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Embraer Legacy Will Be India’s Air Force One

Last month the Indian Government signed for five Embraer Legacy Executives for head-of-state use.
Aircraft

Raytheon Following Through on RVSM for Older Jets

Operators of Beechjets, MU-300s (Diamonds) and Hawker 700s will have an RVSM solution from Raytheon Aircraft in the near future.
Aircraft

In the Works: Mooney Aerospace Group Jetcruzer 500

On April 29 Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures Inc.
Airports

Teterboro operator vows to fight weight proposal

It started several years ago when Boeing began selling its BBJ in numbers that the airline manufacturer never expected (25 in the first year, 82 overall si
Airports

HPN Expansion Opposed Due To Reservoir Concerns

Bronx city councilman Oliver Koppell introduced a resolution into the New York state legislature calling for curtailing any plans to expand Westchester Cou
FBOs

Flight2ground.com is now online

Valley Oil Company (which distributes fuel to more than 400 FBOs) and Multi Service (an FBO credit-card company) have launched an online interactive schedu
FBOs

TTN & Ronson Aviation mark a milestone

This month marks 75 years of service at Mercer County Airport in Trenton, N.J.
Avionics

U.S. airspace plan will show slow progress, official warns

The multi-agency Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) now working on a roadmap for a next-generation air-transportation system (NGATS) expect
Security

Euro airports and FBOs also heighten security

In Europe, reaction to September 11 included shock, outrage, empathy and resolve.
Charter & Fractional

Executive Jet Management Awarded ISO 9001:2000

Executive Jet Management recently earned ISO 9001:2000 certification, making the company one of the few U.S.
Regulations and Government

FAA Urging Pilots To Change Certificate Numbers

To help prevent “identity theft,” the FAA is urging pilots who hold an airman certificate that uses their Social Security number (SSN) as their certificate
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: June 2004

Ah, yes, there is considerable trouble in River City, and it isn’t a pool hall like in the 1950s Broadway musical.
Safety

Security Directors Assigned to 450 Busiest Airports

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport directors are being assigned to 450 of the busiest U.S.
Rotorcraft

New GE Medium-lifters Certified

The FAA has granted type certification to two new variants of GE’s CT7-8 turboshaft.
Engines

Signs of life begin to emerge at moribund Dornier factory

The empty hangars at Oberpfaffenhofen airfield outside Munich reflect a stark impression of the decline Germany’s aerospace industry has experienced over t
ATC

Washington Report: No Foul, but Was There Any Harm?

After investigating an allegation that the FAA destroyed an audiotape of six New York Center controllers’ accounts of the 9/11 attacks, Transportation insp
Accidents

Factual Report: Loss of Control leads to Conquest breakup

CESSNA 425 CONQUEST I, SAN JOSE, CALIF., MARCH 6, 2002–At 10:35 a.m., Conquest I N444JV experienced a loss of control and broke up in flight in IMC.
Training and Workforce

Hijackers trained at U.S. flight schools

No one believed for a moment that any hijacked airline pilot would fly a fuel-laden Boeing into the World Trade Center or the Pentagon, even with a gun to
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Multiplies Hangar Space at Jeffco

Stevens Aviation has acquired a leasehold on an existing 25,000-sq-ft hangar at Jefferson County Airport (BJC, aka Jeffco) outside Denver.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Falcon Jet adds field service reps

Dassault Falcon Jet has named four new field service representatives (FSR) in the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Minding the Fleet

Aer Arann performs its own line maintenance, with base checks contracted to TAT at Dinard in northern France, said COO Peter McKenna.
Aircraft

Hainan Signs for 20 more 328JETs

A series of visits to Haikou, China, by AvCraft managing director Wolfgang Walter finally paid dividends last month, when Hainan Airlines placed a firm ord
Aircraft

Vortex generators boost Meridian’s useful load

When Piper introduced the Meridian in 2001, it marked the return of the Vero Beach, Fla.-based manufacturer to the turboprop market and the end of a nine-y
Airports

Magazine Poll Supports N.J. Airports

An online poll in New Jersey Monthly magazine has apparently launched the pilots’ jungle telegraph into action.
Airports

Dusseldorf imposes new slot fee

Germany’s Dusseldorf Airport is to introduce a new E160 ($176) “slot allocation charge” for each takeoff and landing, which operators have to pay even if t
FBOs

Million Air mobile outlines five-year plan

Emily and Arve Henriksen initially expected to open their Million Air franchise at Mobile (Ala.) Regional Airport (MOB) last year.
Avionics

Lufthansa Rolls Out Connexion Service on Munich to Los Angeles Route

Shown to passengers on transatlantic TWA flights, the first full-length feature film to play on an airliner was 1961’s By Love Possessed, starring Lana Tur
Security

Bizav Security Study Flawed, Claims NBAA

A recent survey of fewer than 60 pilots on the state of the business aviation industry’s security measures is significantly flawed, NBAA asserts.
FBOs

Australian finance house buys Atlantic Aviation

At the end of last month, Macquarie Bank of Sydney, Australia, entered into an agreement to purchase Executive Air Support, the Dallas-based group whose so
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter seeks OK for IFR approaches to hover

Eurocopter is making further strides toward its aim of certifying a helicopter to make IFR approaches to a hover, over a given point on the ground and at a
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