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In The Works: Grob-Werke G160 Ranger

Flight testing of the 1,800-nm G160 Ranger, which first flew last March, continues at Grob-Werke’s aviation facility in Tussenhausen, Germany.

Business Aviation on the Web

The Internet has long shed its image as a technology plaything; in fact, it has become an ingrained, and indispensable, part of many people’s daily lives.
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Regulations and Government

EASA drafts proposal for expanded role

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has introduced a proposal to extend the scope of its regulatory activities to include “air operation, aircrew li
Safety

Advisory circular addresses laser threat

In response to numerous reports of lasers being pointed at aircraft, the FAA last month issued advisory circular (AC) 70-2 requesting all aircrews to repor

Organizers announce future convention dates for EBACE

The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) will take place in Geneva at least through 2009.
Safety

Taking a closer look at the Part 135 record

Of 19 fatal accidents involving Part 135 jet operators from 1999 to the end of last year, 13 befell flights flown under FAR Part 91–that is, without paying

Gillette succeds Johnson at Honeywell Aerospace

Honeywell last month named Robert Gillette president and CEO of its aerospace operations, its largest single division, replacing Robert Johnson, who had he

People in Aviation: March 2006

David Hupp was named president and CEO of AIG Aviation.
Accidents

Final Report: Engine-control problems plagued MU-2

Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A, La Verne, Calif., March 27, 2004–The NTSB said the probable cause of the hard landing was the pilot’s failure to com
Accidents

Final Report: Hydraulic failure a factor in NYC newscopter crash

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Brooklyn, N.Y., May 4, 2004–The NTSB blamed the crash of Helinet Aviation Services’ WNBC News Chopper 4 on the pilot’
Accidents

Final Report: Spatial disorientation brought down Caravan

Cessna 208B Caravan, Spanish Fort, Ala., Oct.
Rotorcraft

Final Report: EMS helicopter crashed in fog

Bell 407, Newberry, S.C., July 13, 2004–The NTSB blamed the EMS helicopter accident on the pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance as a result
Accidents

Factual Report: TBM instructional flight ends with uncommanded banking

Socata TBM 700, Lancaster, Calif., Dec.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Two aircraft lose windshields

Raytheon Beech King Air 200, Joplin, Mo., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation overruns at Kansas City

Cessna Citation I (500), Kansas City, Mo., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation crash kills four

Cessna 560 Citation Ultra, Carlsbad, Calif., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Canadian Caravan loses power

Cessna 208B Caravan, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Jan.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Phazar Getting Bigger To Take on Bigger Projects

Phazar Flight Support at Meacham nternational Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, is expanding.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Yingling Looks beyond Caravan Completion Work

Yingling Aviation recently opened a new 15,500-sq-ft facility that will include 12,000 sq ft of hangar space in addition to a customer spec room, shops and
Rotorcraft

MacCarthy Interiors Completes First S-92

MacCarthy Interiors in Surrey, England, has delivered its first Sikorsky S-92 with an executive interior.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation on Schedule To Deliver Airbus A320

Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland, is well under way on an executive/VIP Airbus A320 interior it expects to deliver in July to a first-time customer.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Competitors Combine Forces in Tucson

In a city that already had two interior completion and refurbishment centers, one more might have been one too many.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: March 2006

• One of the annual Washington rituals calls for the President to send Congress an administration budget proposal for the next fiscal year.

‘Ferms’ Tracks Bizav Aircraft Vitals

A new Web-based tool for NBAA members provides business aircraft manufacturers and operators real-time information about business aircraft maintenance and

Buy Your Ticket to Space in 2008

Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta told a group of space-travel enthusiasts last month that the DOT/ FAA will be ready to issue permits for commercial
Safety

Screening Out Runway Incursions

FAA airport safety researchers have created a prototype taxiway screen that could help prevent runway incursions at airports with taxiways that pass well b
Airports

North Carolina City/County give back–a little

A plan implemented last year to offset the city and county tax burden on airplane owners at Pitt-Greenville (N.C.) Airport has attracted more aircraft owne
FBOs

Million Air HOU approves prototype security system

Million Air Houston (HOU), headquarters FBO for the Million Air Interlink franchise network, recently completed a two-year joint effort with Navigance Tech