Content Archive: November 2006

Airports

FAA Requiring New Runway Safety Margins

A new FAA policy will require Part 91, 121, 125 and 135 jet pilots never to land where available runway is not at least actual landing distance plus 15 per
Engines

Engine to power Superjet makes successful first run

PowerJet, the 50/50 partnership between France’s Snecma and Russia’s NPO Saturn, successfully ran up the first SaM146 engine for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 on
Accidents

Pilot Held Responsible for Citation Overrun

On May 15 last year a Citation CJ2 (Danish registration OY-JET) landed 1,000 feet down the 2,948-foot-long runway at Bader Field in Atlantic City, N.J., an

Honda Aircraft Taps Acura Sales Boss

Honda Aircraft took its first deposits for 100-plus HondaJets during the NBAA Convention last week and is negotiating with “a number of fleet customers,” a

HS merger reaping more tangible rewards

The merger in 1999 of air management and engine control specialist Sundstrand and power systems provider Hamilton Standard has proved to be a prescient mov
Regulations and Government

FAA Seeks Comments on Changing Age 60 Rule

On November 23, as previously reported, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will adopt an amendment to increase the age limit for airline
Regulations and Government

Comment Period Extend on LGA Slot NPRM

The comment period on a proposal to continue the reservation and slot program under the high-density rule at New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) has been ext
Charter & Fractional

Fractional Aims for ’Predictable’ Costs

CitationShares launched a program–Citelines–that it says offers “payment predictability, customized program options and cost savings never before seen in t

Int’l Acft Registry Working, But Few Bizav Fans

Activity on the Web-based International Registry (IR) of Mobile Assets has been high since it opened for business on March 1, according to Aviareto of Dubl
Aircraft

Another Start-up Hopes To Ride VLJ Bandwagon

Earthjet–a proposed new light-jet air-taxi network–says that it has narrowed the choice of manufacturers to two companies to build the start-up’s envisaged