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Safety

FAA grounds Mentor fleet after latest wing failure

A Raytheon Beech T-34 Mentor crashed on December 7 when the left wing snapped off about four inches inboard of the root attach point.
Aircraft

Looking Back: Bill Lear’s Legacy

Bill Lear possessed the soul of a true inventor.
Bill Lear founder Learjet Corp.
Aircraft

Spirit Wing modification enhances Learjet design

Calvin Burgess is a man who likes Learjets…always has and always will, to hear him tell the story. Burgess began flying in 1986 for a very pragmatic

GAMA continues search for new president

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is still searching for a replacement for former president and CEO Ed Bolen, and the board of director
Safety

MedAire expanding beyond medical expertise for travelers

Flight nurse Joan Sullivan Garrett never envisioned herself as an entrepreneur and certainly never as the head of a multi-million-dollar company with globa
Charter & Fractional

New rules challenging for charter operators

In part because of a high-profile charter crash at Teterboro Airport (TEB) early in 2005 and several other accidents involving responsibility for operation

National R&D Policy Good First Step

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) president and CEO John Douglass said the National Aeronautics Research and Development Policy released late last yea
Regulations and Government

FAA Phasing Out Paper Certificates

The FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking last month that will require pilots to replace their paper certificates with upgraded, counterfeit-resistant
Regulations and Government

House Ethics Rules Ground Pilots

The comity promised by new House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) lasted all of about 24 hours when the 110th Congress convened last month.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: February 2007

The 110th Congress opened for business on January 4, with the Democrats in control of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

This Stork Brings Executive/VIP Interiors

Netherlands-based Fokker Services, a subsidiary of Stork Aerospace, is in the executive interiors business.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

CTT Looking Forward to Zonal Drying System for 787

CTT Systems of Nykoping, Sweden, will be equipping Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner with its moisture control system as a basic feature.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

U.S. Centers Taking On More Airbus Bizliners

Landmark Aviation’s Associated Air Center delivered its seventh Airbus Corporate Jetliner last month and has contracts for three more.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Yingling Does Not Brew Beer. It Does Do Interiors

Yingling doesn’t do beer.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

From a Chinese Soul to a Business Jet Cabin

LiChing Liu Tsai is Taiwanese by birth and an industrial designer by profession.

Awards & Honors: February 2007

Able Flight awarded scholarships to Brad Jones and Stephany Glassing.

Final Flights: February 2007

William Horn Jr. a retired air force colonel, NBAA employee and aviation consultant, died on December 14.

People in Aviation: February 2007

Kerry Trosper was named general manager for Landmark Aviation’s Wichita Falls, Texas FBO.
Rotorcraft

No Midlife Crisis for Bell 206 Jetranger/Longranger

Bell Helicopter last month celebrated the 40th anniversary of its popular 206 model.
Rotorcraft

Turkish Firm Ships AW139 Fuselage

On December 21, Turkish-based Tusas Aerospace Industries shipped its first AW139 fuselage to AgustaWestland.
Rotorcraft

CHC Dauphin Crash Kills Seven

A Eurocopter AS 365N Dauphin, operated by CHC Scotia, crashed on December 27 near an oil rig in the East Irish Sea.
FBOs

Santa Monica's runway might get shorter

The city of Santa Monica, Calif., is proposing to shorten the airport’s runway to accommodate installation of a 250-foot engineered material arresting syst
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Accidents

NTSB releases details on Comair crash

As Comair Flight 5191 accelerated down an unlit runway into the predawn darkness at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky., last August 27, the captain–the n
Accidents

Icing, overweight condition downed Winnipeg Caravan

The pilot flying a Cessna Caravan that crashed after takeoff on Oct.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Cabin Electronics

Today’s world, including the business jet, is all about being connected.
Rotorcraft

AeroVision improves aerial camera

Toulouse, France-based aerial work specialist AeroVision is further developing its proprietary aerial cinematography system, which Airbus uses exclusively
Avionics

ADS-B taking hold in Europe

The promise of ADS-B is well known by now: provide quality surveillance at a lower cost than conventional radar and improve situational awareness in the co
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Training and Workforce

Sometimes nothing helps

The FAA wonders why pilots occasionally land on taxiways, and in new Engineering Brief No.

Pinnacle buys Colgan Air

Pinnacle Airlines bought Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air for $20 million last month.
ATC

Controllers claim losses exceed hires

Although the FAA needs to hire 11,800 new controllers through Fiscal Year 2015 to replace retirees and other vacancies, the National Air Traffic Controller