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Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault factory service center readies for 7X

Dassault Falcon Service (Booth No.

Jetnet/AvData unveils online directory of aviation services

Jetnet/AvData of Utica, N.Y., is here at NBAA’07 unveiling its Aviation Business Index (ABI), a worldwide online portal for aviation information. Ac

Albert Ueltschi Humanitarian Award: Veterans Airlift Command

The Veterans Airlift Command (VAC), a nonprofit organization that provides air transportation aboard private aircraft for wounded veterans and their famili

Industry Perspective: Bombardier

How would you describe the current health of the market?Looking from the past to what it is today, we seem to be in a dynamic that is historic
Engines

ICG introduces improved phone handset

Aeronautical communications systems provider International Communications Group (Booth No.
FBOs

Visit Air BP, drive home a Mini Cooper

Visit the Air BP booth (No.

RBS agents here to talk financing

Representatives from The Royal Bank of Scotland are on hand at NBAA’07 to provide information about the bank’s corporate aircraft financing entity, RBS Ass

Industry Perspective:Embraer Executive Aviation

Luis Carlos Affonso is an aeronautical engineer and private pilot, the product of a Brazilian engineering education and a man for whom a life at Embraer
FBOs

CRS prize is Mustang convertible

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, CRS Jet Spares is giving 15 finalists a chance to win a 2007 Ford Mustang GT convertible.Each participant wi
Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell M&Os focus on service and support

Honeywell will discuss the status of much of its product line, from engines and APUs to avionics, this afternoon and again tomorrow morning in a series of
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Mid Continent Controls showcases IFE options

Mid Continent Controls  (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Interior design firms aim to make A380 a true flying palace

Airbus remains tight-lipped on the subject of what it calls the A380 “Flying Palace,” but that hasn’t kept rumors from swirling or designers from developin
Maintenance and Modifications

Aeroflex Partners on China Service Center

Wichita-based Aeroflex, a provider of avionics test equipment, has partnered with Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corp.
Charter & Fractional

The secret To his sucess

When Kenny Dichter and a buddy from college first had the idea for Marquis Jet, the travel card program that sells time aboard NetJets business jets in 25-
Avionics

Bombardier picks Collins HGS as option for the Challenger 605

Rockwell Collins’ HGS-6605 head-up guidance system (HGS) will be a new option on Bombardier’s recently certified Challenger 605. The agreement, said

In face of strengthening market, Piaggio struggles with production

For its sleek Avanti II, Piaggio reports a two-year backlog valued at more than $600 million.
Aircraft

Grob SPn logs its biggest fleet sale to turboprop fractional provider

The PlaneSense fractional ownership program has ordered 25 Grob SPns, with deliveries for what is to be the program’s biggest deal to date to begin toward
Training and Workforce

How Time Flies

If any of the founding members of the organization that eventually grew into the National Business Aviation Association could be transported through time t
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Safety

Congress grills FAA over NTSB safety list

Aviation by far has the highest number of outstanding safety deficiencies of any form of transportation in the U.S., according to the NTSB, which authors a

Kansas City invests $100M in business aviation development

The Kansas City Aviation Department (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Raisbeck Installs 50th ZR Lite Kit

Seattle-based Raisbeck Engineering (Booth No.

Parker wins contracts with Embraer, Cessna

Aircraft systems provider Parker Aerospace (Booth No.
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Regulations and Government

Denmark’s Aircraft Tax Loophole Closing

The Danish government is preparing to impose a 25-percent VAT sales tax on imported aircraft to close a loophole that has allowed owners to bypass taxes du
Engines

Snecma Polishing Silvercrest for NBAA

Snecma plans to unveil a mock-up of its 9,500- to 12,000-pound-thrust Silvercrest engine, as well as divulge more details about the project, at the NBAA Co
Charter & Fractional

Pogo Jet IPO Reveals Plan To Buy Eclipse 500s

On Thursday afternoon, Pogo Jet filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public stock offering to raise mo

Forecast: Turboprop Market To Slow

In a study released today entitled “The Market for General Aviation/Utility Aircraft 2007-2016,” Forecast International said it anticipates a decline in co
Regulations and Government

FAA Reauthorization Advances in House

The House Ways and Means Committee today passed H.R.3539, a tax code modification companion bill to H.R.2881, the House FAA reauthorization legislation.

Saudi Typhoon Order Confirmed

AIN reported this morning (
FBOs

Google Jets Gain Access to NASA Field

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are being criticized for a deal they struck with NASA to base a VIP Boeing 767-200 and two Gulfstream Vs at the