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FBOs

Burrows breaks ground at SBM

Burrows Aviation is building a new FBO at Sheboygan County Memorial Airport (SBM) in Wisconsin.
FBOs

ASD operating at Ottowa

Air traffic controllers at Canada’s Ottawa International Airport can now “see” traffic on the airport surface in the southwest area of the airport using a
FBOs

Dulles Jet a flight service center, not an FBO

Nathan Landow doesn’t like the acronym FBO.
FBOs

Hawthorne Resurrected

If pilots flying into Hawthorne Municipal Airport/Jack Northrop Field on the morning of November 22 wondered why the airport was closed for an hour-and-a-h
FBOs

New runway opens at Logan

Runway 14/32 opened in late November at Boston Logan International Airport.
FBOs

Monaco Air Duluth anniversary

Monaco Air Duluth, the sole full-service FBO at Duluth International Airport, celebrated its one-year anniversary on November 2.
FBOs

No night fueling on Dublin ramp

ExxonMobil Aviation is no longer providing fuel services on the Bravo ramp at Ireland’s Dublin Airport.
Regulations and Government

GAO: NTSB Must Get Academy in the Black

In response to a congressional inquiry, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has determined that the NTSB Training Center near Washington Dulles Inte
Regulations and Government

Familiar Faces Take Aviation Posts

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Regulations and Government

Aerospace Worker Shortage Addressed

In one of its last acts before the 109th Congress ended last month, the Senate approved a House-passed bill that creates a federal Interagency Aerospace Re
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: January 2007

• Congress took a three-week break on November 16 to allow lawmakers to ponder the results of the election.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lineage 1000 Moves Closer to Reality

Brazilian OEM Embraer introduced its Lineage 1000 in May last year and a spokesman says the company has already taken orders for “more than five” of the tw
Maintenance and Modifications

Midcoast Lands More Bombardier Contracts

Midcoast Aviation, a long-time center for the green completion of highly individualized Bombardier business jet interiors, has secured another 48 positions
Aircraft

Wrigley Stretches Its Legs With G550

The Wm Wrigley Jr.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours To Complete VIP CRJ200

Canadian interiors specialist Flying Colours has received a contract to convert a Canadair CRJ200 to an executive/VIP configuration.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Stevens Aviation Ramps Up for SJ30 Interiors

Stevens Aviation has begun work on the first Sino Swearingen SJ30 interior.
Aircraft

Honda reveals new details about the cabin of its jet

During a briefing held on November 20, Honda Aircraft president Michimasa Fujino showed off the extensive research and testing that the Honda team has acco
Aircraft

Flying the HondaJet simulator

Honda engineers built a non-motion simulator–the Honda Nonlinear Aerodynamics Flight Simulator–for test-pilot training and to evaluate the flight character
Charter & Fractional

Skyjet finds partners the key to a successful program

Bombardier guarantees its Skyjet International block charter customers availability of a specified type of business aircraft (or a superior model) if a boo
FBOs

New FBO Opens at Zurich

Swissport Executive Aviation (SEA) was set to open a dedicated business aircraft handling operation at Zurich International Airport on January 1.
Airports

Swiss airports ready for forum traffic

Zurich-area airports are preparing to receive a vast influx of business jets bringing high-ranking executives, politicians and celebrities to the annual Wo
Avionics

Jeppesen likely to offer terrain/SVS package

Jeppesen says it’s ready to offer avionics makers an enhanced terrain and synthetic-vision database package that it claims offers a much more accurate mode
Avionics

Iridium CEO wants measured growth for service

Iridium’s new chief executive comes to the job following seven consecutive quarters of profitability and with plans in place to replace the communication n
Engines

P&W adds more test engines to JSF effort

Pratt & Whitney is preparing five more ground-test engines to support seven units already participating in the F135 engine development and demonstration pr
Aircraft

A380 provides Eaton with plenty of work

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp.
Aircraft

A380 Is EASA’s Biggest Certification Challenge

“It’s not a special process and we are following the same principles that we would for a small aircraft.
Aircraft

Yak-130 seeks role in combat training

Among the many military trainers exhibited here at Le Bourget, the Russian Yakovlev Yak-130 light twinjet can justly claim to represent a totally new gener
Engines

Europrop tests engine controls for Airbus A400M

Europrop International (EPI) performed the first TP400-D6 engine control and monitoring system (CMS) test in Villaroche late in May, the consortium announc
Safety

Eastern Region Icing Re-definition Unsupported

A recent letter from the FAA’s Eastern Region regional counsel has generated concern that the agency has abruptly changed its icing policy.