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Accidents

Preliminary Report: Commander crashes

GULFSTREAM COMMANDER 695, OGAWA VILLAGE, JAPAN, MARCH 24, 2003–At approximately 10:50 a.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Robinson R44 lost at sea

Robinson R44, Brazos Block 532, Gulf of Mexico, May 29, 2003–Robinson N7188K crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, killing Dudley Tarlton, the
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Four killed in P Navajo accident

Piper PA-31P, Woodruff, Wis., May 25, 2003–At 5:54 p.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cessna ditches on return flight from recurrency training

Cessna 414, Port Jefferson, N.Y., May 26, 2003–At 2:28 p.m.
Aircraft

PiperJet Makes First Flight

Piper Aircraft’s single-engine PiperJet flew for the first time today, taking off from Piper headquarters at Vero Beach (Fla.) International Airport.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Business jets: It's what's in the cabin that counts

“I want what I want, when I want it.” It sounds like the petulant voice of a pampered diva, or a corporate executive with delusions of grandeur.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Kit cabins offered as way to reduce cost

Completion and refurbishment centers are in a constant search for more efficient ways to work.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

CIS interior shops seek Western market

A little more than a decade after perestroika, interior completion and refurbishment companies in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are flexing
Cabin Interior and Electronics

CIS completion and refurbishment shops

AKKO has been in business more than a decade and is based at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Savannah Air growing in the face of recession

During the current economic climate, when many completion and refurbishment centers are struggling–some merely to survive–Savannah Air Center appears to be
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Yingling Aviation shop launches Caravan cabin

Cessna’s workhorse turboprop single Caravan has appeared in just about as many guises as the X-Men, and with some of the same versatility.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bombardier's Learjet 40 off to the races

Earlier this year Bombardier introduced an Indy 500 interior package for its new Learjet 40, at a cost of about $150,000.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

GM Nameplate introduces new metal art process

GM Nameplate of Seattle is offering a new “ElectraGraphics Business Jet Art” line that employs 14-karat gold or chrome on a stainless-steel background to r
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Leather care and restoration service launched

Townsend Leather and The Leather Institute of Johnstown, N.Y., have entered into a licensing agreement with aircraft detailing specialist Appearance Group
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Marshall Aerospace shifts focus

Marshall Aerospace, in response to what it described as “the changing nature of the corporate market,” has restructured its corporate aviation activity by
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Burnet Interiors: One cabin to go, please

Burnet Interiors of Geneva has a unique approach to aircraft interiors.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation refurbs its own DC-8-72 for charter

Jet Aviation in late December finished the interior refurbishment of its own DC-8-72 at its Basel, Switzerland facility.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Custom cupholderes launches luxury line

Custom Cupholders of North East, Md., has introduced a new line of cupholders designed specifically for the luxury market, including business aircraft.
ATC

Paper on way out in aviation's future

One of the least welcome rites of passage for copilots is the routine chore of updating the company’s flight operations documents, with Jeppesen manuals pr
Aircraft

Cirrus Flies its Single-engine jet

Duluth, Minn.-based Cirrus Design flew its jet, now called the Vision SJ50, for the first time on July 3.
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Aircraft

Eclipse forges ahead on 500 fixes

Eclipse Aviation in late June received flight into known icing (FIKI) approval for the Eclipse 500, though in-service and undelivered aircraft up to S/N 26
FBOs

HBC completes FBO sale to BBA Aviaiton

Hawker Beechcraft late last month completed the sale of the majority of its wholly owned fuel and line operations to Signature Flight Support parent compan
Aircraft

A700 certification set for late 2009

AAI Acquisition, which bought the assets of Adam Aircraft Industries for $10 million after Adam filed for bankruptcy in February, is ramping up the certifi
Regulations and Government

Speculators blamed for high fuel prices

There is no short-term fix for the high price of oil, concluded panelists at the Air Service Energy Summit, held on July 10 in Washington, D.C.
Regulations and Government

Campaign seeks to limit oil speculation

In a curious illustration of how current events make strange bedfellows, the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) has joined Aircraft Owners and Pilo
Aircraft

In the Works: Eclipse EA-400

Eclipse Aviation is back on the In the Works chart with the May launch of the EA-400 four-seat 330-knot single-engine jet.
Aircraft

In the Works: Cessna Citation Columbus

As the detail design phase for the large-cabin Columbus picks up speed, Cessna has expanded the program team to 500 people, up from 150.
Aircraft

In the Works: Cirrus Vision SJ50

Shortly after the first flight of Cirrus Design’s single-engine jet, the company finally revealed the name for what had long been referred to as “The Jet,”
Avionics

Cockpit Avionics

One of the more recent entrants into the market for integrated cockpit systems has emerged as the industry’s most prolific.
Avionics

ICG Delivers Iridium Data Units

International Communications Group of Newport News, Va., said it has started deliveries of the NxtLink 120A and 220A Iridium communications systems.