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Branson: Unlikely That Fossett Is Still Alive
October 16, 2007
Will Steve Fossett suffer a fate similar to Amelia Earhart’s? That’s the question on many people’s minds as winter starts to take hold in the Nevada mountains, where it’s believed that the American Champion Super Decathlon he was flying crashed. Efforts to find the adventurer/aviator/millionaire have now come to a near halt, and chances are deemed slim to...
moreAIN Audiocast: Ed Iacobucci, DayJet president and CEO
October 04, 2007
Yesterday marked the culmination of five years of hard work for DayJet president and CEO Ed Iacobucci and his crew when the per-seat, on-demand air-taxi operator officially opened its doors for business. We sat down with Iacobucci in Tallahassee, Fla., after a grand-opening ceremony to get his thoughts on what the day meant for him and his fledgling...
moreOutgoing Administrator urges focus on funding
October 01, 2007
In her final speech before the Washington Aero Club last month, former FAA Administrator Marion Blakey chided the airlines for causing most of their own delay problems with flight schedules that “are at times out of line with reality.”
In her fifth appearance at the club she said, “Passengers are growing weary of schedules that aren’t worth the electrons...
moreDeputy Administrator Takes Acting Top Spot at FAA
October 01, 2007
Robert Sturgell, deputy FAA administrator since March 2003, has become acting FAA Administrator following the end of Marion Blakey’s five-year term on September 13.He has also been acting as COO of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization since the departure of Russell Chew while the agency conducted a search for Chew’s successor. The agency announced that former...
moreSearch for Steve Fossett continues
October 01, 2007
At press time a search-and-rescue effort was still under way for world aviation record holder Steve Fossett, who was reported missing September 3 after taking off from the Flying M Ranch near Smith Valley, Nev., in an American Champion Super Decathlon. The Civil Air Patrol had not found any signs of the aviator in a search area covering hundreds of square...
moreBBGA chief executive joins NetJets
October 01, 2007
Mark Wilson, chief executive of the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA), is set to leave the organization this month to assume a new position as director of regulatory affairs with NetJets Europe. Wilson joined the General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association in 2003 and led its merger with the UK’s Business Aircraft Users...
moreKathy Perfetti: Ex-FAA official to run IS-BAO
October 01, 2007
Kathy Perfetti, who as an FAA staffer headed the Fractional Ownership Aviation Rulemaking Committee (which resulted in FAR Part 91, Subpart K) and led the Part 125/135 Aviation Rulemaking Committee, has joined the International Business Aviation Council as the standards manager for IBAC’s International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations...
morePeople in Aviation: October 2007
October 01, 2007
Eric Mandemaker has assumed the role of CEO of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), replacing Brian Humphries, who has been named EBAA president.
Stewart Lapayowker has been appointed the first chairman of the new Aircraft Transactions Working Group of the NBAA Tax Committee. He is a member of the NBAA Tax Committee, previous vice chair of...
moreAIN Audiocast: Peter Edwards, Jet Aviation CEO
September 27, 2007
Broad-spectrum business jet services firm Jet Aviation is now realizing the benefits from its management overhaul earlier this year. AIN met up with its CEO, Peter Edwards, at the NBAA Convention to get his take on his first 100 days at the helm of Jet Aviation, as well as where the aircraft charter, management, maintenance and completions company might be...
moreIBAC, NBAA Honor Robert Breiling
September 27, 2007
The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and NBAA will recognize aviation safety analyst Robert E. Breiling for his lifetime contributions to the industry, with an award and dinner tonight at the Omni Hotel here. IBAC chairman Rui de Aquino said Breiling “has provided invaluable safety tools to help the industry clarify its good safety record...
moreIndustry Veteran Heads Up Grob’s U.S. Ops
September 27, 2007
Industry Veteran Heads Up Grob’s U.S. Ops Claude Chidiac, who held senior positions with Bombardier and started as a consultant for Grob Aerospace in November last year, is now acting president of Grob’s U.S. operations. He is working in offices at Pease International Tradeport, the former Pease Air Force Base, in Portsmouth, N.H., where Grob, developer of...
moreNew Boss Leads Elliott Aviation to NBAA
September 27, 2007
Elliott Aviation (Static Display No. 6567) comes to the NBAA Convention with a new president and COO, Mick Harrison. Elliott’s stable of STCs now includes installation of the Universal Avionics application server unit for Cessna Citations and Dassault Falcons, and Rockwell Collins’ integrated flight information system for the King Air B200 and 350. Also,...
moreAINonline Audoicast: Jack Pelton, Cessna president, chairman and CEO
September 26, 2007
Cessna Aircraft is riding high on the crest of the business jet sales wave, and it just got a little higher this week at the NBAA Convention. Besides the volume orders from XOJet and Japan Air Systems announced at the show, the Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer has so far logged 53 walk-up orders from customers during NBAA 2007. AIN sat down with Cessna...
moreIndustry Perspective: Hawker Beechcraft
September 26, 2007
Supporting the Hawker 4000 a top priority for Hawker Beechcraft
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