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Preliminary Report: Botched practice autorotation

BELL 206L-4, AURORA, COLO., MAY 8, 2003–At 5:15 p.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cessna Twin overruns runway

CESSNA 414, NEWPORT, R.I., JUNE 29, 2003– Cessna Chancellor N2UD was substantially damaged at approximately 1:05 p.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: EC 120 crash a mystery

EUROCOPTER EC 120B, BOONVILLE, MO., JUNE 25, 2003–Eurocopter N298HS was destroyed when it crashed at about 10:45 p.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Agusta hits hill following tail-rotor separation

AGUSTA A109K2, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JUNE 7, 2003–Agusta N123RX, operated by IHC Hospitals and piloted by an ATP-rated pilot, was destroye
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cessna Twin goes down on approach

CESSNA 414, FORT MYERS, FLA., JUNE 26, 2003–According to the Lee County, Fla.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Turboprop returns to airport after control problems

BEECH BE1900D, MILWAUKEE, WIS., JUNE 7, 2003–At 2 p.m.
Accidents

Final Report: Meridian stalls and hits trees

Piper PA-46-500TP, Vero Beach, Fla., April 9, 2001–The NTSB determined the probable cause of this accident to be the pilot’s excessive ban
Accidents

Final Report: OSU King Air crash

BEECH King Air 200, Strasburg, Colo., Jan.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: September 2003

As the Senate and the House of Representatives neared adjournment for August, both parties in the Senate were patting themselves on the back for their pres
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: Thanks for safe oysters, Mr. Secretary

Tongue firmly in cheek, National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) president John Carr thanked Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta for the Bus
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: NBAA takes issue with USA Today

In a letter to USA Today, NBAA president Shelley Longmuir said the newspaper’s August 5 article on corporate aviation ignored the “demonstrated an
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: GA runway incursions drop in FY 2002

Runway incursions at the 35 busiest general aviation airports decreased slightly in fiscal year 2002, according to a new report by the FAA Office of Runway
Accidents

Blackout 2003: bizav had an edge over the airlines

Fortunately, it was a clear, sunny day (rather than the proverbial dark, stormy night) over the Northeast when the electrical power gridwork gave up the gh

Pilot Gear: September 2003

Calculate your bizjet budget. The Interactive Aircraft Budget Analyzer from Airpower Software is a computer program designed to calculate
FBOs

A first-class FBO upgrade on Sardinia's Costa Smeralda

The Italian island of Sardinia and its elite Costa Smeralda (Emerald Coast) resort area are not well known in North America, except perhaps to yachting and
FBOs

T-Bird moves into new digs at Dupage

T-Bird Aviation moved into its new facility earlier this summer, following less than one year of construction at DuPage County Airport outside Chicago.
FBOs

Signature opens its St. Louis Lambert FBO

Signature Flight Support’s new St.
Airports

New airport planned for Japan

In late 2005, Japan should have a new airport with facilities available for business aviation.
FBOs

Premier Spirit Award winner joins Apex

Mobile (Ala.) Air Center, three-time winner of ExxonMobil’s Premier Spirit Gold Award, has joined the Aviation Points Exchange (Apex) dealer network for pi
FBOs

Banyan Air offers fingerprint services

A few years ago, who would have thought fingerprinting would be one of the services offered at an FBO? But in today’s security climate, Banyan Air Service
FBOs

Interim CEO addresses Jet Aviation customers

Heinz Köhli, appointed by Jet Aviation’s parent company to replace Thomas Hirschmann as CEO of the business aviation conglomerate, delivered a message to “
FBOs

Touching Bases: Marathon streamlines billing process

A marathon may be a grueling 26-mile race, but Marathon Flight Services in Kissimmee, Fla., has a new tool to help aircraft operators sprint through the bi
Regulations and Government

FAA reveals five-year plan

A five-year plan–four-fifths of which FAA Administrator Marion Blakey could actually see through to fruition–was laid out in draft form in late July for th
Avionics

Garmin's G1000 for the Honda Jet

Garmin would not confirm its participation in the HondaJet program, but these photos and illustrations of the G1000 system and its architecture appeared in

Strategies, Options & Perspectives: Time to plan for future growth

As AIN launches this column, “SOP: Strategies, Options & Perspectives,” I find myself in the new capacity of NBAA president emeritus,
ATC

Battle lines drawn in ATC privatization fight

Although Congress is on its annual summer vacation, the battle over privatization of ATC continued at press time.
Rotorcraft

Agusta hot to trot on civil tiltrotor

Unfazed by (or perhaps because of) murmurs from within Bell Helicopter management to the effect that development of the BA609 might be accelerated, Agusta-
Accidents

Bell says V-22 incident is 'nonevent'

The history of the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tiltrotor is that of the rankest of Hollywood cliffhangers.
Safety

More helicopter operators opt for cold weather pre-heating

As we round the corner past the U.S.
Rotorcraft

Light helicopter makes score in Asian market

Just a few short years ago, the manufacturers of small, low-cost helicopters targeted Asia as the market of the future for their brand of inexpensive verti