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Charter & Fractional

Million Air Charter OK’d for RNP-AR Approaches

Million Air Dallas completed the validation flight requirements to obtain authority to conduct RNP-AR (formally SAAAR) approaches in its Gulfstream G450.
Maintenance and Modifications

ARSA Launches Lift the Ban Survey

The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has launched a survey to measure the impact of the ban on new foreign repair station certificates.
Maintenance and Modifications

Grand Jury Indicts Six Former Weco Employees

A federal grand jury returned a 36-count indictment charging Jerry Edward Kuwata (60), Michael Dennis Maupin (58), Scott Hamilton Durham (39)
Maintenance and Modifications

JSFirm.com: Employee Searches Should Start in the Fall

Maintenance technicians can look forward to hiring opportunities this fall as “companies should begin recruiting in October, November and December,”
Maintenance and Modifications

Dynetics, WestWind Technologies Form Support Alliance

Dynetics and WestWind Technologies have entered into a joint venture creating Aviation Support Alliance. ASA, which brings together engineering, manufactur
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Maintenance and Modifications

PAMA Sets January Date for Maintenance Symposium

Eastern Michigan University in Ann Arbor will host the 2012 Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s National Aviation Maintenance Symposium
Maintenance and Modifications

Jeff Bonner R&D Delivers Nextant Nacelle Systems

Jeff Bonner Research & Development of San Antonio recently delivered the first four nacelle/cowling systems for the Nextant 400XT
Maintenance and Modifications

Rheinland Air Services To Overhaul ATR Systems

Rheinland Air Services (RAS) has been approved by ATR to do repair and overhaul work on ATR flight control systems.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Offers iPad App

MRO facility Duncan Aviation has developed a free application for the Apple iPad designed to improve access to information about the company’s service
Maintenance and Modifications

AD Proposed for Challenger Air-driven Generator

The FAA is proposing an airworthiness directive for the Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (CRJ) air-driven generator (ADG). The document cites three occasions
Aircraft

AIN Blog: Bizav OEMs Must Go Bold or Just Go Home

Business aircraft manufacturers' future survival could very well rest on them announcing bold plans at NBAA 2011.
Rotorcraft

New ‘Quiet’ Periods enforced at Paris Toussus Business Airport

Paris Toussus-le-Noble airport has been subject to new noise-abatement rules since August 15, thus limiting traffic in response to complaints from local re
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Accidents

Accidents: October 2011

Preliminary Report: Chartered Jetliners Suffer Fatal Crashes Yakovlev Yak-42D, Yaroslavl, Russia, Sept.
Aircraft

Kenya Ratifies Order for 10 E190s

Kenya Airways has finalized the contract for the acquisition of 10 Embraer E190s, the airline announced last month.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter's Upgraded Models Coming Soon

Eurocopter is upgrading most of its product range, with the goal of providing improved performance and reduced costs.
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Rotorcraft

Bristow Academy Offers Wildland Fire Course

Bristow is offering a new six-day course, “Wildland Fire Orientation for Rotary Wing Pilots,” covering “basic knowledge of fire behavior, wildland fire ope
Rotorcraft

New Lighting Kits Available for Bell 407s

Bell unit Aeronautical Accessories is offering four new kits for preflight, courtesy and baggage compartment lighting as well as a rotor camera kit.
Rotorcraft

Robinson Working With FAA On R44 “Mast-Rocking”

CEO Kurt Robinson said the company has been working with the FAA for “some time” to address concerns about “mast-rocking” or “chugging”
Charter & Fractional

Political stability aids bizav bounceback in Thailand

Business aviation activity is picking up in Thailand, with the Southeast Asian country enjoying a period of relative political stability after the recent g
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Avionics

Aspen’s Connected Panel Hooks iPads to Avionics

Aspen Avionics introduced its
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Accidents

Sikorsky Charged with Hiding Documents in S-76 Crash Suit

Attorneys for offshore oil helicopter service operator PHI and an attorney representing the family of the lone crash survivor are accusing Sikorsky of supp
Aircraft

Small UAS Rule Will Begin Phased Entry of Unmanned Aircraft

The expected release in December of a proposed rule governing the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) in the U.S.
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Aircraft

Boeing Forecasts 20-year Market for 7,530 New Airplanes in North America

Boeing forecasts demand for 7,530 airplanes in North America
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Rotorcraft

First Hybrid Helicopter Achieves Maiden Flight

Eurocopter announced today that it has flown a “hybrid” AS350 Ecureuil/AStar, a production helicopter that combines a turboshaft internal combustion engine
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Regulations and Government

European Aviation Emissions Scheme Draws More Flak

Opposition to the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) continued to gain airspeed and altitude last week
Charter & Fractional

October Air Charter Demand Looking Flat

Demand for charter flights during October looks set to remain somewhat flat, according to the latest projections from online charter portal Avinode
Regulations and Government

California Avgas Lawsuit on Temporary Hold

After hearing arguments for more than two hours yesterday, a California Federal Judge has postponed until next week any preliminary rulings on
Avionics

Javad GPS May Save LightSquared's Bacon

Can GPS and LightSquared coexist? Within the civil and military GPS community, the answer has been emphatically and unequivocally
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Plans Higher Speeds with X3 Compound

Eurocopter has entirely opened the flight envelope of its X3 compound helicopter (F-ZXXX), Jean-Michel Billig, Eurocopter executive vice president
Sustainability and Environment

TAG Aviation Expands at Farnborough Airport

TAG Aviation expects to complete construction of a new three-bay hangar complex at the London-area Farnborough Airport next month.