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Airports

TSA bizav security plans being put to the test at TEB

While the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and NBAA continue to work on a security protocol demonstration at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport–whi
Rotorcraft

Bond is back, and will be licensed to fly

A well known name is returning to British skies with creation of a new rotorcraft operation to support North Sea oil and gas exploration and production act
Avionics

SkyTrac satellite-based tracking spans the globe

The combination of GPS position, digital communications networks and the Internet has made possible–and affordable–a variety of products and services for c

Great Lakes finds security in marriage with Raytheon

Great Lakes Aviation appears to have escaped a brush with certain bankruptcy thanks to a recently signed agreement with Raytheon Aircraft that gives the Wi
Aircraft

In The Works: Visionaire Vantage VA-10

The federal court judge presiding over VisionAire’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization apparently found sufficient merit in one or both investment of
Aircraft

In The Works: Ibis Aerospace Ae270

First flight of the third flying single-turboprop Ibis Ae270 conforming prototype (S/N 5), previously expected last fall, is now expected to take place thi
Aircraft

In The Works: Farnborough Aircraft F1

Fund-raising remains the primary endeavor of Farnborough Aircraft Corp.
Aircraft

In The Works: Cessna Citation CJ3

Cessna established a trilogy of CitationJet derivatives with the announcement of the CJ3 at the NBAA Convention in Orlando last September.
FBOs

FBO services land at new Washington reliever field

Stafford Regional Airport (RMN), located about 30 nm south-southwest of downtown Washington, D.C., is now providing transient aircraft and their crews serv
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Interior shops claim vendors unconcerned

“They’ve forgotten us,” said Victor Guzman, owner and president of GZM Aircraft Interiors, a small independent completion and refurb shop based at Executiv
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bizliner Competitions: Big-bizjet conference forecasts strong market

A persistently optimistic outlook was in evidence at the first Large Executive & VIP Aircraft Conference: Opening speaker Arnaud Martin, program direct
Regulations and Government

Bush fills vacancies on Safety Board

President Bush last month nominated two new members to the NTSB and designated long-time board member John Hammerschmidt as the agency’s new vice chairman.
Accidents

DOT watchdog: FAA harassed pilot, contributing to accident

The inspector general of the DOT has recommended that the FAA take disciplinary action against two Kansas City FSDO officials whose “unwarranted” actions a

Robot NDT said to scan structures in record time

A system that robotically inspects the skin and immediate interior structures of an aircraft–which has been likened to an MRI of the human body–is catching

Food on the Fly

Among flight attendants, flight crews and schedulers and dispatchers, not to mention passengers, few subjects today are likely to elicit more heated discus

Is your medical lost in the paperwork shuffle?

Suppose your aviation medical examiner (AME) gives you the little piece of paper that proclaims to the FAA that you are fit to fly, but the paperwork never
Avionics

Cockpit automation is still very much a work in progress

“One of the myths about the impact of automation on human performance is that as the investment in automation increases, the investment needed in human exp
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Insurance losses down

According to London-based insurance adjuster Airclaims, from an insurer’s point of view 2002 was a fairly “benign” year, with hull and liability losses of
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Terrorism risk insurance now available

Barely into the new year, aircraft owners and operators are opening letters from their insurance companies offering additional coverage for acts of terrori
Aircraft

Insolvency halts development of extra EA-500 turboprop

German airframer Extra Flugzeugbau of Hunxe entered insolvency last month, similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S.
Avionics

Honeywell, ACSS will settle suit out of court

Honeywell and ACSS have agreed to let a private arbitrator resolve their ongoing legal dispute over EGPWS patents.
Regulations and Government

NTSB targets college air travel policies

The NTSB has written a comprehensive letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recommending that all university athletic departments em

Raytheon Aircraft narrows loss gap

Raytheon Aircraft reduced its 2002 operating income loss to $4 million versus a loss of more than $750 million in 2001.

Citation deliveries leveled off in 2002

Following several years of steadily climbing Citation deliveries, Cessna shipped 305 civil business jets last year, one fewer than in 2001.

Gulfstream 2002 results decline

Deliveries of and orders for Gulfstream business jets declined in 2002 compared with 2001.
Safety

NASA departing the crash-test business

The general aviation and transport aircraft crashworthiness program that NASA has been operating since the 1970s will discontinue several planned and ongoi
Accidents

Ill-fated Greek Falcon will be repaired

The Greek Falcon 900B that was severely damaged during a series of violent oscillations on Sept.

Argentine Airline to launch bizav unit

Aerolineas Executive Jet, the new business aviation subsidiary of Aerolineas Argentinas, is tentatively scheduled for a late-2003 launch.
Avionics

Revised TSO adds class-C TAWS

Technical standard orders for terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) have been revised as TSO C151b, which includes a new class-C category intended f