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Training and Workforce

Two Pilot Training Partners Join Eclipse Program

Eclipse Aviation selected two companies-Higher Power Aviation of Dallas and Flight Simulation of the Netherlands-to run the model 500 VLJ pilot training pr
Aircraft

Two Airframers Celebrate Major Anniversaries

This year will be an eventful one in Wichita as local corporate icons Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft mark big anniversaries.
Aircraft

Welcome back, Twotter

British Columbia-based Viking Air, which purchased a number of de Havilland Canada type certificates from Bombardier last year, announced last month it was
Regulations and Government

Business aviation and the environment: Business aviation ponders its impact on the environment–and the public perception of that impact

Business aircraft manufacturers and operators had better tackle their environmental image sooner rather than later.
ATC

Nav Canada To Revise Service Charges

Nav Canada last month proposed a 3-percent reduction in its customer service charges, effective September 1.
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Expands Savannah Presence

Gulfstream Aerospace broke ground on a new manufacturing site last month.
Engines

Pratt & Whitney feeling the thrust

The life of a component supplier is a difficult one in the aerospace and business aviation industries.
Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes Longer Duration for Medicals

Comments are due June 11 on a proposal from the FAA to increase the duration of first-class and third-class medicals for airmen under the age of 40.
Regulations and Government

FAA Might Redefine Known Icing

In an unusual policy step, the FAA sought comments last month on a draft letter of interpretation regarding the meaning of the term “known icing conditions
Engines

Snecma Silvercrest core to run later this year

French engine manufacturer Snecma is making progress with plans to develop a turbofan in the 10,000-pound-thrust class.
Regulations and Government

Business aviation and the environment: Aviation and climate change: emissions trading plan meets resistance

Europe’s primary weapon against global warming is the Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS), a program rooted in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
Accidents

Final Report on Circuit City Crash Released

The NTSB has published the final report on the Icing-related crash of a Cessna Citation 560 that stalled during approach to Runway 26R at Pueblo Memorial A
ATC

Eurocontrol ATM plans to address emissions

New air traffic management plans are one means by which nations can reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
FBOs

Atlantic Aviation, Mercury FBOs merge

Allied Capital, the private-equity firm owner of the Mercury Air Centers FBO chain, has agreed to sell its 24 FBOs to Macquarie Infrastructure, a publicly
Engines

Turboshaft and turboprop

The pace of new technology infusion in helicopter turbine engines is not slowing.General Electric, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Rolls-Royce
Charter & Fractional

LegFind.com expands operations

LegFind.com, a wholesale air charter marketplace, released a new service last month aimed at quickly matching charter operators with clients.
Aircraft

Cirrus to unveil jet next month

At the Sun ’n’ Fun show in Lakeland, Fla., Cirrus Design cofounder and CEO Alan Klapmeier said that on June 27 the company will unveil its new single-engin
Aircraft

Comp Air 12 flies to Sun ’n’ Fun

Meanwhile, just steps away from the Cirrus display, Ron Lueck, president of Comp Air, proudly showed off his latest creation, the prototype Comp Air 12 sin
ATC

FAA chooses plan for N’east airspace redesign

The FAA selected a preferred alternative in late March for the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign project after 10 years of studies, meetin
Training and Workforce

Customer input key on CAE’s new lower-cost bizjet simulator

Canadian-owned aircraft simulator and training operator CAE has unveiled the latest addition to its line of flight simulators.
Maintenance and Modifications

Fewer VLJ deliveries forecast this year

Germany-based aerospace consultancy PMI-Media has lowered its estimated very light jet (VLJ) delivery schedule for this year based on production difficulti
FBOs

Dubai firm begins process to acquire Landmark

State-owned Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) agreed last month to purchase Carlyle Group’s Landmark Aviation and Standard Aero Holdings for $1.8 billion.
Engines

Group gives vets a much needed lift

Jets for Vets, a new initiative sponsored by an aircraft dealers association, is arranging free flights on corporate aircraft for military personnel wounde
Safety

Cessna flies CJ4’s FJ44-4A

Cessna continues to push forward with the certification of the CJ4, the latest model in the CJ line.
Regulations and Government

Legislator wants investigation into pilot medicals

The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has called for a hearing later this spring on falsified medical certificates after th
ATC

Europeans continue to await OK for single-engine operations

Proponents awaiting European approval for commercial single-engine operations at night or under instrumental meteorological conditions (SE-IMC) should not
Aircraft

In the Works: Embraer Phenom 100

Embraer has begun construction of its second Phenom 100 airframe and is on schedule for planned first flight in the middle of this year and entry-into-serv
Aircraft

In the Works: Excel-Jet Sport-Jet

Twelve people, including company president Bob Bornhofen, continue to work on the Sport-Jet single-engine jet program based in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Aircraft

In the Works: Cirrus The-Jet

Early adopters who plunked down $100,000 for a position on the Cirrus jet assembly line got to participate in a clever Cirrus marketing campaign that is dr
Avionics

Aircraft Electronics Association Convention 2007

While FAA Administrator Marion Blakey and GA industry leaders wrangled over aviation user fees and taxes at the Aircraft Electronics Association’s 50th ann