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In The Works: Evektor EV-55
October 5, 2006, 5:58 AM
August 2005

Czech aircraft designer and manufacturer Evektor-Aerotechnik, best known for a line of light piston singles, used last month’s EAA AirVenture show to begin promoting its new EV-55 twin turboprop.

In The Works: Eclipse 500
October 5, 2006, 5:56 AM
August 2005

Eclipse Aviation’s fourth conforming Eclipse 500–and the first of its two beta-test jets–joined the flight-test fleet last month.

In The Works: Grob G160 Ranger
October 5, 2006, 5:53 AM
August 2005

Certification of the seven-seat Grob G160 Ranger turboprop single has been delayed from this quarter to the middle of next year to incorporate a new interior design and aerodynamic refinements.

Being a Business Aviation Flight Attendant
October 5, 2006, 5:48 AM
August 2005

Cindy Heffelfinger and Jessica Meckes are both business aviation contract flight attendants. But they have something else in common: they are mother and daughter.

Flight attendants seen as safety and political activists
October 5, 2006, 5:45 AM
August 2005

Beau Altman’s retrospective put the profession of business aviation flight attendant into perspective at the 10th Annual Flight Attendants Conference in Atlanta in June.

Omni’s new services include executive charter and handling
October 4, 2006, 12:09 PM
August 2005

Portuguese air transport and maintenance group Omni is seeking to raise its stature as a business aviation services group by revitalizing its executive charter and handling operations.

FAA, controllers’ union face off at NY Tracon
October 4, 2006, 12:07 PM
August 2005

The FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association are at loggerheads over an FAA report describing staffing levels, scheduling abnormalities, excessive overtime, ineffective management and “threats, intimidation and inappropriate behavior” at the New York Tracon.

UAVs in UK Civil Airspace Demo
October 4, 2006, 12:00 PM
August 2005

At least a dozen unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are to be flown at the Unmanned Systems show to be staged at the UK’s ParcAberporth aviation business park on September 7.

Frankfurt Airport joins Private Jet service network
October 4, 2006, 11:58 AM
August 2005

The Lufthansa Private Jet service, which allows passengers to book NetJets Europe aircraft for connections with the German airline’s scheduled services, now includes Frankfurt Airport. When the program began at the end of March it served only Munich.

Bizav groups hail their return to DCA
October 4, 2006, 11:39 AM
August 2005

The June 23 event was called “Celebrate General Aviation,” but with general aviation access to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) still in limbo at the time of the celebration, some thought it might have been a tad premature.

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