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Rx for tax headaches: LAS

The tax committee of the NBAA will host two events in conjunction with its 57th annual meeting and convention in Las Vegas in October.

FAA HQ now has 'wright' stuff

The two buildings that house the offices of the FAA in Washington have been named after the Wright brothers.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Service letter issued for ERJ 135 gear

Embraer ERJ 135, Boston, June 20, 2007 – Despite a gear-down-and-locked indication with three green lights, the crew of the American Eagle

Vision 100 speeds airport projects

When President Bush signed the FAA reauthorization act (generally known as Vision 100) late last year, the bill called on the agency to work with airports,

Congressional Observer: August 2004

• Congress recessed for about a week to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday and returned to face a full plate of pending legislation before recessing agai
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Close call at Teterboro

Piaggio Avanti, Teterboro, N.J., June 17, 2007 – The pilot of a fractional Avanti, cleared to take off from Runway 24 at Teterboro Airport

Strategies, options & perspectives

Our community will face greater change in the next 10 years than we experienced in the last 50.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Falcon overruns on takeoff

Dassault Falcon 900, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 10, 2007 – As the Falcon 900 was taking off from Runway 25 at Santa Barbara Municipal Air

SpaceShipOne: new vision in space exploration?

Based on the success of the SpaceShipOne (SS1) suborbital craft’s ascent on June 21 (AIN, July, page 2)–becoming the first priv
Accidents

Preliminary Report: GV lands with nosewheel up

Gulfstream V, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1, 2007 – The Swiss-registered GV landed nosewheel-up at Zurich/Kloten Airport, causing minor dama

Pre-owned update

Aircraft brokers can usually tell when the summer solstice has arrived by the lack of aircraft being sold, but, as some had earlier predicted, the historic
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Helicopter loses power

Hughes 369D, Columbus, Mont., May 28, 2007 – The Dylan Aviation Hughes 369 lost power and crashed, killing one crewmember.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Two airliners nearly collide at San Francisco

Embraer E170, San Francisco, Calif., May 26, 2007 – The Republic Airlines Embraer E170 and Skywest Airlines Embraer Brasilia almost collid
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Hughes 369 crashes in Alabama

Hughes 369A, Moulton, Ala., May 13, 2007 – The commercial pilot was killed and the helicopter was destroyed when it crashed in the Bankhea

Taking names is the name of the game

As of June 23, air carriers have begun using unique carrier codes when electronically transmitting advance passenger information system data to Customs & B

What's your number?

That’s what the Trenton-Mercer County Airport (TTN) is asking, and Mercer County plans to make public the tail numbers of aircraft that operate at the airp

New York legislators continue to push mandate of general airport security

New York state legislators are moving forward on a bill that would impose burdensome restrictions for aircraft owners and operators at general aviation air
Training and Workforce

Dispatcher or scheduler? What's the difference:

According to those who know, anywhere from about $5,000 to $10,000 a year more for the dispatcher.
Falcon dispatchers
FBOs

New owner to give HPN's first FBO a facelift

Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains, N.Y., has a unique culture.

FAA picks sites for military airport

Last month the FAA selected five airports to participate in the Military Airport Program (MAP).

Nevada votes to support Vegas-area airports

The Clark County Department of Aviation hopes to issue up to $400 million in bonds to help finance land purchases and construction at three existing southe

Vietnam has plans for much larger airport

Vietnam is considering building an $8 billion airport outside southern Ho Chi Minh City to handle a growing number of foreign visitors, according to the st

New York proposal supports tax relief

NBAA, the New York Aviation Management Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association have lobbied the New York state legislature to review avi

Chicago-area airport eyes reliever role

Local officials in Bolingbrook, Ill., a Chicago suburb, took measures last month toward upgrading Clow International Airport (1C5) to a general-aviation re
FBOs

Dallas executive chisels ground for new building

Last month the City of Dallas used a jackhammer to break ground for a $5.6 million terminal building and control tower at Dallas Executive Airport (RBD), f
Safety

NBAA Reveals Possible Details of New Security Program

NBAA today unveiled some long-anticipated potential changes to GA security.
Accidents

Brazilian Tragedy Sparks Int’l Ops Considerations

A week after the tragedy in Brazil that killed nearly 200 people when a TAM Linhas Aereas A320 went off the end of the runway at Congonhas airport in São P
Avionics

Bendix/King Unveils WAAS Navigator and Retrofit PFD

On Sunday at EAA AirVenture Honeywell’s Bendix/King division unveiled two new products that are designed to win back market share from rival Garmin.
Regulations and Government

Airline Maneuvering: It’s Déjà vu All Over Again

At a Senate hearing on FAA financing last week, Delta Air Lines COO Jim Whitehurst, speaking for the Air Transport Association (ATA), reiterated one of ATA
Aircraft

Eclipse Courts the Single Crowd

Eclipse Aviation surprised the hordes assembled for the opening of this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show with a new four-place single-engine Eclipse Conc
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