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I am sure we all recognize that working on an airport ramp is risky business, regardless of the particular job.

Guy Minor, aviation safety program manager with the FAA’s Oakland Flight Standards District Office, presented Apex Aviation the 2004 Certificate of Excelle

Aviall Services announced its Atlanta Wheel and Brake technicians have garnered the FAA Diamond Award for the company.

Keystone Helicopter of West Chester, Pa., has expanded its accessories capabilities on both the Rolls-Royce 250 and Honeywell LTS101 turboshaft engines.

Two students were selected to receive NBAA’s 2004 William M.

William Gilbert, former board member and chairman of NBAA, died.

With 34 FBOs in the U.S.

We have made many visual changes, but it’s even more exciting behind the scenes.

Kansas City Aviation Center celebrated the grand opening of its newest FBO, Midwest Aviation Center at Missouri’s Spirit of St.

Boise, Idaho-based Western Aircraft is offering FBO customers a new concierge-style service called Gold Standard.

Avfuel dealer FirstFlight is building a new chain, starting with two FBOs at Pennsylvania’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport and Garden City, Ka

Mercury Air Group signed a letter of intent to take on the management contract for a new FBO at Kuwait International Airport.

New chain Encore FBO now has four bases, having purchased Business Aviation Services of Sioux Falls, S.D., late last year.

Avitat Westchester opened its newly renovated Westchester County Airport FBO in January.

Tom Appleton retired as president and CEO of Piaggio America, effective January 28.

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Kapaau, Hawaii, July 12, 2005–The NTSB blamed the crash of the AS 350 on the in-flight separation of the tail-rotor system as a

Beech King Air B200, Hondo, Texas, Sept.

Pilatus PC-12, South Bend, Ind., Dec.

Beech King Air C90, Windsor Locks, Conn., June 23, 2006–The nonflying pilot’s improper procedure, resulting in his inadvertent retraction

Agusta A119, Mancos, Colo., June 30, 2005–The NTSB determined that the crash of the EMS A119 was caused by the loss of engine power for undetermined

Cessna Citation 560, Pueblo, Colo., Feb.

Cessna 550 Citation II, Ft.

Germany’s DaimlerChrysler AG has sold DaimlerChrysler Aviation, the group’s wholly owned Stuttgart-based corporate aviation subsidiary, to Fulda, Germany-b

The September 29 midair collision between an Embraer Legacy and a Gol Airlines 737 over the Amazon was a baptism by fire for Bill Voss, who took over as pr

• After the November elections, House Democrats vowed to pass the “Six for ’06” bills (minimum wages, stem cell research, energy and so on) in the first 10

New taxi into position and hold (TIPH) guidance for pilots became effective February 5.

In a letter to the Department of Transportation last month, AOPA renewed its support of loran as a possible low-cost, ideal backup to the future GPS-based

Jet Aviation, which recently delivered an executive A320-200 to the Saad Group in Saudi Arabia, is now making room at its Basel, Switzerland, facilities fo

For years, the moving-map display was little more than a page from Mrs.

Founder Dale Dunn launched DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center in 2004, and the company opened for business in Tucson, Ariz., in February 2005 with high