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ATC

Eurocontrol Prepares New Process for SSR Codes

Eurocontrol will introduce a new process for assigning the secondary surveillance radar (SSR) codes used by ATC for radar services.
Aircraft

India’s Turboprop Twin Progressing Slowly

Indian state-owned National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) continue working on a 12-passenger twin-turboprop pusher c
Regulations and Government

Associations Respond to Part 61 Proposal

As the industry digests the more than 100 changes to Part 61 the FAA has proposed, some associations are taking positions on the more substantial changes.
ATC

Bidder Squabble Could Delay ADS-B Launch

Industry observers expect protests from Lockheed Martin and ITT claiming that Raytheon enjoys an unfair advantage in the FAA’s reported $1.5 billion nation
Regulations and Government

Comment Period Extended on Repair Station Proposal

The FAA announced today a 45-day extension to the comment period on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for repair stations that would revise the system
ATC

Proposed Canadian ADS-B Network Detailed

More details about Canada’s proposed ADS-B network have been disclosed.
Aircraft

Grob Business Jet Prototype Returns to Flight Test

Grob Aerospace has restarted the flight-test program for its SPn jet, just short of three months after the crash of its second prototype on November 29.
Aircraft

Special Conditions Proposed for Dassault Falcon 7X

The FAA released a proposal on Monday and another today for a number of special conditions related to the certification of the Dassault Falcon 7X, which is
Safety

CF34 Break-up Prompts Emergency AD

The FAA issued an emergency AD on Friday to all owners and operators of GE CF34-3A1, -3B and -3B1 turbofans after NTSB investigators found an electrical ar
Safety

Runway Incursion Forum Scheduled

The NTSB will hold a one-day forum on March 27 focusing on runway incursions and accidents and potential solutions.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Logged Record Orders in 2006

Eurocopter last year took orders for a record 615 new helicopters, 47 percent of them civil.
Safety

Nav Canada To Launch ADS-B in Remote Areas

Nav Canada announced last week it plans this year and next to install ADS-B ground stations around Hudson Bay, which straddles high-latitude airline flight
Safety

Bounce Recovery Technique Training Recommended

The NTSB is asking the FAA to require Part 121 and 135 airlines to incorporate bounced landing recovery techniques in their flight manuals and to teach the
FBOs

Jet Aviation To Build New Dusseldorf Exec Terminal

Jet Aviation is preparing to open a new executive terminal at Germany's Dusseldorf Airport by the end of this year.
Rotorcraft

Thales To Provide Avionics for Sikorsky S-76D

Sikorsky's new S-76D twin-turbine helicopter, scheduled to enter service in 2008, will be equipped with Thales' TopDeck integrated modular avionics, accord
Safety

Mitsubishi Supports FAA MU-2 Safety Review

Addison, Texas-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, which services the more than 400 MU-2s operating outside of Japan, expressed its approval and coo
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Starts Dedicated Scottish Operation

Fractional ownership provider NetJets Europe has launched a dedicated operation for the Scottish market.
Charter & Fractional

Eclipse Repairing Damaged Test Aircraft

Eclipse Aviation’s fourth conforming flight-test aircraft, N505EA, which experienced a gear-up landing on September 4 at Albuquerque International Sunport,
Regulations and Government

Associations Urge Feds To Delay Fuel Tax Revision

NBAA, the National Air Transportation Association and General Aviation Manufacturers Association recently urged the Department of Treasury to suspend the c
Regulations and Government

Bizav Groups Laud Action To Shelve New Tax Rules

Business aviation lobbyists yesterday applauded recent action taken by Republican lawmakers to shelve new tax rules in the 2005 Highway Bill designed to di
Aircraft

Two-seat Javelin VLJ Prototype Makes First Flight

Aviation Technology Group’s Javelin very light jet (VLJ) prototype flew for the first time last Friday.
Accidents

CVR Reveals Icing Problem in Circuit City Citation Crash

According to transcripts just released by the NTSB, cockpit voice recordings of the Circuit City Cessna Citation 560 (N500AT) that crashed in Pueblo, Colo.
Accidents

Citation Makes Emergency Landing after Flameout

A University of North Dakota (UND) Citation II research jet made an emergency landing near Beaver, Alaska, on September 30 after both engines flamed out at
Aircraft

First Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Certified

A new chapter in civil aviation history began yesterday when the FAA issued the first airworthiness certificate for a commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (U
Regulations and Government

Action Taken To Narrow Scope of Insulation Rule

The FAA has issued clarifying bulletins, set up a team of specialists that can be contacted 24/7 and is considering amending its controversial rule upgradi
Regulations and Government

FAA Funding Scheme Greeted Coolly on Capitol Hill

With one congressman calling it “dead on arrival,” the FAA yesterday released its new proposal for financing the agency over the next 10 years, a plan that
Safety

Flight Department Says FOQA Delivers

Jeffrey Sands, director of flight operations for Altria, disclosed results of his company’s participation in a Flight Safety Foundation demonstration of a
Accidents

Many Parts of Shredded CF34 Engine Recovered

The NTSB recovered roughly half of the fan disk, fan blades, parts of the engine cowling and thrust reverser, the engine spinner and pieces of the fan cont
Accidents

Probable Causes Determined in Two King Air Fatals

The NTSB recently concluded its investigations into two King Air fatal accidents, attributing the probable causes to the pilots.