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New Bill Threatens To Impose HPN Curfew

A bill that would give local authorities the right to enforce a nighttime curfew at New York’s Westchester County Airport has drawn criticism from NBAA.
Accidents

Falcon 900 Overruns Runway on Aborted Takeoff

A Falcon 900 ran off Runway 25 while departing from California’s Santa Barbara Airport at 2:15 p.m.
ATC

EU Takes Control of Galileo with Taxes

Members of the Transport, Telecommunication and Energy Council of the European Union have accepted a proposal by the European Commission to assume control
Regulations and Government

Africa To Establish Consolidated Reg Agency

Civil aviation authorities in Africa are planning an Africa-wide regulatory system similar to the European Union’s European Aviation Safety Agency.
Safety

More work ahead for FAA on ‘most wanted’ changes

NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker told the House aviation subcommittee last month that his agency is disappointed in the FAA’s response to five of the six aviati
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe, Marshall Expand Relationship

The UK’s Marshall Aerospace and NetJets Europe are expanding their agreement for support of the fractional’s Citation fleet.
Aircraft

Cirrus Unveils “The-Jet”

Cirrus unveiled the mock-up of its long-awaited “personal jet” this afternoon at company headquarters in Duluth, Minn.
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Regulations and Government

House Introduces FAA Reauthorization Bill

The House of Representatives issued its long-anticipated version of the FAA reauthorization bill last night, and user fees are not included.
Aircraft

Sino Swearingen Seeking Funds To Boost Production

Recent news reports from Taiwan suggesting that the Taiwanese government is unwilling to continue funding Sino Swearingen Aircraft’s SJ30 program are not a
Regulations and Government

Summit Focuses on A008, Upcoming Inspections

NATA president James Coyne expressed support for OpSpec A008 this morning at the first annual NATA air charter summit in Leesburg, Va.
Regulations and Government

FAA Issues Comments to Regulation Review

The FAA said it is not going to act on nearly half of all comments submitted during a standard regulatory review that began in February 2004.
Aircraft

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Proceeds Apace

All systems go! That was the message from the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter briefing at the Paris Air Show last week.
Aircraft

Easy-to-fly AeroQuad uses a coaxial rotor

The AN-1 AeroQuad produced in Spain by Aeris Naviter Aeronautical Technologies is on display in the light aircraft static park.
Regulations and Government

NTSB Addresses Alcohol-Related Incidents

In response to “a number of accidents” in which the pilots had omitted or lied about substance/alcohol dependency during medical evaluations, the NTSB is r
Regulations and Government

ATC Complaints Spur FAA To Issue Eclipse Pitot AD

As Eclipse Aviation awaits FAA approval of a new-design pitot/angle-of-attack probe to prevent a freezing problem that occurred during three test flights,
ATC

Development Begins on Single European Sky Program

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the early development phase of the Single European Sky Iris program, a research initiative designed to improve
Aircraft

Orsi wants to speed up BA609 program

“Why don’t my Bell colleagues take this question?” AgustaWestland CEO Giuseppe Orsi suggested when asked why Bell would not accept his company’s additional
Aircraft

Saudi NAS buys four Falcon 2000LX bizjets

Saudi Arabia’s National Air Services (NAS) signed an agreement yesterday to buy four Dassault Falcon 2000LX business jets plus options for an additional 16
Aircraft

Embraer says airline deal could could net $1.26B

Embraer yesterday said it has signed a “preliminary commercial agreement” with a Brazilian airline for dozens of airliners in a deal potentially worth $1.4
Aircraft

Air France-KLM admits to previous Boeing 777, 737 order

The Air France-KLM Group revealed itself yesterday as the customer that placed a previous order for nine Boeing 777-300ERs and seven 737-700s.
Engines

Elisra highlights sensors and IR protection systems

The Elisra Group is showcasing a wide range of specialist products, from UAV sensors and IR protection systems to a new immune satellite navigation system
ATC

Northrop has GPS-aided stellar INS

Northrop Grumman delivered the first production LN-120G GPS-aided stellar-inertial navigation system to the U.S.
Engines

P&WC eyes successor to its PT6 family

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) continues to consider a possible new turboprop design that could provide a sufficient advance on the PT6, which throu
Regulations and Government

IRS Issues New NPRM for Private Aircraft Use

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) last week relating to the “deductions for entertainment use of business ai
Regulations and Government

FAA Joins EU in Targeting Emissions

As a sign of possible things to come for business aviation, the European Commission and the FAA announced on Monday a joint initiative to reduce aircraft e
Charter & Fractional

New Association Supports Air-taxi Endeavors

The Air Taxi Association was officially launched today as a way to bring together companies that operate principally VLJs on a per-seat, on-demand basis, t
Regulations and Government

FAA Research Bill Moving through Congress

As the FAA’s major programs such as NextGen make their way through initial planning and implementation, at least a few members of Congress feel that the ag
Aircraft

Bombardier: NextGen RJ will have lower costs

Bombardier Aerospace is showing its CRJ900 NextGen regional-jet here in 76-seat guise and the uniform of Northwest Airlines subsidiary Mesaba Airlines less
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Aircraft

Use of winglets are growing on world airlines

Seattle, Washington-based Aviation Partners Boeing is racking up sales of its efficiency-enhancing Blended Winglets, with new orders from Air China and She
Aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft signs with Indian software firm

Hawker Beechcraft has signed a multi-year contract with Satyam Computer Services, India’s fourth-largest software exporter, to provide design and other ser