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ATC

Panel urges Washington to stay focused on ATC issues

In an interim report issued in late March, the Commission on the Future of the U.S.
Aircraft

Delivering "the perfect airplane"

“I hate calling problems on airplanes ‘squawks,’” Jim Schuster, chairman and CEO of Raytheon Aircraft Co., said last month.
Safety

International Operations - A 2002 Study Guide

The emotional roller coaster created by September 11 has forced many companies to completely rethink their international travel options.
Regulations and Government

International Operations - Region by region

AFRICAEd Boyo, director at Landover Aviation of Lagos, Nigeria, said, “The air transportation industry in Africa was dealt a h
Aircraft

Dassault is taking a fresh approach to Falcon 7X design

The Falcon 7X will be the first Dassault business jet to be designed in a “plateau” organization, with all risk-sharing partners working in the same office
Maintenance and Modifications

PAMA strives to boost its constituents’ image

Determination best describes the mood of this year’s Aviation Services & Suppliers SuperShow attendees.
FBOs

Strong year-round business drives new Scottsdale FBO

On a typical midday Wednesday recently, more than 50 business jets and turboprops graced the ramp at the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Airport (SDL) just northeast of
Safety

Using your head when it comes to your heart

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims nearly a million lives a year in the U.S.
Safety

Panel examines effect of culture on av safety

If aviation is essentially an Anglo-Saxon industry, and the rest of the world adopts safety measures that Anglo-Saxons devise, are these practices equally
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Interiors expo's move to Hamburg draws praise

This year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo is history, and indications are that the show has weathered its initial growing pains.
Training and Workforce

MHIA’s PROP seminars keep MU-2 pilots safer

How many manufacturers sponsor regular owner/operator safety seminars on aircraft that went out of production 17 years ago? Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ame
Aircraft

Piaggio Aero president advocates a new Avanti

Piaggio Aero Industries, which emerged from receivership in 1998, found a new lease on life for its sleek P.180 Avanti business turboprop with the establis
Regulations and Government

Australia yet to adopt pressurization alerter

An Australian coroner inquiry into the death of the pilot and seven passengers on board a King Air 200 that crashed in September 2000 has adjourned the hea
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Roll-away air conditioners provide spot cooling

Air-conditioner manufacturer Skil-aire of Baltimore has developed the Moving Cooler line of caster-mounted units designed to spot-cool areas such as remote
Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive foresees black ink

“There are definite signs the market is improving.
Airports

New Jersey steps in to save Solberg Airport from closure

The long and bitter battle over the fate of Solberg Airport in Readington, N.J., may finally be over.
Charter & Fractional

Frax pilot’s aviating life finally comes full circle

It had been a routine flight, right up to the moment that the captain dialed 24,000 into the altitude preselect controller and we began our descent.
Aircraft

Hard times push Fairchild into arms of a new partner

A virtually stagnant market for new commercial airplanes and a rapidly eroding capital base have convinced German airframe builder Fairchild Dornier to pur
Charter & Fractional

Sky obscured over financing of Nimbus/Eclipse 500 mega-deal

In early February the Nimbus Group of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., announced it had received a “commitment” for $1.2 billion to finance its previously disclosed
Aircraft

Sovereign prototype well into flight testing

The Citation Sovereign, Cessna’s newest aircraft, had completed 15 test flights at press time since its first flight on February 27.
Rotorcraft

Bell shelves civil tiltrotor indefinitely

Stating that “the V-22 must lead tiltrotor technology into the marketplace,” Bell Helicopter has opted to shelve its BA609 civil tiltrotor following first
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Bonus tax depreciation a boon for a/c buyers

Under a provision of President Bush’s economic stimulus package, purchasers of new aircraft can take a first-year depreciation deduction of 30 percent for
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options now #2

Wichita-based Raytheon Travel Air and Cleveland-based Flight Options on March 20 completed their planned merger, first announced December 20, creating the
Maintenance and Modifications

Bankrupt Dee Howard to be auctioned

Dee Howard, the San Antonio-based heavy maintenance, repair and aircraft modification company in business since 1947, is being auctioned.
ATC

Go-ahead for European Galileo SatNav

Europe approved funding late last month to launch full development of the Galileo satellite navigation system, which will provide the EU with an alternativ
Regulations and Government

NATA: Where is online student notice system?

When the Aviation and Transportation Security Act was adopted last November, the flight-training industry was told that an online system would be in place
FBOs

Proposal bans night Stage 2 bizjets at PWK

Part 150 noise-study recommendations for Palwaukee Municipal Airport in Wheeling, Ill., which include a nighttime ban on Stage 2 jets with a mtow of less t
Charter & Fractional

Buffett gives highs and lows of his bizav units

Insight into the competitive performances of FlightSafety International and Executive Jet can be found in a candid and personal letter by Berkshire Hathawa
FBOs

Delayed Opening for Conroe, Texas FBO

Construction of Wing Aviation, which started last September at Montgomery County Airport in Conroe, Texas, is now slated to finish in the fall instead of t
Accidents

King Air gear collapse kills Texas mechanic

Don Judy, a mechanic for Addison (Texas) Airport-based DFW Aero Mechanix, was killed last month when the landing gear of a King Air 200 apparently collapse