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VIP Airbus ACJs on tap for Qatar ruling family

Qatar Airways is planning to use its new Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) to replace a pair of Falcon 900s used by the government and ruling family.

Show Report: Dubai

The Dubai Air Show, held November 4 to 8, demonstrated an abundance of business-as-usual spirit when it opened its doors in the face of a worldwide securit
Security

Flimsy airliner cockpit doors soon will be a thing of the past

Following September 11, the FAA issued a requirement that all U.S.

U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight Adds F-22 Raptor

A unique formation wowed the crowd at the recent Joint Services Open House at Andrews AFB in Maryland.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Raytheon Sells Predator Ground Station as UAV Problems Mount

Raytheon has sold a Predator Operations Center to the U.S.
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Hawker Beechcraft Sells More T-6 Trainers to U.S. Air Force

Hawker Beechcraft has apparently overcome quality-control problems in the manufacture of the T-6A Texan II turboprop trainer.
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“Never Again,” Says Airbus A400M Chief

The Airbus A400M military airlifter will be ceremonially rolled out on June 26, but the plan to make a first flight by “the end of the summer” seems overly
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Training and Workforce

BBA buys Texas flight school

Announcing the purchase earlier this year by the UK’s BBA Group of Tyler International School of Aviation at Texas’ Tyler Pounds Field, David McRobert, chi

Drink up!

Writing in the spring 2000 issue of the FAA’s Federal Air Surgeon’s Medical Bulletin, Rogers Shaw, team coordinator of the FAA’s Civil Aerospace Medical In

It's dry up there: drink water when flying

The next time you fly, soak a terrycloth hand towel so that it’s dripping wet and hang it up on the flight deck.

Bad news, good news for turboprop sellers

Sales of pre-owned turboprop aircraft are a little like the old line, “I have good news and bad news.

AIN Special Report: Pre-owned aircraft

The sales inventory of pre-owned corporate jets has nearly doubled in two years, according to statistics obtained from JetNet of Utica, N.Y.
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Takes X2 for a Spin

Sikorsky continues to inch toward flying its X2 technology demonstrator coaxial-compound helicopter for the first time at its R&D and test facility in Hors
Safety

BA 777 Investigation Focuses On Fuel System

Aviation safety officials probing the British Airways (BA) Boeing 777 accident at London Heathrow in January are continuing to focus on the fuel system.
Aircraft

Despite Delayed Funding, Epic Aircraft Moving Forward

Epic Aircraft continues development of its all-composite turboprop singles and very light jets, though without the $200 million in funding Indian billionai
Aircraft

Socata Mulls 2009 Launch of Turbine Twin

EADS Socata this week at EBACE outlined what its next product launch could be next year–a twin-engine business aircraft that is bigger than its TBM 850 tur

EBACE 2008: Another One for the Record Books

The eighth annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), held this week in Geneva, has shattered records for attendance, as well as or
Aircraft

After the crash: Avcon to resume Learjet fin program

Avcon Industries, manufacturer of aft fuselage delta fins and other mods to improve directional stability and increase payload/range capability for the Lea
Avionics

E-chart software glitch plagued Jepp

Aeronautical chart provider Jeppesen is experiencing first hand some of the angst that can accompany a business’s transition to the brave new world of digi
Engines

TFE731 makes history with 10,000th delivery

In the ever-fluid world of aerospace, to build and deliver a thousand of any major aircraft system is a milestone worthy of note.

New Pentastar Aviation owner Edsel Ford II

The new owner of Pentastar Aviation is described as an “aviation enthusiast,” and his acquisition of the former DaimlerChrysler Aviation is his first ventu
FBOs

Ford buys a Chrysler in Pontiac

DaimlerChrysler Aviation, which had been on the block for several months, has been acquired from the German-based automaker by Ford Motor Company board mem
Training and Workforce

Citation training facility in Wichita to be expanded

FlightSafety International plans a $2.5 million, 28,600-sq-ft  expansion to its Cessna Learning Center in Wichita to enable the addition of simulators
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bomhoff, Nordam spin off interior supply firm

The Nordam Group and Bomhoff, two leading suppliers of business aircraft interior components, have agreed to form a new business entity, Bomhoff Nordam LLC
Security

Transponder hijacking code leads to bizjet diversion

A Gulfstream V erroneously squawked that a hijacking was under way as it crossed through Canadian airspace one late October afternoon, leading airspace def
Regulations and Government

El Toro civil airport plan approved by local board

The Orange County, Calif.
Regulations and Government

Oxygen deprivation incidents lead to AD action

The Falcon 50, 900 and 900EX are among the first of several business jets to be the subject of a final AD as a result of the FAA’s special certification re
Accidents

Pilot blamed in crash of VFR King Air in IMC

“Poor judgment” and “overconfidence” on the part of the pilot caused the January 14 accident of a King Air A90 near Lake Point, Utah, according to the NTSB