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Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: July 2002

The Bush Administration has proposed spending $759 billion next year for government agencies and programs other than Social Security, but more than half ha
ATC

Stars Wars

The FAA and the Transportation Department’s inspector general are at loggerheads over whether the new Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (Star
Accidents

Run a Diagnostic, Mr. Sulu

Investigations of aircraft accidents–referred to in the past as “kicking tin”–are taking a decidedly high-tech turn, and NTSB chairman Marion Blakey predic
Airports

Palwaukee tends to its noisefighting needs

With a noise study and plans for a Stage 2 aircraft nighttime ban approved by the Palwaukee Municipal Airport commission, Palwaukee (Ill.) Airport (PWK) ha
Security

Port Authority pilot speaks out on 9/11

I was till recently the chief pilot of the Port Authority police helicopter operation.
Rotorcraft

Osprey resumes flight test; tiltrotor future far from certain

With little fanfare and a lot of crossed fingers, flight test of the embattled Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey resumed in the final days of May at the U.S.
Rotorcraft

X-50A testbed may lead to faster hybrid helo

In the aeronautical mountain range, a few peaks are still unclimbed.

Executive Shuffle at Bombardier Aerospace

Bombardier today announced substantial changes to its aerospace group leadership team, most notably naming auto industry veteran Guy Hachey Bombardier Aero
Rotorcraft

Fire season gets hot as crash kills 3

By mid-June the national wildfire situation was speeding past all-time record proportions in nearly every category.
Rotorcraft

Air Methods buys Rocky Mountain

The inexorable “bigger is better” economic logic of consolidation that has reshaped much of the fixed-wing side of aviation is now beginning to emerge in t

Fort Lauderdale opens public-use helistop

The opening of a public-use heliport isn’t as rare as, say, the passage of a really visible comet, or a Mets victory in a World Series.
Rotorcraft

Anti-noise Advocates Lose Grand Teton Appeal

Anti-noise Advocates Lose Grand Teton AppealA federal appeals court has dismissed a bid by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Wilderness S
Rotorcraft

PZL-Swidnik SW-4 Preps for Certification

It seems summer is the time of year for somnolent helicopter programs to wake up and stretch their rotors toward the sun…and certification.
Rotorcraft

Russian Rotorcraft Resurrected

In the peek-a-boo world of Russian rotorcrafting (now you see the program, now you don’t), plans have been announced to finally go ahead with the Kamov Ka-
Rotorcraft

Helo Rescue Goes Awry on Mount Hood

Attempting to rescue injured climbers on Oregon’s highest peak in an accident that left three dead, a Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk search-and-rescue Black Haw
Avionics

Dassault first OEM to install airborne Internet system

Technicians at Dassault Falcon Jet’s completion center in Little Rock, Ark., have on this month’s docket the installation in a Falcon 900EX of a new high-s
Avionics

Trend to EFBs Enticing Aircraft Makers

EFBs are becoming not just accepted but entrenched in business aviation, with hundreds of professional pilots today powering up lightweight pen tablet comp
Avionics

Universal Avionics Certifies First Level-C EFB

Tucson, Ariz.-based Universal Avionics announced receipt of a TSO certifying the company’s Universal Cockpit Display, a handheld tablet computer with an 8.
Avionics

TAG begins phasing out paper in favor of Jeppesen e-charts

About 30 TAG Aviation pilots have made the switch from paper to electrons, replacing the Jeppesen approach chart binders in their business jet cockpits wit
Avionics

IBAC wants greater bizav role in oceanic standards

At a recent International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference on global navigation and oceanic operations, IBAC director general Donald Spruston ou
Avionics

En route and terminal GPS failures simulated

Goers and GOTS describe two critical FAA programs planned for later this year and early next year, respectively.
Avionics

Amazing OLEDs

“This is the future,” announced Rogelio Sobers, a tall, soft-spoken Eastman Kodak salesman, as he stooped over a simple-looking color video display tucked
Avionics

Aircraft Tracking Software Unveiled for Industry Segments

Flight Explorer, provider of Internet-based flight-tracking and information systems, last month launched a version of its software platform for specific av
Avionics

Goodrich To Purchase TRW Aeronautical Systems Unit

Goodrich is one of the beneficiaries of Cleveland-based TRW’s March decision to split the company apart in a move to fend off a $6.68 billion hostile bid b
Avionics

For Satcom Calls, One Number Does It All

Mobile Connect is the name of a new direct-dialing service for business aircraft passengers from Stratos Aeronautical Services of the UK and Honeywell.
Avionics

First EVS Installed on In-service Gulfstream

Gulfstream has installed the first production enhanced vision system (EVS) on an in-service U.S.
Avionics

Garrett Awarded Citation RVSM STCs

Garrett Aviation announced it has received STCs for RVSM avionics retrofits in Cessna Citations 501, 550 and 551, as well as later 500 models.
Safety

Air Charter Safety Foundation Lauds 2007 Safety Record

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) has already reviewed the 2007 preliminary aviation safety stat
Safety

ARG/US Helps Bizav Operators Avoid SMS Pitfalls

Aviation Research Group/U.S.