Content Archive: October 2006

Aircraft

Bombardier Delivers 150th Global

Bombardier recently delivered the 150th aircraft in its Global series.
Aircraft

Piaggio Set To Deliver 100th Avanti

Around the beginning of this month Avantair was expected to take delivery of another Piaggio Avanti.

Regionals feel bankruptcy pain too

The giant sucking sound generated by the bankruptcies of two of the largest airlines in the U.S.
Charter & Fractional

Fixed-rate Charter Program Expands

Air Partner International has started offering its Jet Membership Program fixed-rate charter package throughout Europe, having launched it in the UK last y
Security

Bandit at Six o’Clock Low

Northrop Grumman expected to begin last month “operational testing and evaluation” of its Guardian civil aircraft counter-manpads air defense system aboard
Accidents

NATA Appeals to Congress on EPA Rule

In a letter to all 535 members of Congress, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) highlighted what it calls “costly and ill-conceived provisio
Aircraft

AOPA Says FAA Wrong About MU-2

“The MU-2B turboprop does not need yet another certification review,” according to AOPA.
Charter & Fractional

No Commercial SEIMC for Europe This Year

Prospective European clearance for commercial single-engine IMC operations (SEIMC) continues to progress through regulatory approval stages but will not co

What Some Pilots and Loggers Share

Salaried pilots who fly air taxis, bush aircraft and crop dusters have the highest occupational death rate–92.4 for every 100,000 pilots–tied with the rate
Aircraft

Japan to test next-gen SST concept

apan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans soon to resume flight tests of a remote-controlled scaled experimental airplane in its quest to develop a