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Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer March 2004

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in late January announced that the federal deficit is expected to climb to $477 billion this year, up fro
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Caravan crashes in Lake Erie

CESSNA 208 CARAVAN, PELEE ISLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA, JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Falcon veers off runway

DASSAULT FALCON 20C, PUEBLO, COLO., JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Wingtip strikes runway

BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19, RAPID CITY, S.D., JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Dash 8 lands on taxiway

DE HAVILLAND DHC-8, SEATTLE, WASH., JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Meridian looses power

PIPER PA-46-500TP, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., JAN.
Accidents

Preliminary report: EC 120 damaged in autorotation

EUROCOPTER EC 120B, JONESBORO, GA., JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Door pops open in flight

BEECH KING AIR E90, GALESBURG, ILL., JAN.
Accidents

Preliminary report: Engine quits on Narc airplane

AYRES S2T-T65, MAGDALENA, N.M., JAN.
Aircraft

Preliminary report: Meridian in marginal VMC

PIPER PA-46-500TP, DAYTONA BEACH, FLA., DEC.
Aircraft

Factual report: King Air lost power exceeded engine TBO

BEECH 65-A90, FENTRESS, TEXAS, OCT.
FBOs

Pedaling to Paris

Two of Signature Flight Support’s top managers in Europe will be making it to this year’s Paris Air Show on just two wheels to raise money for children’s c
Aircraft

VLJs propel GA growth

The business and corporate side of general aviation should continue to benefit from a growing market for new microjets over the next 14 fiscal years, and t
Airports

N.C. airport back to normal again

At Dare County Regional Airport (MQI), N.C., Hank Stock grabs an armload of North Carolina aeronautical charts, centennial year edition, from among thousan
Avionics

Cockpit and cabin avionics

Word that operators of nearly 600 U.S.-registered business jets failed to comply with an FAA mandate calling for installation of emergency locator transmit
Training and Workforce

PrestoSim Gets FAA OK for Citation Trng.

PrestoSim, a Grapevine, Texas, privately held Part 142 school, recently received FAA approval to provide simulator-based upgrade, initial, transition and t
ATC

Argentina Strips Air Force of ATC Function

The Argentine government took emergency action last month, relieving the nation’s Air Force of responsibility for providing ATC services.
Regulations and Government

Meeting at DCA hangar places TSA in hot seat

Can and should Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) be opened to general aviation and charter aircraft? That was the principal topic during an u
Regulations and Government

NTSB lashes out at FAA on maintenance scrutiny

The NTSB issued a scathing indictment of the FAA’s oversight of contract maintenance providers, essentially validating a DOT inspector general’s report tha
Regulations and Government

Bizav bonus-depreciation extension hits turbulence

Although the accelerated-depreciation bonus has been credited with a pickup in orders for new business jets, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association
Safety

NTSB reports increase in aviation accidents

No fatal accident involving Part 121 or 135 scheduled carriers occurred in 2002, versus three last year in which 24 people died, according to NTSB data.
Regulations and Government

Print name on aircraft registration form

Starting on June 1, the FAA will no longer accept aircraft registration applications (AC Form 8050-1) that do not contain the printed or typed name of the
Aircraft

Citation XLS receives FAA approval

Cessna announced on March 23 that it received FAA approval of its $9.895 million Citation XLS, a faster, roomier and longer-legged derivative of the Citati
Avionics

Careful testing those 406-MHz ELTs

406-MHz emergency locator transmitters must not be activated for testing during the first five minutes after any hour, unlike 121.5-MHz ELTs (see AIM revis
Regulations and Government

FEDS asked to act on DCA access by August 1

“Secure Access,” a program that would add more requirements to the Transportation Security Administration Access Certificate (TSAAC) program currently bein
Aircraft

Learjet seriously damaged in hard landing

An Airnet Systems Learjet 35A on a Part 135 cargo flight was seriously damaged March 19 during a failed attempted to abort the landing.
Regulations and Government

Jets To Be Certified under Commuter Rule

Because the Grob SPn Utility jet and the Embraer Phenom 300 weigh more than 12,500 pounds but less than 19,000 pounds, their respective manufacturers are r
Accidents

S-76 wreckage and bodies found

Wreckage of an Era Aviation Sikorsky S-76 was found late last month, two days after it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico about 60 miles south of Galveston, T
Charter & Fractional

FlightSafety, NetJets numbers dipped in 2003

Profits soared last year at Warren Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, though not all of the company’s divisions did well.
Aircraft

Gulfstream 550 wins JAA/EASA approval and collerthrophy, and notches more records

The flagship of the Gulfstream fleet has flown proudly in the past couple of months.