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Maintenance and Modifications

Parts distributor relocates to warehouse five times bigger

Ship it AOG, the Addison, Texas spare parts distributor, has relocated to a site that expands the company’s storage and operating facilities nearly fivefol
Aircraft

News Clips: Startup Magnum Jet Orders Small Jets

Houston-based Magnum Jet has placed an order for 50 Embraer Phenom 100s, with options for another 50 Phenom 100s and/or 300s.
ATC

New Clips: Verizon Airfone Reverses Course

Responding to customer input, Verizon Airfone said it will continue providing MagnaStar phone users with air-to-ground communications “through at least Dec
Charter & Fractional

News Clips: Raytheon Charter Division Adds Six Bizjets

Raytheon Aircraft Charter and Management has added six aircraft to its charter fleet, including a Beechjet 400A in Nashville, a Hawker 800A in Dallas, a Ch
Aircraft

The ‘Little Jet That Could’ Just Became the Jet That Did

Eclipse Aviation received FAA type certification for the Eclipse 500 on September 30, becoming the second very light jet manufacturer to achieve the milest
Airports

DFW Asks FAA To Go Beaconless

In an unusual request, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) last month filed a petition with the FAA asking permission to operate without a rotati
Engines

Snecma’s Silvercrest turbofan family a challenger in 10,000-lb-thrust class

Engine manufacturers are gearing up for development programs aimed at bringing new generations of 10,000-pound-thrust turbofans to business aviation.
Accidents

Thirteen Killed in Three Turboprop Crashes

Three twin-turboprop accidents within four days of each other last month claimed the lives of all 13 aboard.
Maintenance and Modifications

45 Hush-kit Installations and Counting

Quiet Technology Aerospace reports it recently installed its 45th Gulfstream Stage 3 hush kit.
Airports

Teterboro users, neighbors reach voluntary agreement

The dark clouds that have hung over Teterboro Airport for many months about issues of noise, safety and security evaporated at a press conference last mont
ATC

Bolen slams ATA’s VLJ stance

The “invasion,”–as critics call it, of thousands of very light jets over the next several years has prompted NBAA to fire a shot across the bow of the Air
Maintenance and Modifications

EASA OKs UK Firm To Service Premier I

UK maintenance provider Jet Engineering and Technical Support (Jets) has received European Aviation Safety Agency approval to support Raytheon Aircraft’s P
Avionics

Honeywell gives the world a glimpse into the future

Charles Lindbergh knew it, and every pilot who has come after him has known it, too: if only there were some way of seeing through the clouds, of turning a
Charter & Fractional

Fractional Aims for ‘Predictable’ Costs

CitationShares launched a program–Citelines–that it says offers “payment predictability, customized program options and cost savings never before seen in t
Aircraft

‘Euratlantic’ alliance here promoting U.S. investment

Representatives from Euratlantic, an alliance of 13 European regions, are at Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

King Air, Citation Get Winglet Mods

BLR Aerospace of Everett, Wash., received an STC for winglets on the King Air 300.
Aircraft

Raytheon extends its Hawker line

Raytheon has announced that it is broadening its Hawker product line by introducing the Hawker 900XP and the Hawker 750, both derivatives of the Hawker 850
Aircraft

Order Split Between Embraer, Bombardier

Northwest Airlines last month split an order for 72 regional jets between Embraer and Bombardier.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive expands service, shop capabilities

Dallas Airmotive (Booth No.
FBOs

Embraer Introduces Multi Service Card

Buyers of Embraer business jets can now use the Multi Service Affinity card for purchases at airports and FBOs around the world.
Engines

Rolls-Royce CorporateCare program grows

Rolls-Royce is reporting growth of its CorporateCare power-by-the-hour engine maintenance program, saying that it has signed more than 120 contracts this y
Security

Irish business jet seized in drug bust

A Cessna Citation VI owned by a prominent Irish businessman was caught up in a major drug bust on September 26, when Belgian police impounded the aircraft
Accidents

Business Jet Fatal Accidents Tripled

Business jets were involved in 18 nonfatal accidents and three fatal accidents during the first nine months of this year, compared with 16 nonfatal acciden
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream again tops product support survey

For the fourth consecutive year readers gave Gulfstream the highest marks for both newer business jets (less than 10 years old) and older business jets (10
Aircraft

Sales brisk for new HondaJet

The HondaJet officially went on sale at last month’s NBAA Convention in Orlando, racking up orders for “more than” 100 airplanes by the end of the three-da
Training and Workforce

Caravan Safety Course To Be Mandated

Cessna’s cessnaelearning.com Web site now offers a Caravan cold-weather operatio
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lineage 1000 Interior Providers Chosen

Embraer selected UK-based Priestman Goode to design the interior of the Lineage 1000, the ultra-large executive jet the Brazilian OEM launched in May.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Start-up Has Orders for 151 VLJs

Connecticut-based Magnum Jet confirmed an order placed several months ago with Adam Aircraft for 101 A700 very light jets (VLJ) for planned management and
Regulations and Government

Sentences Handed Down for Errant Pilots

Former Flight Options pilot Franklin Rodriguez last month was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison after pleading guilty last May to smuggling into the U.S.