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Accidents

Final Report: Pilot failed to maintain proper climb rate

Beech King Air C90A, Salt Lake City, Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Birds Blamed

Rockwell International NA-265-80 Sabreliner, Brownwood, Texas, May 9, 2005–The NTSB blamed bird ingestion for the damage to the first-stage compress
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Three Killed in Offshore Accident

Agusta 109A II, Shoreline, Wash., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Premier I landing gear collapses

Raytheon Premier I, Rockland, Maine, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Sikorsky S-7 Crashes in Baltic Sea

Sikorsky S-76, Tallinn, Estonia, Aug.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Learjet Strikes Runway Lights

Learjet 35A, Bellville, Mich., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Astar Crashes in Ocean

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Lihue, Hawaii, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Repot: Swearingen Aborts Takeoff

Swearingen SA-227-AC Metro, Brownsville, Texas, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: New Orleans Photo Flight Hits House

Bell 206B JetRanger, New Orleans, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: MU-2 Crashes Short of Runway

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, West Memphis, Ark., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Birds Down Falcon 20

Dassault Falcon 20D, Lorain, Ohio, Sept.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: November 2005

– Among the after-effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was a flood of Congressional bills to provide relief to the communities and people devastated
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: November 2005

Congress Might Clip NASA’s WingsNASA’s use of seven of its fleet of 85 aircraft to transport employees to routine site visits, meetings, speeches and
Accidents

LED Replacements for Fluorescent Tubes Coming Soon

Because of 120- to 140-knot headwinds, two Circuit City Citations were making a refueling stop at Pueblo (Colo.) Memorial Airport (PUB), on Feb.
Maintenance and Modifications

Completion & Refurb Update: November 2005

LED Replacements for Fluorescent Tubes Coming Soon Emteq Lighting & Cabin Systems recently announced a patent-pending LED replacement

Operators take another look at fuel tankering

Decades ago, AIN published one pilot’s mathematical formula for calculating the conditions that made fuel tankering viable.
FBOs

Goin Polar? Try Fairbanks

Alaska Aerofuel of Fairbanks, Alaska (PAFA), cut the ribbon on a new hangar last month, with on-site U.S.
FBOs

Columbia acquires Lakeland, Fla. (LAL) FBO

The Columbia group of aviation companies announced last month it has acquired Lakeland Air Service at Lakeland (Fla.) Linder Municipal Airport (LAL).
FBOs

Panorama looks back on a good year

Panorama Flight Service at Westchester County Airport (HPN), in White Plains, N.Y., reports it has reconfigured and refurbished its lobby, expanded its pas
Airports

Politics allows Brown field to languish in San Diego

The city of San Diego took over Brown Field, a former naval air station, in 1962.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Aspen Base Operation/Trajen

For co-owner and general manager of Aspen Base Operation Cliff Runge, it’s been quite a run.
Airports

Victorville (Calif.) Woos Business Aviation

The Los Angeles area is not known for its friendliness to business aviation.
FBOs

Salina wants you, and your aviation-related business

The Salina (Kan.) Airport Authority, Chamber of Commerce, local government and residents are pro-airport, and the airport authority is focusing on developi
Maintenance and Modifications

What on earth were these people thinking?

Aviation differs from other forms of transportation in a number of ways.
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Cutter Aviation-Dallas

Cutter Aviation-Dallas is using the high-end car dealership as a model on which to base its facility, a strategy that is working well, said Andy Biery, gen
Maintenance and Modifications

Aviall teams with Click Commerce on distribution

Aviall of Dallas has teamed with Click Commerce to help it undertake collaborative commerce with its suppliers and customers.
Maintenance and Modifications

Superior Aircraft maintenance now Raytheon service center

Raytheon Aircraft has named Superior Aircraft Maintenance, of Medford, Ore., the most recent addition to its global network of authorized service centers.

Crashproof fuel tanks developed by pronal

Pronal, one of Europe’s major manufacturers of bladder tanks designed to store and transport liquids, has developed new elastomer materials for use in manu
Maintenance and Modifications

CS Jet Spares expands parts inventory

CRS continues to expand support for the business jet community by increasing its parts distribution for Challengers, Gulfstreams, Learjets, Hawkers and Fal
FBOs

P&WC CSC Europe names Premiair a maintenance facility

Prist Aerospace, long-time manufacturer and supplier of anti-icing aviation fuel additives, has formed an alliance with Hammonds Fuel Additives.