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Charter & Fractional

Subpart K Seminars Resume This Month

This month NBAA continues a series of seminars on Part 91 Subpart K, the new rule that regulates fractional operations.
Rotorcraft

CHC To Acquire Schreiner Aviation Group

CHC Helicopter of St.
Training and Workforce

Severe Weather Avoidance Online Magazine Started

Archie Trammell, former magazine editor turned radar and convective weather expert, has added a bimonthly online magazine to supplement his long-running ra
Maintenance and Modifications

Distributors added for Hawker battery

Securaplane Technologies has signed new distributor agreements for Hawker main ship batteries with Corporate Jet Support, Cirrus Aero Accessories and CRS J
Maintenance and Modifications

RAS Tampa gets Brazilian Repair Station status

The Brazilian Departamento de Aviacao Civil has approved Raytheon Aircraft Services Tampa as a Brazilian Repair Station.
Maintenance and Modifications

AAR obtains Indianapolis Repair Station approval

“This FAA certification represents a significant milestone in the expansion of our airframe maintenance capability,” said David Storch, president and CEO o
Aircraft

Airworthiness Alerts Issued for TBM 700

The FAA last month issued three separate airworthiness alerts on the TBM 700 turboprop single.
Maintenance and Modifications

Wing Aviaiton opens second paint hangar

Wing Aviation on Lone Star Executive Airport near Houston has opened a second paint facility designed to increase overall capacity.
Maintenance and Modifications

Aircraft Belts partners with Signature Plating

In an effort to increase convenience, safety and efficiency, Aircraft Belts and Signature Plating have formed a strategic partnership called Air Funnel.
Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes ‘Complex’ STC Approval Policy

A new term might soon join the lexicon of the FAA–“Complex STC.” According to the FAA, there have been STC-approved installations that have been “inappropr
Training and Workforce

EASA OKs FSI and SimuFlite maintanance training

FlightSafety International has received Part 147 certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its aircraft maintenance technician trai
Maintenance and Modifications

Premier Air Center pursues STCs

Premier Air Center of East Alton, Ill., has deep roots in the general aviation community.
Safety

Torqued: Overcoming obstacles to effective communications

Last month I started a discussion about what I have come to recognize as a serious disconnect between pilots and mechanics, each of whom performs critical
Maintenance and Modifications

Wireless devices for maintenance on the horizon

Although the use of in-cabin wireless networking has grown rapidly since the 1999 release of the IEEE 802.11b Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) standard, wireless n
Charter & Fractional

Air Luxor now provides bizav services as Masterjet

Portugal’s Air Luxor group has restructured most of its business aviation activities under a new subsidiary called Masterjet.
ATC

Meetings Set on Revising LAX Class B Airspace

The FAA has scheduled several “fact finding” informal meetings to solicit information from operators and others concerning proposed revisions to Los Angele
Safety

Business jet fatalities increased again in 2004

There are typically fewer business jet accidents each year than turboprop mishaps and that distinction didn’t change last year.
Charter & Fractional

Frax Pilot Hiring at Record Low, Report Shows

In the first 11 months of last year, the four largest fractional aircraft operators hired just 186 pilots, compared with 997 in the same time frame in 2002
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Puts First Legacy Into Operation

Four Embraer Legacy Executive twinjets have joined Cleveland-based fractional operator Flight Options to provide owners with a large-cabin aircraft to supp
Maintenance and Modifications

Quiet Technology Delivers 11th Stage 3 Gulfstream

When is a Gulfstream II or III not a Stage 2 aircraft? When it gets a Stage 3 hush kit.
FBOs

New links in BBA's European FBO chain

The BBA Group has added yet another European business aircraft handling operation to its Signature Flight Support chain with the December 8 acquisition of
Regulations and Government

European Union’s common flight-time limits draw pilot ire

Last month the European Union (EU) Council of Transport Ministers and the European Parliament finally agreed on new common flight time limitations (FTL) fo
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier agreement with Tucson Airport Authority opens way for DunnAir start-up

Bombardier has reached an agreement with the Tucson Airport Authority that will allow start-up interiors shop DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center to sub
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Securaplane Technologies, Luminator to offer wireless cabin LED lighting

Securaplane Technologies and Luminator have signed an agreement to offer a wireless cabin LED lighting system for use in business aircraft and airliners.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

MSA introduces new program and applications for its Accordia shades

MSA Aircraft Products of San Antonio has introduced its Accordia pleated window shade systems for the Embraer Legacy, Gulfstream 200 (as well as an Accordi
Aircraft

GIISP Sets Speed Record from L.A. to Kitty Hawk

A Gulfstream IISP (for Special Performance–GIIs equipped with Aviation Partners’ winglets) set a world speed record December 15 on its way from Los Angeles
Regulations and Government

Bonus Depreciation Temporary Guidelines Issued

The IRS has issued temporary guidelines on the bonus depreciation option.
Maintenance and Modifications

Tucson Repair Station To Service Regional Jets

Hamilton Aerospace Technology, a maintenance, engineering and modification firm that started 57 years ago as Hamilton Aviation, is expanding its narrowbody
ATC

FAA re-evaluates Stars implementation

The FAA is taking what the Transportation Department inspector general (IG) calls a “long overdue step” with regard to its standard terminal automation rep
Maintenance and Modifications

Cessna Rolling Out New Software for Tech Manuals

Starting with the Citation X, Cessna is slowly rolling out new software versions of flight and maintenance manuals for its currently-manufactured business