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Preliminary report: Dash 8 lands on taxiway

DE HAVILLAND DHC-8, SEATTLE, WASH., JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Wingtip strikes runway

BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19, RAPID CITY, S.D., JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Falcon veers off runway

DASSAULT FALCON 20C, PUEBLO, COLO., JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Caravan crashes in Lake Erie

CESSNA 208 CARAVAN, PELEE ISLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA, JAN.

Ten steps to effective teamwork

Managing a flight department is a task equally as challenging as any confronted by other executives within a company.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer March 2004

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in late January announced that the federal deficit is expected to climb to $477 billion this year, up fro
Regulations and Government

NTSB urges tighter repair station certification

Following its investigation of the Jan.
Regulations and Government

Omnibus is not omnipotent

The $328 billion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress to fund most federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 (until September 30) failed t

Awards and Honors March 2004

Keith Lewis, an employee of Stevens Aviation Donaldson Center in Greenville, S.C., was named the FAA 2004 Avionics Maintenance Technician of the Year for t

People March 2004

Michael Scheeringa is the new COO of Cleveland-based Flight Options, with responsibilities for the overall operations, maintenance, procurement and
Aircraft

Production and deliveries challenge jet OEM start-ups

Given their current predicaments, Eclipse Aviation and Sino Swearingen share some similarities.
FBOs

Airline-run FBO meets some out-of-the-ordinary standards

When flying into Cincinnati, pilots have a choice of two main airports: Lunken Municipal Airport (LUK), located on the north shore of the Ohio River and wi
FBOs

Flurry of new FBOs opens

Early this year the TIX Jet Center opened at Space Coast Regional Airport (TIX) in Titusville, Fla.
Airports

Long Beach fuel farm upgrades to 200K GAL

A long awaited fuel farm upgrade at Long Beach Airport (LGB), Calif., is scheduled for completion by the end of this month.
FBOs

Trajen expands its facility at TUS

Trajen Flight Support at Tucson International Airport (TUS), Ariz., became an Air BP dealer last October, and this month it plans to complete a major expan
Airports

OSU eyes runway extention, users polled

The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, has initiated an environmental assessment for extending one of the runways of its airport (OSU) to 6,000 feet
Airports

Options discussed at cash-strapped HVN

NBAA said Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN), Conn., is struggling financially and the local board of aldermen has asked the FAA what the consequences would be
Regulations and Government

AIP ruling is a boon for Iowa airports

The Iowa DOT’s office of aviation reports that the federal funding program approved by Congress and signed by President Bush last month bodes well for the
Regulations and Government

Mayor opposes lengthening runway

According to NBAA, Warwick, R.I.
Charter & Fractional

Charter operator counts on local FBO

Lowe Aviation, a Phillips 66 Aviation Performance Center at Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), Macon, Ga., is the hometown fueler for medium-size inter
Airports

Comments due on noise plans for LIT and TOL

The FAA is reviewing proposed noise-compatibility programs submitted for Little Rock National Airport/Adams Field (LIT), Ark., and Toledo Express Airport (
Airports

PHX runway project is under way

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) completed the first segment of a three-phase runway maintenance and improvement project last month.

Avcard grows to include London office

Avcard, the aviation services provider and credit-card company based in Hunt Valley, Md., has established a European office in London with the aim of incre
Training and Workforce

SimPro USA looks to change ‘Sin City’ into a ‘Sim City’

A recent indicator of the business climate malaise that California’s new governor has vowed to reverse is the move of flight simulator facility operator Si

Former Eastern pilot plans to use Jurassic Jet for airshows

Some four billion passengers flew in the Boeing 727 fleet before most were retired from passenger service or converted to freight haulers.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Ultra and QinetiQ developing new quiet cabin technology

Two UK-based specialists in the noise-reduction field are developing new technology that promises a substantial decrease in cabin noise.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

MacCarthy Interiors moves to New Gatwick facility

Business aircraft cabin specialist MacCarthy Interiors has moved its headquarters to a new and larger facility near Gatwick Airport, about 35 miles south o
FBOs

FBO Survey 2007

When business aviation is booming, as it is now, nowhere is it more evident than at FBOs, the place at airports where everybody ends up hanging out, workin
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Heads up provides Citation X and Excel LED lighting

Heads Up Technologies of Carrollton, Texas, is providing upwash, downwash, aisle and toe-kick LED lighting as standard equipment in Cessna’s Citation X, XL