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Maintenance and Modifications

Cessna Aids Special Olympics with Mobile Service

Citation owners who donate the use of their jets to fly participants in this year’s Special Olympics USA National Games to Lincoln, Neb., can rest assured
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

ARSA Mx Liability Insurance Group Licensed

The Aeronautical Repair Station’s efforts to create a risk-retention group to provide commercial liability insurance for its members is closer to fruition.
Regulations and Government

Massachusetts Aviation Caucus Rises to the Occasion

Established about five years ago, the Massachusetts Legislative Aviation Caucus has been a bipartisan advocate for general aviation and the nearly 40 GA ai
Charter & Fractional

PremiAir Moves into London Biggin Hill Digs

PremiAir is expanding its fixed-wing activities, by establishing a new charter and management operation at London Biggin Hill Airport, together with an add
Aircraft

Bombardier Builds First Learjet 85 Validation Fuselage

Bombardier Aerospace yesterday reached another milestone in its Learjet 85 program, having successfully built the first all-composite manufacturing validat
Safety

Turboprop Accidents Rise, Bizjet Rate Stabilizes

As business aircraft flight hours have increased over the last year, so too have turboprop accidents, according to first-half statistics released by Boca R
Regulations and Government

FAA Mulls Part 91 Reimbursement Policy Change

Prompted by a March 1 request from NBAA, the FAA late last week released a proposed legal interpretation that would revise “broad prohibition on pro rata r
Aircraft

GE, AVIC Partnership to Supply Systems for Comac C919

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has chosen the proposed joint venture between GE Aviation Systems and China’s AVIC Systems to supply the c

Conklin & de Decker Releases Updated Aircraft Comparator

Conklin & de Decker this week released its 2010/2011 Aircraft Performance Comparator, a software product that allows users to compare aircraft data for

Thales Investigates Single-crew Flight Decks

Thales Aerospace is following Embraer’s lead in researching single-crew airliners as part of a program called Cockpit 3.0, which is targeted for the 2030 t

John and Martha King To Share ‘Lessons Learned’ at Atlanta Aero Club Meeting

John and Martha King, who have been providing distance learning aviation training to hundreds of thousands of pilots and maintenance technicians since the
Engines

CF34-10E Flight-test Program Passes 500-hour Milestone on ARJ21

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) said its ARJ21 fligh
Aircraft

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Prepares for a Farnborough Show Fanfare

Former Boeing president Phil Condit once famously said, in so many words, that there is no point having aircraft at airshows.
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Purse-strings Are Loosening as the Deal-Makers Return To Aerospace

Billions of dollars worth of new corporate deals are set to be struck in the aerospace sector over the coming weeks, according to Michael Richter, managing
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IATA's Latest Figures Reflect a Robust Airline Recovery

Traffic among the world's airlines returned to pre-recession levels in May, following a brief interruption a month earlier of an otherwise steady recovery
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Airbus and Spirit Bring A350 XWB Jobs to North Carolina

Airbus and U.S.-based Spirit AeroSystems showed how European funding benefits workers on both sides of the Atlantic last week, as Spirit formally opened a
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Boeing Claims WTO Victory But Hasn’t Yet Landed Knock-out Punch on Airbus

Following the initial clamor of righteous indignation over the
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Avionics

Heliworks Helping To Rescue Oil-soaked Birds in Gulf

EMS Aviation’s Fleet aircraft tracking system is being used by Pensacola, Fla.-based Heliworks to help rescue birds endangered by the oil spill in the Gulf
Aircraft

Piper Taps DeCrane, Propel for PiperJet Cabin Design

Piper Aircraft yesterday announced that it selected DeCrane Aerospace and Propel Designs as interior specialists for the PiperJet.
Avionics

Breakthrough Unmanned Helo System Flies

Piasecki Aircraft and Carnegie Mellon University have successfully flight tested a new navigation and sensor package on an unmanned Boeing AH-6 Little Bird
Safety

Hot Section - July 2010

ARSA Cautions Clinton on Aviation Exports Legislation pending on Capitol Hill threatens to undermine the global competitiveness of the U.S.
Safety

FAA Stresses Upset Recovery Training

Citing an increase in aircraft accidents involving loss of control (LOC), the FAA yesterday issued Information for Operators 10010, which calls for operato

Embraer Executive Jet 2Q Deliveries Double

São Paulo, Brazil-based Embraer today said it delivered 69 regional and executive jets in the second quarter, up 15 aircraft from the same period last year
FBOs

FBO PROFILE: AAR Aircraft Services

For many years, AAR Aircraft Services has operated the sole FBO at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport, and it seems that activity is heating up at <
FBOs

Touching Bases

MILLION AIR OPENS FACILITY IN SAN BERNARDINO The newest facility in the Million Air FBO franchise chain has opened at San Bernardino Internat
Accidents

Factual Reports - Tire Damage Eyed in Runway Excursion

The Mexican-registered twinjet was substantially damaged when it departed the runway on takeoff from Eagle County Regional Airport en route to Chihuahua, M
Accidents

Factual Reports - French King Air Makes Gear-up Landing

Following an electrical system anomaly, the French-registered turboprop twin, operated by Air Alizé, sustained substantial damage after making a successful
Accidents

Factual Reports - TBM Crashes After Loss of Control on Landing

The single-engine turboprop was destroyed but its ATP-certified pilot was unharmed when it departed the runway after touchdown at Montgomery County Airpark
Accidents

Factual Reports - Pilot Forgets to Lower Turboprop's Gear

The pilot told investigators that after takeoff he experienced a primary trim failure but continued to his destination airport using secondary trim.
Accidents

Final Reports - Citation II and Tractor Collided on Runway

The NTSB has ruled that the air traffic controller’s failure to monitor the runway environment properly caused the accident between the landing Citation II