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Maintenance and Modifications

GDAS-West Palm OK’d for Argentina and Cayman Mx

The General Dynamics Aviation Services facility at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., has been approved to perform maintenance on b
Maintenance and Modifications

ODA inked, StandardAero turns attention to bizav

StandardAero, well established in the airline engine MRO business, is refocusing its attention on the business aviation segment.
Charter & Fractional

High-end models fare well in down charter market

The cream has risen to the top and has not gone sour is how Comlux would characterize today’s charter market, which is to say that demand for high-end, air
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Gives Falcon 2000 Its Winglets

Technicians at StandardAero’s Springfield, Ill.
Aircraft

MU-2 SFAR could serve as guide for safety gurus

Any safety expert who wants to improve accident statistics could learn a lot by observing the Mitsubishi MU-2 situation.
Sustainability and Environment

Software links operators with contract fuel dealers

A new product from FuelerLinx (Booth No.
Aircraft

Program Update: Phenom 300 on track for 4th-quarter certification

Amid the debris of an international economic slump and financial crisis, Brazilian business jet manufacturer Embraer is just weeks away from certification
Training and Workforce

Virtual trainers on show at Aerosim

Aerosim Technologies might not be a name familiar to most business aircraft pilots who train in full-motion simulators, but pilots who need to learn how to
Safety

SAFE FLYING AWARDS: Part 91 Pilots

The National Business Aviation Association presents Pilot Flying Safety Awards each year to the member company pilots who have exemplary safety records.
Aircraft

PROGRAM UPDATE:

Last spring, Honda Aircraft (Booth No.
FBOs

Orlando-area FBOs

With Orlando rapidly becoming the NBAA Annual Meeting and Convention’s unofficial home, the area is banking on the event–currently ranked as the nation’s f
Sustainability and Environment

American Eurocopter adds sim and more at Texas hq

Fresh on the heels of celebrating its 40th anniversay this summer, American Eurocopter is  touting news of the addition of  delivery and training
Rotorcraft

First Bell 429s delivered; getting airmed interiors

Bell Helicopter Textron of Fort Worth, Texas, delivered the first Bell 429 customer aircraft to launch customer Air Methods on August 1, after which S/N 57
Sustainability and Environment

Fuel suppliers coping with low demand as prices flatten

In the 12 months since the last NBAA convention, most indicators show that business aviation flight hours dropped as aircraft operators and flight departme
Sustainability and Environment

Contract fuelers attracting corporate ops now

Fluctuations in the price of jet fuel during the past two years, coupled with the uncertain economy, have steered many operators and flight departments tow
Regulations and Government

Revised security NPRM expected to modify LASP

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects to issue a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking for the Large Aircraft Security Program (LAS
Safety

Common sense and high standards are the ‘secrets’ of accident-free ops

Each year, NBAA recognizes the top aviation maintenance and avionics technicians with excellent safety records who work for member companies.
Aircraft

Hawker mum on 450XP; 400Next mod on target

Although Hawker Beechcraft has released information recently about the Premier II and a delay in its planned certification and entry-into-service dates, th
Safety

Adroit patient monitor streams video

Last year, RDT (Booth No.
Engines

New engine programs

The design of new airframes always depends heavily on availability of new engine types.
Maintenance and Modifications

Diverse holdings help Greenwich ride out storm

Jim Ziegler joined Greenwich AeroGroup in June as president and CEO, after running North America operations for Jet Aviation and serving in various posi
Aircraft

Gulfstream again leads in annual OEM survey

Last year aircraft manufacturers were struggling to expand their service networks and capabilities to help a growing number of operators worldwide keep the
Aircraft

Supersonic bizjet designers troll for manufacturing partners

If paper was aluminum, glass and titanium instead of just paper, two Nevada-based groups developing supersonic business jet designs would have revolutionar
Accidents

10 years on, NBAA notes anniversary of Stewart crash

October 25 marks the 10th anniversary of an event that shocked the worlds of aviation and golf when one of the game’s greats–Payne Stewart–lost his life af
Aircraft

Five-year Euro SSBJ study inconclusive as to engine type

High-Speed AirCraft (Hisac), a European research program studying the feasibility of a supersonic business jet (SSBJ), is coming to a close at the end of t
Maintenance and Modifications

Owner stumbles into Starship support biz

In 1983, NBAA convention-goers who happened to be at the static display at Dallas Love Field at the right time witnessed a bit of history when a radical-lo
Engines

Japan Joins Green Asia and Pacific Aviation Partnership

Japan has become the latest partner in the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (Aspire), joining the FAA, Airservices Australia and Airways New
Charter & Fractional

JetBird’s Start-up Grounded by Delays at Embraer

Production delays at Embraer’s factory and an associated bottleneck in the pilot training process for its new Phenom 100 light jet have delayed the
Aircraft

Aerion Claims It Will Be First To Market with an SSBJ

Aerion chairman Robert Bass is using the NBAA Convention next week to reiterate the company’s commitment to forging a partnership with one or more OEM part