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Nordam celebrates 40th birthday here at NBAA

Nordam, a global aerospace company serving the business, commercial and military aviation markets, is marking more than 40 years of growth at this year’s N
Aircraft

Honeywell’s crystal ball: 11k bizjets over 10 years

As the industry nervously anticipates a tepid buying climate at this year’s NBAA Convention, engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell sees a serious near
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Charter & Fractional

New charter scheduling system ready for prime time

CharterMatrix (Booth No.
Regulations and Government

Doctor is in at Virtual Flight Surgeons

Dr.
Avionics

ACSS sees brighter skies ahead

ACSS, the Phoenix-based surveillance and reconnaissance technology division of L-3 Communications (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hush kits for GII/III resurrected as QS3

Hubbard Aviation Technologies of St.
Avionics

Honeywell’s SVS/EVS Could Yield Lower Minimums

Honeywell has started flight testing a technology that merges the view of an infrared enhanced-vision system (EVS) with that of a synthetic-vision system (

Gulfstreams, Falcons await cockpit upgrades

Honeywell is nearing the approval finish line for major avionics software upgrades in Gulfstreams flying with PlaneView avionics and Dassault Falcons equip
Accidents

Canadian Safety Board Wants Increased CRM Training

In the wake of its investigation into the January 2007 fa
Charter & Fractional

Air Partner Private Jets Logs $4M Loss in FY09

The Private Jets division of charter broker Air Partner suffered a £2.5 million ($3.9 million) loss in its fiscal year that ended on July 31, according to
Accidents

NTSB: Pilot Error Caused Aeromed Citation Crash

In a final report released yesterday, the NTSB listed crew mismanagement of an abnormal f

Pre-owned Bizjet Market Stabilizing, Amstat Says

The worldwide inventory of pre-owned business jets on the market decreased from 18 percent to 17.2 percent of the in-service fleet last month, according to

GAMA/NBAA Survey Shows True Face of Bizav Users

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and NBAA today released a new survey showing that recent portrayals of business aviation as mainly “f

NBAA’09 Looking Stronger Than Expected

The NBAA Convention exhibitor count has grown to more than 1,000 companies showing their products and services at the Orange County Convention Center in Or
Aircraft

Republic Airways To Take 10 Embraer 190ARs from US Airways

Republic Airways today said it will acquire 10 Embraer 190ARs from US Airways.
Maintenance and Modifications

Owner stumbles into Starship support biz

In 1983, NBAA convention-goers who happened to be at the static display at Dallas Love Field at the right time witnessed a bit of history when a radical-lo

Embraer envisions a long, slow industry recovery

While there are signs of an economic recovery–often difficult to see and even more difficult to interpret–Embraer president and CEO Frede
Aircraft

Five-year Euro SSBJ study inconclusive as to engine type

High-Speed AirCraft (Hisac), a European research program studying the feasibility of a supersonic business jet (SSBJ), is coming to a close at the end of t
Accidents

10 years on, NBAA notes anniversary of Stewart crash

October 25 marks the 10th anniversary of an event that shocked the worlds of aviation and golf when one of the game’s greats–Payne Stewart–lost his life af

Av bloggers bring their best and the worst to the Web

Seems like the buzz about social media is never ending these days–so much so, in fact, that you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who has not heard of a blo
Aircraft

Supersonic bizjet designers troll for manufacturing partners

If paper was aluminum, glass and titanium instead of just paper, two Nevada-based groups developing supersonic business jet designs would have revolutionar

High-end customer base helps BBJ chart path through recession

Boeing Business Jets announced in May at EBACE that its then-president Steve Hill would be retiring in July after 30 years at Boeing and that BBJ chief
Aircraft

Gulfstream again leads in annual OEM survey

Last year aircraft manufacturers were struggling to expand their service networks and capabilities to help a growing number of operators worldwide keep the
Maintenance and Modifications

Diverse holdings help Greenwich ride out storm

Jim Ziegler joined Greenwich AeroGroup in June as president and CEO, after running North America operations for Jet Aviation and serving in various posi

Study champions bizav’s bottomline advantages

As NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) continue to help the general public, politicians and communities understand the benefits
Engines

New engine programs

The design of new airframes always depends heavily on availability of new engine types.

Exiting chair says access is top priority

“Interesting” is perhaps an understated word to use in reviewing the tumultuous recent period the business aviation community has gone through, but that is
Safety

Adroit patient monitor streams video

Last year, RDT (Booth No.
Aircraft

Hawker mum on 450XP; 400Next mod on target

Although Hawker Beechcraft has released information recently about the Premier II and a delay in its planned certification and entry-into-service dates, th