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Verizon Airfone Reverses Course
October 9, 2006, 10:14 AM
October 2006

Responding to customer input, Verizon Airfone said it will continue providing MagnaStar phone users with air-to-ground communications “through at least December 31, 2007.” This action reverses a Verizon decision this summer to exit the air-to-ground phone business on December 4, an action that w

Honeywell Demonstrates SVS
October 9, 2006, 10:13 AM
October 2006

Honeywell last month gave journalists their first look at the company’s developmental integrated primary flight display (IPFD), including the synthetic-vision portion of the system now in initial design testing with Gulfstream.

New Rules for Air-tour Ops Move Closer
October 9, 2006, 10:09 AM
October 2006

FAA regulations that would impose numerous new requirements on air-tour operators are one step closer to publication. The rulemaking, proposed in October 2003, is now under review at the Office of Management and Budget.

Paris Air Show 2005: This year's show set records for both attendance and number of sales logged
October 9, 2006, 10:06 AM
July 2005

First the good news, or at least the news that most people in the international aerospace and defense industry can agree on.

Learjet Mod Gets EASA Approval
October 9, 2006, 10:06 AM
October 2006

Raisbeck Engineering’s ZR Lite modification system for the Learjet 35/36 last month received European Aviation Safety Agency certification. The ZR Lite system enables an increase in mtow at hot-and-high runways.

Don’t Just Kick the Tires and Go
October 9, 2006, 10:02 AM
October 2006

Reports of tread separations and bulges on Goodyear nosewheel tires on Gulfstreams and Global Expresses have resulted in an AD. The directive (AD 2006-18-08) requires operators to replace the tires if they fall within a designated range of serial numbers.

FAA Evaluates Airport Advisory Service
October 9, 2006, 9:58 AM
October 2006

The FAA is requesting public comments on the usefulness of airport advisory services now available at 20 airports in the continental U.S.

Citation Operators Online Forum Posted
October 9, 2006, 9:53 AM
October 2006

The Aviation Maintenance Training Institute of Winter Park, Fla., last month went online with its Cessna Citation Forum (www.cessnacitationforum.com).

Start-up Magnum Jet Orders Small Jets
October 9, 2006, 9:45 AM
October 2006

Houston-based Magnum Jet has placed an order for 50 Phenom 100s, with options for another 50 Phenom 100s and/or 300s.

SimuFlite ducks bullet in CAE restructuring
October 9, 2006, 9:42 AM
July 2005

The restructuring program that Quebec-based CAE has adopted to improve its financial position will not affect SimuFlite, Andrew Arnovitz, director of investor relations for CAE, told AIN. He emphasized, “SimuFlite accounts for about 50 percent of our overall CAE training revenues.

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