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ATC

Arrest made in killing of Zurich ATC controller

Swiss police have in custody a man accused of stabbing to death an air traffic controller.
Aircraft

Gulfstream 550 wins JAA/EASA approval and collerthrophy, and notches more records

The flagship of the Gulfstream fleet has flown proudly in the past couple of months.
Charter & Fractional

FlightSafety, NetJets numbers dipped in 2003

Profits soared last year at Warren Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, though not all of the company’s divisions did well.
Accidents

S-76 wreckage and bodies found

Wreckage of an Era Aviation Sikorsky S-76 was found late last month, two days after it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico about 60 miles south of Galveston, T
Regulations and Government

Jets To Be Certified under Commuter Rule

Because the Grob SPn Utility jet and the Embraer Phenom 300 weigh more than 12,500 pounds but less than 19,000 pounds, their respective manufacturers are r

Jet fuel prices averaging $2.63 a gallon

The average price of jet fuel in the U.S.

Adam Aircraft names 'group' president

Adam Aircraft named former Gulfstream and Cessna executive Joe Walker as its group president of commercial sales, as the Denver-based firm simultaneously d
Aircraft

Learjet seriously damaged in hard landing

An Airnet Systems Learjet 35A on a Part 135 cargo flight was seriously damaged March 19 during a failed attempted to abort the landing.
Regulations and Government

FEDS asked to act on DCA access by August 1

“Secure Access,” a program that would add more requirements to the Transportation Security Administration Access Certificate (TSAAC) program currently bein
Avionics

Careful testing those 406-MHz ELTs

406-MHz emergency locator transmitters must not be activated for testing during the first five minutes after any hour, unlike 121.5-MHz ELTs (see AIM revis
Aircraft

Citation XLS receives FAA approval

Cessna announced on March 23 that it received FAA approval of its $9.895 million Citation XLS, a faster, roomier and longer-legged derivative of the Citati
Regulations and Government

Print name on aircraft registration form

Starting on June 1, the FAA will no longer accept aircraft registration applications (AC Form 8050-1) that do not contain the printed or typed name of the
Safety

NTSB reports increase in aviation accidents

No fatal accident involving Part 121 or 135 scheduled carriers occurred in 2002, versus three last year in which 24 people died, according to NTSB data.
Regulations and Government

Bizav bonus-depreciation extension hits turbulence

Although the accelerated-depreciation bonus has been credited with a pickup in orders for new business jets, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association
Regulations and Government

NTSB lashes out at FAA on maintenance scrutiny

The NTSB issued a scathing indictment of the FAA’s oversight of contract maintenance providers, essentially validating a DOT inspector general’s report tha
Regulations and Government

Meeting at DCA hangar places TSA in hot seat

Can and should Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) be opened to general aviation and charter aircraft? That was the principal topic during an u
ATC

Argentina Strips Air Force of ATC Function

The Argentine government took emergency action last month, relieving the nation’s Air Force of responsibility for providing ATC services.
Training and Workforce

PrestoSim Gets FAA OK for Citation Trng.

PrestoSim, a Grapevine, Texas, privately held Part 142 school, recently received FAA approval to provide simulator-based upgrade, initial, transition and t
Avionics

Cockpit and cabin avionics

Word that operators of nearly 600 U.S.-registered business jets failed to comply with an FAA mandate calling for installation of emergency locator transmit

New cockpit coming for Eclipse

Only time will tell if Eclipse Aviation’s decision to sever ties with Avidyne and bring in a new team of avionics suppliers for the Eclipse 500 will satisf

Catering: special report

In his eight-volume work, Physiology of Taste, French lawyer, magistrate, politician and gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote, “Animals feed them
Airports

N.C. airport back to normal again

At Dare County Regional Airport (MQI), N.C., Hank Stock grabs an armload of North Carolina aeronautical charts, centennial year edition, from among thousan
Aircraft

VLJs propel GA growth

The business and corporate side of general aviation should continue to benefit from a growing market for new microjets over the next 14 fiscal years, and t
FBOs

Pedaling to Paris

Two of Signature Flight Support’s top managers in Europe will be making it to this year’s Paris Air Show on just two wheels to raise money for children’s c
Aircraft

Factual report: King Air lost power exceeded engine TBO

BEECH 65-A90, FENTRESS, TEXAS, OCT.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Meridian in marginal VMC

PIPER PA-46-500TP, DAYTONA BEACH, FLA., DEC.
Accidents

Preliminary report: Engine quits on Narc airplane

AYRES S2T-T65, MAGDALENA, N.M., JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Door pops open in flight

BEECH KING AIR E90, GALESBURG, ILL., JAN.
Accidents

Preliminary report: EC 120 damaged in autorotation

EUROCOPTER EC 120B, JONESBORO, GA., JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Meridian looses power

PIPER PA-46-500TP, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., JAN.