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In The Works: Epic LT

Las Vegas-based Epic Aircraft has maintained a low profile since the company announced its composite turboprop single at EAA AirVenture last year, but has
Charter & Fractional

Frax Ops Have Propensity for Runway Overruns

Of the few accidents that have occurred to fractional aircraft (none of them fatal), runway overruns are the most common.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Audio International Introduces Wireless Cabin

Audio International, a division of DeCrane Aircraft, announced the incorporation of an 802.11b wireless cabin access port into its full line of cabin-manag
Engines

Challenger owner sues over engine anomalies

How many in-flight engine shutdowns have you had in your career? For the crew of a General Electric CF34-powered Challenger 604 owned by David Wetherell, t
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.
Regulations and Government

ARC weighs in on new weight-and-balance AC

An aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) that includes five representatives from the regional airline industry has submitted the final draft of a proposal to
Avionics

Software update packs more into FlightLogic

Recent improvements and upgrades to the software that drives Chelton’s FlightLogic synthetic-vision EFIS have been keeping the company’s R&D engineerin
Avionics

Amazing OLEDs could challenge LCDs

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), a revolutionary new technology being applied to the production of commercial flat-panel displays, took center stage a
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.
Airports

Salina Airport Keeps On Growing

The Salina (Kan.) Airport Authority today announced plans to build a new 69,000-sq-ft hangar and office complex in anticipation of continued growth at the
Training and Workforce

Sim training in demand for UK helicopter ops

Instrument-rated helicopter pilots are an expensive resource, particularly in the UK.
FBOs

Storms hammer FBOs as most aircraft escape

Apparently most business aircraft operators had the wherewithal and the good sense to clear out of the way in the face of the Southeastern hurricane hat tr
Aircraft

In the Works: Aerocourier, Archedyne NauticAir 400/500, Aviation Technology Group Javelin, Ibis Ae270

Founded this past April, AeroCourier Group of Minneapolis is developing the AeroCourier, a single-turboprop utility airplane specifically designed for easy
Aircraft

PSA Gets Its 70-seaters

PSA Airlines took delivery last month of the first of 25 seventy-seat Bombardier CRJ700s ordered from Bombardier Aerospace, marking the start of the second
Charter & Fractional

ExecuJet acquires charter business for new subsidiary

ExecuJet Aviation has acquired German charter operator Jet Connection Businessflight for an undisclosed sum.
Engines

GE, Honeywell Formally Cancel Merger Pact

General Electric and Honeywell International formally terminated their merger agreement, four months after European regulators rejected the proposed $45 bi
Security

Air Security International To Assist at NBAA Seminars

NBAA has turned to an outside vendor to assist in conducting the association’s security seminars.
Maintenance and Modifications

Orenda reworking King air V8 retro kit

Operators waiting for the long-delayed certification of the Orenda V8 turbocharged piston engine retrofit for the King Air C90 will have to wait a little l
Regulations and Government

Group Says No Rationale for Closing DCA to Genav

The Washington Airports Task Force, a private Virginia organization dedicated to promoting aviation in Virginia and the National Capital region, is the lat
Accidents

Citation rolls off runway on takeoff

There was no indication that the internal control lock was engaged on a Citation 550 that careened off the runway during its takeoff roll at Wiley Post Air
Aircraft

Gulfstream Begins Customer Deliveries of G500s

Venture capitalist Danny Pettit last month received the first Gulfstream 500, a less expensive (approximately $37.5 million), shorter-range (5,800-nm nonst
FBOs

Signature Hops on Internet-reservation Bandwagon

With the recent activation of ConciAir, Signature Flight Support has joined the list of FBOs offering online servicing orders.
Engines

FJ44-powered Learjet Program Progressing Slowly

After some 100 flights, Spirit Wing Aviation of Guthrie, Okla., has completed development testing of its Williams FJ44-powered Learjet 25D and expected to
Charter & Fractional

Mideast charter outgrowing supply

Too few business aircraft are based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other Arabian Gulf states to meet rising demand for executive charter flights, ac
Engines

Cessna launches Mustang engine flight-testing

Flight testing of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F–the engine Cessna selected for the Citation Mustang–got under way in Wichita on April 27.
ATC

Trade Groups Support Contract Tower Program

Six aviation associations last month submitted a joint letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee urging it to support full funding of the FAA’s federal
Security

NATA Launches Ramp Safety Initiative

The National Air Transportation Association launched a risk-management program intended to halve ramp-related accidents over the next five years.
Maintenance and Modifications

Business Jet Aircraft Completions To Offer EVAS

EVASWorldwide, the Ramsey, N.J.-based distributor for the Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS), has appointed Business Jet Aircraft Completions (BJAC)