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Maintenance and Modifications

PAMA Adds Technical Program to Annual Conference

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has announced a new format for its annual meeting and aviation maintenance conference.
Maintenance and Modifications

CD Aviation Services Opens Canadian Service Center

Neosho, Mo.-based CD Aviation Services has opened a Honeywell authorized service center on Calgary International Airport in Alberta, Canada for the TPE331
FBOs

Touching Bases: Sheltair upgrades three FBOs

SheltAir completed interior renovations at its St.
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer Breaks Ground on New Bizjet Service Center

Embraer has broken ground at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., for a new service center.
Maintenance and Modifications

Fargo Jet Center to Offer Hawker Beechcraft Service

Hawker Beechcraft announced that Fargo, N.D.-based Fargo Jet Center has joined its worldwide network of authorized service centers.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Wilson Air fuel trucks tally pounds/gallons

Always looking for new ways to serve customers, Wilson Air Center founder Robert Wilson came up with the idea to modify fuel trucks so that they can displa
Maintenance and Modifications

Yingling Offers Cessna 441 Continuous Inspection Program

Operators of Cessna 441 Conquest IIs have a new option for compliance with the continuous inspection program Cessna initiated last June.
Maintenance and Modifications

The Maintenanace Group to Join Bizjet International

BizJet International of Tulsa, Okla., is expanding its corporate aviation services by adding Atlanta-based The Maintenance Group, which has been providing
FBOs

Touching Bases FBO profile: FBO provides a fuel stop for southbound U.S. pilots

Pilots looking for an alternative for clearing U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

P&W Canada Opens Singapore Distribution Center

Pratt & Whitney Canada has opened a parts distribution center in Singapore to help accelerate deliveries to customers in the Pacific Rim region.
Maintenance and Modifications

Avmats Expands Capabilities for Falcon Filters

Corpair Supply, the component arm of Chesterfield, Mo.-based Avmats, can now clean, bubble point and flow check Falcon hydraulic filters.
Maintenance and Modifications

Threshold Aviation Group: Maintenance Op Grows Out of Corporate Flying Assignment

Threshold Aviation Group is evidence of evolution in action.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

OEMs set sights on lowering cabin altitude

The business aviation industry is on a constant quest to create a more comfortable cabin environment for the traveler, but only in the past several years h
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Westward Ho the Cabins Work

When BaySys Technologies, a completion and refurbishment center, decided to expand last year, the site selected was far from its headquarters in the sleepy
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: Executive Version of Grob’s Utility Jet

Design of the full-size executive cabin mockup of the Grob SPn midsize “utility jet” shown in September at the NBAA Convention reflected lukewarm response
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: Airbus Corporate Jetliner Center Ramps Up

The Airbus Corporate Jetliner Center in Toulouse, France, which opened for business in July, has taken in its first two aircraft for cabin outfitting, both
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: Embraer’s Lineage Mockup on Display

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer took advantage of the NBAA Convention to introduce a full-size, partial-cabin mockup of its Lineage 1000, the execu
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: NuBax to Passengers: Take a Seat and Relax

NuBax, a seating technology specialist based in the UK, has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with U.S.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: Sherwin-Williams Shows True Colors

Sherwin-Williams’ aerospace division has announced development of new color tools created to provide paint scheme designers with a more convenient and accu
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: King Aerospace Launches Bizliner Program

King Aerospace has launched what it calls the “Ultra VVIP Customization Program,” which will expand the Ardmore, Okla.
Maintenance and Modifications

AMI revocation a wake-up call for all operators

The entire air charter industry has been left in the lurch since the FAA initiated enforcement action against AMI over how it was managing its operation.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: Greenpoint Unveils SkyHome 2010

If the question is where to find a home in the sky, Greenpoint Technologies has an answer.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Wrong Runway Assigned

Bombardier Learjet 35, Washington, D.C., Sept.
Aircraft

Next-gen GIV does exist: Gulfstream unveils G450

Gulfstream Aerospace took the wraps off its newest model, the G450, at the NBAA Convention last month.
Aircraft

Bombardier’s Global XRS rangier, better performer

At last month’s NBAA Convention Bombardier launched the Global Express XRS as the next generation of its super-large, long-range business jet offerings.
Regulations and Government

Bizav bests airlines on RVSM compliance

The surprisingly high number of business aircraft that now comply with reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM)–and the number of service centers that a
Aircraft

Cessna XLS builds on popular midsize Excel

Cessna Aircraft last month unveiled the Citation XLS, a faster and longer-legged derivative of the Citation Excel with a price tag of $9.895 million and de
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bombardier removing Tucson from completions

As part of a major consolidation project that it says will save $25 million a year, Bombardier has embarked on an 18-month project to consolidate all Learj
Regulations and Government

Final rule solidifies January 2055 DRVSM

DRVSM will commence as proposed on Jan.
Safety

Ad addresses Citation pitch-trim failure

Operators of U.S.-registered CitationJets must disengage the pitch-trim/ autopilot circuit breakers to prevent runaway pitch trim, a condition that has led