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Engines

TPE331 Engines Subject of Proposed AD

Reports of six uncontained turbine-wheel separations attributed to fatigue damage have prompted a proposed AD to require replacing certain turbine stator a
Aircraft

Eclipse Secures Another $38 Million in Private Funding

Eclipse Aviation, developer of the Eclipse 500 ultra-light twin jet, secured $38 million in financing last month, closing a third round of equity financing
Aircraft

Sabena Successor Named SN Brussels Airlines

The successor to Belgium’s Sabena Airlines unveiled its new name last month as talks continued between shareholders in Sabena regional subsidiary Delta Air
Accidents

Birdstrike Eyed in Citation Crash

A 1975 Cessna Citation I (N113SH) that crashed March 4 while taking off from Oklahoma City Wiley Post Airport is reported to have encountered a flock of bi
Charter & Fractional

Chicago Operators Start CaravanShares Frax

Cessna Caravan dealer J.A.
Aircraft

Service Reps Gear Up for HondaJet Entrance

HondaJet Midwest distributor Des Moines Flying Service plans to open a 5,000-sq-ft showroom and maintenance center at the Aurora (Ill.) Airport in July 201
FBOs

Million Air Interlink Sold to Houston Investor

Houston-based REW Investments has acquired Million Air Interlink, the franchise company that controls 21 privately owned Million Air FBOs.
Training and Workforce

CRJ Flight Training Device Lands in Arizona

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Pan Am International Flight Academy has installed a Bombardier CRJ flight training device at the school’s Deer Valley, Ariz.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

FAA nets small increase in 2003 budget funding

The President’s Budget of the United States has usually been delivered by the Government Printing Office to Congress bound in a sober, solid navy.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

The 2003 Budget: From the Outside Looking In

The 2003 Budget in Brief is, as the title implies, brief, but its complexity still leads the aviation alphabet groups to cherrypick for comment, while news
Aircraft

Alliance To Be Gulfstream Sales, Design Center

Over the next several months, Gulfstream will end Gulfstream 200 (nee Galaxy) business jet completion work at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, and tu
Regulations and Government

U.S. Operators Get Hit With U.S. Overflight Bills

Several U.S.-based business aviation operators were surprised recently when they received bills from the FAA for overflight fees, incurred on trips that ha
FBOs

Duncan Moves Up Fortune Best-workplace List

Duncan Aviation, the Lincoln, Neb.-based business aviation support organization with 1,864 employees at 39 locations nationwide, has again been named one o
ATC

GAMA Frets Over Ultra-wideband Approval

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association expressed “grave concern” about the Federal Communications Commission’s decision last month authorizing oper
Regulations and Government

Revised SIFL Rates Are in Effect

The current Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) rates in effect through June 30 are: 0 to 500 sm–$0.2031; 501 to 1,500 sm–$0.1548; and more than 1,500 sm–$
Airports

Stewart New Home for GE Flight Department

General Electric’s flight department was expected to move this month into its new 100,000-sq-ft hangar/office complex on 12 acres at Stewart International
Charter & Fractional

Bombardier overhauls Flexjet Europe program

Bombardier has relaunched its Flexjet Europe business aircraft shared-use program under the name Jet Membership.
Charter & Fractional

Marquis offers European ‘minishares’

Marquis, the U.S.-based remarketer of Executive Jet’s NetJets fractional-ownership shares, has opened a European sister company.
Charter & Fractional

European skytime reduces prices

UK-based European Skytime has been remarketing NetJets Europe shares for almost two years under its Flight Commitment program.
Regulations and Government

FAA serious about TFR violations

Penalties for violating temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) in the wake of September 11 could be severe.
Avionics

New TCAS/TAWS Available from Honeywell

Honeywell introduced two new collision avoidance and ground proximity warning systems intended for light to medium turbines airplanes.
Safety

Medical Training Course Goes Online

MedAire is introducing a series of computer-based training classes designed to give flight crews a way to stay current on their medical training, inc
Charter & Fractional

Guam Operator Launches Asian Charter Service

Aerospace Concepts Inc.
Avionics

Avidyne Offers Sneak Peek at Homegrown FMS

In presenting its 2007 technical achievement award to senior engineer Steve Lindsey for his involvement in developing a flight management system for genera
Aircraft

How Soon Is ‘Soon’ for Hawker 4000 Deliveries?

There are now 23 Hawker 4000s in the completion pipeline as Hawker Beechcraft continues function and reliability testing, the last phase before the FAA wil
Accidents

Legacy Midair Pilots Can Now Testify in U.S.

Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino–the two U.S.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Pilots Seek Independent Union

The “Strong Union” leaders that helped form IBT Local 1108 to organize fractional pilots in 2004 resigned from the local last week in the wake of “a resurg
Aircraft

Bombardier Taps Budding Mideast RJ Market

Bombardier Regional Aircraft’s Middle East sales force saw years of persistence bear fruit this month as the company landed a firm order for six CRJ900s fr
Aircraft

IAI brings ‘attitude’ to AEW

When Singapore revealed that it had chosen the Gulfstream G550 business jet as its new airborne early warning (AEW) platform last April, Northrop Grumman o
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Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: November 2003

Reviewing the latest from Capitol Hill