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Continental Flies Biofuel-powered 737

Continental Airlines today became the first North American airline to demonstrate the use of sustainable biofuel to power a commercial aircraft when one of
Accidents

Fuel Exhaustion Cited in Citation II Crash

A Cessna Citation II that ran out of fuel and landed gear-up early Sunday morning at Wilmingto

Piper Delaying Second Phase of Financial Incentives

Piper Aircraft has notified local Indian River County and Florida state authorities that it is
Accidents

PHI S-76 Down In Louisiana

Six of seven passengers and both pilots died when a two-year-old Sikorsky S-76C++ crashed into
Regulations and Government

Weather Forecasters Oppose FAA Consolidation Plan

An FAA plan to consolidate all of the 84 National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters now co-loca

UBS: Business Jet Flight Activity Down 11% YTD

UBS Investment Research’s recently issued business jet update indicates that flight activity, m
Regulations and Government

LASP Gets Cool Reception at Town Hall Meeting

The first of the Transportation Security Administration’s series of town hall meetings, held to

GKN Takes Over Former Airbus UK Factory

GKN Aerospace assumed full ownership of the former Airbus wing component and assemblies factory at Filton, UK, on Monday.
Avionics

Honeywell offers low-cost handheld GPS

Except for some early models, Honeywell’s Bendix/King division hasn’t in recent years focused on the market for GPS handheld navigators.

Sat Monitoring of 121.5 ELTs Ending

As of February 1, search-and-rescue satellites will stop monitoring 121.5 MHz, one of the frequencies used by emergency locator transmitters.
ATC

WAAS LPV Approvals Picking Up

A number of WAAS LPV (lateral precision with vertical guidance) equipment approvals for business jets have been completed recently or will be finished soon
Avionics

Retrofit altimeter chosen for Challenger

Bombardier has selected Revue Thommen’s AD20 two-inch electronic standby altimeter as a retrofit option for the Challenger 601-3A/3R and 604.
ATC

Go Direct helps users achieve RNP approval

For most flight department managers, the thought of navigating the maze of FAA rules to fly required navigation performance (RNP) approach procedures is en
Avionics

Flying with XM Weather-equipped AV8OR

Bendix/King’s new AV8OR handheld GPS receiver can display XM Weather’s Aviator LT and Aviator products, making it a handy cockpit tool.

People in Aviation: January 2009

San Antonio-based aerospace maintenance, repair and manufacturing company M7 Aerospace has named J.R.

Final Report: Insufficient rotor speed blamed

Hughes 269A, Bremen, Ohio, Aug.

Final Report: Citation suffered in-flight loss of control

Cessna S550 Citation S/II, Dillon, Mont., May 3, 2007–The NTSB did not determine the reason for the in-flight loss of control of the Citation, which

Final Report: Crew miscalculated Falcon's weight

Dassault Falcon 900, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 10, 2007–The Safety Board blamed the Falcon accident on the erroneous gross weight calculation and

Final Report: Hawker crew failed to lower gear

British Aerospace HS.125-700A, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov.

Factual Report: Learjet crash-lands at Goodland

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Goodland, Kan., Oct.

Preliminary Report: Allentown runway excursion date

Bombardier CRJ700/Cessna 172, Allentown, Pa., Sept.

Preliminary Report: Air ambulance flight crashes into trees

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, God’s Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Nov.

Preliminary Report: Dash 8 lands gear up

Bombardier DHC-8-311 Dash 8, Philadelphia, Nov.

Preliminary Report: CASA makes forced landing

Construcciones Aeronauticas SA CASA 212-200, Toksook Bay, Alaska, Nov.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: January 2009

When the 111th Congress convenes this month, all the bills introduced in the 110th Congress that did not make it into law will find themselves in the Congr

Aerospace Industries toot their horn

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is launching an outreach campaign aimed at the incoming Obama Administration and the new 111th Congress to under
ATC

FAA constructing new ‘nerve center’

Federal and local officials broke ground early last month for a new Air Traffic Control System Command Center colocated with the FAA’s Potomac Tracon south
Regulations and Government

DHS nominee departs Arizona stage to mixed reviews

Janet Napolitano, the two-term Democrat governor of Arizona who has been nominated to become the third Secretary of Homeland Security, heads to Washington