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Security expert warns business aviation: 'Threats are out there'

With America on a major terror alert for the commemoration yesterday of the anniversary of the September 11 attacks (U.S.
Avionics

Max-Viz EVS will fly on Cessna Citations

Cessna has selected Max-Viz (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options mulling an Envoy 7 replacement

Embraer and Airbus are trying to persuade fractional ownership operator Flight Options to switch its 25-aircraft commitment for Fairchild Dornier’s Envoy 7
Aircraft

Maverick saunters in with turbine kitplane

Imagine being a new aircraft manufacturer and having Gene Cernan and Bob Hoover check out your airplane in one day.
Maintenance and Modifications

Packed room shows need for hush kits

The race is heating up in the Gulfstream hush kit market, as three providers maneuver for the inside track.
Maintenance and Modifications

Engines and avionics are Garrett's focus

Garrett Aviation Services (Booth No.
Avionics

All-digital phone to ship this fall

Deliveries of the first RCOM-100 satphone equipment, designed for use with the Globalstar Satellite system, will begin this November, Arnav Systems announc
Aircraft

Cessna's 1 millionth customer takes CJ3

Cessna is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and the company’s 1 millionth customer was on hand here yesterday to mark his purchase of a Citation
Maintenance and Modifications

'Check you oil, sir?' Jet-Care does it all

The last year has been a rewarding one for Jet-Care International of Cedar Knolls, N.J., a subsidiary of UK’s Spectro Laboratories, its representatives rep
Maintenance and Modifications

The race is on for Lear 20-series RVSM

First there were none, now suddenly there are four companies here that announced their intention to develop a reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) ST
Safety

Medical diagnostic firms join in market dogfight

A new inflight medical diagnostic system is being launched here at the NBAA show, claiming to be cheaper and easier to use than existing equipment.
Maintenance and Modifications

TCAC supports an active fleet

Although they haven’t been manufactured for a decade and a half, Twin Commanders continue as workhorses for many small- to medium-size companies, thanks to
Maintenance and Modifications

ASO's PhotoZOOM fills in the details

It has become a lot easier for prospective aircraft buyers to go shopping since the market was discovered by the Internet industry.
Maintenance and Modifications

GKN acquisition upgrades its capabilities

GKN Aerospace’s acquisition of the U.S.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Thales MOU gets cabin management all together

Thales Avionics North America announced Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to team with Audio International of Little Rock, Ark., in
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Precision Pattern subsidiary picked for Cessna

Precision Pattern of Wichita, a subsidiary of DeCrane Aircraft’s Cabin Management Group, has been selected by Cessna Aircraft to provide cabinetry for the
Maintenance and Modifications

DeCrane creates SFAR 88 compliance team

DeCrane Aircraft Systems Integration Group, as a major supplier of fuel systems, has established an SFAR (Special Federal Aviation Regulation) 88 support t
Aircraft

Piaggio on its way to a complete recovery

There is a line in an old episode of the television series “M*A*S*H” in which one of the doctors, informed of a patient’s recovery, remarks, “I thought he
Avionics

MxVision tracks weather in real time via satellite

MxVision AviationSentry, a PC-based weather system designed exclusively for the aviation industry, now provides pilots and FBOs with storm tracking and lig
Training and Workforce

First flight to right seat, ERAU gets you there, fast

Nearby Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is now offering an accelerated first officer flight training (FOFT) program, which trains first officer
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Eurocopter's bizjet-caliber interiors are 'first cabin'

Compared with business jet cabins, helicopter cabins–even those in many executive helicopters–lean toward the utilitarian.
Maintenance and Modifications

A different breed of Catpass

The Commuter Air Technology (CAT) NBAA ’02 exhibit (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Improved circuit breakers in flight test

Irvine, Calif.-based Eaton Corp.
Maintenance and Modifications

Unison ignition system lights off Atlas V engine

According to Unison Industries, its new dual direct spark ignition system (DDSI) successfully lit the Pratt & Whitney RL 10A-4-2 engine on the Lockheed
Avionics

Gulf Coast Avionics takes the 'com' out of dot-com

There’s a new domain name on the Internet: dot-areo.
FBOs

Jet Aviation Dallas extends ramp, infield

Jet Aviation Dallas is extending its transient ramp by 50 percent, which v-p and general manager Steve Joiner said will improve safety and service capacity
FBOs

Million Air Salt Lake expands, renovates

Million Air Salt Lake City at Salt Lake City International has announced it will break ground this month on three new hangar facilities totaling 90,000 sq
Aircraft

Mitsubishi continues to upgrade MU-2 support

Several steps to add to the support structure for MU-2 operators were announced at NBAA 2002 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America’s aircraft products sup
Avionics

Flight Options' electronic brain bags are pilot's pals

Flight Options’ paperless cockpits are so well-liked by its pilots that those who end up with airplanes not yet equipped with electronic flight bags (EFBs)