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Accidents

1991 Hawker Crash: Back to the Future

On March 16, 1991, all 10 people aboard a Hawker, including seven members of singer Reba McEntire’s band as well as her tour manager, were killed when the
Accidents

Five killed as Med Flight Lear hits mountain in night VMC

Shortly after midnight on October 24, a Learjet 35A, a Med Flight air ambulance flight, crashed in mountainous terrain eight miles east of San Diego Brown
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan to sell Securaplane Hawker LSA batteries

Duncan Aviation has signed an agreement with Securaplane Technologies to provide sales and service on Hawker pure lead SLA batteries.
Maintenance and Modifications

Raisbeck's ZR Lite system includes West Star RVSM

The FAA has approved a pairing of Raisbeck Engineering’s ZR Lite performance system for the Learjet 35/36 with West Star Aviation’s RVSM system.
Safety

FSI upgrading training for runway emergencies

Luckily for my passengers, aircraft and me, the only times I’ve experienced a runway excursion have been during training.
Aircraft

Learjet 45 Approved for London City

Bombardier’s Learjet 45 has completed certification to fly into London City Airport– the downtown facility with a 5.5-degree steep approach and a single 4,
Charter & Fractional

Bombardier expands its Europen charter service

The Transatlantic Express fixed-price charter service Bombardier introduced this summer has taken off, with round-trip flights booked between Europe and th
Maintenance and Modifications

GE Transportation acquires Aircraft Parts Corp.

GE Transportation Aircraft Engines, through Unison Industries, has acquired Aircraft Parts Corporation (APC).
Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive offers overhaul for Honeywell APUs

Dallas Airmotive’s Carpenter Freeway production facility in Dallas has added overhaul-level authorization to its existing Honeywell 36-series authorized se
Rotorcraft

Bell/Agusta anticipates a bright future

You might call Heli-Expo 2005 a triumph for Bell/Agusta Aerospace and particularly for the AB139.
Safety

FAA to research lower helicopter minimums in New York City area

If all goes well with a new $250,000-per-year research program the FAA is launching next month, pilots flying specially equipped rotorcraft will be able to

Comfortable seating for bizav crews

You may be thinking outside the cockpit, but the other end of you is still firmly stuck in the cockpit, and the flight is a lot more pleasant if that end i
Rotorcraft

Heli-Expo 2005 Report

The award of the U.S.
Aircraft

Airbus, Boeing intensify competition for market

Battle lines are being drawn as Boeing Business Jets, which saw sales of its BBJ series slow to a trickle over the past couple of years, now faces the seri
Rotorcraft

MD Helicopters secures investment from Boeing

Just two days before submitting its February 7 bid for the U.S.
ATC

Precision Approaches Take Shape

Hickok & Associates of Orange Beach, Ala., has developed a network of 19 GPS approaches to hospitals in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for aeromedical operator
Rotorcraft

One Small Step for Helifilms

A British aerial filming business played a small part in last month’s successful landing of a European Space Agency probe on the surface of Saturn’s moon T
Regulations and Government

Italian Pilots Cleared

An Italian military tribunal has thrown out cowardice charges against four pilots who refused to fly in Iraq because of the poor state of their helicopters
Rotorcraft

Fly Neighborly in New York City

The Eastern Region Helicopter Council has established a “fly neighborly” program that establishes guidelines for helicopter operators flying over the New Y
Accidents

Pilots blamed in Brest CRJ crash

The June 2003 fatal crash of a Bombardier CRJ100 operated by Brit Air (a subsidiary of Air France) near Brest airport in France, was caused mainly by the p

Skies look brighter for t-prop market

The recent run of big orders for new turboprops has no doubt lifted the spirits of the two remaining builders of prop-driven airliners.

Pilots Picket Mesa Headquarters

Some 25 pilots of Mesa Air Group picketed the company’s headquarters in Phoenix last month to publicly air a series of grievances over work rules.
Accidents

Lawsuits Filed in Jetstream Crash

The families of at least five people who died in the October 19 crash of Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 have filed lawsuits against Corporate Airlines and

Embraer in Running for Comair Business

Embraer appears to hold a surprisingly strong position in a contest with Bombardier to supply more 70-seat jets to Comair after new president Fred Buttrell

AvCraft’s ‘sweetheart’ deal draws fire from councilman

While those with an interest awaited word from Leesburg, Va.-based AvCraft about when it would get its German assembly line rolling, another curious develo
ATC

Germans buying SITA VHF datalink

Germany’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), has agreed to buy the SITA network of 27 VHF datalink (VDL) ground stations
ATC

Raytheon’s ADS-B unit cuts down on

Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL) has unveiled a new automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) receiver that uses a 16 MHz or better sampling rate, a
ATC

Sensis considers expanding ADS-B

Sensis is building on its experience of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) in the FAA-sponsored Capstone trials in Alaska and the increasin
ATC

Smaller Aircraft Mean Big Headaches for ATC Providers

Growing numbers of smaller aircraft are compounding the problems air navigation service providers face, senior officials told the Jane’s conference at last
ATC

France publishes its first GNSS approach

The French civil aviation authority, DGAC, has published the first GNSS nonprecision approach procedure for a French airport and is working toward introduc