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Tyler Jet thrives in competitive environment

Tyler Jet founder and owner Tim Beverley believes that it’s smart business for pilots to back-load fuel rather than tanker with full loads from home base.
Airports

Good news and not so good news

If you’re selling fuel at Kissimmee (Fla.) Airport, you’ve got a reason to smile.
Avionics

Collins Demonstrates High-speed Satcom Datalink

Rockwell Collins is behind Honeywell and EMS Technologies in the race to bring high-speed data to the cockpit, but the company is still vying to make it a
Accidents

Bell Helicopter Goes To Court over Crash Deaths of Paramedics

Bell Helicopter must face trial over the deaths of three paramedics killed in a 1998 helicopter crash in Los Angeles, after the California Supreme Court de
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Mitsubishi MU-300, Anderson, IN

MITSUBISHI MU-300, ANDERSON, IND., MARCH 25, 2002–A Diamond operated by Corporate Flight Management sustained substantial damage during an
Security

NBAA: Balance Security and Economy

With the first hints that the Bush Administration is considering raiding the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to help fund security-related expenses in 20
ATC

An ATC remedy with side effects

One of the newest ATC techniques is multilateration, where several small unattended receiving stations are dispersed around an airport to monitor transpond
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: October 2003

Keeping with custom, Congress deserted Washington for the dog days of August with some small sense of accomplishment.
Rotorcraft

EH-101 Breaks American Sales Hegemony in Japan

Breaking into a market that has traditionally favored U.S.-made products, British defense systems builder GKN has aced a $1.5 billion helicopter deal with
FBOs

Touching Bases: How does a major OEM find success in line service?

An award-winning bowler in his spare time, Gus Stovall, flight support manager at Dassault Falcon Jet’s Wilmington, Del.
FBOs

Thomas Hirschmann leaves Jet Aviation

Thomas Hirschmann, Jet Aviation president and CEO and son of founder Carl Hirschmann Sr., has resigned from the family-owned business “to pursue other inte
Avionics

FlightSafety Installs EVS in GV Simulator

The FAA has approved the enhanced vision system (EVS) recently installed in a Gulfstream V flight simulator at FlightSafety’s Savannah, Ga.
Accidents

Aeromed King Air Crashes in Colorado Mountains

An aeromedical Beechcraft King Air C90 en route from Chinle, Ariz., to Alamosa, Colo., crashed late Thursday night in the San Juan Mountains of southern Co
Charter & Fractional

Survey reveals optimism, more competition in Euro charter

The European executive charter market is becoming more and more competitive, and the majority of operators and brokers expect demand to increase over the n
Rotorcraft

Air Methods Pilots and Employees OK Union

A marginally sufficient 55 percent of the 540-strong force of eligible employees at aeromed operator Air Methods recently voted to approve representation b
Regulations and Government

Frax rules rekindle FAA-JAA dispute

Next month’s scheduled adoption of the final fractional operation rules–Part 91 Subpart K–will likely reignite the controversy between the FAA, JAA and som
Rotorcraft

Bell CEO cuts staff, moves production to save money

Proving perhaps that nothing sweeps cleaner than a new broom, Bell Helicopter CEO Mike Redenbaugh, in the job since late May, has announced plans to move B
Rotorcraft

Enhanced Schweizer delivered to launch customer

Just a few months after its official introduction at last winter’s HAI Heli-Expo, the Schweizer 300CBi, an enhanced version of Schweizer’s Model 300CB, is
FBOs

Touching Bases: Galaxy Aviation takes a high road at MCO

During the NBAA Convention this month, Galaxy Aviation will donate a dime to the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Women and Children for every gallon of fuel it
FBOs

Jet Aviation opens Biggin Hill base

Establishing a foothold in the UK has long been a goal of Swiss-originated Jet Aviation, now with headquarters in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Avionics

Cost of Maintaining Aging ATC Radars Concerns FAA

In the wake of September 11 the FAA has decided to shelve earlier plans to decommission the U.S.-wide network of ATC primary radar installations.
Accidents

Homemade approach a path to disaster

RAYTHEON BEECH 1900D, SEPT-ILES, QUEBEC, AUG.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Shows Greatest Share Gain

According to research from AvData, Amstat and ARG/US,  Cleveland, Ohio-based Flight Options had a share-owner increase of 20.5 percent (from 541 owner
Aircraft

Single- and twin-turbine accident rates similar

In the aftermath of July’s well publicized engine-out ditching of a Pilatus PC-12 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Russia, industry observers are aski
Regulations and Government

News Note: Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the lead partner in a Center of Excellence program

The FAA selected the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the lead partner in a Center of Excellence program on aircraft noise and emissions mitigat
Rotorcraft

President Bush Gets Bumped from ‘Marine One’ Twice

It’s been 45 years since President Dwight Eisenhower became the first standing U.S.
Rotorcraft

Strike curtails Norsk operations

After a government-appointed arbitrator stopped discussions on May 9, mechanics at Norwegian offshore operator Norsk Helikopter went on strike, curtailing
FBOs

Touching Bases: Fuel at cost; dime-per-gallon pumping charge

Chuck Greenwood, a Phillips 66 dealer in Ponca City, Okla., has instituted a unique pricing structure for jet operators.