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Glenn Hess, a longtime Boeing and McDonnell Douglas senior executive, has been named president and COO of Bell Helicopter.

The first fully synchronized triplex FMS for business aviation made its maiden flight on the prototype Gulfstream V-SP late last month, said Honeywell.

At press time, as many as 50 of the 183 Citation Xs delivered worldwide had yet to be inspected for “very small cracks” in the elevator hinge fittings that

Helicopter Association International (HAI) president Roy Resavage has written to members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to press for an

Time is ticking, and Fairchild Dornier has only two months to find a strategic investor.

Walking away from a wage settlement endorsed by their own union leadership, 8,000 rank and file members of Local 712 of the International Association of Ma

For a glimpse into aviation’s future one need look no farther than Seattle Boeing Field, the home of a specially modified Boeing 737-900 outfitted with an

With the consummation of the Flight Options/Raytheon Travel Air merger on March 21, the fractional ownership business is “a two-horse race between Flight O

General Electric’s Garrett Santa Barbara completion center, opened in mid-1999 for the express purpose of outfitting Boeing Business Jets, is scheduled to

With the goal of promoting a better understanding of the needs and benefits of business aviation in the Asia/Pacific region, the newly formed Asian Busines

AIN has learned that Dassault has reduced the size of the Falcon 7X-dedicated facility extension the company plans to build at its Bordeau

CESSNA 421B, NORMAN, OKLA., DEC.

HAWKER SIDDELEY HS-125-700, JACKSON HOLE, WYO., DEC.

BELL 206L-1, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA., FEB.

CESSNA 525A, NOVATO, CALIF., FEB.

PIPER PA-31-350, HOLLYWOOD, FLA., JAN.

MITSUBISHI MU-300, CLEVELAND, OHIO, FEB.

After a 10-day recess in mid-February, Congress returned to tackle a few of the pending major issues that have been subjected to heavy bipartisan views.

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) have expressed support for the “General Aviation I

Continuing its opposition to any hint of a privatized ATC system in the U.S., the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) said it is closely w

Changes in flight paths around the Washington-Baltimore area, which have nothing to do with security implications, are being proposed in anticipation of th

Next to fighter jocks, helicopter pilots are probably the most iconoclastic flavor of aviators flying today.

While Bell Helicopter and program partner Agusta Aerospace are pondering their next moves in the ongoing saga of tiltrotor development (see page 1),

No stranger to the skies, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s piloting skills are part of his well known resume.

By now all the major arguments for helicopter use are well established, right? Time-saving hops over crowded urban areas.

Pledging to build already successful long-time central Atlantic coast helicopter support and repair operation Keystone Helicopter into a $350 million busin

In the latest development of a helicopter program that could best be described as “better late than never,” Indian state-owned aerospace builder Hindustan

Working in its own quiet low-key way, Schweizer Aircraft has revealed its new 300CBi.

Taking the pulse of the offshore oil industry is like grabbing a handful of the viscous mud drillers use for lubrication in the drilling process.

Prompted in part by NTSB recommendations arising from the July 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off Long Island, the FAA has developed an enhanced airworthines