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Frax reinvent the business aviation industry

Undoubtedly, it is still too early to gauge all the effects the September 11 terrorist attacks will have on any segment of aviation.
Avionics

Garmin Renaming UPSAT CNX80 Navigator the GNS 480

In an effort to streamline its GPS/navcom product line, Garmin will rename the CNX80 navigator the GNS 480, according to a spokesman.
Avionics

EMS Technologies Installs High-speed-data Satcom in a Helicopter

In what is claimed to be a first, EMS Technologies last month said that an AMT-50 multi-channel satcom antenna and HSD-128 high-speed data terminal have be
Avionics

Arinc Tests Jam-resistant GPS Landing System

Arinc has flight tested a new differential-GPS precision approach and landing system designed to withstand electronic jamming.
Engines

Filtering out the noise surrounding Stage 4

At its triennial meeting in Montreal in early October, the ICAO Assembly–which includes representatives from all 187 ICAO member nations–approved a more fl
Avionics

Weather data provider hones its service menuMeteorlogix targets bizav with mix of ground-based, airborne services

Weather data specialist Meteorlogix is stepping up efforts to get its line of aviation-related products out in front of corporate pilots.
Maintenance and Modifications

FedEx To Assist in Really Quiet GII/GIII Hush kit

FedEx has signed on to assist Really Quiet of Mojave, Calif., in the production, parts management and customer service of the latter company’s Stage 3 tran
Accidents

Beech 1900Ds Destroyed in Hangar Fire

A fire last month destroyed a hangar and the two Beech 1900D twin-turboprops inside at Central Nebraska Regional Airport in Grand Island, Neb.
ATC

Embry-Riddle launches ADS-B technology trial

By this summer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University expects that the flight-training fleets at its Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz.
Aircraft

Mooney Suspends Jetcruzer 500 Program

Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures, which completed its acquisition of the assets of bankrupt Mooney Aircraft on April 29 and changed its name to Moone
ATC

Australia Opts for Nationwide ADS-B

At the end of March, Airservices Australia (the country’s privatized ATC provider) announced that it had contracted with Thales of France to provide ADS-B
Rotorcraft

CJ Systems Expands LifeFlight

CJ Systems Aviation Group is expanding its Baptist Hospital LifeFlight aeromedical program in Pensacola, Fla., with a second base at Mobile, Ala.
Rotorcraft

Full Icing Clearance In Sight for S-92

Sikorsky’s S-92 has successfully completed the artificial icing requirement of the FAA’s icing-certification program, thus preparing the aircraft for its f
Aircraft

New Czech mate plans to revive former Let

Arising out of Moravan Aeroplanes’ purchase of the assets of bankrupt Let Kunovice in August is a new corporate entity called “Letecke Zavody,” or “LZ Airc
Rotorcraft

Borgman To Retire

Sikorsky announced that company chairman Dean Borgman will retire in July.
ATC

LAAS on back burner, but WAAS is heating up

The FAA’s decision to relegate the GPS Cat 1 local-area augmentation system (LAAS) to a mere R&D program (AIN, March 2004, page 1)
Training and Workforce

Sim training in demand for UK helicopter ops

Instrument-rated helicopter pilots are an expensive resource, particularly in the UK.
Regulations and Government

NTSB Closes Docket On Repair Station Security

The Transportation Security Administration’s notice of public meeting and request for comments on “Aircraft Repair Station Security” (Docket No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Opens New Regional Aircraft Base in Tucson

Bombardier recently opened its Tucson, Ariz.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Rockwell Collins Gets Airshow 4000 Moving Map STC

Rockwell Collins has received FAA supplemental type certification and parts manufacturing authority (PMA) for its Airshow 4000 moving-map and flight-inform
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Diamond Award Of Excellence Goes To Byerly Aviation And Keystone Helicopter

Byerly Aviation of Springfield, Ill., and Keystone Helicopter of West Chester, Pa., have both received the FAA’s prestigious Diamond Award of Excellence fo
Maintenance and Modifications

Oxford Aviation Launches Aircraft De-icing Boot Sealant

Oxford Aviation of Oxford, Maine, introduced a three-in-one boot treatment called Tri-Guard.
ATC

ATC Technologies

Sharp rises in the number of airline flights originating from airports in the U.S.
Aircraft

Despite setbacks, Europe will stick with January RVSM start

Eurocontrol has confirmed it will definitely proceed with next year’s January 24 deadline for implementation of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM)
Aircraft

Raisebeck looking for first Lear 35ZR buyers

No customers have yet signed for Raisbeck Engineering’s Learjet 35ZR, a Learjet 35/36 performance-enhancement modification announced at last year’s NBAA Co
Maintenance and Modifications

Dunlop wheels and carbon brakes for Gulfstream 500 and 550

Dunlop Aerospace braking systems has developed high-performance, next-generation wheels and carbon brakes for the G500 and G550.
Maintenance and Modifications

Torqued: Repair stations argue customers aren’t being charged enough

Face it: maintenance providers don’t charge enough for what they do.
FBOs

Keystone prospers in the nutmeg state

When it first opened at Waterbury-Oxford Airport, Conn., 20 years ago, Keystone Aviation consisted of one 15,000-sq-ft hangar and a passenger terminal.
FBOs

Mercury takes over at Newport News

The facilities of Flight International, one of two FBOs at Williamsburg International Airport in Newport News, Va., have become the 20th Mercury Air Center