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Expert Advocates Taking Older Equipment off Aircraft

Aircraft operators have been forced to add new technology to meet updated requirements since the 1950s, but nothing ever seems to come off aircraft, one ai
Training and Workforce

Garmin G1000 avionics training video offered

Operators who have ordered a Citation Mustang very light jet don’t have to wait for an aircraft or a simulator to familiarize themselves with the aircraft’
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Free look-see for low-cost e-mail aloft

For corporate aircraft passengers whose airborne Internet ambitions don’t extend beyond retrieving and sending e-mail, ASI, a small Australian communicatio
Aircraft

Embraer’s ‘E-Jets’ halfway home

No one said it would be easy, but Embraer seems to have hit its stride after struggling early on to meet development and certification targets for its new
Aircraft

More avionics woes prompt 170 Ads

Cases of complete failure of the Honeywell Primus Epic avionics display triggered an emergency AD from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for all E
Aircraft

Governments set to show C Series the money

Perhaps the most vital component in Bombardier’s C Series of single-aisle commercial jets will consist not of metal, pneumatics or electrical circuits, but
Aircraft

ATR Scores Big in India

ATR landed its biggest sale in recent memory last month when Indian budget airline Air Deccan agreed to take delivery of 30 new 72-seat ATR 72-500s over th
Rotorcraft

New Rotorcraft 2005

The year since Heli-Expo 2004 has not been a bad one for the helicopter industry, all things considered.
Rotorcraft

FBH Maintains Brunei Bells on Tsunami Front Line

Engineers from British consortium FBH (Bristow Helicopters and FR Group) are maintaining two Bell 212s that have been sent from Brunei to Sumatra, to suppo
Rotorcraft

New Disaster Organization To Coordinate Rotary Assets

Meanwhile, the Helicopter Association of Australia (HAA) has set up a disaster committee that will help local and international agencies quickly pinpoint t
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Innovation Center To Undertake ‘Dual-use’ R&D

Representative Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) supports efforts to establish a new center for rotorcraft innovation (CRI) in Pennsylvania.
Rotorcraft

Seacor Buys Era Aviation

Oil-rig support company Seacor Holdings has completed a $118.1 million purchase of Era Aviation.
Rotorcraft

Thales introduces helo FMS with joystick control

Advanced human-machine interfaces now making their debut on business jets are finding their way into helicopter cockpits.
Rotorcraft

Helo pilot brings flying experience to movie-making

It’s a good bet that you’ve seen Al Cerullo’s work, even if you don’t recognize his name.
Rotorcraft

Interview: Mike ‘Red’ Redenbaugh

Mike Redenbaugh has made quite an impact at Bell in the 18 months since he became the company’s CEO.
Rotorcraft

UK helo operator may offer new Malta service

UK operator British International has been asked to take over the helicopter service between the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo.
Rotorcraft

Flight Following for EMS Provider

New England EMS operator MedStar Transport is to equip its EC 135 and BK 117 fleet with Sky Connect satellite terminals, to provide automated tracking and
Safety

QinetiQ tests radar system that detects runway debris

Foreign object damage could one day disappear, thanks to technology developed in the UK.
FBOs

Long Island Jet Centers to get $50M upgrade

All three Long Island (N.Y.) Jet Centers (LIJC) will soon get major facelifts.
FBOs

Premier acquires West Star Aviation

Premier Air Center, a maintenance specialist and full-service FBO at St.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Epps Aviation

When discussion turns to the most prominent legacy independent FBOs, one of the first names mentioned is Epps Aviation at Atlanta’s DeKalb-Peachtree (PDK)
FBOs

Million Air HOU approves prototype security system

Million Air Houston (HOU), headquarters FBO for the Million Air Interlink franchise network, recently completed a two-year joint effort with Navigance Tech
Airports

North Carolina City/County give back–a little

A plan implemented last year to offset the city and county tax burden on airplane owners at Pitt-Greenville (N.C.) Airport has attracted more aircraft owne
Safety

Screening Out Runway Incursions

FAA airport safety researchers have created a prototype taxiway screen that could help prevent runway incursions at airports with taxiways that pass well b
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: March 2006

• One of the annual Washington rituals calls for the President to send Congress an administration budget proposal for the next fiscal year.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Competitors Combine Forces in Tucson

In a city that already had two interior completion and refurbishment centers, one more might have been one too many.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation on Schedule To Deliver Airbus A320

Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland, is well under way on an executive/VIP Airbus A320 interior it expects to deliver in July to a first-time customer.
Rotorcraft

MacCarthy Interiors Completes First S-92

MacCarthy Interiors in Surrey, England, has delivered its first Sikorsky S-92 with an executive interior.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Yingling Looks beyond Caravan Completion Work

Yingling Aviation recently opened a new 15,500-sq-ft facility that will include 12,000 sq ft of hangar space in addition to a customer spec room, shops and
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Phazar Getting Bigger To Take on Bigger Projects

Phazar Flight Support at Meacham nternational Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, is expanding.