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Aircraft

Embraer Showing Off Its Newest Twins at NBAA

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is to unveil a conceptual mockup interior of its mid-light and midsize business jets (the MLJ and MSJ, respectively

Get your Pilot’s Guide to Avionics

The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) is handing out free copies of its 2007/08 Pilot’s Guide to Avionics at its NBAA booth (No.
Training and Workforce

Six-week course trains students for aircraft dispatching positions

Universal Weather & Aviation (Booth No.

Insurance firm offers mx plan

EPG Insurance introduced a out-of-warranty maintenance plan that the company said covers almost all unscheduled repairs on small business jets and turbopro
Charter & Fractional

Virgin Charter plans program to rate charter operators

Virgin Charter (Booth 1228), a new full-service online marketplace from Sir Richard Branson bringing together buyers and sellers of private air travel, has

Park intros interior composites

Park Electrochemical, a supplier of advanced composite materials for aerospace structures, is showcasing a newly introduced prepreg (pre-impregnated materi
FBOs

SheltAir Opens FBO at Plattsburgh Airport

SheltAir Aviation Services has christened an FBO at Plattsburgh International Airport (PBG) in Upstate New York.
Airports

Pueblo Airport Plans Expansion

Visitors to Pueblo Memorial Airport on the eastern edge of the Colorado Rockies can look forward to major infrastructure improvements.

Phoenix Fuel rebranding adds new Web portal

Sheridan, Wyo.-based Phoenix Fuel (Booth No.

E-A-R Test Center Expands Capabilities

E-A-R Specialty Composites (Booth No.

Dassault Plans $10M Little Rock Expansion

Dassault Aircraft Services announced an expansion of its company-owned Little Rock, Ark.
Aircraft

Clifford gives new power to cesSna citation S550

Clifford Development of Portage, Mich.
Maintenance and Modifications

Cessna To Fit Caravans with TKS Anti-Icing

Cessna said it will offer a TKS “weeping wing” anti-icing system for the Cessna Grand Caravan starting next March, using a system manufactured by Aerospace
Avionics

Iridium Names Development Partners

Iridium has named suppliers to help it build and deploy the Iridium Next satellite constellation over the next several years.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Launches China Market Study

Al Pod, former president and CEO of NetJets subsidiary Executive Jet Management, has been named to conduct an examination of potential opportunities for Ne
Avionics

FAA To Upgrade Its King Airs with Pro Line 21

The FAA will upgrade the cockpits in its fleet of 18 King Air 300 flight-inspection airplanes with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics systems rather tha
Accidents

NTSB Gives More Details of Beechjet Dual Flameout

The NTSB this week finally released initial factual information about the Flight Options Beechjet 400A that experienced a dual engine flameout on Nov.
Charter & Fractional

AEXJet To Keep Flying Despite Bankruptcy Filing

Aspen Executive Air (AEXJet), an ARG/US Platinum-rated charter operator, voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week in the U.S.
ATC

‘Leading Aviation Experts’ Call For Privatized ATC

The Reason Foundation has assembled a group of nine “leading aviation experts”–including former DOT Secretary Jim Burnley, former FAA Administrator Langhor

PMI Media VLJ Outlook Contains Mixed Messages

A soon-to-be-released very light jet forecast from PMI Media estimates that 7,650 VLJs, worth some $18.36 bill

Bizjet Forecast Shows Blue Skies, with a Few Clouds

Forecast International yesterday released a prediction that 14,978 business jets, worth some $192 billion, will be manufactured between 2007 and 2016.
Regulations and Government

FAA Reauthorization Clears House 267-151

The House of Representatives this afternoon approved an FAA reauthorization bill that raises the tax on jet-A from 21.8 to 35.9 cents a gallon and the tax

Huey Lewis to headline NBAA gala

Huey Lewis and the News will headline this year’s NBAA Benefit Gala tonight in the Murphy Ballroom at the Georgia World Congress Center. “Do Y

Learjet 60 starter-generators ready off the shelf

StarterGenerator.com of The Woodlands, Texas, is at Booth No.

Remote-control tug makes

Aero Specialties (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet-Care ready to take the pulse of new ‘patients’

Need to monitor the health of your engine? Jet-Care (Booth No.
Engines

Mx software keeps records straight

Tdata, Inc., (Booth No.