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Avionics Update: FlightMax Entegra cockpit selected for Adam A500

Adam Aircraft of Englewood, Colo., will equip the in-development Adam A500 piston twin with Avidyne’s FlightMax Entegra integrated flight deck.
Avionics

Avionics Update: Chelton EFIS approved for use in helicopters

Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho, has received FAA approval for installation of its FlightLogic synthetic-vision EFIS in helicopters.
ATC

FAA roadmap calls for gradual introduction of Rnav and RNP

The FAA has released a “roadmap” for performance-based navigation that would enable pilots to use Rnav and RNP (required navigation performance) procedures
Cabin Interior and Electronics

UK firm planning line of upgraded cabin products

IEC In-Flight Systems plans to introduce a  digital cabin management system (CMS) for business aircraft.
Avionics

UPSAT buy yet another coup for nimble Garmin

It’s a David-and-Goliath story, but lately it has been getting tougher to tell just who’s the Goliath.On the one hand Garmin’s proposed buyout
Aircraft

Regionals Update: Air Deccan launches ATR 42 service

India’s Air Deccan operated its inaugural revenue flight with one of six 48-seat ATR 42-320s on August 25, between its home city of Bangalore and Hubli, in
Aircraft

Embraer 170 soldiers on toward November approval

Brazil’s Embraer remains firmly on target for November certification of its much-heralded but delay-prone Embraer 170, according to company vice president
Aircraft

Second Embraer 175 flies

The second Embraer 175 prototype flew its maiden mission on August 7, marking the resumption of a comparatively short flight-test program scheduled to last
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Mil/Kamov merger forseen

The merger of Russia’s two leading helicopter makers is inevitable, according to Sergey Mikheyev, constructor general of Kamov, one of the two companies in
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: CHC nails $44 million in new business

North Sea operations giant CHC Helicopter has won contracts worth $44 million to provide helicopter service throughout the world.
Accidents

Rotorcraft Update: Indian helo crash claims 27

In one of the highest death tolls from a civil helicopter crash in recent memory, 27 offshore oil workers as well as the crew of a Mil Mi-172 were killed A
Rotorcraft

Kamov closes in on big turkish deal

In a move sure to amaze Western rotorcraft makers, Russia’s Kamov has announced it will sell a hoped-for total of 145 of its Ka-50-2 Black Shark helicopter
Rotorcraft

Light helicopter makes score in Asian market

Just a few short years ago, the manufacturers of small, low-cost helicopters targeted Asia as the market of the future for their brand of inexpensive verti
Safety

More helicopter operators opt for cold weather pre-heating

As we round the corner past the U.S.
Accidents

Bell says V-22 incident is 'nonevent'

The history of the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tiltrotor is that of the rankest of Hollywood cliffhangers.
Rotorcraft

Agusta hot to trot on civil tiltrotor

Unfazed by (or perhaps because of) murmurs from within Bell Helicopter management to the effect that development of the BA609 might be accelerated, Agusta-
ATC

Battle lines drawn in ATC privatization fight

Although Congress is on its annual summer vacation, the battle over privatization of ATC continued at press time.
Avionics

Avidyne's FlightMax Entegra chosen for small jets and pistons

Nowhere is the boundary layer between piston airplanes and small business jets becoming less defined than in avionics.
Aircraft

Electric airplane gets $400,000 NASA grant

A fuel-cell-powered electric airplane is the goal of Worcester, Mass.-based Advanced Technology Products and its nonprofit arm, the Foundation for Advancin
Aircraft

43-year-old bizplane still in service

In the 1950s, Dee Howard of San Antonio converted and rebuilt Lockheed B-34/PV-1 Venturas as executive transports, calling them the Howard Aero 250 and 350
Maintenance and Modifications

New oils, lubricants and fluids

Air BP and ConocoPhillips took to the pulpit at EAA AirVenture to announce new oil and lubrication products, primarily for piston aircraft.Air
Aircraft

Pilot Report: Flying a Walter-powered Beech King Air C90

I recently had the chance to fly one of the King Air C90s re-engined with two Walter M601E-11s
Aircraft

Walter-powered King Airs, a better idea?

Dan Sigl, president of Seagull Aviation in Clintonville, Wis., has invested a significant portion of his career in Walter 601-powered derivatives of existi
Maintenance and Modifications

Mod said to reduce carbon brake wear

One of the most expensive consumable items on an aircraft is becoming less expensive to operate.
Aircraft

ATR 42 drop test useless, claims RAA

The Regional Airline Association last month lambasted the FAA for the agency’s highly publicized drop test of an ATR 42-300 turboprop in Atlantic City, N.J
FBOs

ExecuJet, Hawker Pacific Open FBO in Kuala Lumpur

ExecuJet Aviation and Hawker Pacific today officially opened their new joint-venture Skypark FBO at Kuala Lumpur Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia
Charter & Fractional

Sentient Flight Group Completes Reorganization

Sentient Flight Group on Tuesday announced organizational changes as part of a refocusing of its long-term business plan.
Charter & Fractional

SATSair Plans To Add SJ50s to Fleet

On-demand air-taxi firm SATSair on Tuesday signed a letter of intent with Cirrus Design to add five Cirrus Vision SJ50 jet singles to its fleet.
Avionics

Emergency viewing system STC'd for 737-300

The marketers of the emergency vision assurance system (EVAS) have received an STC for installation of the equipment in Boeing 737-300 cockpits, with the f