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Merlin Had Engine Problems Before Crash
October 9, 2006, 7:20 AM
July 2005

The crash landing of the Merlin twin turboprop at Teterboro Airport, N.J., on May 31 followed a flight in which the pilot had aborted his first takeoff at Nantucket Memorial Airport, Mass.

Hourly Mx Program Spools Up for Citations
October 9, 2006, 7:18 AM
July 2005

Pratt & Whitney Canada and Cessna announced at the Paris Air Show PowerAdvantage Plus (PA+), an expanded pay-by-the-hour maintenance program for P&WC-powered Citations.

…Reveals Two New Business Jets
October 9, 2006, 7:18 AM
October 2006

Embraer’s numbering system for its existing models suggests current gaps in the line, and company chairman Mauricio Botelho, speaking in Manhattan last month after parking a Phenom 300 cabin mockup outside the New York Stock Exchange and ringing the opening bell, said the company will soon annou

Feeling Lightheaded? Here’s One Cure
October 9, 2006, 7:17 AM
July 2005

FlightSafety International is introducing a hypoxia awareness course at its learning centers.

Embraer’s Crystal Ball on Bizav Market…
October 9, 2006, 7:16 AM
October 2006

Embraer, a recent but aggressive entrant in business aviation, predicts that manufacturers will sell 9,680 new business jets during the next 10 years, representing an annual growth rate of 4.4 percent over current sales.

Tiahrt Wants FAA To Promote Aviation Again
October 9, 2006, 7:16 AM
July 2005

Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) last month introduced H.R. 2787, legislation that would restore to the FAA the mission of promoting aviation in addition to safety.

UK Pegs Majority of Bizav ATC Errors
October 9, 2006, 7:13 AM
October 2006

New data by UK ATC provider NATS shows that business jets are more likely than others to be involved in certain types of safety incident.

Security International Fires President
October 9, 2006, 7:12 AM
July 2005

The five-member board of directors of Air Security International (ASI) has fired Issy Boim after 15 years as president of the Dallas-based firm he founded. ASI provides corporate aviation security products and services.

Bizav Plan Proposed for Berlin Tempelhof
October 9, 2006, 7:11 AM
October 2006

Hartmut Mehdorn, chairman of German railway group Deutsche Bahn, has proposed that Berlin’s downtown Tempelhof Airport be redeveloped as a dedicated business aviation facility. Mehdorn has offered to lead a private-sector consortium to implement the project.

Original BBJ3 Platform Was 757-200/300
October 9, 2006, 7:10 AM
October 2006

The original BBJ3, which was proposed in early 2000, was going to be a 7,000-nm aircraft based on the 757-200 fuselage and 757-300 wing. But the project was shelved in late 2001, a victim of cost reductions at Boeing, according to then BBJ president Lee Monson.

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