Content Archive: September 2006

Charter & Fractional

Jury finds in favor of PrivatAir pilot

On December 10, after a three- week trial in Los Angeles Superior Court, a jury awarded pilot Doyle Baker nearly $64 million, in a lawsuit against aircraft
Security

New Threat to Airspace Access

Starting February 1, owners and operators of aircraft with “questionable registrations and/or no TSA-required security measures/waivers” might be denied ac
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Buys 50 Hawker 4000s

Nine months after reaching a tentative sales agreement, Raytheon Aircraft and NetJets signed a contract for the purchase of 50 Hawker 4000s (née Horizons)
Aircraft

Raytheon issues 1900D maint. alert

Raytheon issued a new safety communiqué to advise Beech 1900 operators of another misleading illustration in the type’s maintenance manuals.
ATC

FAA invites stakeholder input at forum on permanent ADIZ

With nearly 20,000 comments received on the proposal to make the Washington, D.C., air defense identification zone (ADIZ) permanent, the FAA will hold two

With Planning, Aircraft Acquisition Is Less Taxing

Conklin & de Decker part owner Nel Sanders-Stubbs, for years the NBAA’s prime source of tax knowledge and expertise, gave Conklin & de Decker aircraft acqu
Avionics

The future of head-up display technology

Head-up displays (HUDs) provide pilots with an array of flight-related information, when and where they need it most.

Aircraft acquisition planning seminar

Taxes–when, where, how and why they must be paid–and how to avoid them captured a major share of attention among the users and providers of business aircra
ATC

FAA approves RNP approach for DCA

Alaska Airlines is the first air carrier authorized by the FAA to use a new RNP (required navigation performance) approach to Ronald Reagan Washington Nati
FBOs

Sheltair open and operating in San Juan

The latest addition to the SheltAir FBO chain is up and running at San Juan (Puerto Rico) Isla Grande Executive Airport (TJIG).