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Aircraft
In The Works: Flightship Ground Effect FS8
Is it a low-flying airplane or a high-flying boat? You won’t be seeing one of these flying over the Kansas prairie, but if you need to travel over the high
Aircraft
In The Works: Maverick Jets Leader
A Maverick Leader kit twinjet, registered as N750TJ, crashed in Melbourne, Fla., on January 24, killing the kit manufacturer’s chief pilot, Jack Reed.
Aircraft
In The Works: Gippsland GA-140TP Taska
The 10-seat Taska, a turboprop derivative of the Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8 Airvan piston single, “is only at the concept stage,” according to Michael Hall
Aircraft
In The Works: Aerocourier
The single-turboprop AeroCourier utility airplane, proposed by a Minneapolis company of the same name, has progressed little since its announcement at NBAA
Rotorcraft
Ultra-deepwater ops draw Era to the Gulf
“It’s a far different business today from what it was when I moved to Alaska 26 years ago,” Richard “Lash” Larew, executive v-p of Era Aviation, told
Rotorcraft
Heli-logging in harmony with the environment
“Environmentally sensitive logging.” It’s a phrase that seems almost a contradiction in terms.
Aircraft
Concorde’s future cloudy
Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner that is the flagship of British Airways and Air France, could become a victim of the current economic downtu
Regulations and Government
Garvey speaks about her stint at FAA and future of agency
Even before Jane Garvey took the helm of the FAA nearly six years ago, she made the pilgrimage to Oshkosh for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annua
Batty Is New BAUA Chief
John Batty, the recently retired chief pilot of Motorola’s European flight department, this month becomes the new chief executive of the UK’s Business Airc
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
European airspace users may have to beef up their insurance
All aircraft using European airspace are facing the prospect of having to carry minimum levels of third-party liability insurance.
Regulations and Government
Easing into EASA: transition from JAA could extend to 2008
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will start assuming its responsibilities in September, though it may well take at least until 2008 for it to com
Safety
Relaxing UK restrictions on helo singles could ‘degrade overall safety standards’
Lobbying by U.S.
UK GA manufacturers and traders focus on uncertainties
Almost half of the UK’s General Aviation Manufacturers & Traders Association (GAMTA) members have declared themselves to be less optimistic about busin
Charter & Fractional
Santulli drops fees to lure Russians
NetJets Europe is targeting fast-expanding Russian businesses for its fractional-ownership program.
Aircraft
Latest Challenger 300 testing interior function & reliability
The fifth aircraft in Bombardier Aerospace’s Challenger 300 certification program joined the flight-test fleet on March 8 when it flew for the first time.
Charter & Fractional
NetJets has dibs on most Northolt slots
Executive charter and corporate aircraft operators have complained that they have been unable to get slots at London Northolt Airport since NetJets started
FBOs
AirCenter becomes the newest Scottsdale FBO
Further evidence that Scottsdale Airport (SDL), 14 miles southeast of Phoenix Sky Harbor International, is an increasingly active business aviation center
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Aircraft Interiors Expo 2003
Despite the worldwide economic slump and the threat of war in Iraq, the fourth annual Aircraft Interiors Expo 2003 opened its doors at Germany’s Hamburg Me
Charter & Fractional
PrivatAir adds two ACJs to all-business-class runs
With the addition of two more business aircraft in shuttle configuration to provide nonstop service between Germany and the U.S., Swiss aviation services g
Regulations and Government
EU security rules include air charter
New European Union (EU) requirements have been introduced requiring most aircraft weighing more than 22,045 pounds or having more than 19 passenger seats t
FBOs
FBOs put in a tough spot
David Newcomb, managing director of London Gatwick Airport FBO Interflight, spelled out to delegates at the recent UK GAMTA conference how facilities like
FBOs
FBO Survey 2003: North America
Starting this year, AIN is conducting its North American FBO survey annually, having run the program every other year for the past 25 year
Aircraft
Arizona trucking and bizjet tycoon has high hopes for Legacy
It has been said that “if you want something done, give it to a busy person.” This seems appropriate in the case of Jerry Moyes, president and CEO of Phoen
Aircraft
Ae270 conforming prototype now in flight test
The first conforming prototype of the Ibis Aerospace Ae270 turboprop single (S/N 5) took to the air for the first time on February 25 for nearly one hour.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Elliott’s new completions site beefs up the company résumé
“This facility gives us the ability to triple our capacity here,” said Wynn Elliott, president of Elliott Aviation at Quad City Airport (MLI), Moline, Ill.
ATC
Contract control towers: a threat to the system?
Once the ATC system began to recover from the 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) strike and the demand for services once more began to rise,
Avionics
Falcon 7X fly-by-wire system progressing in simulator mode
Dassault pilots and engineers have been “flying” a Falcon 7X simulator since December at the French company’s Saint-Cloud headquarters near Paris.
EBACE 2003 looks to set one for the record books
The third annual European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE) will return to Geneva next month (May 7 to 9), with the event set to surpas
Rotorcraft
Pilot Report: EC 145
That new aircraft are often derived from earlier models is no surprise, but hybrids of two separate bloodlines are rare.
A Century in Review - The 1930s: They Were Golden
National pride and a thirst for aerial trailblazing dubbed the “Lindbergh effect” spurred the advances that mark what is known in retrospect as the Golden
