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Accidents

Preliminary Report: Aircraft hits terrain during IFR approach in mountains

Fokker F28-MK1000, Chachapoyas, Peru, Jan.
Accidents

Factual Report: Cheyenne/Cessna 172 midair in Denver

Piper PA-31T and Cessna 172, Denver, Colo., Jan.
FBOs

Hallmark Jet Center Gets a Monster Truck

Hallmark Jet Center at San Antonio International Airport (SAT), Texas, recently received this spanking new 6,000-gallon refueler.

New England Bizav group formed

Made up primarily of operators at Hanscom Field (BED) outside Boston, a new local business aviation group has formed.
Maintenance and Modifications

Wilson Air Center adds maintenance to its menu

Wilson Air Center at Memphis International Airport (MEM), Tenn., has signed an agreement with The Hangar to provide maintenance on site.
FBOs

Rifton aviation copes with downturn

Rifton Aviation at Stewart International Airport (SWF) in Newburgh, N.Y., has confounded observers since it took over the former W.R.
Airports

Morristown has nowhere to grow

William Barkhauer, director of Morristown Municipal Airport (MMU), N.J., told a meeting of Morris County Freeholders early this year that the 637-acre airp
Airports

Texas installing 10 AWOS units

The Texas Department of Transportation has awarded a $700,000 contract for 10 All Weather airport weather observation systems (AWOS).
Airports

Lunken Airport and local residents debate weight

The airport board and some users at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio, are at odds over a higher aircraft weight limit proposed late last year.
FBOs

UK firm markets fuel contamination detector

Since introducing its Fuelstat contamination detection kit at the Dubai Air Show in 2001, Conidia Bioscience has sold the product to major airlines, helico
FBOs

Atlantic announces awards program

Atlantic Aviation took the wraps off its Atlantic Awards program for jet flight crews.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: March 2003

In his State of the Union address, President Bush proposed cutting income tax and ending the double taxation of corporate dividends, both actions that woul
ATC

ATC Centers Get New Weather Radars

Air traffic controllers at the FAA’s 20 contiguous en route centers are now able to see more accurate, timely weather information on the same display that
Regulations and Government

U.S. Faces Emissions Challenge

Former General Aviation Manufacturers Association president Ed Stimpson, now U.S.
Regulations and Government

Comprehensive Review of Part 135 Begins

The FAA has started its promised comprehensive review of Part 135 and Part 125.
Charter & Fractional

First fractional provider spreads wings in India

Asia is set to get its first full fractional ownership program by year-end.
Rotorcraft

New Small Turboshafts From PWC

Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) has admitted to the beginning of studies intended to result in a new family of light turbine engines derived from the basi
Rotorcraft

Bambi Introduces PowerFill Buckets

Just when you think everything that can be done with the basic SEI Industries Bambi bucket  has been done, the Delta, British Columbia, Canada-based c
Rotorcraft

Honeywell LTS101 Upgrade Aimed at Coast Guard

Honeywell is developing an advanced growth version of the LTS101 turboshaft.
Maintenance and Modifications

Turbomeca plans Canadian center

While pledging to retain its North American headquarters in Grand Prairie, Texas, French engine maker Turbomeca has announced plans to open a new service,
Rotorcraft

Carson switches blades to give S-61 more moxie

Carson Helicopters of Perkasie, Pa., has been granted FAA certification for new main rotor blades for the Sikorsky S-61.
Rotorcraft

Pilot Report: Robinson R44

I have to admit that the Robinson revolution passed me by.
Avionics

Gulfstream’s PlaneView OK’d for Ultra-precise Approaches

After a year-long effort with the FAA, fractional provider NetJets and avionics maker Honeywell, Gulfstream yesterday secured FAA approval for its PlaneVie

Eclipse Says It Built 103 EA-500s Last Year

Eclipse Aviation rang in the New Year by announcing that it produced and certified 103 Eclipse 500s last year, and the manufacturer delivered all but a han
Regulations and Government

Senate Postpones Action on FAA Administrator

A Senate hearing on the nomination of acting FAA Administrator Robert Sturgell to become the next permanent head of the agency was canceled at the last min
Regulations and Government

Operational Control for Part 91 on FAA’s Radar

The FAA’s scrutiny of Part 135 operational control has spurred an interest in operational control of Part 91 business jets.
FBOs

Castle & Cooke Aviation: California company slowly builds U.S. chain

Castle & Cooke Aviation burst onto the FBO scene at the NBAA Convention with the purchase of two FBOs, the former Circle Rainbow facility at Honolulu I
FBOs

Avfuel signs up more FBOs

Executive Beechcraft’s three Kansas City area FBOs (owned by BBA Aviation) have joined Avfuel’s dealer network and will offer Avtrip reward points and cont
FBOs

Texas airport reopens

The runway resurfacing project at Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney, Texas, is complete, and operations resumed there on November 30.