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Shipments of new general aviation airplanes manufactured throughout the world totaled 1,766 units in the first nine months of 2002, down 16.6 percent from

Grand Prairie, Texas-based American Eurocopter revealed plans last month to build a major production and finishing facility at Golden Triangle Regional Air

Nimbus Group, the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

3i, a UK-based investment holding company, is reported to be the front- runner in the race to buy Swiss-based Jet Aviation, according to a report in TheDea

Eclipse Aviation introduced an in-house mandatory training program for customers of its Eclipse 500 very light twinjet that includes pilot qualification an

At press time Eclipse Aircraft had flown the first Eclipse 500 very light jet just once–on August 26–pending the return of both engines from manufacturer W

As of October 28, airmen are required to carry a photo identification acceptable to the agency when exercising the privileges of a pilot certificate, accor

At its general assembly last month, the European Regions Airline Association commended AIN regional airlines editor Gregory Polek, below,

The NTSB is investigating the October 25 crash of a chartered King Air A100 (N41BE) that killed Sen.

In one of her first speeches as FAA Administrator, Marion Blakey promised that her five-year term will be driven by data and hard numbers, be consistent ac

The lightest end of the business jet market gained another player last month as Adam Aircraft Industries of Englewood, Colo., unveiled a mockup of a twin-e

One OEM called it “an adjustment.” Another referred to it as a “reduction in force.”

In a show of solidarity that even FAA Administrator Jane Garvey acknowledged would have been “hard to imagine” two or three years ago, 13 aviation groups r

The FAA’s decision to withdraw proposed regulations to require fire detectors and suppression systems in cargo compartments in certain on-demand Part 135 a

Although a new VHF digital datalink communication system could quadruple channel capacity while retaining 25-kHz spacing, the FAA needs to ascertain if the

Bombardier revealed last month it is developing an enhanced vision system (EVS) with partners Thales Avionics of France and CMC Electronics of Canada for i

A new computer system developed by NASA to automatically calculate the speed and distances between aircraft was scheduled for tests during overnight hours

Rockwell Collins emerged a winner at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Fla., last month with the announcement that the Cedar Rapids, Iowa company’s Pro Line

With the first flight of A500 S/N 0001 on July 11, the centerline-thrust, six-seat piston twin is poised to begin flight testing leading to certification,

When the going gets tough, marketing departments heat up their branding irons.

Six pilots–all previously employed by the former fractional operator Raytheon Travel Air of Wichita before its March 21 merger with Flight Options of Cleve

The FAA will be looking for “very intensive” industry participation in a planned comprehensive review of the rules governing aircraft that operate under se

When Nick Leontidis, CAE’s executive vice president of civil training and equipment, tossed down the gauntlet, saying, “We’re going after FlightSafety…we b

As part of its ongoing Operational Evolution Plan (OEP), the FAA has begun installing new equipment that will simultaneously provide weather and aircraft p

The FAA has decided that automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) will use a combination of the 1090-MHz extended squitter surveillance link for

The FAA could face a shortage of air traffic controllers in the next decade unless it makes more adequate plans to replace as many as 11,000 current contro

Piper is working on boosting the max takeoff weight for its Meridian turboprop single to create a 15-percent increase in useful load.

Executive Aircraft Corp.

Independent cabin completion and refurbishment specialist Duncan Aviation recently signed a long-term contract with Dassault Aviation to complete green Fal

Million Air Cleveland has installed a new security system at its Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL) facility that it hopes will become the prototype for other F