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French Bid To Outmanuever Opposing Fighters in Brazil

A top-level handshake in Brazil earlier this month does not necessarily mean the end of that country’s long quest to select a new fighter.
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FBOs

MRO Profile: Mather Aviation

While other aviation maintenance companies have been struggling, Mather Aviation has been able to expand, Victor Cushing, owner and president, told
Aircraft

Boeing Charleston Workers Choose To Decertify Their Union

Production and maintenance workers at Boeing Charleston, the former Vought factory in North Charleston, S.C., yesterday voted to remove the International A
Sustainability and Environment

Nat’l Park Service To Settle Grand Canyon Noise Issue

After debating Grand Canyon air-tour noise for eight years, the Grand Canyon Working Group (GCWG) has left the issue to the National Park Service (NPS), wh
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 (

Business Jet Sentiment Improving, JPMorgan Says

“We’ve felt a more positive vibe on business jets recently, with used inventory ticking down slightly and flight operations edging upward,” JPMorgan Equity
Rotorcraft

Cessna Parent Textron Sees Bizjet Recovery in 2011

During a Textron business update yesterday, company chairman and CEO Lewis Campbell said he is seeing trends of economic stabilization, though he admitted
Maintenance and Modifications

Barco Forms Partnership with Monitor Soft in Russia

Avionics display provider Barco has entered into a partnership with Zhukovsky-based aerospace company Monitor Soft to jointly provide cockpit mission syste
Maintenance and Modifications

R-R and P&WC Ops Consolidated by Vector Aerospace

Vector Aerospace’s Helicopter Services Rolls-Royce 250 repair facility in Lewisville, Texas, is consolidating with the Vector Engine Services Atlantic Prat
Maintenance and Modifications

Rolls-Royce Selects MTS for New Test Center

MTS Systems has secured a substantial order for mechanical test equipment, software and consulting from Rolls-Royce.
Maintenance and Modifications

Union Fights GE over Albuquerque Plant Closing

Local 794 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM&AW) in Albuquerque, N.M., is working with state and local leaders t
Maintenance and Modifications

Eclipse Walks Away From Albany Service Center

Eclipse Aerospace, the reincarnation of defunct Eclipse Aviation, has vacated its $8 million factory service center and told Albany County Airport Authorit
Aircraft

Mitsubishi To Delay MRJ First Flight

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MJET) announced today that it will delay first flight of the 92-seat MRJ90 by as much as six months, from late 2011 to the
ATC

Gulfstream’s (Enhanced) Vision Really Taking Off

Gulfstream Aerospace last week marked the service entry of the 500th Gulfstream outfitted with the manufacturer’s enhanced vision system (EVS).

Business Aviation Highlighted at Asian Aerospace

The three-day Asian Aerospace show kicked off today at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong, with the major business aircraft manufacturers attending in the hopes o
Sustainability and Environment

EBAA Cites EC for Sloppy Emission Scheme Execution

Sweden and Italy belatedly have confirmed extensions to the August 31 deadline for operators to register for Europe’s new emissions trading scheme (ETS).
Charter & Fractional

Charter Demand Outlook Mixed, Avinode Says

Recent data from Web-based executive charter portal Avinode shows mixed fortunes for charter operators worldwide, but there is no avoiding the overall pict
Rotorcraft

Used Helo Market Better than Bizjets, but Still Weak

Market conditions for pre-owned rotorcraft are “below normal levels and falling,” according to a monthly rotorcraft survey published last week by UBS Inves
Charter & Fractional

Judge Orders FAA To Pay Air Trek Legal Expenses

On August 20, the FAA reinstated the air carrier operating certificate of Air Trek of Punta Gorda, Fla., after the charter operator fought for more than a
Safety

NTSB Seeks To Reduce EMS Helicopter Flight Risks

On Tuesday, the NTSB issued 19 recommendations for helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS), addressing pilot training; safety management systems; coll
Safety

FAA Moves Quickly To Modify Hudson River Airspace

The FAA yesterday announced plans to modify the airspace over the Hudson River, in response to the August 8 midair of a Piper PA-32R and Liberty Helicopter
Aircraft

Eclipse Aerospace Reopens Shuttered ABQ Facility

On Tuesday morning at Albuquerque International Airport, Mason Holland and Michael Press were joined by Albuquerque mayor Martin Chávez to celebrate the re

UBS: Pre-owned Bizjet Inventory Trending Downward

Available business jet inventories dropped 2 percent last month, the second sequential decline in three months following 18 months of consecutive increases
Aircraft

Software Glitch Delays CRJ1000 Certification, Deliveries

Bombardier has moved the certification target for its 100-seat CRJ1000 to the first quarter of the company’s next fiscal year, starting February 1, from th
Aircraft

Outlook Good for Large-cabin Bizjets; Midsize Less So

Bombardier Aerospace and Gulfstream Aerospace are well known fierce rivals, but that doesn’t mean they can’t agree from time to time, especially when it co

FAA Orders Change of ‘Certain’ A330/340 Pitot Probes

The FAA today issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) on Airbus A330s and A340s that requires replacing certain Thales Avionics pitot probes with certain Go
Safety

NATA urges mandate for single-pilot CRM

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is strongly recommending that the FAA include CRM training for single-pilot operations as part of its no
Maintenance and Modifications

Experimental wires repair themselves

As part of its initiative to combat the problems associated with aging aircraft, the FAA has funded a suite of projects at the University of Dayton Researc
Regulations and Government

Wet leasing? Get a Part 135 certificate

The fear is palpable at corporate flight departments that have put their aircraft on someone else’s Part 135 OpSpecs.
Maintenance and Modifications

Atlas Air Service Triples Size of Citation Service Center

Cessna Aircraft has announced that Atlas Air Service, its Citation authorized sales representative in Germany, is opening a service center at Bremen Airpor