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HondaJet to debt at Oshkosh show
October 9, 2006, 4:31 AM
July 2005

The experimental HondaJet is scheduled to make its worldwide public debut at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., later this month. Will this be the initial step in actively marketing the new light business jet? Stay tuned.

Advanced vision test flights end
October 9, 2006, 4:30 AM
July 2005

Wrapping up a four-year effort, officials from Rockwell Collins, NASA, the FAA and other entities last month conducted the culminating test flight of advanced-vision avionics in an FAA 727.

GE changes policy on use of aircraft
October 9, 2006, 4:29 AM
July 2005

General Electric implemented a policy that requires its vice chairmen to personally pay for any trips–personal or business–on company aircraft once their travel expenses have cost the company $200,000 a year, according to a June 21 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Jet card program offers demo plan
October 9, 2006, 4:28 AM
July 2005

Private jet travelers have a new option this summer to sample jet card membership without the typical 25-hour annual commitment. The Bombardier Skyjet Demo Card is being offered as a special promotion through the end of August.

FAA to order more de-icing equipment on Cessna Caravans
October 9, 2006, 4:26 AM
July 2005

A proposed AD would require the installation of de-icing boots on the landing-gear struts and cargo pods, as well as  other changes to deicing equipment and procedures, on nearly 750 U.S.-registered Cessna 208 Caravans.

Air-Tour rules further delayed
October 9, 2006, 4:24 AM
July 2005

According to a DOT report last month on significant rulemakings, the FAA is not expected to complete until January its work on a November 2003 proposal to require all air-tour operators to be certified under either Part 135 or 121.

A decade of BizJet recovery forecast
October 9, 2006, 4:23 AM
July 2005

Forecast International predicts that nearly 10,900 business jets worth $141 billion will be manufactured between this year and 2014. “Between 2005 and 2014, Cessna, Bombardier and Eclipse Aviation will lead the market in unit production,” said Raymond Jaworowski, the Newtown, Conn.

Cingular wants to keep cellphone ban
October 9, 2006, 4:22 AM
July 2005

Cingular, the largest wireless service provider in the U.S., has asked the FAA to maintain its ban on cellphone use aboard aircraft in flight.

Van Nuys proposal is effectively a stage 2 ban
October 9, 2006, 4:21 AM
July 2005

Proposed noise mitigation measures under study by the Los Angeles World Airport Authority do not contain an outright ban on Stage 2 jets at Van Nuys Airport.

Grob unveils SPn Utility Jet in Paris
October 6, 2006, 7:57 AM
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