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GAC Challenges Pilot Certificate Revocation Rule

The General Aviation Coalition (GAC) and its 17 member organizations have challenged the TSA’s recent direct final rule that would allow the revocation of
Accidents

Court confirms $22.6M award in Illinois GIV crash

The fatal crash of the Alberto-Culver Gulfstream IV at Palwaukee Municipal Airport on Oct.
Accidents

The Crash That Won’t Go Away

All fatal accidents are tragic, but the crash of Alberto-Culver’s GIV on takeoff from Palwaukee Municipal Airport on that windy late October morning nearly
Safety

NATA helping operators meet 12-5 security rules

The National Air Transportation Association developed a Transportation Security Administration-approved program in time to meet the April 1 deadline for co
FBOs

New hangar at AGS ready for Masters traffic

Aircraft flying in to this month’s Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Ga., will have a new hangar/office complex at which to park.
FBOs

Easter Bunny, watch your back in Miami

Black-tail jackrabbits used to have a cushy home on the expansive grounds of Miami International Airport (MIA).
FBOs

Deer Horn acquires Avion Flight Centre

Deer Horn Aviation has acquired Avion Flight Centre at Midland International Airport (MAF), Texas.
FBOs

Kit developed to test for bio-contaminants

ECHA Microbiology, based in Cardiff, Wales, has developed a test kit that can provide a numerical indication of microbial contamination in aircraft fuel ta
FBOs

Silverhawk targets transient jet market

Don Allen, owner of Silverhawk Aviation, would like pilots to be thinking of Lincoln Municipal Airport (LNK), Neb., as a mid-continent refueling stop.
Aircraft

Cessna Launches Large-cabin Citation

Cessna Aircraft today announced it has received the green light from parent company Textron for development of a large-cabin, intercontinental aircraft tha
Charter & Fractional

VLJs ‘Not Revolutionary,’ but Do Enable Air Taxis

Despite one aircraft manufacturer’s claims, “very light jets are only evolutionary, not revolutionary,” noted Arie-Willem Van Doome, COO of Netherlands-bas
Safety

UK Safety Board Concerned about Avionics Corrosion

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) recently issued a sweeping recommendation that the EASA, FAA, Transport Canada and other aviation agencies
Aircraft

Sukhoi/Boeing RRJ wins Russian state tender

The Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) bid submitted by Sukhoi, Ilyushin, Yakovlev and Boeing has won the Russian state tender for development of a new 70- to 80-s
Rotorcraft

Surprising Shakeup at Enstrom

Ending a roughly one-year tenure as president and CEO of Enstrom Helicopters, and just a few weeks after HAI’s Heli-Expo show where he sketched a bold new
Rotorcraft

Tiltrotor Busts Pentagon TFR

File this one under the heading “what were they thinking?” The U.S.
Rotorcraft

CHC Gets Good News

Helicopter services firm CHC Helicopter has stated that third-quarter profit rose nearly 40 percent as higher contract rates and lower interest costs offse
Rotorcraft

Civil vs Government-operated Aeromed Services the Issue in Maryland

Commercial aeromed helicopter operators are claiming that Maryland state officials are overstepping their authority in a bid to impose additional rules res
Rotorcraft

No More Helos for Homeland Defense

As first presented to the public, the Bush Administration appeared ready, willing and able to open the homeland defense purse strings to allow first respon
Rotorcraft

Missouri Man Convicted in Helo Attack

Jimmie Leroy Shriver, 53, of Summersville, Miss., was sentenced by U.S.
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky targets environmental impact of its rotorcraft designs

Asked to visualize an environmentally “green” helicopter, most of us would think of a rotorcraft that was quiet.
Accidents

IMC, pilot error cited in rotorcraft mishaps

If all flights took place in flawless conditions, in ideal weather and with perfectly designed aircraft that are maintained to impossibly impeccable standa
Rotorcraft

Colombian op does well with Russian rotorcraft

With a max gross weight of nearly 29,000 pounds, the Mil Mi-17 is no small helicopter.
Rotorcraft

Present at the Creation

In the late winter of 1923, these 12 men were most of the workforce of the fledgling Sikorsky Aircraft.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter denies illegal sales to Iraq

Eurocopter has denied a report in the March 7 Washington Times that it sent spare parts to Iraq for its Gazelle military helicopters.
Aircraft

In The Works: Aerocourier

The single-turboprop AeroCourier utility airplane, proposed by a Minneapolis company of the same name, has progressed little since its announcement at NBAA
Aircraft

In The Works: Gippsland GA-140TP Taska

The 10-seat Taska, a turboprop derivative of the Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8 Airvan piston single, “is only at the concept stage,” according to Michael Hall
Aircraft

In The Works: Maverick Jets Leader

A Maverick Leader kit twinjet, registered as N750TJ, crashed in Melbourne, Fla., on January 24, killing the kit manufacturer’s chief pilot, Jack Reed.
Aircraft

In The Works: Flightship Ground Effect FS8

Is it a low-flying airplane or a high-flying boat? You won’t be seeing one of these flying over the Kansas prairie, but if you need to travel over the high
Avionics

Time and again, EGPWS breaks the accident chain

Since the introduction of the enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) in 1996, more than 16,000 airplanes worldwide have been fitted with the Hone
Avionics

Arinc Direct launches 24/7 support services

Arinc Direct, the business aviation services division of Annapolis, Md.-based Arinc, has officially launched a lineup of flight-support services for corpor