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The NBAA has tallied the final numbers and the 16th Annual Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in Reno broke all records.

According to NBAA, the four-day show, which ran from February 13 to 16, drew 1,525 attendees, 75 more than last year’s show, and 275 exhibitors, 37 more th

Fund Drive Marks Decade of Women in Aviation

In honor of its 10th year, Women in Aviation International is soliciting donations.
FBOs

Wilson up and running at Charlotte

Wilson Air Center’s new Charlotte, N.C.

People in Aviation: January 2004

Peter Wright Jr. was promoted to vice chairman of West Chester, Pa.-based Keystone Helicopter.

More senior staff changes at NBAA

NBAA continued to bolster and realign its senior staff last month, hiring aviation lobbyist Lisa Piccione as its new senior vice president of government af
Aircraft

Global Express XRS spreads wings

Bombardier successfully completed wing mating on the first Global Express XRS at the company’s de Havilland facility in Toronto on November 9.
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: Aerospace Group Gets Results

While Congress has acted on several recommendations from the Commission on the Future of the U.S.
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: FAA Names New CFO Bloom

Former Pentagon official Thomas Bloom has been named CFO of the FAA, overseeing the agency’s $14 billion operating budget, as well as the development and F
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: NATCA and FAA Sign Contract Extension

Following an acrimonious battle between the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association over the recently passed FAA reauthorization bill and
Maintenance and Modifications

Airlog Imaging software lets users take control

AirLog Imaging is offering a Version II of its LBCD (Logbooks on CD).
Safety

Amsat’s Action Plan

The Air Medical Service Accident Analysis Team (Amsat) developed four categories of recommendations, each representing factors that could be addressed with
Security

Stolen Agplane Raised Terrorist Concerns

The apparent theft on November 1 of a Piper PA-25 Pawnee cropduster near Mexicali, Mexico, was the subject of a Transportation Security Administration advi
FBOs

HPN Operators Win Noise Abatement Awards

Imperial Transport, flying a Citation 501, and US Smokeless Tobacco Brands, operating two Challenger 601s, received the “Spirit of Noise Abatement” awards
ATC

ATC Held Mostly Responsible for Fatal Crash

In a rare decision, a federal judge in Jacksonville, Fla., ruled last month that the FAA was more responsible for a fatal accident than the pilot.
Maintenance and Modifications

Florida Service Station Approved for EU Aircraft

General Dynamics Aviation Services in West Palm Beach, Fla., has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification and JAA approval.
Training and Workforce

TSA delays alien flight training rule

Shortly after AIN went to press for last month’s issue, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made last-minute modifications to its alien
Regulations and Government

FAA proposes SIC pilot type rating

Pilots serving as second-in-command (SIC) would be eligible to apply for an SIC type rating without any additional training required, under an FAA notice o
Regulations and Government

JOBS Act limits corporate deductions

While general aviation interests hailed the tax law that extended the deadline for the 50-percent accelerated bonus-depreciation allowance for business air
ATC

FAA forecast addresses improving ATC capacity to meet traffic increases

The FAA’s Annual Aerospace Forecast always tries to paint the most optimistic picture of the industry that the agency’s statistics will support, and this y

Budget reduces aeronautics research spending

While most of NASA is reaching for the stars, the segment of the agency that conducts aeronautics research here on earth has taken a budget cut for the sec
Rotorcraft

Powerline detection system FAA certified for Bell 206

Some three-and-a-half years ago, Safe Flight Instrument of White Plains, N.Y., received supplemental type certification for its Powerline Detection System
Cabin Interior and Electronics

New hangar marks expansion at Gore Design Completions

With an eye on the future, Gore Design Completions (GDC) officially opened its big, new interior shop in San Antonio on February 8 amid ceremonies hosting

NBAA welcomes D.C. bizav group

Saying that there is no way that NBAA’s regional representatives can be the association’s eyes and ears at every airport and in every nook and cranny of th
Regulations and Government

North Carolina faces cuts to aviation funds

Even as officials of the North Carolina Department of Transportation celebrated the centennial of manned flight at ceremonies on the Outer Banks on Decembe
Aircraft

In The Works: Eclipse Aviation Eclipse 500

OK, first about the photo.
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Aircraft

In The Works: Safire Aircraft Safire Jet

Safire Aircraft of Opa-Locka, Fla., announced last month that wind-tunnel testing at the University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory’s subsonic Kirsti
Aircraft

In The Works: Maverick Jets Leader

At the Dubai Air Show last month, Tbilisi Aerospace Manufacturing (TAM) of Tbilisi, Georgia (the former Soviet Republic, not the Peachtree State), featured
Aircraft

In The Works: Adam Aircraft A500/700

Englewood, Colo.-based Adam Aircraft expects FAA certification of its centerline-thrust A500 piston twin in the first quarter of this year and first delive
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Technik expands bizav presence in U.S. market

Lufthansa Technik, the Hamburg, Germany-based maintenance, overhaul and interiors completion and refurbishment giant, continues to expand its U.S.
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