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...and inaugurates new hangar in Roanoke
October 9, 2006, 1:48 PM
AINonline

Landmark Aviation celebrated the opening of a new hangar addition to its Roanoke, Va. FBO on September 20. The $1.5 million hangar encloses 18,000 sq ft and will be used for aircraft storage.

In The Works: Gulfstream G150
October 9, 2006, 1:44 PM
July 2005

Flight testing of the Gulfstream G150 S/N 201 is “proceeding as planned” at Israel Aircraft Industries’ (IAI) flight-test center at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.

In The Works: Dassault Falcon 7X
October 9, 2006, 1:43 PM
July 2005

Since the maiden flight of the Falcon 7X on May 5, the 5,700-nm-range trijet has been flying almost daily from Dassault’s flight- test center in Istres, France. By the middle of last month, the 7X had logged 45 hours during 15 flights and had reached Mach 0.82 and 41,000 feet.

In The Works: IBIS Aerospace
October 9, 2006, 1:36 PM
July 2005

Ibis Aerospace said FAA and EASA certification of its Ae270 turboprop single was pending at press time. The Prague, Czech Republic-based company recently completed the flight-test regime as required by the Czech Aviation Authority (CAA), making the final certification test flight on May 10.

Landmark builds on Raleigh...
October 9, 2006, 1:22 PM
October 2006

Landmark Aviation added a new $2 million hangar and office complex at its Raleigh-Durham International Airport FBO. With 13,500 sq ft of hangar space and 4,800 sq ft of office space, the expansion makes more room for based tenants at Landmark Raleigh.

African business aviation on the rise
October 9, 2006, 1:19 PM
October 2006

Business aviation is growing in Africa, according to Ettore Poggi, managing director of ExecuJet South Africa.

Rocket Man touching down at Ellington
October 9, 2006, 1:16 PM
October 2006

Houston Ellington Field, home to NASA’s C-9 “Vomit Comet” microgravity research airplane, is expanding to attract more general aviation activity by making previously inaccessible property available for development and building a new taxiway to accommodate more business jet operators.

Dallas facility is an accidental FBO
October 9, 2006, 1:13 PM
October 2006

The newest FBO building at Dallas Love Field Airport is six years old but looks younger.

S-92 operator addressing a vibration issue
October 9, 2006, 1:12 PM
July 2005

North Sea operator Helikopter Service has imposed torque and speed limits on its two new Sikorsky S-92s, but Keith Mullett, managing director of Canadian parent company CHC’s European operations, is downplaying the news.

Software scheduling tool fights crewmember fatigue
October 9, 2006, 1:10 PM
July 2005

Flight operations are fertile grounds for fatigue, sleep deficit and circadian disruption, and these physiological factors can result in decreased flight-deck performance and alertness–in other words ingredients for an accident.

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