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Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier opens new service center in Dallas

In an effort to improve its customer support, Bombardier has opened a new service center at Dallas Love Field and allocated shares equaling one Learjet 45
Security

TSA names new chief for general aviation

General aviation interests are encouraged by the appointment of Michal Morgan as Transportation Security Administration (TSA) general manager for general a

Silverjet launches all-first-class transatlantic

Can an airline ever realistically hope to match the level of service and intimate environment a private jet offers? Silverjet Aviation thinks it can, and i
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Edése Doret designs A380 ‘Flying Palace’ with Jacuzzi

While Airbus will confirm only that it is “in talks with a couple of potential Middle East customers for an Airbus A380 ‘Flying Palace,’” the interior poss
Regulations and Government

Comments Due on Air-taxi Disclosure Proposal

Today is the deadline for comments on a DOT advance notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking input on a 2006 NTSB recommendation calling for air taxis
Regulations and Government

Government Reports Split on User Fee Issue

A report from the U.S.
Regulations and Government

Northeast Airspace Redesign Moves Forward

In a program that started more than 10 years ago, the FAA is now in the final stages of its northeast airspace redesign project, which involves “a wholesal
Regulations and Government

FCC Unlikely To Lift In-flight Cellphone Ban

Lingering uncertainty about whether cellphone calls placed by airline passengers would cause interference with the cell system on the ground has prompted t

Raytheon Concludes Sale of its Aircraft Subsidiary

Raytheon yesterday announced it completed the sale of its wholly owned Raytheon Aircraft subsidiary to Hawker Beechcraft, a new privately held company form
Regulations and Government

User fees likely to meet resistance in Congress

As Congress began hearings last month on the Bush Administration’s plan to fund the FAA, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey attempted to do what one lawmaker
Safety

EMS helicopter operators build a case for their service

Jeff Hensel leaves the same voicemail every July 23.

People: Final flights

Brian Rowe, former head of GE Aviation, died February 22.

People in Aviation: April 2007

Hans Doll was promoted to director of customer and product support for Grob Aerospace.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion & Refurbishment: Aircraft Interiors Show To Debut in Dubai

Fairs & Exhibitions, which organizes the biennial Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates, will debut a new aircraft interiors show–Aircraft Interior
Cabin Interior and Electronics

It’s the Size of Macaroni but weighs less

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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Cabin complexities call for independent expertise

The independent aircraft interior completion manager is based on a dusty little airport on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Texas, and the airplane interior be
ATC

Washington Report: FAA Increases Controller Hiring

The FAA revised its controller hiring plan early last month to adjust for greater retirement numbers and revisions to staffing requirements at each of the

Washington Report: New Legal Eagle Lands at FAA

President Bush has named Kerry Long, a self-described “aviation enthusiast” with nearly three decades of experience in aviation law, to serve as chief coun
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: Congress tries end run on age 60

Although the FAA has finally acquiesced to allowing commercial pilots to fly past their 60th birthday, a group of legislators has introduced a bill that wo

International Operators Conference

A prominent moment of the 2003 International Operators Conference in Colorado Springs occurred just after the first day’s sessions.
Regulations and Government

General Aviation Activity Survey in the Mail

Aircraft owners and operators should start watching their mailbox for an invitation to participate in the FAA’s 2006 General Aviation and Part 135 Activity
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker 700 Benefits from RVSM Upgrade

Alternative Avionics in Waterford, Mich., has gained an STC for installation of upgraded air-data computers and pitot-static probes in the Hawker 700, a mo
Regulations and Government

New Legislation Focuses on GA Threats

The U.S.
Aircraft

Embraer Plans New Business Jets

Watch for Embraer to announce “around NBAA Convention time” one or maybe two new business jets.
FBOs

Mercury FBOs To Be Added to Atlantic Aviation

Publicly traded Macquarie Group, the Australian company that owns the Atlantic Aviation chain of FBOs, is purchasing the FBOs owned by private-equity firm

People in Aviation: September 2004

Executive Jet Management (EJM) announced changes to its management team with three personnel movements.
Safety

What does it take to pilot a jet?

The “right stuff” might be your answer, particularly if you liked what author Tom Wolfe had to say in his recounting of America’s efforts to send a man to
Regulations and Government

FSS funding

The House Appropriations Committee has added a directive to a report on FAA funding for Fiscal Year 2005 that would require the agency to ensure that pilot
Safety

NTSB revisits child restraints

Although child restraints on airplanes have been on the NTSB’s list of most wanted safety improvements for almost a decade, the agency last month reclassif
Safety

ICAO wants safety data guards

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) assembly is expected to take action later this month on legal guidance for member states to protect sa