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Adam A700 Passes Initial Cold Weather Tests

Adam Aircraft successfully completed initial environmental testing of its A700 very light jet at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin AFB in Florida.
Charter & Fractional

DayJet Adds DayPorts, Expands Reach to South Carolina

Per-seat, on-demand very light jet air-taxi firm DayJet yesterday added Naples, Fla., and Savannah, Ga., as DayPorts, augmenting the five initial DayPorts
Regulations and Government

Congressman Targets Aviation Emissions

Rep.
Regulations and Government

Av-friendly legislators take over control stick

In the upheaval over the remarks by ex-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Sen.
Aircraft

Diamond joins the small-jet fray

Diamond Aircraft, which manufactures composite single- and twin- engine piston aircraft, has announced it will build a single-engine jet.
FBOs

Signature rethinks bottom line

Signature is in the process of developing a new national pricing strategy to replace its current Prime Rate program.
Engines

Garrett acquires Citation FJ44 program

Garrett Aviation Services has acquired the Cessna Citation FJ44 re-engining business from Sierra Industries.
Aircraft

CRJ700 subject of emergency AD

The FAA has issued an emergency AD on Bombardier CRJ700s that limits center-tank fuel quantity to 1,500 pounds at takeoff and flight paths to within 30 min
Avionics

Revised TSO adds class-C TAWS

Technical standard orders for terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) have been revised as TSO C151b, which includes a new class-C category intended f
Accidents

Ill-fated Greek Falcon will be repaired

The Greek Falcon 900B that was severely damaged during a series of violent oscillations on Sept.
Safety

NASA departing the crash-test business

The general aviation and transport aircraft crashworthiness program that NASA has been operating since the 1970s will discontinue several planned and ongoi
Regulations and Government

NTSB targets college air travel policies

The NTSB has written a comprehensive letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recommending that all university athletic departments em
Accidents

No Serious Injuries in First Premier Crash

The two pilots and two passengers escaped serious injury January 7 when Beech Premier I S/N RB26 registered as N390RB, overran 4,049-foot Runway 19 at Herr
Charter & Fractional

Saab 340A Part 135 Ops To Be Introduced

Vee Neal Aviation will expand its charter and management business into corporate shuttle operations using a leased Saab 340A.
Aircraft

Citation Sovereign Mmo Increased to Mach 0.80

Cessna said flight testing of its wing design on the Citation Sovereign verified engineering data that increases the super-midsize jet’s Mmo from the origi
Avionics

Paperless Cockpit Unveils Low-cost EFB

Paperless Cockpit, a Germantown, Conn.
Aircraft

PC-12 Pressure Domes May Have To Be Inspected

A proposed AD calls for inspections of the front and aft surfaces of the pressure dome on Pilatus PC-12s for cracking and other damage that would have to b
FBOs

New Hangar Opens in Windsor Locks, Conn.

TAC Air, a division of the Truman Arnold Companies, held ceremonies to open its new hangar complex at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn.
Avionics

Meggitt Digital Autopilot Gains STC in Cessna 441

Autopilot maker Meggitt/S-Tec has obtained an STC for installations of its new Magic 2100 digital flight-control system in the Cessna 441.
Airports

Bizav Terminal Under Way at UK’s Leeds Airport

A 65,000-sq-ft business aviation terminal, ramp and hangar complex is being built at the UK’s Leeds Bradford International Airport in Yorkshire.
Regulations and Government

Canadian bizav group assumes regulator role

Imagine the possibilities for improving the smoothness, costs and flexibility of obtaining and maintaining your corporate aircraft operational certificatio
Training and Workforce

SimuFlite To Offer Summit Management Course

CAE has formed a training alliance with “professional development” consultant Summit Solutions of Charlotte, N.C., to provide management, communications an
Safety

Cloudy Mission on Tap for NASA

Despite the fundamental role of clouds in weather, there is much we don’t know about them.
Regulations and Government

Alcohol and Drug Testing Rates To Remain Unchanged

The FAA determined that the minimum percentage rate for substance abuse testing this year will remain at 25 percent of covered aviation employees for rando
Aircraft

In The Works: Gulfstream V & G550 (V-SP)

Since receiving FAA certification in December 1996, some 168 GVs have gone into service, 13 of them in Europe, but it wasn’t until October 31 last year tha
Aircraft

In The Works: Spirit Wing FJ44 Learjet 25D

Despite a prediction in early October that its Williams FJ44-powered Learjet 25D would make its first flight within two weeks, Guthrie, Okla.-based Spirit
Safety

BRS developing a chute for very light turbofans

Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) of St.
Aircraft

Fairchild strikes deals for 328 and Airbus components

Fairchild Dornier on December 20 sold its Airbus components manufacturing and general maintenance businesses to Switzerland’s RUAG Aerospace after weeks of
Aircraft

Air Wisconsin Inks Deal for Six CRJs

Air Wisconsin last month placed a firm order for six more 50-passenger Bombardier CRJ200s to serve its recently inaugurated code-share relationship with Or