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PiperJet Makes First Flight

Piper Aircraft’s single-engine PiperJet flew for the first time today, taking off from Piper headquarters at Vero Beach (Fla.) International Airport.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cessna ditches on return flight from recurrency training

Cessna 414, Port Jefferson, N.Y., May 26, 2003–At 2:28 p.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Four killed in P Navajo accident

Piper PA-31P, Woodruff, Wis., May 25, 2003–At 5:54 p.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Robinson R44 lost at sea

Robinson R44, Brazos Block 532, Gulf of Mexico, May 29, 2003–Robinson N7188K crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, killing Dudley Tarlton, the
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Commander crashes

GULFSTREAM COMMANDER 695, OGAWA VILLAGE, JAPAN, MARCH 24, 2003–At approximately 10:50 a.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air loses footing on landing approach

Beech King Air 200C, Coffs Harbour Aerodrome, New South Wales, Australia, May 15, 2003–At 10:50 a.m.

Rahilly Joins ServiceElements Training Team

John Rahilly, principal of Rahilly Aviation Associates and former president of maintenance and completions center K-C Aviation, has joined ServiceElements
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Birds may have brought down Learjet 45

Learjet 45, Milan, Italy, June 1, 2003–Learjet 45 I-ERJC, owned and operated by Eurojet Italia, crashed into a warehouse near a road on th
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air veers off runway

Beech King Air 300, Houston, Texas, May 18, 2003–At 9:30 a.m.

GE Unveils Portable Lightweight Video Borescope

The XL Go VideoProbe by GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies weighs only 3.8 pounds (14.3 pounds with the carrying case) but offers high-resolution vid
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Wright replica hits trees

Virginia Aviation Wright Model B, Midland, Va., May 19, 2003–At 8:20 p.m.

Gulfstream Maintenance Datalink Goes Mainstream

Gulfstream this month logged its 10,000th downlink via its PlaneConnect maintenance datalink system.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Hilltop takeoff mishap

AEROSPATIALE SA341G, ALPINE, TEXAS, MARCH 6, 2003–At 11:15 a.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Eurocopter damaged in water collision

EUROCOPTER AS 350B2, VENICE, LA., MARCH 6, 2003–At 7:20 a.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: TBM 700 crashes on approach

Socata TBM 700B, Mobile, Ala., April 24, 2003–At 8:12 p.m.

More Co. TBO Extension OK’d for P&WC PT6A-60s

Minden, Nev.-based Maintenance On Reliable Engines (More Co.) received approval from the FAA for its instructions for continued airworthiness to extend the
Accidents

Final Report: MU-2 goes down following engine failure

Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, The Woodlands, Texas, May 1, 2001–The NTSB determined that the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to maintain air
Accidents

Final Report: King Air spins in

Beech King Air B90, San Jon, N.M., May 14, 2001–The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s failure to mai
Accidents

Final Report: Cheyenne CFIT accident

Piper PA-31T1, Graham, Texas, Nov 12, 2001–The NTSB determined the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to discontinue the approach afte
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: July 2003

Tax-cut legislation proposed by President Bush was passed by Congress at the end of May and was subsequently signed into law by the President.

Foreign Repair Station Applications in Limbo

In a demonstration of how congressional mandates force lawmakers to come to grips with reality, the process of granting Part 145 repair station certificate
ATC

Washington Report: NTSB wants backup conflict alerts

Citing last summer’s midair collision between a DHL International Airways Boeing 757 and a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 over southern Germany, the NT
ATC

Washington Report: Stars constellation shines but shrinks

Although the FAA has finally commissioned its first standard terminal automation replacement system (Stars), the agency has drastically reduced the number
Airports

Touching Bases: Lantana built from a rich tradition

Lantana Airport (LNA), named for the nearby town outside West Palm Beach, Fla., was intended as a reliever from its conception in 1941.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Jet Aviation starts online reservations

Jet Aviation has implemented an online registration system for aircraft planning to visit any of its worldwide locations, including Geneva and Zurich, Swit
Airports

Touching Bases: Teterboro would welcome Boeing 717

Teterboro (N.J.) Airport (TEB) manager Lanny Rider told AIN last month that if Boeing follows through on plans to produce a bizliner versi
FBOs

Touching Bases: Business Jet Center doubles ramp space

Business Jet Center (BJC) at Dallas Love Field (DAL) has doubled its ramp space and built a new taxiway to accommodate the growth it has experienced since
FBOs

Touching Bases: Panorama at HPN signs on with Texaco

Family-owned since 1958, Panorama Flight Service at Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains, N.Y., recently signed a three-year deal to become a T

Touching Bases: Despite SARS it's 'business as usual'

In a June 2 letter to customers, Skyservice president Russell Payson exhorted everyone not to curtail travel plans to Toronto despite negative publicity co
Airports

Touching Bases: AOPA opposes privatizing New Orleans airport

AOPA is worried about an increase in charter and corporate aircraft operations squeezing out smaller general aviation aircraft at New Orleans Lakefront Air