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Accidents

Preliminary Report: In-flight fire extinguished

Hawker Beechcraft Beech 99, Moline, Ill.
Accidents

Factual Report: Skydiving flight engulfed in flames

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter, Sullivan, Mo., July 29, 2006–Witnesses reported that they saw “flame emitting from the right eng
Accidents

Factual Report: King Air gear collapsed

Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200, Leonardtown, Md., Oct.
Accidents

Final Report: Lack of transponder blamed for jet/glider collision

Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 800XP/Schleicher ASW27-18, Smith, Nev., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Learjet lost elevator

Bombardier Learjet 36, San Diego, Calif., Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Inadequate maintenance blamed for gear failure

Embraer EMB 170, Dulles, Va., May 30, 2006–Improper servicing of the nose-gear strut and inadequate maintenance caused the failure of the
Aircraft

Vulcanair Turboprop Single Preps for First Flight

Italy’s Vulcanair expects to begin flying its single-turboprop VF600W by the end of this month, according to Remo De Feo, president of the company’s Manass
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Global Aerospace To Offer Insurance for Eclipse 500

Eclipse Aviation announced that it will partner with underwriter Global Aerospace Underwriters to provide hull and liability insurance to owners of owner-f
FBOs

Million Air To Begin Work on New FBO at Midway

Million Air said it will construct a 20,000-sq-ft FBO at its present site at Midway Airport, and plans for the new FBO have been presented to the city of C
Accidents

NTSB Says Midair Collision Reveals Safety Problems

The ongoing investigation into the fatal midair collision between an Air Force F-16 and a privately operated Cessna 172 near Bradenton, Fla., on Nov.
ATC

Portions of U.S. Can Expect Sporadic GPS Outages

The Department of Defense is conducting more GPS interference tests in the western U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Colorado Firm To Introduce Learjet 30 RVSM Package

Honeywell signed a contract with West Star Aviation of Grand Junction, Colo., to develop an RVSM equipment package for the Learjet 30 series.
Regulations and Government

FAA Confirms Large Airplane Part 135 Approval

In an August 8 memo, James Ballough, director of the FAA Flight Standards Service, confirmed that large-transport-category airplanes, including the Boeing
Safety

Controller or TCAS RA: which would you obey?

After the tragic collision between a Russian Tu-154 and a DHL cargo Boeing 757 at 35,400 ft over southern Germany on July 1, AIN questioned whether
ATC

Extra safety margin afforded by URET

Until the final report is published of the Boeing 757/Tupolev Tu-154 midair collision over Switzerland on July 1, there will probably be continuing specula
Accidents

Final Report: First officer failed to reset brake circuit breaker

Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3, Stuart, Fla., March 8, 2008–The NTSB blamed the crew’s failure to reset the brake circuit breaker before taxi
Accidents

Final Report: Falcon overrun at TEB

Dassault Falcon 900EX, Teterboro, N.J., March 3, 2006–The NTSB blamed the Falcon’s overrun at Teterboro Airport on the copilot’s failure t
Accidents

Final Report: Distracted pilot lost control

Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage, Atlanta, Dec.
Charter & Fractional

European block charter gets a facelift

UK block-charter firm European Skytime has introduced a new “First Step” alternative to its Flight Commitment program.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Time’s fall gives wings to a new venture

Two former charter representatives from now-defunct Flight Time have risen from the ashes of their former jobs to found a new charter-brokering business.
Aircraft

New Business Aircraft Report

The Chinese proverb “may you live in interesting times” certainly seems appropriate for manufacturers and would-be manufacturers of new business airplanes.
Aircraft

Socata Updates the TBM 700 T-prop Single

At this year’s Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wis., Socata introduced the TBM 700C2, a follow-on to the successful TBM 700B
Aircraft

Supersonic Business Jet Still a Faraway Dream

Economical, practical, environmentally friendly supersonic flight is the next big thing in commercial aviation.
Maintenance and Modifications

Elliott Aviation sees opportunity in upcoming mandated avionics

Fall 2001 may not have been the most auspicious time to launch a new business strategy, but for Elliott Aviation its ambitious business plan for the next h
Regulations and Government

Equipment requirements for business and regoinal aircraft:

From now until March 29, 2005, business aircraft operators, including those that fly overseas–even if only occasionally–will be required to have a number o
Security

Twelve Trying Months: September 11, One Year Later

One year after September 11, corporate aviation is still seeking assurances that its business aircraft will be able to operate on par with the commercial a
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Insurance rates continue to soar

Following last September 11, aircraft owners and operators began bracing for massive hikes in insurance coverage and changes in the limits of that coverage
Training and Workforce

Night-vision training offered to more pilots

Bowing to demands from an even more security-conscious aviation community, Bell Helicopter is offering the first FAA-approved night-vision-goggle (NVG) tra
Security

Genav and helos were slowest to recover

When the call went out in those early, panicky hours of the crisis that’s collectively come to be called “9/11,” some 4,500 aircraft were airborne in U.S.
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Helo Goes Hollywood

Movie stars tend to get what they want, so when comic actor Adam Sandler asked to borrow Sikorsky’s S-92 helicopter for a cameo appearance in his new film