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Maintenance and Modifications

Regional M&O Sessions Set for Raytheon Aircraft

Raytheon Aircraft will conduct six regional maintenance and operations sessions for Beechcraft and Hawker owners.
Maintenance and Modifications

Raytheon Teams With Aviall for Parts Distribution

Dallas-based Aviall, which supplies parts for more than 200 aviation manufacturers, will now integrate its Raytheon Aircraft inventory into Raytheon’s airc
FBOs

Jet Aviation Wins Startup Award

Jet Aviation at London Biggin Hill Airport recently became the first company to be named by the Bromley Borough Chamber of Commerce as one of the best star
Engines

Honeywell expands engine offerings, plans return to helicopter business

Barry Eccleston wants to take Honeywell back into the commercial helicopter business in a big way, while at the same time finding another airframe on which
Aircraft

Gulfstream 500 gets EASA OK

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the JAA have both now validated the FAA’s type certificate for the Gulfstream 500.
Accidents

DHL crew saves A300B4 after SAM hit on takeoff

Though unconfirmed by DHL, an unofficial collection of photos and text circulating on the Internet sheds chilling light on the November 22 missile attack a
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FBOs

FBO Survey 2005

It was almost painfully uncomfortable.
Regulations and Government

New Service Difficulty Reporting Rules Delayed Again

Revisions to the service difficulty reporting (SDR) requirements in FAR Parts 121, 135 and 145 (air carriers and repair stations) set to have gone into eff
Safety

Agencies Fault Seat-belt Buckles and Attachments

Thousands of seat-belt buckles and attachments installed in airliners and corporate jets are the subject of two separate recommendations.
Regulations and Government

Changes Made to Candidate-transportation Rules

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) last month adopted proposed changes to its rules governing the legal rates and timing of travel payments by political
Regulations and Government

ETOPS Proposal Deadline Pushed to March 15

As the result of requests to extend the deadline for comments on the FAA’s proposal to establish regulations governing flights that go beyond certain dista
Safety

Operators Must Replace Certain Fire Extinguishers

Kidde portable fire extinguishers that have been determined to be faulty must be replaced in some 39,000 aircraft, according to a recent AD.
Safety

NTSB Calls for Cockpit Image Recorders

The NTSB, which has long called for the FAA to require cockpit voice recorders on smaller turbine airplanes, is now calling for the installation of so-call
Aircraft

Serious questions loom over GM-17 Viper project

The GM-17 Viper project is in serious jeopardy following several recent developments.
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Aircraft

First SM-2000T Delivered

Moscow-based Tekhnoavia, an aircraft design house, delivered two piston SM-2000s in December and one turboprop SM-2000T last month.
Airports

Jackson Hole Airport advances Stage 2 ban

When Congress passed the FAA reauthorization bill late last year, it opened the path for the Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Accidents

Pilot, Instructor Blamed in Fatal Training Accident

Performing intentional stalls at too low an altitude and the flight instructor’s “inadequate supervision” were blamed by the NTSB for the crash on Septembe
Regulations and Government

FAA Told Not To Weaken on Grant Enforcement

AOPA supports proposed changes to streamline the process of awarding airport improvement program grant assurances, but also told the FAA that it must “main
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety Introducing Sims with Electric Motion

Hydraulic-powered motion systems will be replaced by electromechanical systems in new simulators from FlightSafety International starting late next year.
Training and Workforce

First Avanti Simulator To Go On Line Next Summer

FlightSafety International is scheduled to deliver the first simulator for the Piaggio Avanti to its West Palm Beach, Fla.
Regulations and Government

Alcohol and Drug Testing Rates To Remain Unchanged

The minimum percentage rate for substance-abuse testing for next year will remain at 25 percent of covered aviation employees for random drug testing and 1
Accidents

NTSB report on AA 587 spreads blame

While the NTSB determined that “unnecessary and too aggressive” rudder inputs by the first officer broke the vertical stabilizer off American Airlines Flig
Safety

Device automatically warns pilots of wires and obstacles

Wire strikes–long the bane of low-altitude rotorcraft and agplane operations–could be reduced if a system now undergoing testing on both sides of the Atlan
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Safety

Anti-missile technology offered for civil airplanes

Two companies are offering Israeli-built anti-missile systems to the civil aircraft market to protect airliners and business aircraft from the terrorist th
Aircraft

What’s next for the HondaJet?

When it comes to trying to determine what plans Honda has for its HondaJet project, a lot of the seemingly obvious evidence could be misleading.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Editorial: FAA resource management

The FAA’s budgetary woes are but one symptom of the U.S.
Regulations and Government

AIA: White House needs to boost aerospace infrastructure

Last year’s slump in commercial aircraft sales and employment was not as sharp as predicted and not nearly as deep as the industry experienced 10 years ago
Aircraft

Global 5000 advances with flight of final test aircraft

The second and final test Bombardier Global 5000 took its first, four-hour flight northwest of Toronto on January 8.
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ATC

Public-private co-op could lower AFSS costs

Members of the National Association of Air Traffic Specialists (NAATS), the labor union that represents more than 2,700 FAA employees who staff the agency’
Aircraft

Dassault unveils first assembled 7X trijet

Dassault last month spectacularly bridged the gap between virtual reality and reality when it unveiled the first assembled Falcon 7X business jet at its Bo