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Challenger 300s enter service

Bombardier’s fractional aircraft ownership division, Flexjet, is now operating the first Challenger 300s to enter service.
Charter & Fractional

Trial date set for pilots vs Flight Options

A May 11 trial date has been set for the start of a lawsuit in which four former Flight Options pilots allege they were fired because of their union-organi
Regulations and Government

FAA Designee program to be overhauled

The FAA proposes replacing the current designee program with a new one that expands the functions that designees may perform, permits non-FAA-certified ind
Aircraft

Citation Sovereign closes in on full type certification

Cessna anticipates that its Model 680 Citation Sovereign super-midsize business jet will receive full type certification before the end of next month.
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Accidents

Investigating the TEB Challenger accident

Deep within every accident are messages for improving safety, but some mishaps are particularly provocative and have far-reaching implications.

G300 production winds down, Gulfstream mum on follow-on

Gulfstream is reportedly preparing a new model to succeed the G300, reliable industry sources have informed AIN.
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Avionics

Hundreds of bizjets without ELTs grounded

Business jet operators knew three years ago that they would have to be equipped with approved ELTs by January 1 this year or be grounded until the installa
Accidents

Final Report: Low-level maneuvering caused loss of control

Bell 206B3, Atlantic City, Wyo., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Sightseeing helo tangled with power lines

Bell 206B JetRanger, Cushing, Okla., June 26, 2004–The chartered JetRanger was giving sightseeing rides at 8:45 p.m.
Accidents

Final Report: Jetstar lost flap

Lockheed 1329-23E JetStar, Houston, May 15, 2004–On final approach to William P.
Accidents

Final Report: Copilot tried to park without help

Embraer EMB-135BJ, Cleveland, Nov.
Accidents

Final Report: Loss of control caused fatal MU-2 crash

Mitsubishi MU-2B-35, Carolina, Puerto Rico, April 15, 2002–In IFR conditions with no IFR flight plan filed, the pilot of Mitsubishi N45BS experienced a los
Accidents

Final Report: Trim anomaly blamed in Citation accident

Cessna Citation 550 Bravo, Bethany, Okla., May 20, 2002–Despite a trouble-free preflight and taxi at Wiley Post Airport, Bethany, the Citation’s nosegear f
Accidents

Factual Report: Fuel exhaustion suspected in engine shutdown

Beech King Air A90, Pensacola, Fla., Aug.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Takeoff accidnet kills Mexican governor

Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 Westwind, Morelia, Mexico, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Hawker misses runway in Quebec

Hawker 600, Bromont Airport, Montreal, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: EMS fatal flight in Arkansas

Bell 206B JetRanger, Gentry, Ark., Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Air ambulance crashes on positioning flight

Raytheon Beech King Air 90, Rawlins, Wyo., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Circuit City Citation crashes on approach

Cessna Citation 560, Pueblo, Colo., Feb.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: April 2005

Beginning in mid-February, Congress took a couple of weeks off and returned to business in early March.
Regulations and Government

Ruling allows EVS use to go below minimums

In a landmark decision, the FAA has adopted a final rule allowing the use of HUD-based enhanced vision systems (EVS) for descent below published instrument
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NBAA Adds to Regional Staff

NBAA has redrawn the five geographic areas served by its five regional representatives to create a new central region that will be assigned to former assoc
ATC

Mesa Boss Ornstein: ‘Mother of All Years’

Smaller aircraft–specifically regional jets–are often blamed for delays in the National Airspace System, said Mesa Air Group chairman and CEO Jonathan Orns
ATC

Nav Canada Boosts Online Wx, Flight Plan Tools

Enhanced weather data and flight planning tools are now available for Canada under the Flight Operations link at www.navcanad
Accidents

Safety Board investigates Circuit City accident

The NTSB’s unusually lengthy preliminary report on the February 16 crash of a Circuit City Citation 560 on an ILS approach to Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB)
Avionics

FAA Releases More RVSM Guidance Materials

In the runup to the planned January 20 implementation of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) in the U.S., Canada, South America and Mexico, the FAA

A number of schedulers and dispatchers have retired or moved on to new positions.

Fred Barth, former manager of flight control for AT&T, retired last spring after 27 years with the Morristown, N.J.-based flight department.

Show me the moneeeeey! That’s what the latest NBAA Compensation & Benchmark Survey does, and more.

The survey, with a base of more than 675 flight departments, presents a set of baseline data broken down by characteristics of the flight department and th
Airports

The battle continues to reopen National Airport to general aviation.]

At an oversight meeting on the President’s proposed FY2006 budget for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), subcommittee chairman Hal Rogers (R

The NBAA has tallied the final numbers and the 16th Annual Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in Reno broke all records.

According to NBAA, the four-day show, which ran from February 13 to 16, drew 1,525 attendees, 75 more than last year’s show, and 275 exhibitors, 37 more th