2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Gregory Polek

Paul Schweizer seems to have taken well to his unfamiliar role as an employee.

Sikorsky has big plans for Schweizer subsidiary

Kim Rosenlof

During a Sunday morning press conference here at Heli-Expo, Eurocopter president Fabrice Bregier quietly announced a pending agreement with China to codeve

Eurocopter and China to develop heavy-lifter EC 175

AIN Staff

Nav Canada announced last week it plans this year and next to install ADS-B ground stations around Hudson Bay, which straddles high-latitude airline flight

Nav Canada To Launch ADS-B in Remote Areas

Eurocopter last year took orders for a record 615 new helicopters, 47 percent of them civil.

Eurocopter Logged Record Orders in 2006 

The NTSB will hold a one-day forum on March 27 focusing on runway incursions and accidents and potential solutions.

Runway Incursion Forum Scheduled

At about 3:30 a.m.

Cargo Pilots’ Aileron Roll Attempt Damages Learjet

The FAA issued an emergency AD on Friday to all owners and operators of GE CF34-3A1, -3B and -3B1 turbofans after NTSB investigators found an electrical ar

CF34 Break-up Prompts Emergency AD

More than 20 students from the Helicopter Flight program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Ariz.

Heli-Expo is field trip for ERAU students

Andrew Healey

Since diversifying into a sales dealership last year, HelicopterBuyer (Booth No.

Dealer finds it’s best to sell direct

Crashworthy crew and passenger seats for military aircraft, including ejection seats, are UK-based Martin-Baker’s bread and butter.

Martin-Baker dons mufti for civil helo crowd

American Eurocopter opened its new production facility near Columbus, Miss., in October.

Industry Perspective: Eurocopter

Keystone Helicopter is introducing its new Silencer airframe at Heli-Expo, along with expanded Rolls-Royce 250 and Honeywell LTS 101 engine services.<br />

Keystone uses ‘Silencer’ to reduce airframe clatter

Soloy is back.<br /><br />Though never totally gone, the Olympia, Wash.

New projects afoot for revamped Soloy

Survival Systems USA, a company that provides simulated ditching and underwater escape training to military and commercial pilots, crew and passengers, is 

Survival Systems can help keep your head above water

Honeywell crystal ball predicts sales uptick

Cineflex (Booth No.

Helinet’s Cineflex to play for Fox in today’s Super Bowl

Poor execution of autorotation landings, onto rough or too-soft terrain and into objects, accounted for a disproportionate number of injuries and deaths in

Safety report questions pilot skill 

If ever there was a time for rotorcraft to prove their worth, it was during these past five weeks assisting in the relief effort for victims of the Southea

Tsunami’s devastation salved by helicopter relief effort

Lebanese military officials took delivery of two Robinson R44 Raven II helicopters at the company’s manufacturing facility in Torrance, Calif., last month.

R44s Go Multirole for Lebanese Army

Shirley, N.Y.-based Naasco Northeast Corp.

FAA Approves Naasco for Hartman A-1077 Work

Aviall Services (Booth No.

Aviall gives its customers a financial LIFT

Eurocopter and China to develop heavy-lifter EC 175 

Honeywell dove back into the civil helicopter business here at Heli-Expo with a series of initiatives it hopes will land it squarely among the major player

Honeywell, Soloy boost AStar power

While celebrating the delivery of the 615th S-76, Sikorsky representatives revealed yesterday the details surrounding two new models, the S-76C++ and S-76D

Sikorsky moves to update S-76

FAA awards AB139 ticket

Bell 429 makes theatrical entrance

Harry Weisberger

Responding to increased demand for Rolls-Royce Model 250 turbine engine overhaul and repair, Dallas Airmotive has expanded its services and added a pair of

Dallas Airmotive expanding Rolls Model 250 MRO work

Erickson Air-Crane will hand over a “new” S-64 Helitanker to Italy’s Corpo Forestale dello Stato (state forestry corps, or CFS) this morning at Booth No.

Erickson Air-Crane selling S-64 to Italians

Meredith Saini

While small piston helicopters continue to dominate the initial training scene with their relatively simple designs and low cost of operation, pilots seeki

Spotlight On: Training

CJ Systems Aviation Group and Fidelity Flight Simulation have released details on the new simulator flight training center that they will open in Pittsburg

CJ Systems, Fidelity join in EC 135 sim center

Lord Corp.

Lord takes on integration of helo systems

GHT, Airwork hop up Huey tail

Gordon Gilbert

Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, N.Y., a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft, announced here at Heli-Expo it had recently signed a contract with Caseright Aviatio

Schweizer inks pact for 300CBis

NBAA, the National Air Transportation Association and General Aviation Manufacturers Association recently urged the Department of Treasury to suspend the c

Associations Urge Feds To Delay Fuel Tax Revision

Eclipse Aviation’s fourth conforming flight-test aircraft, N505EA, which experienced a gear-up landing on September 4 at Albuquerque International Sunport,

Eclipse Repairing Damaged Test Aircraft

Fractional ownership provider NetJets Europe has launched a dedicated operation for the Scottish market.

NetJets Starts Dedicated Scottish Operation

A federal district court in California has indicted Jeffrey Borer and Arvel Reeves on conspiracy and other charges related to secretly recorded conversatio

Two Indicted in Recording of Michael Jackson

Addison, Texas-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, which services the more than 400 MU-2s operating outside of Japan, expressed its approval and coo

Mitsubishi Supports FAA MU-2 Safety Review

Sikorsky's new S-76D twin-turbine helicopter, scheduled to enter service in 2008, will be equipped with Thales' TopDeck integrated modular avionics, accord

Thales To Provide Avionics for Sikorsky S-76D

Jet Aviation is preparing to open a new executive terminal at Germany's Dusseldorf Airport by the end of this year.

Jet Aviation To Build New Dusseldorf Exec Terminal

The NTSB is asking the FAA to require Part 121 and 135 airlines to incorporate bounced landing recovery techniques in their flight manuals and to teach the

Bounce Recovery Technique Training Recommended

Aerospace Filtration Systems (AFS), the St.

AFS filter is STC’d by EASA

The air-medical market just keeps on reaping benefits for the world’s No.

Eurocopter sales soar on strength of EMS

The Bell 429, a new light twin helicopter derived from the Bell 427i, will be dramatically unveiled at an 11:30 a.m.

IFR-capable Bell 429 makes debut today

The long-anticipated decision as to which helicopter would next carry the U.S.

Analysis: Marine One choice went against the oddsmakers

Unlike previous HAI Conventions, the fly-in of display aircraft for Heli-Expo’05 was anything but routine as pilots of incoming helos had to contend with n

Getting to HAI, flying was the easy part (mostly)

Max-Viz is at Heli-Expo Booth No.

Max-Viz improves outlook for helo pilots

Danish operator Air Alpha A/S announced that it has finalized details on the purchase of a Motus Bell 222 flight simulation device from Fidelity Flight Sim

Fidelity sells Bell 222 sim to Air Alpha

The products division of Air Methods Corp.

Air Methods’ product group unveils EMS enhancement

Troutdale, Ore.-based Isolair (Booth No.

Isolair Unveiling 4600 Eliminator To Battle Fires

The new HTS900 turboshaft developed for the Bell 407X has not only thrust Honeywell into the spotlight here at Heli-Expo, it also has given the Phoenix-bas

Honeywell vows return as major civil helo player

According to transcripts just released by the NTSB, cockpit voice recordings of the Circuit City Cessna Citation 560 (N500AT) that crashed in Pueblo, Colo.

CVR Reveals Icing Problem in Circuit City Citation Crash

Business aviation lobbyists yesterday applauded recent action taken by Republican lawmakers to shelve new tax rules in the 2005 Highway Bill designed to di

Bizav Groups Laud Action To Shelve New Tax Rules

Aviation Technology Group’s Javelin very light jet (VLJ) prototype flew for the first time last Friday.

Two-seat Javelin VLJ Prototype Makes First Flight

Lockheed Martin is scheduled to take over operation of Flight Service Stations today in what the company promises to be a seamless transition.

Lockheed Martin Taking Over FSS System

A University of North Dakota (UND) Citation II research jet made an emergency landing near Beaver, Alaska, on September 30 after both engines flamed out at

Citation Makes Emergency Landing after Flameout

A new chapter in civil aviation history began yesterday when the FAA issued the first airworthiness certificate for a commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (U

First Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Certified

The FAA has issued clarifying bulletins, set up a team of specialists that can be contacted 24/7 and is considering amending its controversial rule upgradi

Action Taken To Narrow Scope of Insulation Rule

The European Commission is seeking industry comment on the current state of general aviation in Europe, and on issues affecting its future.

Europe Seeks Views on Business Aviation Issues

The NTSB recovered roughly half of the fan disk, fan blades, parts of the engine cowling and thrust reverser, the engine spinner and pieces of the fan cont

Many Parts of Shredded CF34 Engine Recovered

At today’s annual financial analyst meeting, Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne announced record results for the second consecutive year

Dassault Sets Record Year for Falcons

Jeffrey Sands, director of flight operations for Altria, disclosed results of his company’s participation in a Flight Safety Foundation demonstration of a 

Flight Department Says FOQA Delivers

With one congressman calling it “dead on arrival,” the FAA yesterday released its new proposal for financing the agency over the next 10 years, a plan that

FAA Funding Scheme Greeted Coolly on Capitol Hill

Initial findings from German aviation authorities on the crash of a Grob Aerospace SPn Utility Jet prototype say flutter might have played a role in the No

Investigators Say Flutter Might Have Felled Grob SPn

The NTSB recently concluded its investigations into two King Air fatal accidents, attributing the probable causes to the pilots.

Probable Causes Determined in Two King Air Fatals

A single report of a mis-wired APU fire-extinguishing bottle on a Citation X (Model 750) has prompted a proposed AD to require placing identification sleev

Possible Mis-wiring Prompts Citation AD Proposal

The number of fatalities in turbine business airplane accidents increased nearly 80 percent in the first nine months of this year compared with the same pe

Business Turbine Airplane Fatalities Increase

The NTSB recently released its preliminary report on a Falcon 20 that crashed September 1 during takeoff after encountering numerous birds.

Birds Bring Down Falcon 20

Cessna received FAA type certification of its Model 525, the CJ2+, bringing the light jet another step closer to customer deliveries scheduled to start in 

Citation CJ2+ Receives Type Certification

TAG Aviation on Monday opened an FBO at Torrejon Airport in Madrid.

TAG Aviation Opens FBO in Madrid

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An All-time High in Business Jet Shipments

Large transport airplanes operated under Parts 91, 121 and 125 are the subject of an extensive proposal that realigns the design, installation and maintena

Corporate Airliners Affected by Fuel Tank Proposal

The recent Middle East Business Aviation conference (MEBA) in Dubai on January 31 and February 1 and the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition 

Orders Pour In at Mideast/Asian Bizav Shows

Responding to a request by Boeing, the FAA has extended the comment deadline from today to April 16 on its proposal amending digital flight data recorder (

Boeing Gets FDR Comment Period Extended 

A public survey by the DOT and Homeland Security drew more than 900 responses about whether Loran should be kept operational or shut down.

Survey Shows Overwhelming Support for Loran 

Effective November 14, the FAA will implement its organization delegation authorization (ODA) program that will replace the current designee program.

Overhaul of FAA Designee Program Concluded

President Bush Tuesday signed into law a homeland security spending bill that includes language directing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) 

TSA Directed To Expand GA Security Program

Cessna booked orders for 71 Citations in the third quarter, bringing the order book to just under 230 for the first nine months of this year, according to 

Cessna Exceeding Order and Delivery Expectations

Gulfstream’s third-quarter results show double-digit improvements in net sales (14.3 percent) and operating earnings (34.3 percent), as well as an increase

Gulfstream Flying into a ’Very Strong’ Year

Eurocontrol and other stakeholders from across the aviation industry have agreed on the outline of a plan to address ATC communications safety issues in Eu

Eurocontrol To Address ATC Communications Errors

The February 2006 Asian Aerospace show at Singapore’s Changi Airport will be the last event in its current format, following a sudden split between the Sin

Organizers Bicker over Future of Singapore Show

In what Rep.

GA Flights Finally Resume at DCA 

Part 135 on-demand operators and Part 145 repair stations will soon be<br />affected by revised hazardous materials transportation training requirements.

Hazmat Training Rules Revised

The FAA on Friday published an order extending through April 1, 2006, a flight-reduction program at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, including slot re

Chicago O’Hare Slot Program Extended Again

Embraer recently selected BMW DesignWorksUSA to design the interior for its planned very light jet (VLJ) and light jet, in addition to disclosing more defi

More Details Revealed about New Embraer Jets

Police in Georgia yesterday arrested a 22-year-old commercial-rated pilot for allegedly stealing a Citation VII owned by Pinnacle Air of Springdale, Ark., 

Georgia Pilot Arrested in Citation VII Theft

Co-owner and general manager of Aspen Base Operation Cliff Runge expects to close on a deal today or tomorrow to sell the FBO at Aspen-Pitkin County Airpor

Aspen Base Operation Being Sold to Trajen

Cleveland-based fractional provider Flight Options yesterday announced three new buyer-incentive programs.

Flight Options Offering Limited-time Incentives

Regulations will go into effect October 17 to help ensure that replacement parts are airworthy.

New Rules Aim To Ensure Airworthy Parts

According to the NTSB, the Mitsubishi MU-2 that crashed September 22 while attempting to return to its departure airport had originally departed and return

Crashed MU-2 Was Making Its Second Return

The FAA has withdrawn its decade-old proposal to rescind its requirement for Mode-S transponders and, consequently, plans to end the hundreds of Mode-S ins

FAA Moves To End Mode-S Exemptions

Under the Transportation Security Administration’s new regulations permitting the resumption of general aviation operations at Ronald Reagan Washington Nat

Small Air-taxi Aircraft Still Prohibited at DCA

After nine months of intense bargaining, NetJets’ unionized pilots (represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and management reached a ten

NetJets Pilots, Management Reach Agreement

During its earnings report presented today, Raytheon said it delivered 29 business jets and 27 King Airs in the third quarter, bringing turbine airplanes d

Raytheon Increases Aircraft Delivery Forecast

A Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) issued today warns owners and operators of Robinson R22 and R44 helicopters that the rotor blade skin m

Bulletin Warns of R22/R44 Rotor Blade Debonding

It's a landmark event for Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated (GHPA).

Well Known Names Morph into Landmark Aviation

Honda Aircraft announced today that it selected Piedmont-Triad Airport in Greensboro, N.C., to be its world headquarters and sole production and final asse

Greensboro, N.C., Selected for HondaJet Production

Bombardier Aerospace yesterday revealed it will build a component manufacturing facility in Querétaro, Mexico, to begin operations next May, initially prod

Bombardier Establishing Mexican Manufacturing Site

New York-based charter broker Blue Star Jets and the DOT on Monday reached a compromise settlement regarding the company&rsquo;s alleged regulatory violati

Charter Broker, DOT Reach Enforcement Settlement 

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