Very light jet air-taxi operator DayJet on June 10 signed an agreement with the FAA to start a five-year, phased implementation of proven NextGen technologies throughout Florida in collaboration with the Florida DOT Aviation Office and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The first phase of the project (2008 to 2010) will focus on deploying RNP technology for performance-based navigation and ADS-B. The second two-year phase (2009-2011) will implement system-wide information management for enhanced weather awareness and management, while the final phase (2011 to 2013) will deploy performance-based communications for flight planning and flight-plan management.
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Post-Vernal Eclipse faces myriad challenges
Monday 01. of September 2008 Eclipse Aviation supplier Albany International revealed on August 19 that Eclipse “has indicated that it was substantially reducing production... |
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Sentient restructures as two separate businesses
Monday 01. of September 2008 The day before Sentient Jet Holdings chairman and CEO Gregory Campbell announced a restructuring of the company into two distinct entities, one... |
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Starfish Aviation Places S.33/S.40 Orders
Monday 01. of September 2008 Carlsbad, Calif.-based Spectrum Aeronautical announced another fleet order for its in-development S.33 Independence very light jet and S.40... |
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Germany’s DC Aviation fleet aims high
Monday 01. of September 2008 Germany’s DC Aviation, in a bid to become Europe’s largest operator of private jets, last month took delivery of a new Gulfstream G450, bringing... |
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Wyvern Launches New Web Site
Monday 01. of September 2008 CharterX subsidiary Wyvern Consulting has launched WeFlySafe.com, an online resource for those who fly on chartered aircraft. The site helps... |
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