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Occasionally AIN’s eye is focused on presenting business aviation news to the exclusion of noting achievements in our own house.

The Bombardier board of directors has approved the appointment of Pierre Beaudoin as president and CEO.

Associated Air Center, a division of Landmark Aviation based in Dallas, delivered its ninth Airbus Corporate Jetliner in November and has four more in back

Hong Kong aircraft charter and management company C Jet will be looking for completion centers.

Exhibit space for Aircraft Interiors Expo 2008, held in Hamburg, Germany, “has virtually sold out,” according to event organizer Reed Exhibitions.

Innotech Aviation of Montreal has begun construction of its new twin-bay aircraft paint facility at Pierre Trudeau International Airport in Dorval.

Millennium Concepts of Wichita, a specialist at development and certification of aircraft interiors, has been selected by Gore Design Completions of San An

Buyers of an executive version of the new Airbus A350XWB will have the option of selecting the electrochromic (or “smart windows”) technology from PPG.

Lufthansa Technik has signed a contract to do its first cabin completion on an executive version of the new Boeing 747-8.

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A90, Wallkill, N.Y., July 27, 2007–The “very hard” landing of the King Air, breaking off the right main gear, w

Cessna CitationJet 525, Memphis, Tenn., Oct.

Boeing 747-132, over Lake Michigan, Oct.

Fairchild SA-227-AC Metro, Grain Valley, Mo., Aug.

Dassault Falcon 2000, Stilesville, Ind., April 14, 2006–The NTSB was unable to determine why the left engine cowling of Falcon N722JB detached and h

Bell 206B JetRanger III, Sustenlimi, Switzerland, March 26, 2005–The JetRanger, carrying three skiers to the Steinfletscher glacier, crashed in the

Piaggio Avanti, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., March 20, 2007–The left landing gear of the Avantair Avanti collapsed on landing at Hollywood Inter

Bell 407, Kalispell, Mont., Nov.

Bombardier Global 5000, Nova Scotia, Canada, Nov.

Gulfstream Aerospace GIV, Sugar Land, Texas, Nov.

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, Chino, Calif., Nov.

Cessna Caravan C208B, Opa Locka, Fla., Nov.

Cessna 208B Caravan, Culiacan, Mexico, Nov.

Bombardier Learjet 35A, São Paulo, Brazil, Nov.

•  Congress enjoyed a recess for the Thanksgiving holiday period, but not all members of the Senate availed themselves of the break.

Following the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of aviation runway and ramp safety, several members of Congress called on the FAA t

Training was not forgotten amid the multibillion-dollar aircraft and MRO deals various Dubai organizations signed at the Dubai Airshow in November.