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Accidents

Final Reports - Turbine Blade Failure Blamed in Fatal Crash

Loss of engine power during landing approach due to a fatigue fracture in a power turbine blade caused the fatal helicopter crash, according to the Board.
Accidents

Final Reports - Citation II and Tractor Collided on Runway

The NTSB has ruled that the air traffic controller’s failure to monitor the runway environment properly caused the accident between the landing Citation II
Accidents

Factual Reports - Pilot Forgets to Lower Turboprop's Gear

The pilot told investigators that after takeoff he experienced a primary trim failure but continued to his destination airport using secondary trim.
Accidents

Factual Reports - TBM Crashes After Loss of Control on Landing

The single-engine turboprop was destroyed but its ATP-certified pilot was unharmed when it departed the runway after touchdown at Montgomery County Airpark
Accidents

Factual Reports - French King Air Makes Gear-up Landing

Following an electrical system anomaly, the French-registered turboprop twin, operated by Air Alizé, sustained substantial damage after making a successful
Accidents

Factual Reports - Tire Damage Eyed in Runway Excursion

The Mexican-registered twinjet was substantially damaged when it departed the runway on takeoff from Eagle County Regional Airport en route to Chihuahua, M
FBOs

Touching Bases

MILLION AIR OPENS FACILITY IN SAN BERNARDINO The newest facility in the Million Air FBO franchise chain has opened at San Bernardino Internat
FBOs

FBO PROFILE: AAR Aircraft Services

For many years, AAR Aircraft Services has operated the sole FBO at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport, and it seems that activity is heating up at <
Safety

FAA Stresses Upset Recovery Training

Citing an increase in aircraft accidents involving loss of control (LOC), the FAA yesterday issued Information for Operators 10010, which calls for operato
Safety

Hot Section - July 2010

ARSA Cautions Clinton on Aviation Exports Legislation pending on Capitol Hill threatens to undermine the global competitiveness of the U.S.
Avionics

Breakthrough Unmanned Helo System Flies

Piasecki Aircraft and Carnegie Mellon University have successfully flight tested a new navigation and sensor package on an unmanned Boeing AH-6 Little Bird
Aircraft

Piper Taps DeCrane, Propel for PiperJet Cabin Design

Piper Aircraft yesterday announced that it selected DeCrane Aerospace and Propel Designs as interior specialists for the PiperJet.
Avionics

Heliworks Helping To Rescue Oil-soaked Birds in Gulf

EMS Aviation’s Fleet aircraft tracking system is being used by Pensacola, Fla.-based Heliworks to help rescue birds endangered by the oil spill in the Gulf
FBOs

ProJet opens third FBO

ProJet Aviation, which already operates FBOs at Manassas (Va.) Regional and Winchester (Va.) Regional airports in the metropolitan Washington area, officia
Charter & Fractional

NetJets begins consolidation of facilities and pilot groups

NetJets has begun an operational consolidation plan for two of its North American fractional aircraft subsidiaries– NetJets Aviation (NJA) and NetJets Inte
Regulations and Government

FCC Seeks To Outlaw 121.5-MHz ELTs

Aircraft owners in the U.S.
Avionics

Primus Elite Coming to Citation X

Cessna Aircraft said it will bring the Honeywell Primus Elite avionics system to the Citation X starting next year.
Charter & Fractional

XOJet Adds Aircell Internet to Fleet

San Carlos, Calif.-based charter operator XOJet is installing Aircell high-speed Internet equipment on its entire fleet of Bombardier Challenger 300s and C
Avionics

FAA Approval of Ku Internet STC Near

Innotech Aviation in Montreal is closing in on an FAA STC permitting installations of ViaSat Ku-band satellite data hardware aboard the Bombardier Global E
Avionics

Iridium places $2.1B order for 81 satellites

Iridium Communications of McLean, Va., last month placed a multibillion-dollar order with Thales Alenia Space of France for 81 communications satellites ne
Aircraft

In The Works

Dornier Seaplane - Seastar Dornier Seaplane has selected Montreal suburb Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu as the location to build a new facility fo
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Long-haul truck seats could enhance helo ride

New Bose technology designed to dampen the road vibration translated into semi-truck cab seats could be applied to helicopters, according to at least one l
Aircraft

Ruag nears first delivery of revived Do-228 turboprop

Switzerland’s Ruag Aerospace plans to deliver its first new-build 19-seat Dornier Do-228 New Generation to an as yet unidentified Japanese commuter airline
FBOs

ALLFBO develops web booking service

Chase Larabee has launched a new Web-based service called AllFBO.com to eliminate the problem of pilots showing up at an FBO only to find that the customer
Safety

Author urges close look at Part 91 runway data

Aircraft performance is a subject that many pilots dread, during both preflight planning and post-lunch ground school sessions in stuffy classrooms when th
Safety

APG Offers Part 91 Performance-analysis Software

Aircraft Performance Group (APG) cofounder Rogers Hemphill believes that the business aviation industry is moving into a new era of applying technology to
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer To Open Tech Support Subsidiary in China

Embraer is opening its first wholly owned subsidiary in China.
Maintenance and Modifications

Snecma and Royal Jet Sign Maintenance Contract

Abu Dhabi-based Royal Jet has awarded a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contract to Snecma for the CFM56-7B engines that power its Boeing Business J
Maintenance and Modifications

AS350B AStar First Helo To Get EX600 MFD

Vista Aviation of Pacoima, Calif., has completed the first STCed helicopter installation of an Avidyne EX600 multifunction display (MFD)–in a Eurocopter AS
Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Technik Completes 10th Airbus A318 Elite

Swiss business jet operator Comlux The Aviation Group has taken delivery of an Airbus A318 Elite newly completed by Hamburg-based Lufthansa Technik in four