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Upgraded TBM 850 Makes Debut

EADS Socata unveiled an upgraded TBM 850 turboprop single last month during a “discovery show” held at the company’s factory in Tarbes, France.
Aircraft

Cessna launches large-cabin Citation

Cessna Aircraft received the go-ahead from parent company Textron for development of a large-cabin, intercontinental aircraft that would expand the upper e
Aircraft

Newest Learjet will be all composite

Bombardier’s Learjet division surprised the aviation world on January 22 when it announced that the airframe of the new Learjet 85 will be built entirely o
ATC

Controller Fatigue Gets DOT Scrutiny

The Transportation Department inspector general announced last month that the office will audit controller workload at the major ATC facilities in the Chic
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe To Accelerate Deliveries

Due to increasing customer demand, NetJets Europe last month negotiated with several business jet manufacturers to accelerate delivery of 39 new aircraft w
FBOs

Best AeroNet No Longer in Business

Best AeroNet, a business aviation contract fueling company that was launched in the 1980s, is no longer in business, having saddled FBOs through which it s
Safety

Runway status lights cut incursion threat

A system of in-pavement stoplights, designed to prevent runway incursions, has received endorsement from Transportation Department Inspector General Calvin
Aircraft

EADS Proposes ‘Faster, Longer-range’ Aircraft

EADS Socata chairman and CEO Jean-Michel Léonard announced last month that the France-based manufacturer is evaluating production of a new turboprop or bus
FBOs

FR Aviation Joins Beechcraft Network

Hawker Beechcraft has designated UK-based FR Aviation an authorized Beechcraft service center.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation installs lighter and quieter Falcon 50 interior shell kit

As part of a Falcon 50 major cabin refurbishment, Jet Aviation recently completed the first installation of a new linear shell kit designed to transform a
ATC

DOT watchdog criticizes high pay for air traffic controllers

With the major airlines toppling in all directions, and the opportunities there for young pilots diminishing rapidly, maybe thinking about a different care
ATC

Steeper approaches lower noise, furl burn

Last October and November, a procession of UPS Boeing 767s experimented with a new type of approach to their home base at Louisville International Airport
Aircraft

In The Works: Adam Aircraft A500 and A700

Rick Adam, CEO of Adam Aircraft, told AIN at last month’s Sun ’n’ Fun airshow in Lakeland, Fla., that the A700 very light twinjet would make its fir
Aircraft

In The Works: Alberta Phoenix Fanjet

In late 2001, successful Canadian oilman Don Jewitt, then principle investor in Alberta Aerospace of Calgary, decided the OEM start-up company had spent to
Aircraft

In The Works: Explorer Aircraft 500T

The search for financing continues to be Australian-born Explorer Aircraft’s primary focus.
Aircraft

In The Works: Maverick Jets Leader

Last month, the Melbourne, Fla.-based builder of the Maverick Leader, a four-place, twin-engine kit plane, announced that it would, effective immediately,
Aircraft

In The Works: Raytheon Hawker Horizon

Major interior components were recently checked for fitting in the cabin of the fourth Hawker Horizon (RC-4), planned for use in the super-midsize business
Avionics

UPS Aviation Technologies Introduces IFR WAAS-ready Navcom

The WAAS revolution appears set to begin.
Avionics

XM Teams with Weather Works To Develop Services for Aviation

XM Satellite Radio and Weather Works, an affiliate of Baron Services, have joined forces to provide Nexrad weather maps, Metars, TAFs and other data throug
Avionics

Falcon 50 Next in Line To Fly with Max-Viz EVS

Seattle Falcon 50 operator Mariner Air has ordered a Max-Viz EVS-1000 enhanced-vision system (EVS), a setup that will include an uncooled IR sensor in the
Avionics

TIS-capable Bendix/King Transponder Gains TSO

The FAA has issued a TSO to Honeywell for the Bendix/King KT 73, a next-generation transponder that can receive data from ATC radar systems through the new
Avionics

Cabin Electronics Market Gains Another Player

International Communications Group, a Newport News, Va.-based supplier of electronic communications equipment to operators of airliner-size aircraft, has i
Avionics

MedAire, AirCell Introduce Air-to-Ground Emergency Phone Link

MedAire and AirCell have teamed to provide a low-cost airborne communication system that links passengers directly with doctors in the event of an in-fligh
Avionics

Teledyne bursts onto the scene with SmartCabin Office lineup

Teledyne Controls is leaping into the corporate-jet passenger information marketing scene as an equipment and software integrator, promising services “so p
Regulations and Government

Enhanced vision subject of proposed FAR update

Some have called enhanced vision the single most important advance in aviation safety since the introduction of airborne weather radar more than 40 years a
Avionics

Cargo haulers can’t dodge FAA in bid to swap TCAS for ADS-B

TCAS has done a remarkable job of helping pilots avoid midair collisions, providing a last line of defense in those all-too-common instances when two aircr
Avionics

Amended EFB guidelines streamline approval steps

The FAA has issued a long-awaited amendment to an advisory circular that outlines operational guidelines for anyone seeking to fly with so-called electroni
Avionics

Chelton EFIS introduces aviators to ‘virtual VFR’

In a historic first the FAA has issued a TSO for the synthetic-vision EFIS developed by Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho.
Aircraft

Dornier 328JET production to resume early next year

Leesburg, Va.-headquartered AvCraft Aviation’s takeover of Fairchild Dornier’s 328 program, including the 328JET production line at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germa