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China resurrects former RJ program

Chinese investment company D’Long confirmed that the development program for a 70- to 95-seat family of regional airliners acquired from the defunct Fairch
Regulations and Government

Appropriations bill leaves out GA relief

The 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Bill passed by the Senate last month failed to include funding for general aviation relief authorized by Vision 100–The Cen
Regulations and Government

GAMA seeks extension for bonus depreciation

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association has launched a campaign to extend the accelerated-depreciation schedule on new capital equipment–including b
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Charter & Fractional

Simuflite to train all Flight Options pilots

In the single largest training agreement in its history, Dallas-based CAE SimuFlite will soon start training all 900-plus pilots of Flight Options, the sec
Regulations and Government

Chart Fees Would Be Passed on to Customers

Airservices Australia wants to impose licensing fees to provide data for aeronautical information publications, including Jeppesen charts.
Aircraft

Winglets in the Air for the King Air

Boundary Layer Research, the Everett, Wash.
Aircraft

Faulty Cabin Lighting Wiring Alleged in Falcon 50s

A proposed AD calls for inspections to detect improperly installed wiring for optional cabin lighting that could cause fires in Falcon 50s.
Aircraft

Amended RVSM STC Will Include More Learjet 35/36s

West Star Aviation in Grand Junction, Colo., is working with the FAA to amend its Learjet 35/36 RVSM STC to include models with the FC-530 autopilot, FC-20
Accidents

Jury Finds Vacuum Pump Manufacturer Negligent

A jury found Parker Hannifin negligent in the Oct.
Regulations and Government

Federal Drug/Alcohol Testing Rules Clarified

Proposed amendments were adopted to clarify the FAA’s anti-drug and alcohol-misuse regulations pertaining to testing requirements; reasonable cause for tes
Security

CBS story on GA security slammed by av groups

When the national threat level was raised to code orange (high) on December 21, most people in general aviation took it in stride.
Safety

Turbine airplane accidents and fatalities climb

With the notable exception of professionally flown corporate jet operations, which had no accidents, business turboprops and jets posted more accidents and
Airports

Nagoya Airport on schedule to switch

Tokyo’s Nagoya Airport remained on schedule to become Japan’s first hub facility dedicated to business and commuter aircraft.
Aircraft

Embraer boosts range of 190 and 195

At the request of launch customer JetBlue, Embraer has introduced longer-range versions of its 190 and 195 E-Jets.
Charter & Fractional

Bombardier merges charter operations

Bombardier has launched a global executive charter program offering both block occupied-hour terms and ad hoc rates throughout the U.S., Europe, the Middle
Aircraft

Hawker Horizon earns provisional FAA approval

While the Raytheon Hawker Horizon was one of the first to blaze the super-midsize business jet trail when it was launched at the 1996 NBAA Convention in Or
Aircraft

Eclipse 500 makes first flight with P&W engines

Keeping its promise, Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aviation flew the first Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-powered Eclipse 500 certification flight-test ai
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Accidents

Three Killed in Crash of King Air E90

Three of the four people aboard an air ambulance King Air E90 were killed late January 11 when the turboprop twin crashed on approach to Rawlins Municipal
Charter & Fractional

Frax Hire Many More Pilots

The four major fractional aircraft operators hired 482 pilots last year compared with 198 in 2003, bringing the total roster of fractional pilots to 3,649
Training and Workforce

Frasca Delivers Its Second Full Simulator

Frasca International, the Urbana, Ill.
Training and Workforce

New 737 Training Source Up and Running

Former Boeing 737 flight department manager and pilot Larry Bond founded Bond Aviation Services in Orlando, Fla., to offer 737 training.
Maintenance and Modifications

Canada Approves 737 Fuel-savings Mod

AvAero of Safety Harbor, Fla., announced that Falconbridge Mining is the first customer for the FuelMizer aerodynamic modification of the Boeing 737-200/30
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Tucson Continues Refurbs

Bombardier has closed its green completion center in Tucson, but it is still doing business aircraft interior refurbishment at its adjacent Tucson Service
Aircraft

End of the line for Boeing 717

Bombardier Aerospace’s case for the C Series may just have grown sounder last month as Boeing announced it would pull the plug on the 110- to 115-seat 717,
Aircraft

Gulfstream G150 rolls out

The G150, which Gulfstream touts as the first wide-cabin, long-range, midsize business jet, rolled out January 18 in Tel Aviv in front of hundreds of Israe
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Safety

FAA rules aim to improve CVR and FDR reliability

“This is a recording” will have more meaning to accident investigators if the FAA enacts a proposal to beef up rules regarding cockpit voice recorders (CVR
Regulations and Government

Decision on Charts May Not Be Final

Initial feedback from the public has prompted the Department of Defense to rethink its November 18 announcement that it is removing certain flight informat
Regulations and Government

NTSB To Expand Reportable Events

The list of events that must be reported to the NTSB will grow if the agency adopts proposed changes to NTSB Part 830.
Charter & Fractional

Scheduling draws pilot ire at NetJets

While the fractional providers said publicly that switching to the more stringent rules of Part 91 Subpart K on February 17 was a nonevent, a look behind t
Aircraft

China Type-certifies Learjet 45

Bombardier reported that it has received type approval for the Learjet 45 from the civil aviation agency of China (CAAC).