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ATC

ATC privatization debate stirs the political caldron

Rumor has it the Bush Administration intends to sell off ATC to the highest bidder.
Avionics

Gulfstream’s G550 showcases technology

Perched at the top of Gulfstream’s lineup of luxury business jets sits the G550, a longer-legged and heavier version of the G500 for which the original GV
Avionics

Aircraft Electronics Association Convention

The annual avionics trade show hosted by the Aircraft Electronics Association is a good place to get the lowdown on emerging industry trends and try out th
Avionics

Pentar Touts Capabilities of Its Latest Cabin File Server

Pentar’s newest airborne file server, the JetLAN AS200, combines PC hardware with avionics interface technology that provides what its developer calls as g
Avionics

FAA Certifies Honeywell Multi-region Satellite TV Receiver

Honeywell’s AIS-2000 OneView multi-region satellite television receiver has received FAA certification in four business jets–the Gulfstream IV; Bombardier
Avionics

Honeywell and Thales Unveil 128-kbps Datalink Hardware

Honeywell and Thales Avionics have taken the wraps off a new high-speed-data hardware package that enables the companies’ satcom systems to handle data at
Avionics

Ryan International Reveals Flight Hazard Display

Ryan International, the Columbus, Ohio manufacturer of traffic-collision awareness devices, has introduced a 3-ATI hazard MFD that is capable of providing
Avionics

L-3 Communications Introduces Multifunction Cockpit Display

The display systems division of L-3 Communications has unveiled a new 6.5-inch color multifunction display that is designed to interface with TCAS, TAWS, w
Avionics

Gulfstream Considering Enhanced Vision for the G200

Following the introduction of the Kollsman enhanced vision system (EVS) into its entire family of large-cabin business jets, Gulfstream reports it has star

Hope on display at annual RAA convention

Forty-eight hours before the Regional Airline Association staged its annual convention at the Phoenix Civic Center from May 18 to 21, the season’s first 10
FBOs

Inflite finds business booming at Stansted

Just over four years after London Stansted Airport FBO Inflite opened its new Jet Centre facility back in March 1999, the company reports growing volumes o
Aircraft

Safire set to choose engine for S-26

Last month West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Safire Aircraft said it would soon reveal the engine supplier for its S-26 very light twinjet.
Aircraft

In The Works: Grob G160 Ranger

The four-seat G-140TP made its first flight just last December and is now under flight test, but the German light airplane manufacturer is already developi
Aircraft

In The Works: Safire Aircraft Safire Jet

Miami-based Safire Aircraft announced in late April that it would not build the in-development all-composite S-26 very light jet it had announced in Februa

Pax weigh-ins ordered for 10- to 19-pax airliners

The FAA ordered Part 121 operators of 10- to 19-seat aircraft to perform a sampling of passenger and baggage weights over a three-day period last month to

Sierra Industries eyes more Citation STCs

Selling its Citation Williams FJ44 Eagle II program to Garrett Aviation Services frees Sierra Industries to refocus on developing additional modifications

Ill-fated GI reported too heavy for runway

The Gulfstream I that crashed on takeoff in Kenya was reportedly over gross weight for the airfield.
Aircraft

In The Works: Raytheon Hawker Horizon

According to a statement by Raytheon Aircraft chairman and CEO Jim Schuster last month, certification of the super-midsize Hawker Horizon is still expected

Helo obstacle detector STC'd

Quebec-based avionics manufacturer Amphitech International last month received limited Canadian STC approval to install its OASys wire- and obstacle-detect
FBOs

TAG Aviation finalizes 99-year lease at F'boro

Farnborough Airport officially came under the control of TAG Aviation on February 5, when the Swiss-based group signed a 99-year lease with the UK Ministry

Dassault sees 'surprisingly resilient' market

While not venturing to put a number on the sum of all Falcons he hopes to sell this year, Dassault Falcon Jet president John Rosanvallon did acknowledge to

Falcon 7X cockpit simulator to be displayed

Dassault hopes to display the cockpit simulator for its new Falcon 7X sidestick fly-by-wire business trijet at the NBAA Convention in October in Orlando, F
ATC

Flight plan Suffix F revised to include advanced Rnav

Effective February 20, the /F suffix for aircraft equipped with single FMSs has been revised to account for advanced Rnav equipment.

First lawsuit filed in Air Midwest crash

The spouse of one of the 21 people killed in the January 8 crash of an Air Midwest Beech 1900D in Charlotte, N.C., has filed the first lawsuit in connectio
Aircraft

In The Works: Fairchild Dornier Envoy 3 and 7

Based on the facts that no company has yet emerged with Fairchild Dornier’s 728JET program more than one year after the beleaguered German-American OEM dec

Change in the wind for Bombardier Wichita?

While Bombardier’s Wichita Learjet facility remains idle until next month during a planned, but unprecedented, four-month plant shutdown, company managers
Aircraft

Challenger 300 certification slips to 2Q

Certification of the 3,100-nm super-midsize Challenger 300 was scheduled for the first quarter of this year, but Bombardier said last month that this appro

Rutan reveals his concept of the shape of space travel in the future

A bustling airport in an otherwise desolate landscape served as the backdrop for the unveiling of what’s been hailed as the world’s first private space ven