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Volunteer Pilots Group Celebrates 25 Years
November 13, 2006, 6:04 AM
October 18, 2006

Lifeline Pilots, a Peoria, Ill.-based nonprofit organization of 525 fliers who volunteer to ferry critically ill and injured patients, organs for transplant and other emergency missions, is marking its 25th year. Representatives at Booth No.

Millennium To Supply Kodiak Interior
November 13, 2006, 6:03 AM
October 18, 2006

Sandpoint, Idaho-based Quest Aircraft has chosen Millennium Concepts to design, fabricate and certify interior packages for its Kodiak 10-seat, single-engine turboprop.

Movers & Shakers: Rick Adam hopes his A700 becomes third certified VLJ
November 13, 2006, 6:02 AM
October 18, 2006

How is the A500 program progressing?

Approach Limits Raised in Canada
November 13, 2006, 5:59 AM
September 14, 2006

Responding to recommendations from Canada's Transportation Safety Board after at least two low-visibility landing accidents, Transport Canada will increase the minimum visibility required before beginning an approach from the current 1,200 feet (370 meters) to 1,600 feet (500 meters), effective

Blackhawk Modifications offering PT6-135A upgrade for King Air F90
November 13, 2006, 5:56 AM
October 18, 2006

Blackhawk Modifications (Booth No. 5176) is offering a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135A upgrade for the Raytheon King Air F90. According to the Waco, Texas company, the upgrade gives the F90 the same performance as the F90-1.

ARG/US Wins Injunction Against CharterX
November 13, 2006, 5:55 AM
September 14, 2006

A North Carolina judge issued an injunction recently against charter facilitator CharterX, its new Wyvern Consulting charter audit unit and a former ARG/US employee for allegedly using proprietary information from ARG/US computers without the company's permission.

Track fuel prices with Arinc Direct online tool
November 13, 2006, 5:54 AM
October 18, 2006

Arinc Direct has introduced an online tool called the Virtual Fuel Desk to help its business aviation customers boost their fuel purchasing power. The program provides comparative pricing from multiple fuel suppliers at virtually all major U.S.

Some of the Articles’ Claims
November 13, 2006, 5:52 AM
October 18, 2006

• A problem with an attitude indicator in a Cessna 402C “caused” the death of a young cargo pilot. “The problems could have grounded a passenger jet filled with people. But not so for air cargo–where delivering goods on time is industry lifeblood.”

Bell Warns Operators about BLR Strakes
November 13, 2006, 5:51 AM
September 14, 2006

A September 7 information letter from Bell Helicopter warns Bell 206 and 206L operators of potential problems with STC'd Boundary Layer Research (BLR) tailboom strakes.

FAA reacts to ‘Deadly Express’ articles
November 13, 2006, 5:50 AM
October 18, 2006

A series of articles in the Miami Herald that took a look at the safety of air-cargo operations has exposed what the articles’ author seems to view as the ugly underbelly of commercial aviation.

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