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Piper Meridian Certified for Known Icing

Piper Aircraft last month received FAA certification for flight into known icing for the company’s new Meridian turboprop single.

Major Airspace Changes in Las Vegas Area

The FAA intends to implement major airspace changes in the Southwest U.S.
Accidents

No spin chute on SJ30-2 that crashed

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 that crashed on April 26 was not equipped with a spin recovery chute, nor was it required to be.

Congress Asked To Pressure FAA on Incursions

The NTSB has asked Congress to “convince the FAA of the need for immediate action” to prevent runway incursions.

Audio Flight Simulator Introduced

Acoustic and thermal insulation manufacturer Flight Environments believes it has solved the problem of trying to demonstrate exactly what its products do i

Boeing Starts Online Service for Warranty Claims

Warranty claims by Boeing aircraft operators are now available online through the MyBoeingFleet.com Web site, cutting as much as two days off the typical s

Aeromed helos find little to do but grieve

For years the aeromedical helicopters based in and around New York City and Washington have trained for massive urban disasters.

International aviation industry reacts to U.S. terrorist attacks

Still unable to comprehend the monstrous scale of the September 11 terrorist assault on the U.S., the international air transport industry got a swift tast

Commentary: EBACE Established

As the curtains fell on the third edition of EBACE (the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition) in Geneva last month, the organizers could fe

Forty years ago and today: facing a crisis

Najeeb (Jeeb) Halaby, FAA Administrator, Sept.
FBOs

New FBO Wings into Conroe, Texas

Construction of Wing Aviation has begun at Montgomery County Airport in Conroe, Texas.

ATC User Dialogue Set for Teterboro

NBAA is scheduled to sponsor an ATC user dialogue at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey from 1 p.m.
Regulations and Government

Frax rules rekindle FAA-JAA dispute

Next month’s scheduled adoption of the final fractional operation rules–Part 91 Subpart K–will likely reignite the controversy between the FAA, JAA and som

Bombardier Expanding Completions Facilities

Bombardier Aerospace is negotiating to acquire a 234,000-sq-ft hangar at Tucson International Airport to expand its aircraft interior completions capacity.

Jump Seats STC’d for King Air 100s, 200s

Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) of Clinton, Mo., recently gained an STC and PMA for its aft jump seat kits for King Air 100 and 200 series airplanes.
FBOs

Thomas Hirschmann leaves Jet Aviation

Thomas Hirschmann, Jet Aviation president and CEO and son of founder Carl Hirschmann Sr., has resigned from the family-owned business “to pursue other inte

More Paperwork for Regionals If DOT Gets Its Way

Smaller regional airlines will be required to provide substantially more air traffic activity statistics to the DOT, if a notice of proposed rulemaking is
Aircraft

Problems on earlier SJ30-2 flight reported

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 that crashed in a remote area of Texas on the morning of April 26 was on the second in a series of flights to complete flutter c

More Remote Colorado Areas To Get AWOS

Airports within six critical areas in the mountain passes of Colorado now have automated weather observing systems (AWOS) in operation since installations

GE To Relocate Aircraft by Early Next Year

General Electric’s flight department is expected to move by the end of next January into its new 100,000-sq-ft hangar/office complex on 12 acres at Stewart

Goodrich Sky Watch Joins King Air Options List

Starting next year, Raytheon will offer the Goodrich Sky Watch HP collision avoidance system as a standard option on the King Air B200 and 350.

Closing the GATE

On September 14, three days after the terrorist attacks, the U.S.

Safe flight exec, son of founder, killed in attack

Donald Greene, 52, executive vice president of bizav equipment supplier Safe Flight Instrument and a son of company founder Leonard Greene, was killed on U
FBOs

Flight2Ground.Com Online

Valley Oil Company, which distributes fuel to more than 400 FBOs, and Multi Service, an FBO credit-card company, have launched their free online interactiv

SimuFlite Adds Excel Pilot Training

Citation Excel initial and recurrent pilot training is now available at SimuFlite in Dallas.

Company Plans to Build Caravan Competitor

AeroCourier Group of Minneapolis plans to introduce a low-wing, single-engine turboprop utility airplane that the company claims will have lower acquisitio
Accidents

Aeromed King Air Crashes in Colorado Mountains

An aeromedical Beechcraft King Air C90 en route from Chinle, Ariz., to Alamosa, Colo., crashed late Thursday night in the San Juan Mountains of southern Co

CAE Completes Acquisition of Schreiner Training

Toronto-based flight simulator maker CAE completed its acquisition of Schreiner Aviation Training of the Netherlands.
Regulations and Government

California Enacts Frax Tax

According to the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), a law recently approved by the California State Assembly would assess all fractional owner