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Cirrus Jet vision Resumes Flying
As Cirrus Aircraft’s prototype Vision jet single resumes flight testing with a new Garmin G1000 avionics suite, some buyers seeking refunds of deposits for
Platinum Jet Cofounder Pleads
Andre Budhan, cofounder of defunct charter operator Platinum Jet, pleaded guilty to defrauding charter customers and brokers, as well as impeding and obstr
Engines
Rolls-Royce BR725 Engine Gets EASA OK
Rolls-Royce on June 24 received EASA certification for its 16,000-pound-thrust BR725 engine.
Aircraft
Bombardier’s Toronto Plant Averts Strike
Workers at Bombardier’s de Havilland plant in north Toronto ratified a new three-year labor contract yesterday, averting a strike that stood to affect 2,75
Training and Workforce
FSI Trains Laid-off Pilots at no cost
FlightSafety International launched the Proficiency Protection Program, which is intended to help maintain the currency of business aircraft pilots and mai
Bombardier Upbeat in Bizjet Forecast
In its latest forecast, Bombardier expects total deliveries of 11,500 business jets worth $256 billion between this year and 2018.
AIN is World’s Top Airshow Daily Again
Aviation International News has once again been named the world’s top airshow daily publication in the annual Aerospace Journalist of the Year award
Sustainability and Environment
Bizav’s carbon conundrum
With Europe set to begin cap-and-trade of aviation emissions in 2012, and Congress working on legislation that would cap the greenhouse gases that have bee
Safety
DHS IG raps TSA for its anti-GA campaign
General aviation operations present such a limited and hypothetical threat to security that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) does not need
Boeing Joins 747-8 Wing Box to Center Section
Boeing announced today that it has joined the first 747-8’s wing box to the airplane’s 40-foot-long center fuselage section in the final assembly bay at it
Paris Air Show Stages Industry Sales Rally
For one week at least, the gloom of the global recession seemed to lift along with the storm clouds gathered over the grounds of the Paris Air Show in Le B
Boeing in Studies to Re-Wing 777
Boeing Commercial Airplanes has begun to study the possibility of fitting the
Airbus Inks Financing Deal with Chinese Bank
Airbus hopes to help loosen the grip of tight-fisted credit outlets with an MoU it signed this month with the world’s largest bank, China’s ICBC, to collab
NTSB Chases New Leads in Air France Flight 447 Crash Probe
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched investigations into two recent incidents in which airspeed and altitude indications in Airbus A330s m
Patience with 787 Delays Running Thin
The wellspring of goodwill among customers for the chronically delayed Boeing 787 drained a bit more this past week, when the company
Aircraft
Klapmeier Team Vying To Buy Cirrus Jet Program
Alan Klapmeier, chairman of Cirrus Aircraft, has formed a team to raise funds to try to buy the Vision SF50 single-engine jet program from majority Cirrus
Aircraft
Qantas Slashes 787-9 Order, Delays Deliveries
The Qantas Group has reduced its firm order for 65 Boeing 787-9s by 15 airplanes, delayed first delivery of the type by three years and suspended delivery
ATC
DOT IG: FAA Data Muddles Controller Training Failures
A report to Congress by the Transportation Department inspector general found that the FAA’s reported rate of training failures among newly hired air traff
Dassault Cutbacks To Have Limited Effect on Workers
France’s Dassault Aviation has signed an agreement with three out of four unions for a part-time working arrangement planned from September to February nex
Airports
FAA To Decide Burbank Noise Curfew Fate by November 1
The FAA has acknowledged that the application by the Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport Authority (BGPAA)
Regulations and Government
Unexpected Anomalies Put Future GPS Under Stress
One key benefit of the future GPS III satellites that the DOD plans to launch in 2014 is that they will transmit a second civil aviation signal, called L-5
Engines
Rolls-Royce BR725 Engine Approved by EASA
Rolls-Royce yesterday received EASA certification for its 16,000-pound-thrust BR725 engine.
Captain, Flight Attendant from Air France Flight 447 Identified
Search teams have found the bodies of the captain and a flight attendant among the victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447, the company confirmed tod
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA To Update Composite Aircraft Advisory Circular
Advisory Circular AC 20-107B, pertaining to composite aircraft
Maintenance and Modifications
EASA Considers Part Manufacturing In Europe
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued Preliminary Re
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviall To Expand Distribution of CF34-3 Engine Parts
GE Aviation has signed an exclusive agreement with Aviall Services that expands the latter’s distribution of GE CF34-3 engine parts to include unique life-
Maintenance and Modifications
Comeaux Pleads No Contest in Parts Scheme
Last year Jerry Roy Comeaux and his wife, Vicki, were indicted for “conspiracy to commit fraud, fraud involving aircraft parts, mail fraud, wire fraud, con
Maintenance and Modifications
FAR 21 Rewrite Leaves More Questions Than Answers
Unintended consequences of a proposed rewrite of FAR 21 certification p
ATC
New York Airspace Redesign Moving Forward
The New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign, which is intended to reduce delays in this heavy air traffic area, cleared a “key
