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In The Works: CMC Leopard Six

CMC is “still soldiering on,” in the words of founder and CEO Ian Chichester-Miles, but his long search for funding has yet to bear fruit.
ATC

Controllers, pilots meet at BDL

“Grab your fast food and join us for lunch” was how the invitation opened.
Training and Workforce

New-school thinking sparks bizav career fair

An airport-wide aviation career fair that drew some 45 exhibitors and close to 1,500 middle- and high- school students over a two-day period started with a
Training and Workforce

Job hunting: the power of networking

Want to learn how to land your dream flying job? Then Job Hunting for Pilots by Gregory Brown (Iowa State University Press; www.isupress.com; $21.
Training and Workforce

To what degree is college required for career pilots?

The aviation industry has often been heavily focused on the requirement for new-hire pilots to have a college degree, that is up until the past few years w
Airports

Lull in Global Express sales trickles down to Marshall Aero

Marshall Aerospace, now finishing its sixth Global Express completion for Bombardier, is having to find alternative work for its Cambridge, UK facili
Regulations and Government

Olympics a boon for Greek bizav?

The 2004 Olympic Games, to be held August 13 to 29 in Athens, may prove to be a significant growth factor for business aviation in Greece, including the cr
Training and Workforce

Aviation MBA: the short form at Northwestern U

Many business gurus believe knowledge is power, but the ability to transform that wisdom into action is the real measure of success.
Accidents

Fatal accidents decline significantly

In the first nine months of this year, the U.S.
Aircraft

‘Dual relevant’ concept could lead to an SSBJ

A supersonic business jet (SSBJ), which many in the industry see as inevitable but just not in the near future, may have taken another step forward when Ra
Charter & Fractional

Indigo relaunching bizav service with RJ shuttle

Indigo, which originally launched a “regular and frequent” business aircraft service with a Falcon 20 in February 2000, was scheduled to receive its first

Air Culinaire beefs up its catering biz

While much of the business aviation industry remains mired in a slumping economy, Air Culinaire has just expanded to a new location in Signature Flight Sup
Safety

The First Call offers CPR training

Edinburgh, Scotland-based The First Call offers “first-person-on-the-scene training” for aircraft crews, and it also advises on equipment specification and
Safety

Cost of ownership comparison

The acquisition costs of the three diagnostic systems assessed above vary markedly, but what is the annual cost of ownership to operators? To calculate thi
Safety

Medical monitoring comes to the cabin

For around $10,000 per year, aircraft operators can now fly with diagnostic equipment that will allow them to relay vital medical data to ground-based emer

The Reno Air Races return, this time with jets ablazin’

The Reno Air Races were back on form this year as some 180,000 people trekked to Stead Field in mid-September to watch 128 aircraft compete in six race cla
Charter & Fractional

Real-estate developer builds charter op from the ground up

Going from real estate to on-demand business jet charter seems a bit of a stretch.
Charter & Fractional

Taughannock Aviation copes with bad times

At Taughannock Aviation, an FBO and charter operation tucked away in a corner of Tompkins County Airport near the bucolic, university dominated central New
Charter & Fractional

In search of a light jet, Unijet breaks tradition

French charter operator Unijet will further expand its Paris Le Bourget-based fleet next year when it takes delivery of a pair of Cessna Citation CJ2s.
Maintenance and Modifications

Four-blade prop for Metro II

Hartzell has introduced a four-bladed aluminum propeller conversion for the Fairchild Metro II that the company said reduces sound levels by 10 to 12 dBA,
FBOs

Execair enjoys above-par Ryder Cuo

Execair’s Birmingham FBO handled the lion’s share of corporate aircraft traffic flying in for the Ryder Cup golf tournament between September 27 and 29.
Security

Banner-tow ban could set perilous precedent

A ban by the coastal California city of Huntington Beach on all aerial advertising flights in its airspace is believed to be the first of its kind in the U

Wrights recalled at aviation's 100th

On a blustery day on a deserted beach near Nags Head on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, two brothers began humanity’s controlled adventure away from the surf
Safety

Fit for flight: JARs vs FARs

As all lawyers know, the letter and the spirit of regulations are two very different things.
Safety

Basic medical vs a full physical: how much is enough?

A growing number of aviation medical professionals are questioning pilots’ reliance on their required annual (or, in the case of first-class medicals, six-
Aircraft

Cessna breaks with established policy to allow brokers to market its pre-owned aircraft

In a break with long-established practice, Cessna Aircraft has reached an agreement with five independent aircraft brokers for the sale of five used Citati
Engines

Tougher, longer-lived engines are emerging

Turbine-engine technology development is going in two directions.
Regulations and Government

Air tour ‘lovefest’ follows latest Canyon court ruling

In light of the comity that almost turned a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on national parks overflights into a “lovefest” early last month, it is diffi
Safety

Weather I'm right of weather I'm wrong

OK, so we all know that no one ever does anything more than talk about the weather.