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GoJet Aims To Fly This Month
October 5, 2006, 7:10 AM
August 2005

The DOT on July 15 issued Trans States Holdings’ GoJet unit tentative approval for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, bringing it a step closer to launching service as a United Express carrier.

Marinvent plans high-flying projects
October 5, 2006, 6:53 AM
August 2005

Marinvent, a small but highly regarded aerospace engineering firm located just outside Montreal, has big aspirations to step out of relative anonymity and into aviation’s limelight.

Texas Firm Announces GII/IIB TAWS and RVSM Upgrade Programs
October 5, 2006, 6:50 AM
August 2005

Business Jet Technologies, the co-developer of the Quiet Technologies Stage 3 hush kit for the Gulfstream II/IIB, has launched avionics upgrade programs for the aircraft models based on the recent mandates for terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) and reduced vertical separation minimums

Satcom Direct Service Squeezes More Capacity from Swift64
October 5, 2006, 6:48 AM
August 2005

Satcom Direct, a satcom service provider based in Florida, has introduced a new service called Aero X that the company claims will provide significant increases in Swift64 data rates.

FAA Tests New Type of TrafficCollision Alerting System
October 5, 2006, 6:24 AM
August 2005

The FAA has completed the first round of flight testing of a unique traffic collision avoidance system that combines automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology and traffic information service (TIS) avionics through a sophisticated network the agency describes as an “integrated

Retrofit Cockpit from UniversalInstalled in King Air 300
October 5, 2006, 6:23 AM
August 2005

Duncan Aviation has installed and certified the Universal Avionics EFI-890R retrofit avionics system in a King Air 300, the Battle Creek, Mich. company reported.

Researchers Begin Crunching SE-Vision Data
October 5, 2006, 6:18 AM
August 2005

Officials from Rockwell Collins, Max-Viz, NASA’s Langley Research Center, the FAA and other organizations in late June conducted the culminating test flight of developmental advanced-vision avionics aboard an FAA Boeing 727.

Advanced-vision concept inches closer to reality
October 5, 2006, 6:17 AM
August 2005

The possibility of business jets and airliners making autonomous low-visibility approaches and landings to airports without an ILS has moved closer to reality with the success of a six-month test of a flight guidance and display system featuring integration of both synthetic and enhanced vision

Jeppesen Tackling ApparentFlightDeck 3.0 Software Bug
October 5, 2006, 6:13 AM
August 2005

Jeppesen has assembled a team of engineers to look into complaints by users that the company’s latest electronic charting software, JeppView FlightDeck 3.0, can cause electronic flight bag (EFB) computers to crash without warning.

FAA DecommissionsMore than 200 NDB Approaches
October 5, 2006, 6:12 AM
August 2005

In a cost-cutting move, the FAA last month decommissioned 216 NDB approaches across the U.S.

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