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China Approves AVIC Airline Venture

The Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) has approved plans by China Eastern Airlines and aerospace consortium AVIC I to establish a new regional airli
Aircraft

C Series Sales Team Gets Green Light

Bombardier’s board of directors issued authority to the company’s aerospace division to formally offer its proposed C Series airliner to potential customer
Rotorcraft

Certification effort in full swing for BA609

Bell/Agusta Aerospace engineers working on the BA609 Tiltrotor have stepped up their certification efforts, now working with the FAA and the EASA (via Ital
Rotorcraft

Challenges ahead for expanding air ambulance service provider

With its 2007 acquisition of Pittsburgh-based CJ Systems, Air Methods has become the largest civil air ambulance provider in the country.
Charter & Fractional

Operator gives helo fractional a ‘Whirl’

With the successes of the fractional model for business jet ownership, it was perhaps only a matter of time before a national fractional helicopter operati
Rotorcraft

Heli-Expo ’08

It wasn’t just the great Texas barbeque that put smiles on the faces of Heli-Expo visitors.
ATC

Air-taxi proponents want NextGen benefits sooner

A group of personal air transport providers has asked the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) to accelerate the pace of implementation of the Next
Avionics

Gulfstream testing fly-by-light controls

Just days after taking the wraps off the fly-by-wire G650 last month, Gulfstream revealed that it has successfully flown a GV testbed fitted with a fiber-o
ATC

FAA may rethink ADS-B plan after negative industry reaction

March 3 was not an auspicious day for officials in the FAA’s ADS-B Program Office.
Avionics

FAA Certifies Eclipse Weather Radar

The FAA has certified a new airborne weather radar system for the Eclipse 500 developed by the Albuquerque, N.M.
Avionics

Jeppesen Touts Online RAIM Tool

Through its JetPlan flight planning service, Jeppesen for the last couple of years has been offering RAIM (receiver autonomous integrity monitoring) predic
Avionics

Aspen Avionics secures TSO for novel EFD1000 PFD line

What began as a clever idea by two former Eclipse Aviation engineers culminated last month with TSO approval for Aspen Avionics’ Evolution Pilot and Pro pr
Aircraft

Viking Air chooses Apex for Twin Otter 400

After a nine-month selection process, the company that plans to bring the Twin Otter back into production has chosen Honeywell’s Primus Apex integrated fli
Avionics

Dassault Picks Honeywell Com Link

Dassault has selected Honeywell to supply a communications gateway (CG-710) and multi-channel satcom systems (MCS-7120) for all Falcon 900 and 2000 series
Avionics

Iridium Names Three ‘Next’ Partners

Iridium last month said it has reached agreements with three companies to develop the company’s next-generation satellite constellation, called Iridium Nex
Avionics

Despite lingering complaints, JeppView frustration eases

It seems as though every few months Internet message boards erupt with complaints about Jeppesen’s JeppView electronic chart and navigation database servic
Avionics

FDS wins its first STC for $100K Ellipse TV system

Flight Display Systems of Alpharetta, Ga., last month won a long-anticipated FAA STC for Ellipse TV, a product that takes a commercial-off-the-shelf satell
Aircraft

In The Works: Aviation Technology Group Javelin

The twin-engine military-style ATG Javelin might yet survive.
Aircraft

In The Works: Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 750

The Hawker 750 is now entering service, following FAA certification in February, and thus drops off the In The Works list.
Aircraft

In The Works: Adam Aircraft A700

Adam Aircraft’s suspension of operations on February 11 was followed by a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing on February 15, which means the company will be liqui
Aircraft

In The Works: Freight Feeder Aircraft FF5000

Freight Feeder Aircraft supplier Metalcraft Technologies restarted production of detail parts for the FF5000 fuselage in February.
Aircraft

In The Works: Cessna 850 Citation Columbus

Cessna is adopting “hybrid” fly-by-wire technology to actuate the flight controls on the Citation Columbus, formerly known as the Large Cabin Concept jet.
Maintenance and Modifications

DAE plans to stay in MRO business

DAE Engineering and Manufacturing is in the maintenance business for the long haul, CEO Rob Mionis told AIN.
Charter & Fractional

New Web site merges aviation worlds

For most people, private and commercial aviation are separate experiences and are seldom combined within the same itinerary.

PrivatAir U.S. division sold to Gama Holdings

Farnborough, UK-based business aircraft operations company Gama Holdings purchased PrivatAir Inc., the U.S.
Accidents

New wings installed, damaged Mustang returns to service

The first customer-owned very light jet to sustain major damage, Cessna Citation Mustang S/N 049, returned to service on February 29 some two months after

Women in Aviation

The 19th annual Women in Aviation International (WAI) conference drew a record number of civilian and military attendees to San Diego last month, prompting
Aircraft

With Norris at the helm, AASI bids for Mooney

Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures Inc.
Training and Workforce

Flightsafety to try biometric student ID cards

Some FlightSafety International students will start evaluating a prototype biometric student identification card at the company’s facility in Vero Beach, F