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Safire boosted by cash infusion

Safire Aircraft, thanks to a new “Swiss syndicate of investors,” has gotten fresh funding that it claims will carry development of the S-26 very light jet
Regulations and Government

Will Republican-led U.S. Congress be kind to GA?

With the Republicans retaking control of the Senate when the 108th Congress convenes early next month, some recognizable names will be moving back into the
ATC

Free Flight vet to lead FAA effort

Charlie Keegan, who has headed the FAA’s Free Flight Office since its inception three years ago, has been named to lead the modernization effort outlined i
Training and Workforce

Pilot Lifestyle: Harmonizing your life's work with the rest of your life

Ron flies a Gulfstream IV based at Dallas Love Field and he loves his job–most of the time.
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: NBAA warns members of U.S. ownership rules

Several NBAA member companies have been informed that if they fail the Department of Transportation definition of U.S.
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: Stars not yet shining

In a report prepared for several members of Congress, the General Accounting Office (GAO) said the FAA’s standard terminal automation replacement system (S
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: Retooling the FAA

Although the bill is called the Aviation Industry and Reform Act and is designed to give more financial relief to the airline industry, H.R.5506 also conta
Cabin Interior and Electronics

IBM, Dassault Systemes take buyers inside their completion

For years one of the most difficult aspects of creating a business aircraft interior has been providing a realistic representation of the finished product
Aircraft

In The Works: Ibis Aerospace AE270

The dearth of orders (only five) for the lower-powered Ae270P turboprop single compared with the higher-powered Ae270HP and the difficulties inherent in ru
Aircraft

In The Works: VisionAire Vantage VA-10

VisionAire, now operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is focusing its efforts on obtaining additional funding.
Aircraft

In The Works: Maverick Jets Maverick Leader

Jim McCotter, president and CEO of Maverick Jets of Melbourne, Fla.
Aircraft

In The Works: CMC Leopard Six

CMC is “still soldiering on,” in the words of founder and CEO Ian Chichester-Miles, but his long search for funding has yet to bear fruit.
Training and Workforce

To what degree is college required for career pilots?

The aviation industry has often been heavily focused on the requirement for new-hire pilots to have a college degree, that is up until the past few years w
Training and Workforce

Aviation MBA: the short form at Northwestern U

Many business gurus believe knowledge is power, but the ability to transform that wisdom into action is the real measure of success.
Aircraft

‘Dual relevant’ concept could lead to an SSBJ

A supersonic business jet (SSBJ), which many in the industry see as inevitable but just not in the near future, may have taken another step forward when Ra
Charter & Fractional

Indigo relaunching bizav service with RJ shuttle

Indigo, which originally launched a “regular and frequent” business aircraft service with a Falcon 20 in February 2000, was scheduled to receive its first

Air Culinaire beefs up its catering biz

While much of the business aviation industry remains mired in a slumping economy, Air Culinaire has just expanded to a new location in Signature Flight Sup
Charter & Fractional

Real-estate developer builds charter op from the ground up

Going from real estate to on-demand business jet charter seems a bit of a stretch.
Charter & Fractional

Taughannock Aviation copes with bad times

At Taughannock Aviation, an FBO and charter operation tucked away in a corner of Tompkins County Airport near the bucolic, university dominated central New
Aircraft

Cessna breaks with established policy to allow brokers to market its pre-owned aircraft

In a break with long-established practice, Cessna Aircraft has reached an agreement with five independent aircraft brokers for the sale of five used Citati
Regulations and Government

Air tour ‘lovefest’ follows latest Canyon court ruling

In light of the comity that almost turned a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on national parks overflights into a “lovefest” early last month, it is diffi
Safety

Weather I'm right of weather I'm wrong

OK, so we all know that no one ever does anything more than talk about the weather.
Avionics

Weather Information & technology: Datalink helps provide the big picture

As the crow flies, the distance between Baltimore and Newark is only about 160 mi.
Safety

AIG flight department celebrates 50 accident-free years

American International Aviation Corp., one of NBAA’s oldest members, celebrated 50 years of operations, all accident free, at a dinner held in the company’
Security

Industry presses gov’t for aid to combat terror

Declaring that “this meeting is not designed to ask for a bailout of the American airline industry,” U.S.

NBAA 2001: A repeat performance in the Big Easy

The world’s economy may be in a financial funk, but you wouldn’t know it from the advance sales for this month’s NBAA 54th Annual Meeting and Convention in

Comair beat United in starting bizav ops

When UAL Corp., the parent company of United Airlines, announced in May that it would enter the business aviation market with creation of a new subsidiary
Security

TSA/AOPA team on terrorism watch plan

With the FAA asking for help in protecting the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has joined with AOPA to develop a nation