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AINtv: Los Angeles County Fire Department
May 06, 2008
Winners of this year’s Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service talk to Curt Epstein about the past, present and future of helicopter use in firefighting. Click here to watch.
moreFalcon support changes
May 01, 2008
Dassault Falcon has rearranged its two support organizations for Falcons, combining the eastern and western hemisphere customer service organizations under Jacques Chauvet as senior vice president, worldwide customer service, a new position. Reporting to Chauvet is former senior v-p for customer support Gerry Goguen, whose new role is senior vice president...
moreDOT Names Aviation ‘Czar’ for New York
May 01, 2008
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters has tapped Marie Kennington-Gardiner of Staten Island to serve as director of the New York Integration Office, created by the DOT last year as part of a coordinated effort to address chronic aviation delays in the New York region.As the aviation “czar,” Kennington- Gardiner will coordinate regional airspace issues and...
moreRicci returns to Flight Options
May 01, 2008
Two new companies have invested in HIG Transport Holdings, the holding company that owns Cleveland-based fractional-share provider Flight Options. Resilience Capital Partners, based in Cleveland, and Directional Aviation Capital of nearby Richmond Heights now own a minority stake in HIG Transport Holdings. Both Kenn Ricci, principal for Directional...
moreAuto Executive Joins Hawker Beechcraft
May 01, 2008
Hawker Beechcraft has appointed Charles Mayer, a veteran of the luxury automotive industry, vice president of marketing. Mayer has more than 15 years of marketing experience and most recently served as director of marketing, media and advertising for Maserati North America. Before that he led marketing communications and brand strategy for Jaguar Cars North...
moreNTSB: Sailplanes Need Transponders
May 01, 2008
In the wake of the August 2006 midair between a Hawker 800XP and a glider, the NTSB has issued a safety recommendation that all sailplanes should have installed and active battery-powered transponders. The collision occurred about 40 miles from Reno/Tahoe International Airport, at an altitude of nearly 16,000 feet. The NetJets Hawker, which was equipped...
moreBack to drawing board on ADS-B proposal
May 01, 2008
The FAA’s ADS-B Program Office has received a stern directive from top management to consult with industry representatives to produce a more acceptable version of its notice of proposed rule-making (NPRM), which in March received an almost unanimous thumbs-down from operators. “I guess the top brass took the program office to the woodshed on that one,”...
moreChanges at top for Bombardier
May 01, 2008
Bombardier has named Guy Hachey president and COO of its aerospace division, following Pierre Beaudoin’s promotion to president and COO of Bombardier Inc. Hachey brings more than 30 years of experience in the industrial manufacturing sector to the Montreal-based airframer, first with GM and most recently with Delphi.In addition, Bombardier announced several...
moreAINtv: John Rosanvallon, Dassault Falcon Jet president and CEO
April 29, 2008
AINtv’s David Lombardo talks with Dassault Falcon Jet president and CEO John Rosanvallon about the future of Dassault and the Falcon 7X. Click here to view.
moreAINaudiocasts: Cirrus and Piper Jet Updates
April 22, 2008
At the recent Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla., Piper Aircraft v-p of sales and marketing Bob Kromer and Cirrus Design CEO Alan Klapmeier told AIN about the progress of their respective single-engine jet prototypes. Both companies’ airplanes are nearly complete and will soon be in the air. Click here for Kromer’s report on the PiperJet program; click...
moreAINtv: Orlando Neto, Embraer v-p commercial aircraft
April 22, 2008
Embraer’s Orlando Neto tells AINtv that the company is ready to meet evolving fleet needs in the air transport industry. Click here to view.
moreAINtv: Roger Whyte, Cessna senior executive v-p for sales and marketing
April 15, 2008
Cessna’s Roger Whyte talks to Charles Alcock about forging new territory with the Citation Columbus large-cabin business jet. Click here to view.
moreAINaudiocast: Ed Bolen, president and CEO of NBAA
April 10, 2008
NBAA has long been trying to figure out how best to serve the needs of its small flight department members, and yesterday at Sun ’n’ Fun the association took another step in this direction by announcing a Light Airplane Conference & Exhibition that will be held in San Diego next March. AIN sat down with NBAA president Ed Bolen at the Lakeland, Fla. airshow...
moreAINtv: Roger Sperry, Gulfstream, v-p for international sales
April 08, 2008
Roger Sperry sits down with AINtv’s David Lombardo to discuss Asia as an emerging market for large business aircraft. Click here to view.
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