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Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault bolstering its Falcon support
Dismissing the current downturn as a temporary setback, Dassault is expanding its Falcon service center network, confident that deliveries planned over the
Sustainability and Environment
Forum: reach out to industry’s next generation
The aerospace industry needs to make a concerted effort to attract young people to aviation careers, according to presenters at this year’s New Jersey Stat
Rotorcraft
Bell 429 Light Twin Nears Certification
Bell Helicopter anticipates receiving Transport Canada type certification for the 429 twin-turbine light helicopter by the end of June, followed swiftly by
Regulations and Government
NTSB Expands Release of Accident Public Dockets
The NTSB yesterday began to release all accident investigation public dockets to its public Web site in accordance with the NTSB Freedom of Information Act
Avionics
Pro Line Fusion avionics suite on track for 2011 certification
An anemic market for business jets and the recent loss of a major customer will have no effect on the flight-test schedule or certification of the Pro Line
Avionics
BAE lines up OEMs in bid to certify Q-HUD late next year
BAE Systems has lined up a half dozen prospective applications for Q-HUD, a compact and lightweight head-up display for smaller business airplanes where sp
Avionics
Avidyne brings weather data to variety of EFBs
Avidyne is adding interface options for its MLX 770/780 datalink receivers that will let pilots view graphical weather information on a variety of electron
Avionics
Aircell notches fleet order for SwiftBroadband
European fractional ownership hopeful Jet Republic has selected Aircell’s SwiftBroadband satcom systems for its entire fleet of Learjets in a contract that
ATC
Rockwell Collins Prepares for ADS-B Mandates
Rockwell Collins is planning updates for its line of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) trans-ponders for business aircraft, the comp
Engines
Engines Running as First 787 Gets Set for Maiden Flight
Boeing took a crucial step toward first flight
Aircraft
First Tianjin-built A320 Flies as China Readies for Recovery
The first A320 aircraft assembled outside Europe at the Airbus Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in
Aircraft
Superjet To Make Airshow Debut, Flight of Third Aircraft Imminent
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp.
Aircraft
737 Improvement Plans Erase Thoughts of Early Replacement
If it didn’t become immediately apparent when Boeing began alluding to time frames that implied a replacement of the 737 might not materialize until 2020,
Regulations and Government
GA Groups Hail Amendment To Limit TSA
NBAA, EAA, AOPA, GAMA, NATA and the Airports Council International have come together to support an amendment penned by Rep.
Safety
FAA-Industry Safety Program Needs Work, DOT Says
A recent DOT Inspector General audit of the FAA aviation safety action program (ASAP) said the agency is not realizing the full benefits of the program.
Charter & Fractional
JetSuite Launches Phenom 100 Operation in California
Famed aircraft and spacecraft designer Burt Rutan was the first passenger on a JetSuite-brokered Embraer Phenom 100 Part 135 flight earlier this week to hi
Regulations and Government
User fees lose steam with Congress, ATA
Even though the nation’s airlines are playing nice with general aviation over the contentious question of user fees, the Obama Administration has clearly s
Aircraft
HondaJet Program Delayed One Year
Citing global aerospace industry challenges, Honda Aircraft last month announced that it is moving the projected first flight of a production-conforming Ho
Aircraft
Citation Mustang Logs 200 Deliveries
Cessna Aircraft last month delivered the 200th Citation Mustang, with the entry-level jet going to Honolulu-based Maritime Air Charters.
Aircraft
Falcon Demo Aircraft Equipped with EVAS
EVASWorldwide, distributor of the Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS), has finalized an agreement with Dassault Falcon to equip all of the manufacture
Charter & Fractional
Elite Aviation Files Lawsuit against Broker
Van Nuys, Calif.-based Elite Aviation has filed a complaint in the Superior Court of California, Northwest District, accusing charter broker JetCardPlus an
Aircraft
First Phoenix Exec CRJ Nears Delivery
Dubai-based Project Phoenix planned to deliver its first executive-configured CRJ conversion to owner Ritz Pacific by the end of last month.
Aircraft
Phenom 100 Gets EASA Approval, New Seats
Embraer’s Phenom 100 entry-level jet received EASA certification in late April.
Maintenance and Modifications
FSF Weighs in on Foreign Repair Station Performance
Referring to the foreign repair station oversight language in the House FAA reauthorization bill (H.R.915) that passed last Thursday, William Voss, preside
Maintenance and Modifications
Firms Accredited To Give 2nd Life To Scrapped Aircraft
Salvaged aircraft parts can be a good deal or a dangerous one but members of AFRA–Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, a non-profit industry association t
Maintenance and Modifications
BizJet Begins Its First A318 Elite Completion
BizJet International, Lufthansa Technik’s Tulsa, Okla.-based U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Greenwich AeroGroup To Acquire Banner Aerospace
Greenwich AeroGroup has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Banner Aerospace Holding and its aviation subsidiaries.
Maintenance and Modifications
BBA Opens Service Centers in South Africa, India
BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul (ERO) group has expanded its international service support network with the opening of field service centers in J
Accidents
NTSB scrutinizes pilots in Colgan Q400 crash probe
The pilots of the Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 that crashed on February 12 outside Buffalo, killing 50 people, did not observe the so-called sterile cockpit
