhanced vision system in a Challenger 601-3A.
Avionics
NTSB Calls for Checks of Collins AHRS in more than 7,000 Airplanes
The NTSB has sent a letter to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey recommending that the Rockwell Collins AHC-85 attitude heading reference system (AHRS) comput
ATC
What is ADS-B?
Most corporate pilots know how TCAS operates and what it does, but fewer are familiar with ADS-B.
Avionics
UPS brings ADS-B traffic into aviation’s mainstream
Boeing 757 and 767 pilots at United Parcel Service (UPS) will soon start using a flight-deck display that will likely be the envy of their airline and corp
ATC
FAA to add third WAAS satellite
The FAA awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin last month that will add a third leased geostationary satellite to the two existing satellites used for the w
Avionics
Multilateration: a new eye in the sky and on the ground
Although few pilots may know the word, multilateration is quickly becoming a household term among air traffic controllers and airport authorities.
Avionics
Arinc Direct launches 24/7 support services
Arinc Direct, the business aviation services division of Annapolis, Md.-based Arinc, has officially launched a lineup of flight-support services for corpor
Avionics
Time and again, EGPWS breaks the accident chain
Since the introduction of the enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) in 1996, more than 16,000 airplanes worldwide have been fitted with the Hone
Aircraft
In The Works: Flightship Ground Effect FS8
Is it a low-flying airplane or a high-flying boat? You won’t be seeing one of these flying over the Kansas prairie, but if you need to travel over the high
Aircraft
In The Works: Maverick Jets Leader
A Maverick Leader kit twinjet, registered as N750TJ, crashed in Melbourne, Fla., on January 24, killing the kit manufacturer’s chief pilot, Jack Reed.
Aircraft
In The Works: Gippsland GA-140TP Taska
The 10-seat Taska, a turboprop derivative of the Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8 Airvan piston single, “is only at the concept stage,” according to Michael Hall
Aircraft
In The Works: Aerocourier
The single-turboprop AeroCourier utility airplane, proposed by a Minneapolis company of the same name, has progressed little since its announcement at NBAA
Rotorcraft
Ultra-deepwater ops draw Era to the Gulf
“It’s a far different business today from what it was when I moved to Alaska 26 years ago,” Richard “Lash” Larew, executive v-p of Era Aviation, told
Rotorcraft
Heli-logging in harmony with the environment
“Environmentally sensitive logging.” It’s a phrase that seems almost a contradiction in terms.
Aircraft
Concorde’s future cloudy
Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner that is the flagship of British Airways and Air France, could become a victim of the current economic downtu
Regulations and Government
Garvey speaks about her stint at FAA and future of agency
Even before Jane Garvey took the helm of the FAA nearly six years ago, she made the pilgrimage to Oshkosh for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annua
