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Decision on Galileo Postponed To Review Contract Bids

The biggest question remaining about Europe’s homegrown satellite navigation project appears to be not whether the satnav network will ever be built but ra
Avionics

Arinc Begins Offering Westbound Atlantic Datalink Clearances

Arinc Direct announced it is now delivering westbound oceanic clearances via datalink on North Atlantic routes.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Matsushita Avionics Systems becomes Panasonic Avionics

Japanese manufacturing giant Matsushita, the company behind the Panasonic brand, announced a name change for its cabin electronics division effective April
Safety

Airworthiness Directives mandate Primus Epic integrity checks

The FAA has issued a series of ADs aimed at operators of airplanes equipped with the Honeywell Primus Epic avionics system.
ATC

File slot requests now for ’04 Games

Corporate aircraft operators wanting to fly to Athens, Greece, for the summer Olympic Games have once again been urged to file slot requests sooner rather
Avionics

NASA turns Saab 340s into flying wx stations

NASA researchers are seeking to bring better weather information to pilots and controllers by converting a fleet of regional turboprop airliners for servic
Airports

Developer sought for Quonset State, R.I.

The Rhode Island Airport Corp.
FBOs

Million Air Burbank holds grand opening

Million Air Burbank, Calif.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

OnAir leaves business aviation to rival group

OnAir, the inflight voice and data communications joint venture among Airbus, SITA and Tenzing, will not pursue business aircraft installations for the tim
Airports

Comments due on JAC’S noise program

The FAA plans to rule on the noise-compatibility program proposed for Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) by May 17.
Avionics

Dulles crash 11 years ago highlights the need for TAWS today

On the morning of June 18, 1994, a Learjet 25D carrying 10 passengers and two pilots crashed less than a mile from the threshold of Runway 1R on approach t
Avionics

NTSB Proposes safety mods for honeywell FMS

The NTSB is recommending modifications of Honeywell flight management system (FMS) software that would provide warnings to pilots if they try to enter inco
Charter & Fractional

Private terminal opens for charter op at APA

Charter/management firm International Jet, on the newly opened south end of Denver Centennial Airport (APA), has begun operations at its “private jet termi
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Avionics

Call it useful, call it unique, just don’t call it an MFD

In the past several years, avionics manufacturers have introduced a wide range of multifunction displays (MFDs) capable of integrating moving-map informati
ATC

Germany planning network of GPS precision approaches

Germany’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), is working toward the national implementation of differential GPS-based pre
Regulations and Government

Unpopular ski-country STMP now in effect

Pilots flying into Colorado’s ski-country airports are already aware of the controversial special traffic-management program (STMP) for filing for slots in
Avionics

Bombardier eager for EVS introduction

Certification of the infrared enhanced vision system (EVS) for the Bombardier Global Express XRS–said to be “imminent” at press time–will close an importan
FBOs

Jet Aviation plans to open an FBO in Dubai

At the Dubai Air Show last month, Jet Aviation unveiled construction plans for a maintenance center and FBO at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emi
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Avionics

Makers developing radars that remember

The next generation of airborne weather radars won’t just see the storms, they will remember what they have scanned and store that information in a compute
FBOs

Flightcraft reflects its proud history of service in the northwest

Flightcraft began operations in 1948, the year after the introduction of the Bonanza, and was one of the early stars in the Beechcraft dealer constellation
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Regulations and Government

JOBS Act limits corporate deductions

While general aviation interests hailed the tax law that extended the deadline for the 50-percent accelerated bonus-depreciation allowance for business air
Regulations and Government

FAA proposes SIC pilot type rating

Pilots serving as second-in-command (SIC) would be eligible to apply for an SIC type rating without any additional training required, under an FAA notice o
Aircraft

VLJ race reaches epic porportions

Bend, Ore.-based Air Investor Resources (AIR)–the parent company of Epic Aircraft, which is currently flight-testing its Epic LT turboprop single–is now te
Training and Workforce

TSA delays alien flight training rule

Shortly after AIN went to press for last month’s issue, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made last-minute modifications to its alien
ATC

High-speed Data System Certified in Gulfstream V

A new high-speed data system developed by Arinc Direct has cleared the final hurdles for certification in the Gulfstream V.
Maintenance and Modifications

Florida Service Station Approved for EU Aircraft

General Dynamics Aviation Services in West Palm Beach, Fla., has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification and JAA approval.
ATC

ATC Held Mostly Responsible for Fatal Crash

In a rare decision, a federal judge in Jacksonville, Fla., ruled last month that the FAA was more responsible for a fatal accident than the pilot.
FBOs

HPN Operators Win Noise Abatement Awards

Imperial Transport, flying a Citation 501, and US Smokeless Tobacco Brands, operating two Challenger 601s, received the “Spirit of Noise Abatement” awards
Regulations and Government

GAO Criticizes FAA Designee Oversight Efforts

Inconsistent and incomplete FAA oversight of its designee programs limits the agency’s ability to ensure designees perform their work according to federal