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Security
Justice Voices Anti-terrorismConcerns over In-flight Use of Cellphones
Even as a half-dozen companies are rushing to get FAA approval for systems that will allow the in-flight use of personal cellphones on business aircraft, o
FBOs
Mercury Moves Into New Digs At LGB
Mercury Air Center LGB, a division of Mercury Air Group, has moved its operations into a newly built facility at Long Beach’s Daugherty Field.
FBOs
First The Towbar, Now The Whole Tug
Aircraft towing technology has advanced markedly in the past decade, with towbarless tugs improving efficiency and lessening wear and tear on nosewheels.
Safety
Bizav Groups Aim To Boost VLJ Safety
The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and NBAA have developed a generic operations manual for single-pilot operation of very light jets (VLJs)
Regulations and Government
Congressional Observer: September 2005
— The Senate and the House closed up shop at the end of July for their customary August vacation.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Midcoast Finds anOpening, Creates Door To Fit
Midcoast Aviation has a new supplemental type certificate for a solid-surface pocket door for the Falcon 900 and Falcon 900EX.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Blue Sky Network Approved for Airshow 4000
Rockwell Collins has issued a service information letter approving Blue Sky Network’s Iridium satellite phone system as a qualified data channel for its Ai
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Emteq To Merge Cabin and Lighting under One Roof
Emteq of Milwaukee is consolidating its aerospace cabin and lighting companies into a single facility at New Berlin, Wis., effective November 1.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
SkyLink Broadband Coming to Europe and the Middle East
Arinc Direct, which showcased its SkyLink satellite broadband service on two Gulfstreams at the Paris Air Show earlier this summer, expects to go active in
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Atlantic Aero Interiors Operation
Atlantic Aero of Greensboro, N.C., expanded its FBO and maintenance/mod operation recently to include aircraft interior completion and refurbishment.
Aircraft
Mesa takes on Dornier 328s, seeks lessees
Mesa Air Group has taken responsibility for part of the lease payments on some 30 idle Fairchild Dornier 328Jets as a condition of its new code-share contr
Cabin Interior and Electronics
DunnAir CompletionStart-up Gets FAA Approval
DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center has received its repair station certificate from the FAA.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Loss of Power Downs AS 350B
Eurocopter AS 350B, Juneau, Alaska, July 25, 2005–The high-skid-equipped Squirrel was substantially damaged after a loss of engine power and subsequ
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Eurocopter Loses Power
Eurocopter EC 120B, Fair Oaks, Calif., July 13, 2005–The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department Eurocopter lost power and crashed in steep hilly ter
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Medical Flight Overruns Runway
Learjet 35A, Eagle, Colo., July 15, 2005–Learjet N620JM was substantially damaged when it ran off the runway on landing at the Eagle County Regional
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Bell Crashes in Malaysian Mountains
Bell 206L4 LongRanger, Balaga, Sarawak, Malaysia, July 25, 2005–At about 10:45 a.m.
Accidents
Factual Report: Cargo Airplane Crashed In Icing Area
Cessna 208B Caravan, Bellevue, Idaho, Dec.
Accidents
Final Report: Learjet Flew Into Thunderstorm
Learjet 55, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 19, 2004–The NTSB blamed the accident on the flight crew’s decision to continue the approach into a known ar
Accidents
Final Report: MU-2 Lost Control For Undetermined Reasons
Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, Pittsfield, Mass., March 25, 2004–The NTSB determined the cause of the accident was “the pilot’s loss of aircraft control for u
FBOs
Rialto Airport Lost In The D.C. Shuffle
The so-called “stealth” amendment passed Congress last month, granting the City of Rialto, Calif., special dispensation to sell its municipally owned airpo
FBOs
FBO Profile: Orion Flight Services
And what’s it like when close to 10,000 airplanes descend on your airport? Toby Kamark and Jeff Wanke, co-owners of Orion Flight Services (CEO and presiden
Security
FA Cites 9/11 Hysteria in Lawsuit
Former Comair flight attendant (FA) Gilbert Knops has filed suit against the airline, claiming his ethnic appearance and anti-war sentiment bred suspicion
Regulations and Government
Boston-Maine Airways under fire in DOT probe
The Department of Transportation’s Inspector General’s Office has launched an investigation into charges of fraudulent financial reporting by Boston-Maine
Aircraft
RRJ Passes Critical Design Reviews
The Sukhoi-led consortium building the Russian Regional Jet got some good news when the RRJ-95B/LR and RRJ-75B/LR passed their critical design reviews (CDR
Rotorcraft
LongRanger Still in Demand
Bell has delivered the first of a six-aircraft LongRanger order to Gulf of Mexico operator Rotorcraft Leasing Company (RLC).
The addition of the new
The addition of the new
Training and Workforce
Florida School Expands
Helicopter Adventures has opened a new flight-training facility.
Safety
FAA Publishes EMSRisk-assessment Program
The FAA has conducted a review of accidents involving commercial emergency medical services (EMS) helicopters between January 1998 and December last year.
Rotorcraft
Roy Resavage to leave HAI’s top position
Helicopter Association International (HAI) president Roy Resavage is calling it a day, after seven-and-a-half years at the helm of the helicopter industry’
