November 17, 2008

Camp Systems to open Middle East officeCamp Systems to open Middle East office

By Thierry Dubois

Business jet maintenance management specialist Camp Systems (Stand No. 323) is scheduled to open an office in the Dubai Free Zone by year-end to enable it to be closer to its Middle East customers than it can be from its headquarters in North America and France.
“We will have two employees in Dubai,” Marc Digoix, CEO of Camp Systems’ subsidiary in Paris, told MEBA Convention News. One more

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Spiroids Continuein Development

By Ian Goold

Aviation Partners also has patented a development known as spiroids. Company chairman Joe Clark’s own Falcon 50 is expected to be used for any future trials with the spiroids, which resemble extended wingtips rolled in-board to form a loop. They are said to have yielded a 10-percent performance improvement during trials with a GII in 2001.
Dick Friel, vice president of marketing, said th more

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BAE’s RJs revived for corporate use

By Ian Goold

Airfield performance in hot climates, operational independence and customization flexibility are principal factors behind a recent upsurge of interest in corporate versions of the British Aerospace 146 regional jet and its Avro RJ variant, according to the manufacturer. By year-end, at least four aircraft are expected to have entered service with three Gulf customers: Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), more

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Sands of time strengthen bond between Emirates and CAE

By Bernard Fitzsimons

The Emirates-CAE Flight Training center located alongside the Emirates Aviation College here in Dubai is benefiting from a strategic location, a sound local market and a partnership between local airline and Canadian training specialist that seems to be working well. According to Jeff Roberts, CAE’s group president for innovation and civil training and services, the new facility has been “an u more

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New trends blur lines between bizjet categories

By Stephen Pope

Very light jet. Super-midsize. Ultra-long-range. These are just some of the names that manufacturers, analysts and aviation journalists use to try to pigeonhole business jets into market niches. But with so much fragmentation in the field and a blurring of traditional lines, such attempts at classification are becoming harder than ever.
Marketers emphasize a product’s best attributes, wh more

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Choose: pre-owned or fresh from the factory

By James Wyndrandt

After carefully analyzing your travel patterns, budget and a host of other factors, you’ve concluded that you need an aircraft. Now comes a decision that can be at least as tough: Should you buy a new or used model?
The respective benefits of purchasing a factory-fresh or pre-owned aircraft are relatively straightforward. The wild card is the market at the time of purchase. But before con more

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Buying the first aircraft off the assembly line

New aircraft models generate lots of excitement and interest. But David Wyndham, vice president and co-owner of aircraft data company Conklin & de Decker, Orleans, Massachusetts, argues against buying any new model until all of its bugs have been identified and rectified.
“If you’re interested in the latest design, be patient and sign up for around serial number 75 or later,” Wyndham more

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100 jets, turboprops and helicopters

Maintained properly, upgraded to comply with changing regulations, modified with more capable avionics in the cockpit, repainted outside, refurbished inside, and sometimes even equipped with newer, more powerful, energy-efficient engines, a business aircraft can fly safely and effectively for 30 or 40 years or more. In addition, manufacturers constantly refine and improve their production models a more

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Civil helo market growing in Mideast

By Thierry Dubois

Eurocopter (Chalet No. 33) is expecting that the Middle Eastern and North African markets will continue to grow in the coming years. Here in the Gulf region, the European manufacturer has sold its first EC 135 Hermès luxury twin.
Roughly speaking, Eurocopter sells between 35 and 50 civil helicopters per year in the region. There are 650 to 700 Eurocopters flying in the Middle East and Nor more

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Upgraded Goose flying boat could find nest on Dubai creek

By Brian Walters

The Dubai Creek was once much used by the flying boats of Imperial Airways in the 1930s. Now, by the application of new technology on a tried and trusted design, the prospect of a new era in personalized amphibious flying has opened up. Triple S Aviation of Texas (Stand No. 1032) has teamed with Antilles Seaplanes to offer the G-21 Super Goose.

Based on the Grumman Goose, the G-21 Super more

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