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Maintenance and Modifications

Arinc announces Citation 500 RVSM program

Arinc Direct, the business aviation arm of Annapolis, Md.-based Arinc, has introduced an RVSM modification and certification package for the Cessna 500 ser

New web site posting resumés for free

Flight-department personnel are invited to post resumés on www.jetresumes.biz, a new Web site developed by a corporate pilot and the principal of Jet Consu
Airports

Daley wins, Meigs fades to a memory

With the final demolition dust settling over what used to be Meigs Field, the question now becomes, “What would keep this from happening elsewhere in the f
Airports

Battle lines drawn in weight-bearing conflict

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is making a highly public issue of battling the FAA’s proposed policy on defining airport weight-bearing capa
Maintenance and Modifications

Proposed Citation AD based on lab results

A proposed AD that would require replacing the horizontal stabilizer trim actuator (HSTA) every 18 months on Citation 650s is based on a discovery in lab t
Regulations and Government

European Aviation Safety Agency activated

The new European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) officially starts work on September 28.

New president at Piaggio America

Veteran de Havilland Canada and Bombardier executive Tom Appleton takes over as president and CEO of Greenville, S.C.-based Piaggio America as of September
Accidents

Embraer plays down gearup landing

An Embraer 170 prototype accidentally landed with the gear retracted at the company’s Gaviao Peixoto test complex in Brazil on August 17.
Regulations and Government

Unmanned aircraft get airspace approval

The FAA on August 15 granted the U.S.
Regulations and Government

NTSB wants Part 135 air taxis to report data

Claiming that Part 135 air taxi activity data is inadequate, the NTSB has asked the FAA to require air taxi operators to supply annual data on total hours
Aircraft

Citations dogged by control problems

It has not been a good summer for the Cessna Citation 650 or 525.

Avocet joins the very light jet fray

The very light jet segment got a bit more crowded early last month when Westport, Conn.-based startup Avocet Aircraft and Israel Aircraft Industries public

Delta Moves To Take Back CRJ900s from Mesa

Delta Air Lines on Friday notified Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group that it plans to cancel its contract to fly Bombardier CRJ900s as Delta Connection.
Regulations and Government

FAA's goal-setting go-getter: a look at Blakey's first year

On September 13, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey will have completed the first year of her five-year tenure in the position.
Aircraft

Honda's 'research project' expected to fly by year-end

Under the cover of private funding, Honda has been secretly and very seriously developing its six- to eight-seat light turbofan twin.
Aircraft

Mitsubishi MRJ90 to fly in 2011

Mitsubishi will fly its new 86- to 96-passenger MRJ90 for the first time in 2011, the Japanese industrial giant said here.

Nimrod MRA.4 not in service till 2010

After a year in which the BAE Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft has received unprecedented negative publicity in the UK, it’s hardly surprising that BAE Syst

Through the gates of The Portal

A year ago The Portal opened its doors.
Accidents

Factual Report: Learjet 25 couldn't get airborne

GATES LEARJET 25B, PITTSBURGH, PA., NOV.

Emirates: “no downturn whatsoever”

Speaking on the sidelines about FlyDubai’s order announcement for 50 Boeing 737-800s on Monday, Emirates Airline deputy chairman Maurice Flanagan made it c

Sikorsky announces S-92 sale

Sikorsky announced this week that it has sold two S-92 helicopters to the International Handling Co.

Honeywell signs Airbus, Thales and Boeing deals

Airbus has inked a contract with Honeywell to upgrade the wingtip navigation lights on the A320 family with light-emitting diode (LED) technology.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: GPWS warning preceded approach crash

BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19 CRJ-100ER, BREST, FRANCE, JUNE 22, 2003–Air France Flight 5672 departed Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) in France a
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Twinstar crashes on takeoff

AEROSPATIALE AS 355F1, MADISON, FLA., JUNE 11, 2003–About 1:29 p.m.

Eurocopter UK to grow four-fold by 2013

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling issued a prediction here this week that Eurocopter’s market share in 2008 will stay above 50 percent.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Learjet 45 suffers birdstrike

BOMBARDIER LEARJET 45, MILAN, ITALY, JUNE 1, 2003–At approximately 3:26 p.m., Learjet 45 (I-ERJC), operated by Linate-based air-taxi opera

Alteon expands training offerings to meet demand

Boeing subsidiary Alteon is responding to the global need for training by expanding and refining its service offering.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: CRJ crew has bad vibrations

BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19, CHATTANOOGA, TENN., MAY 8, 2003–At approximately 12:28 p.m.