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NATCA urges increased funding for more controllers

National Air Traffic Controllers Association president John Carr said, “Fewer eyes watching busier skies is not a scenario any of us want.
Charter & Fractional

Aviation One offers air transportation leases

Aviation One, now based at Plymouth (Mass.) Municipal Airport (PYM), offers fractional leases on a CitationJet and a Piper Seneca V piston twin.
Engines

Harrods and Volvo team up for TFE731 support

Honeywell TFE731 maintenance shops at Harrods Aviation in Farnborough, UK, and Sweden’s Volvo Aero have signed a service agreement combining their offering
Accidents

Four People Die in Crash of MU-2B

The pilot, his wife and another couple aboard Mitsubishi MU-2B N312MA where killed when the twin turboprop crashed moments after taking off from Hillsboro,
Charter & Fractional

New Limits Placed on Marquis Jet Cards

Holders of the Marquis Jet Card will have new restrictions requiring that they book flights further in advance during peak travel times due to unexpected g
Aircraft

Autothrottles now available for Gulfstream 200

Automatic throttle systems are now available as a $220,000 option for new Gulfstream 200s, as well a retrofit for the more than 90 Galaxy/G200s currently i
Aircraft

Fatal Westwind crash probe centers on controls

Preliminary analysis of the fatal crash of an air ambulance IAI Westwind on July 2 at Panama City Tocumen International Airport indicates both Honeywell TF
Charter & Fractional

Air Limo iFly air taxi is renamed Pogo

Pogo is the new name for the former iFly Air Taxi, a company that plans initially to use 75 Adam A700 very light twinjets as a start toward a national “air
Regulations and Government

Legislation Affects Bizav Deductions and Fuel Tax

The Senate last week passed the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act (the “Highway Bill”), which authorizes surface transportation spending through f
Aircraft

NTSB cites instructor pilot for fatal Falcon 20 crash

The flight instructor’s lack of experience was cited by the NTSB as causing the fatal crash of a Falcon 20 on April 8, 2003, in Swanton, Ohio.
Regulations and Government

Pilots Protest Age 60 Retirement Rule

A group of current and former airline pilots rallied on Capitol Hill yesterday afternoon to protest the 45-year-old FAA regulation that forces pilots to le
Aircraft

Quest Wins Certification for Kodiak

Six years after opening its doors, two-and-a-half months after flying its first fully conforming aircraft and less than a month after losing company chairm
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Aircraft

Dassault Clarifies Super-midsize Falcon Thrust

Dassault senior v-p for civil aircraft Olivier Villa has clarified that the unusually high thrust (two 10,000-pound engines) on the still-under-wraps super
Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes Cabin Certification Alternatives

The FAA unveiled a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) last week that addresses airworthiness standards related to cabin interiors for transport-category
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Midcoast To Offer Narrowbody Completions

Midcoast Aviation recently announced its intention to move into the “narrowbody” cabin completion business, marked by groundbreaking on a 145,000-sq-ft han
Aircraft

Extra 500 gets EASA certification

Extra Aircraft’s six-seat Extra 500 turboprop single received European Aviation Safety Agency certification last month.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options launches jetjpass

Late last month, Cleveland-based Flight Options confirmed speculation that it was starting a jet-card program when it unveiled JetPass.
Aircraft

Learjet 55 damaged while landing

Attempting to land during extreme weather conditions, a Learjet 55 ran off the end of the runway moments after touchdown at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airpo
Regulations and Government

Fallout from Senate Hearing Swift and Strong

Industry reaction to last week’s Senate Finance Committee hearing to discuss FAA reauthorization and the prospect of user fees was as strong as the stateme
Aircraft

Honda Expands North Carolina Footprint

More parts of Honda’s aerospace puzzle are coming together as the company announced today that its GE Honda HF120 turbofan engines (2,000-pound-thrust clas
Engines

House Examines False FAA Medicals

A hearing held today by the House transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on aviation sought to examine ways to reduce the level of falsifications a
Charter & Fractional

Linear Air Buys Early Eclipse Slot

Charter operator Linear Air has 30 Eclipse 500s on order, with first deliveries scheduled for September, but the company bought an earlier serial number ai
Charter & Fractional

New Charter Service Works for Operators

A new service designed in part by former Avantair chairman Al Rapetti seeks to align charter operators under one roof to maximize revenue and fill seats.
Engines

Honda revs up its aerospace division

Honda added another element to the business plan for its aviation ventures last month, when the Japanese carmaker announced the formation of Honda Aero Inc
Aircraft

UAVs set to mingle with regular traffic

The recent commencement of low-altitude Customs and Immigration patrols by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along the Arizona/Mexico border and the earlier
Avionics

Gulfstream tests GV with synthetic vision system

Test pilots from NASA and Gulfstream this summer are flying a GV equipped with a synthetic-vision system (SVS) intended to improve pilot situational
Aircraft

Safire Jet stalls, Eclipse wages marketing war

Camilo Salomon, president and CEO of Safire Aircraft, said he has faced do-or-die situations before, but not in the aviation world, where, he says, e
Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland unveils grand helo

At the Farnborough Air Show last month, helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland unveiled its new Agusta A109S Grand, a medium twin-engine rotorcraft designe
Avionics

Fly by wire filtering down to bizjets

Fly-by-wire (FBW) flight controls have been commonplace in fighters and Airbus airliners for years, but the technology has remained out of reach for all bu
Regulations and Government

Senate Finance Committee Divided on FAA Funding

Corporate aviation took flak on FAA funding proposals this morning as the architects of S.1300, the Senate FAA financing bill that includes a $25 user fee