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Helicopter Operations

ATA Execujet’s new fixed-wing Part 135 operation is likely to succeed, if its rotorcraft Part 135 operations are any indication.
Aircraft

First TBM 700C2 Arrives In U.S.

The first customer TBM 700C2, the latest variant of EADS Socata’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-64-powered turboprop single, has arrived at Socata’s U.S.
Training and Workforce

Aviation training schools reexamine the bottom line

Flight schools must innovate to survive, since airlines are no longer able to sponsor tuition and a pilot career has lost its appeal amid headlines announc
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bizliner Competitions: Big-bizjet conference forecasts strong market

A persistently optimistic outlook was in evidence at the first Large Executive & VIP Aircraft Conference: Opening speaker Arnaud Martin, program direct
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Interior shops claim vendors unconcerned

“They’ve forgotten us,” said Victor Guzman, owner and president of GZM Aircraft Interiors, a small independent completion and refurb shop based at Executiv
Aircraft

B-N putting a positive spin on its propeller-driven aircraft

Despite the encroachment of ever lighter new jet aircraft on the traditional marketplace for piston- and turboprop-powered models, there are always going t
Safety

Software may put to rest the crew-fatigue debate

The Centre for Human Sciences at British aerospace and defense research group Qinetiq has developed software that it says can assess and predict crew fatig
Maintenance and Modifications

Frontier mechanic is chock full of surprises

A Frontier Airlines Boeing 737 was struck by lightning on New Year’s Eve en route to Tampa, Fla., setting off a chain of events that culminated in the arre
FBOs

FBO services land at new Washington reliever field

Stafford Regional Airport (RMN), located about 30 nm south-southwest of downtown Washington, D.C., is now providing transient aircraft and their crews serv
Aircraft

Dornier descendant plans centenary global flight

At the end of this year, 43-year-old Philippines-based aviator and entrepreneur Iren Dornier plans to fly a soon-to-be-restored Dornier Do-24 seaplane arou
Aircraft

In The Works: Cessna Citation CJ3

Cessna established a trilogy of CitationJet derivatives with the announcement of the CJ3 at the NBAA Convention in Orlando last September.
Aircraft

In The Works: Farnborough Aircraft F1

Fund-raising remains the primary endeavor of Farnborough Aircraft Corp.
Aircraft

In The Works: Ibis Aerospace Ae270

First flight of the third flying single-turboprop Ibis Ae270 conforming prototype (S/N 5), previously expected last fall, is now expected to take place thi
Aircraft

In The Works: Visionaire Vantage VA-10

The federal court judge presiding over VisionAire’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization apparently found sufficient merit in one or both investment of
Regulations and Government

‘Hijack’ xponder proposed for all Part 121 operators

Regional airlines and other Part 121 operators may have to equip their aircraft with a switch within easy reach of the pilot or copilot that immediately ac
Accidents

Air Midwest crash ushers in regionals’ day of disaster

From a humanitarian perspective, regional air transport suffered perhaps its most destructive 24-hour stretch in history last month.
Avionics

T2CAS poised to usher in new stage of flying safety

Two days of test flying are all that remain before the FAA can put its stamp of approval on T2CAS, the combined TCAS and TAWS product from Phoenix-based AC
Avionics

Honeywell Acquires Baker Electronics

Honeywell last month purchased the assets of cabin avionics specialist Baker Electronics.
Avionics

FAA Certifies Aviation’s First IFR WAAS Receiver

The FAA has certified an IFR WAAS receiver developed by UPS Aviation Technologies, the key ingredient in a forthcoming line of satellite navigation equipme
Avionics

Spirent Introduces Customizable Aircraft Server

Wichita-based Spirent Systems last month announced that the FAA awarded its latest aircraft file server–a PC running the Windows NT operating system–an STC
Avionics

Lufthansa Starts Connexion Trials

Boeing’s new Connexion satellite Internet service last month began operating in revenue passenger service aboard a Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 flying daily be
Avionics

Globalstar-based Satcom System Makes Debut

Northern Airborne Technology, a British Columbia-based subsidiary of the Chelton Group, last month introduced a lightweight satcom system that routes calls
ATC

Choosing the right handheld EFB

In the last couple of years the concept of portable cockpit computers has caught on in a big way.
Avionics

It’s getting easier to find deals on RVSM upgrades

As deadlines for domestic and expanded international reduced vertical separation minimum airspace draw nearer, more and more opportunities are popping up f
ATC

Canadians say they’ll be ready for DRVSM’s debut

Just like Paul Revere’s midnight ride to warn of the incoming British, the Canadian Business Aviation Association is signaling to its troops that RVSM is c
Avionics

Europeans catching up with WAAS, GPS

While EGNOS, SBAS, GBAS and Galileo may be unfamiliar to most North American aviators, they are key elements in Europe’s determined move to a satellite air
Avionics

Eurocopter’s talking more than just weather

Eurocopter’s “all-weather helicopter” (AWH) demonstrator has flown from the manufacturer’s headquarters in Marignane, France.
Avionics

SkyTrac satellite-based tracking spans the globe

The combination of GPS position, digital communications networks and the Internet has made possible–and affordable–a variety of products and services for c
Safety

Satellites Helped Rescue 1,500 People in 2002

Weather satellites equipped to detect emergency locator transmitters helped rescue an estimated 1,500 sailors, hikers, downed pilots and others around the
Accidents

Pilots play the slot game when flying to ski country

Instead of relaxing in front of a warm fire inside a cozy Colorado mountain lodge this winter, some pilots are sitting at home in front of their computer m