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Awards & Honors: November 2005

The Airline Pilots Association awarded its 2004 Air Safety Award to Robert Sumwalt, a retired US Airways captain.

Final Flights: November 2005

Robert Hanson, the last surviving member of the Memphis Belle B-17 bomber crew, died October 1 in Albuquerque, N.M.

NBAA participation after the storm

Sensitive to a perception that it was slow to take a leadership role in business aviation’s Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, NBAA outlined for AIN
Regulations and Government

FAA considers new funding mechanisms to pay its bills

As the FAA wrestles with how to generate a stable and predictable revenue stream to fund its operations, the head of the Air Transport Association (ATA) we
Aircraft

King Air 350 Heavy Certified

On September 20 Raytheon Aircraft received Part 23 commuter category certification of a King Air 350, a milestone in the company’s plan eventually to offer

Spain's Malaga Gains Another Bizav Handler

Swissport Executive Aviation is preparing for a start-up next month of business aircraft handling operations at Spain’s Malaga Airport from the general avi
Charter & Fractional

Netjets Opens Scottish Frax

Fractional ownership provider NetJets Europe has launched a dedicated operation for the Scottish market.
Airports

TEB Getting System To Stop Aircraft

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey authorized the installation of an engineered materials arresting system (EMAS) at the departure end of Runway
Aircraft

Mitsubishi Support FAA MU-2 Review

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, which services the MU-2 fleet outside Japan, expressed its approval and cooperation with the FAA’s safety evaluation o
Regulations and Government

Lockheed Taking Over FSS System

Lockheed Martin on October 4 is scheduled to take over operation of Flight Service Stations and, according to AOPA, the company promises the transition wil
Charter & Fractional

Two Indicted In Onboard Recording Of Michael Jackson

A federal district court in California indicted Jeffrey Borer and Arvel Reeves on charges of secretly recording conversations between entertainer Michael J
Aircraft

Eclipse Repairing Damaged Aircraft

Eclipse Aviation’s fourth conforming flight-test aircraft, N505EA, which made a gear-up landing on September 4 at Albuquerque International Sunport, will b
Regulations and Government

DCA access rule elicits few comments from the industry

The deadline for commenting on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plan to reopen Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to some gene

Asiana 214: NTSB Looks beyond Obvious Pilot Error

NTSB hearing looks for factors behind pilot error.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Innovative Advantage's Channel Tracker Upgrades Cabin Video to High-def

Channel Tracker upgrades video systems in aircraft cabins to high-definition.

'Taking risks to be the winner'

Bill Boisture, president of Gulfstream Aerospace as well as an executive vice president of General Dynamics, which bought Gulfstream in 1999, joined the Sa

Aviation leaders plead case for GA

General aviation leaders trouped up to Capitol Hill late last month to plead with Congress for an audience with President Bush’s security advisors to expla

NBAA Convention News looks back

This special issue of Aviation International News represents the 30th year this publication has supported NBAA.

Is This a Better Safety Briefing?

Most fliers can probably recite the safety briefing by heart on just about any airplane these days.