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NBAA chooses Bolen as association president
October 11, 2006, 11:47 AM
September 2004

After searching for several months to find a new leader for NBAA, the association’s board of directors reached into the ranks of the general aviation industry early last month to select Ed Bolen to lead business aviation into the second century of flight.

New Engine Technology
October 11, 2006, 11:46 AM
January 2006

Engine manufacturers are ready to benefit from the hot market for new business aircraft and helicopters in the coming decades.

Safety Board considers cockpit image recorder recommendation
October 11, 2006, 11:44 AM
September 2004

In part because of two-high profile fatal crashes–one involving eight federal government employees and the other a U.S.

European agency studies fractional-ownership rules
October 11, 2006, 10:53 AM
June 2005

Ever since the FAA issued its final rule on “Regulation of Fractional Aircraft Ownership Programs and On-demand Operations” known as Part 91, Subpart K [which took effect in the U.S.

2005 Newsmakers
October 11, 2006, 10:18 AM
January 2006

Will VLJs expand role of flight department?
October 11, 2006, 10:13 AM
June 2005

According to the National Business Travel Association, U.S. businesses spend $29 billion a year for approximately 65 million trips on the airlines.

Turboprop Singles vs Very Light Jets
October 11, 2006, 10:04 AM
June 2005

With very light jets (VLJs) expected to enter service by this time next year, turboprop singles are now meeting the contender face-to-face in the marketplace.

2006 FBO Survey
October 11, 2006, 9:05 AM
April 2006

Fifteen years ago, one of my first assignments for AIN was to travel to the NATA Convention in Las Vegas. (You are now reading one of my last assignments.) The schedule called for me to arrive in Glitter Gulch on Friday, April 5, 1991, for the final day of the convention.

Over a Barrel: Low Oil Pressure Warning
October 11, 2006, 8:43 AM
June 2005

A world without oil is a breeding ground for alarmists, some say, blithely confident that it can’t run out and “we’ll find more,” but if it ever does run out “we’ll have found something else by then.”

Norad implements laser warnings in Washington
October 11, 2006, 8:09 AM
June 2005

The FAA and general aviation organizations have stepped up efforts to inform pilots flying in the airspace around the Washington and Baltimore areas about a new laser light system the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) is using to warn unauthorized aircraft they have violated the n

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