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Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Backs Down after MRO Company Fights Back`
After issuing emergency orders of revocation, the FAA agreed to rescind its revocation of Tulsa, Okla.-based Southwest Aviation Specialties’ repair station
Aircraft
Piper Aircraft Will Still Call Florida Home
Piper Aircraft yesterday afternoon made it official that the aircraft manufacturer is staying put in Vero Beach, Fla., following a two-year site-selection
Aircraft
Aerion SSBJ by 2014 unlikely, despite 40 LOIs
Aerion is still hoping to convince an OEM partner to join it by the end of this year in its quest to build a supersonic business jet capable of sprinting f
Aircraft
Learjet 85 gets Pro Line Fusion avionics and European launch customer
Zurich-based ExecuJet signed for six Bombardier Learjet 85 midsize jets, making the executive aircraft sales, charter, completions and mainte
EBACE Report: A record-setter for deals signed and visitor numbers
The 2008 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) was an important litmus test to measure how the global business aviation marketplace mi
Airports
Conference stresses building relationships with neighbors
Local airport advocacy, airport preservation and security, airspace access and ATC modernization were among the concerns of attendees at the American Assoc
Regulations and Government
Stalemate continues on FAA funding plan
The Senate bill to reauthorize and fund the FAA for the next four years was once again stalled on the tarmac last month because of procedural infighting be
Aircraft
Crossair execs found not guilty in homicide trial
The Swiss federal court last month acquitted Crossair chairman Moritz Suter, CEO André Dosé and four other former airline employees of homicide by neglect
Accidents
Maintenance error led to gear-up landing
BEECH 1900D, ROCHESTER, N.Y., JUNE 3, 2000–The Safety Board determined probable cause for a gear-up landing by a CommutAir Beech 1900D dur
Regulations and Government
Congressional Observer: January 2002
As the first session of the 107th Congress wound down, the wonderful days of bipartisan behavior that followed September 11 gave way to partisan bickering
Avionics
Washington Report: New convective wx tool goes online
The National Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF), which combines National Weather Service (NWS) radar mosaics and cloud-to-ground lightning data into a
Regulations and Government
Washington Report: U.S. launches aerospace commission
Although the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry was created by Congress long before September 11, a Bush Administration offic
Airports
Touching Bases: Report cites need for better tower comms
A Flight Safety Foundation publication cites a report from the John A.
Airports
Touching Bases: Suit filed against airport expansion
Residents of Stuart, Fla., have filed a lawsuit against the Martin County Commission concerning a master plan that discusses increased capacity.
FBOs
Touching Bases: Execair opens an FBO in Prague
Growing European FBO group Execair has opened a new facility at Prague Ruzyne Airport in the Czech Republic.
Airports
Touching Bases: Oakland International Airport sees bizav influx
According to FBO KaiserAir, business jet traffic at Oakland International Airport has increased at least 25 percent since September 11.
Training and Workforce
Touching Bases: NATA acquires Aviation Training Institute
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has acquired the Aviation Training Institute (ATI) from Denver-based Aviation Resource Group Internation
Airports
Touching Bases: Santa Monica ups noise fine to $10,000
Last month, the Santa Monica city council adopted an ordinance that increased the fines for repeat violations of the Santa Monica Airport noise abatement p
Security
Leading Edge: New NBAA chair selects security as priority
Tell us about the new security committee.It is basically a combination of the Corporate Aviation Management Committee and the
Rotorcraft
Newscopters back on the air after frustrating restrictions
It took a deadly act of terrorism to knock the nation’s fleet of electronic newsgathering (ENG) helicopters out of the air and, ironically, it required ano
Rotorcraft
British International thinks big with scheduled tiltrotor service
British International has ambitions to introduce scheduled services in the UK within the next 10 years using the proposed Bell/Agusta BA619 tiltrotor airli
Rotorcraft
Putting it on the line: Koala proves its salt at Life Flight
For the helicopter owner, operator or flight program looking to cut costs while simultaneously maintaining or expanding existing levels of service, Agusta’
