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ADS-B Success Depends on User Acceptance and Equipage

In testimony before the House aviation subcommittee yesterday, DOT Inspector General Calvin Scovel told lawmakers that user acceptance and voluntary equipa
Accidents

Excel-Jet Sues FAA over 2006 Sport-Jet VLJ Crash

Excel-Jet of Monument, Colo., is suing the FAA over the
Accidents

NTSB: Many Safety Issues with Unmanned Aircraft Ops

As a result of its first investigation of an accident

Cessna Still Shining Star of Textron

Asked why Textron’s third-quarter revenues are up 15 percent, to $3.3 billion, and profits have skyrocketed 36 percent, to $423 million, company president

‘Power Loss’ Reported in BA 777 Short Landing at Heathrow

Reports attributed to the captain of a British Airways Boeing 777 that sustained heavy damage when landing at London Heathrow Airport at about 12:42 GMT to
Aircraft

Gulfstream rolls back G150 development

The current and projected soft economy and related depressed sales market for business jets has result-ed in a nearly one-year schedule extension of the Gu
Regulations and Government

TCAS Rule Revised To Include Cargo Airplanes

Virtually all cargo-dedicated airplanes will be required to have traffic alert and collision avoidance systems type II (TCAS II) installed by December 31 n
Accidents

Runway Overruns Lead to AD on Premier I

Two non-fatal accidents involving runway overruns of the Raytheon Premier I in which the lift-dump spoilers failed to deploy have led to an AD.
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Acquires BBA Maintenance Ops in UK

Gulfstream Aerospace acquired the maintenance operation of BBA Aviation’s facility at London Luton Airport, making the facility the first Gulfstream-owned
Security

No More Delays Likely for Air-taxi Security Compliance

“After May 1 operators not meeting the full requirements of the [twelve-five and private charter security] rules will be considered to be in noncompliance,
Regulations and Government

More Than 615 Comments on License-Yanking Rule

More than 615 comments–the great majority negative–were submitted on rules adopted in January that permit the FAA to immediately suspend or revoke the airm
Charter & Fractional

Private Jet Membership Provider Sentient Sold

Sentient, a leading provider of business aircraft transportation through membership block charter, was purchased last month from CSFB Private Equity by TH
Regulations and Government

Simultaneous Runway Use Circular Released

The FAA has released Advisory Circular 90-98, “Simultaneous Closely Spaced Parallel (SCSP) Operations at Airports Using Precision Runway Monitoring (PRM) S
Aircraft

Grob-Werke G140

The turboprop derivative of the four-seat Grob 120 made its first flight on December 20 from Mindelheim-Mattsies (EDMN) Airport, Germany, where the compan
Aircraft

Visionaire Vantage VA-10

An 11th-hour effort on January 31 failed to keep OEM startup VisionAire afloat after a federal district court judge placed the company back into Chapter 7
Aircraft

Dassault Falcon 7X

Bill Kerherve, chief test pilot for Dassault Aviation, and test pilot Philippe Deleume took the Falcon 7X simulation bench on its first virtual flight in
Aircraft

American Utilicraft FF-1080

The Lawrenceville, Ga.
Aircraft

Air Tractor S-22

Development of the 10-passenger, single-turboprop S-22 by agplane builder Air Tractor of Olney, Texas, slowed last year due to the company’s focus on provi

FAA approve combined TCAS and TAWS

Aviation’s first two-in-one traffic and terrain awareness and warning system gained TSO authorization early last month, clearing the way for the first inst

Kollsman increases EVS production to meet backlog at Gulfstream

It’s the sort of problem that any avionics equipment supplier would be happy to have.

Hawker 700 latest to receive Pro Line 21 Continuum

The Hawker 700 has joined the list of business airplanes to benefit from the addition of retrofit Pro Line 21 Continuum avionics from Rockwell Collins.

Falcon flights put new technologies to the test

One flew for real, the other in a virtual-reality world, but both served as positive demonstrations of the developmental technologies planned for a new gen

L-3 Communications buying Goodrich avionics business

Facing a requirement to pay down debt related to its $1.5 billion purchase of TRW Aeronautical Systems late last year, Goodrich has struck a deal to sell i

Avidyne’s Entegra brings glass cockpit to pistons

When I was shopping for an affordable (that means “old”) Bonanza, one of the mods that I really wanted was a “center stack” panel.
Aircraft

Skunk Works Describes Hypersonic Missile, Reveals New Aircraft

News from the Lockheed Martin Advanced Developments Projects (ADP), aka The Skunk Works, is a rare commodity.
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Aircraft

Osprey Tiltrotors Flying in Iraq; Mini-gun Testing Begins

The controversial Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey is now flying in a combat zone for the first time.
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Death of Pentagon Official Might Delay KC-X Award

The death of the Pentagon’s second-highest-ranking procurement official on October 15 could well delay the crucial decision on whether Boeing or Northrop G

Cockpit and cabin avionics

You may have seen the ads on TV.
Aircraft

M-101T is first certified Russian business a/c

Zhukovsky, Russia-based Myasishchev has received Russian AP-23 type certification for its M-101T  business aircraft.