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Regulations and Government

More Than 615 Comments on License-Yanking Rule

More than 615 comments–the great majority negative–were submitted on rules adopted in January that permit the FAA to immediately suspend or revoke the airm
Security

No More Delays Likely for Air-taxi Security Compliance

“After May 1 operators not meeting the full requirements of the [twelve-five and private charter security] rules will be considered to be in noncompliance,
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Acquires BBA Maintenance Ops in UK

Gulfstream Aerospace acquired the maintenance operation of BBA Aviation’s facility at London Luton Airport, making the facility the first Gulfstream-owned
Accidents

Runway Overruns Lead to AD on Premier I

Two non-fatal accidents involving runway overruns of the Raytheon Premier I in which the lift-dump spoilers failed to deploy have led to an AD.
Regulations and Government

TCAS Rule Revised To Include Cargo Airplanes

Virtually all cargo-dedicated airplanes will be required to have traffic alert and collision avoidance systems type II (TCAS II) installed by December 31 n
Aircraft

Gulfstream rolls back G150 development

The current and projected soft economy and related depressed sales market for business jets has result-ed in a nearly one-year schedule extension of the Gu
Charter & Fractional

Raytheon records flight options losses

“We are now starting, with the first quarter, to record 100 percent of Flight Options’ losses since we have been meeting all its financial requirements as
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier responsive to Learjet 45 AD

Within 10 days of the issuance of an emergency AD in late March requiring the replacement of horizontal stabilizer components in Learjet 45s, Bombardier sa
Avionics

Chelton Avionics selected for Ibis Turboprop

Ibis Aerospace selected the FlightLogic synthetic vision system from Chelton Avionics of Boise, Idaho, for its Ae270 a turboprop single, which is  sch
Regulations and Government

Revised Advisory on Icing Open for Comments

Comments are due May 10 on a draft advisory circular on icing certification that is intended to update a 32-year-old document.
Aircraft

Another Program Aims To Move Caravans

Buyers of certain Cessna Caravans can receive a $75,000 saving over the turbine single’s price of approximately $1.5 million.
Maintenance and Modifications

Northeast Facility Installing Citation RVSM Packages

Garrett Aviation Services approved Northeast Air, a Portland, Ore.
Accidents

Jets Do Triple Play Off Runways in One Day

There were no serious injuries or major damage initially reported following three separate incidents of business jets rolling off dry runways on April 21.
Maintenance and Modifications

Aviation Partners Eyeing Citations for Winglets

Aviation Partners said it is in the “preliminary stages” of “looking at the entire Citation line” as the possible next candidate for the company’s performa
Accidents

Harrowing Ride Described by Lone B200 Survivor

According to the 13-year-old lone survivor of the April 4 crash of a King Air B200 that took the lives of six others, including her mother and father, “eve
Security

Sanity urged in genav post-9/11 security policy

With the forcible shutdown of Chicago Meigs Field fresh in their minds, several members of the House aviation subcommittee called to eliminate some of the
Regulations and Government

DOT top cop blasts FAA business practices

Reporting to Congress on the state of the FAA, DOT inspector general Kenneth Mead–the department’s program and fiscal watchdog– didn’t mince words in his a
Maintenance and Modifications

Electromagnetic De-ice Selected for Hawker Horizon

Raytheon Aircraft selected Cox & Company of Manhattan, N.Y., to supply its electromagnetic expulsion de-icing (EMED) system for the horizontal stabiliz
Accidents

Saab 340B Compressor Stalls Lead To Emergency AD

Emergency AD 2003-08-52 was issued last month for the GE CT7-9B turboprop in response to 12 compressor-stall events in Saab 340Bs over a six-month period.
Training and Workforce

Training Kit Available for EVAS

EVASWorldwide, the marketing arm for the emergency vision assurance system (EVAS), now has a training kit available for rental by its customers.
Aircraft

Diamond Now Taking Orders for its Light Jet

A $20,000 deposit will secure a delivery slot for the D-Jet, a proposed five-seat, all-composite single-engine jet that Diamond Aircraft hopes to fly next
Maintenance and Modifications

Safety Board Wants an AD for Certain Repairs

An AD should be issued requiring all operators of transport-category airplanes with certain pressure-vessel structural repairs to determine if they were do
ATC

Bill Introduced to Prevent ATC Privatization

A bipartisan team of representatives last month introduced H.R.1711, legislation that would prohibit the privatization or contracting out of the nation’s A
Aircraft

Britten-Norman Evaluating Islander Diesel Retrofit

UK-based Britten-Norman, which is set to resume manufacturing its piston-powered Trislander regional/utility airplane, production of which was suspended in
Maintenance and Modifications

Astra and Westwind RVSM STCs Issued

Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Neb., has received RVSM group certification for the Westwind 1124 and RVSM equipment certification for the Astra series.
Maintenance and Modifications

RVSM Solutions In Works for BAC 1-11s and Falcons

UK-based Avionics Mobile expects to complete by the end of the month an RVSM equipment and operational package for the BAC 1-11.
Charter & Fractional

CitationShares Boasts of All-RVSM Fleet

CitationShares, the fractional aircraft ownership venture between Cessna and TAG Aviation USA, claims to be the first fractional operator whose aircraft ar
Safety

Guidelines Issued for Flight Crews about SARS

Guidelines for flight crewmembers regarding severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) have been published by the Centers for Disease Control.
Maintenance and Modifications

Five-year Maintenance Plan Offered for G200

Buyers of new Gulfstream 200s now will receive a five-year or 2,500-hour maintenance and training program, similar to what Gulfstream has been offering buy