NBAA Convention News 2009

All NBAA Convention news

Training and Workforce

SimCom upgrades units, adds light-jet fam course

SimCom Training Centers is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, as well as  the addition of new training programs and upgraded simulators.

Owners ready for ’10 airlift

For the sixth time, Cessna Citation owners will be taking to the sky in support of the Special Olympics.
Avionics

Sandel helicopter TAWS takes flight

Sandel Avionics of Vista, Calif., has begun pre-certification flight testing of a helicopter-specific terrain avoidance warning system based on its fixed-w

15 Business Aviation Milestones

Business aviation would be nowhere if it weren’t for the pioneers who jump-started aeronautical development in the first part of the last century.
Safety

Audit firm lauds NBAA’s guide on best practices

CharterX Wyvern has endorsed the NBAA’s recently published NBAA Best Practices for Air Charter Brokering.
Airports

Biggin Hill to build a four-star hotel

London Biggin Hill Airport (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

Stats show frax suffering but still a key genav factor

The fractional share marketplace is changing rapidly in response to the lengthy global recession.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours boosts capacity with JetCorp buy

Two competitors with separate programs that convert Bombardier CRJs into executive jets combined forces in March, when Peterborough, Ontario-based Flying C
Environment

Jet-A alternatives pose big technical challenges

How many coconuts does a Boeing 747 need to fly from London to Amsterdam? Last year amid much fanfare, a Virgin Atlantic 747-400 with one of its four
Maintenance and Modifications

Concorde Battery STC’d for challenger

Bombardier Challenger 300 operators now have a choice of replacing the jet’s original nickel-cadmium main ship battery with a new Concorde RG-441 lead-acid