Content Archive: October 2007

Raytheon earns STC for Hawker 700 RVSM avionics

Raytheon Aircraft Services in Atlanta received an STC to upgrade existing Hawker 700A and 700B height-keeping equipment to digital altimeters with data-ac

Boeing delivers fewer BBJs

Boeing delivered 11 BBJs last year (including two BBJ2s), five fewer than the 16 in 2001 and down three from the 14 aircraft delivered in 2000.
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety and SimuFlite Show ‘Virtual Sims’

Eliminating the seam between the classroom and simulator has been the goal for both FlightSafety and SimuFlite lately, and both companies displayed “virtua
Maintenance and Modifications

Aviation Services & Suppliers Supershow 2003

Jill Hilgenberg, marketing v-p for Cygnus Business Media, has had to learn a long list of aviation vocabulary in a short time.
Safety

A Spring Break for Safety: 48th Annual Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar

“The aviation industry should not allow concerns over security to detract from efforts to improve aviation safety,” said Stuart Matthews, president and CEO
Safety

DOD may save historic NASA crash-test gantry

It took a flood in central Pennsylvania three decades ago to get NASA into the business of crash-testing airframes, and the siren call of the “final fronti

DaimlerChrysler Aviation is all about versatility

“Business aviation with commercial airline standards” is how DaimlerChrysler Aviation (DCA) describes operations with its fleet consisting of an Airbus Cor
Training and Workforce

Linked PCs power new low-cost jet training device

“What makes our system unique is that it is based on a simple personal computer network that ties all of the components together,” Mike Altman, CEO of Math
Engines

New Honeywell president will see AS907 to market

Russell Turner, a former top executive for Boeing’s United Space Alliance business in Houston, is the new president of Honeywell Aerospace’s $4.7 billion E
Charter & Fractional

Very Light Jet Management Service Takes Off

Van Nuys-based JetAviva, which bills itself as the “first exclusive” very light jet (VLJ) management company, launched its Eclipse 500 management service t