Content Archive: November 2007

Accidents

Final Report: ERJ 135 attempter pushback with brake set

Embraer ERJ 135LR, Newark, N.J., July 24, 2006–The NTSB determined that the captain of the American Eagle ERJ 135 failed to follow company

People in Aviation: November 2007

Jeffrey Lee has been named chairman of the NBAA board of directors.
Charter & Fractional

Editorial: Shell Shock

When the FAA pulled the trigger on AMI Jet Charter and TAG Aviation USA last month, a silence settled over the land that was almost reminiscent of the empt
Charter & Fractional

Is NetJets Moving To Orlando?

According to the Orlando Sentinel, state and local officials are drafting an incentive package to lure fractional provider NetJets to Orlando, Fla
Security

DHS Seeks To Avert GA Nuke Nightmare

“The nightmare scenario that we talk about is the possibility of a weapon of mass destruction being detonated in a city,” Department of Homeland Security S
FBOs

Hawker Beechcraft FBOs on the Block

Hawker Beechcraft has hired Harris Williams to shop seven of its U.S.
Accidents

Learjet 35 Crashes on Takeoff from Brazilian Airport

Brazilian officials are still combing through the wreckage of a Learjet 35 that crashed Sunday in São Paulo, killing at least eight people.
Charter & Fractional

OurPlane Takes Delivery of First Frax Eclipse 500

Light aircraft fractional provider OurPlane last week took delivery of the first Eclipse 500 that will be operated under Part 91K fractional aircraft owner
Aircraft

First Hainan ERJ is Embraer’s 1,000th

The Harbin-Embraer Aircraft joint manufacturing venture on September 28 delivered the first of 100 airplanes to its biggest Chinese customer, Hainan Airlin
Aircraft

SkyWest To Add 22 RJs

SkyWest Airlines last month said it plans to acquire 22 more regional jets as part of a strategy to retire 23 Embraer Brasilia turboprops and add 66-seat j