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Sun Air Jets at Camarillo Municipal Airport (CMA), Calif., recently completed the final phase of a $10-million hangar-expansion program, which has added mo

Fuel on Demand (www.fuelondemand.

It started out as a small, Griffin, Ga.-based repair station specializing in fiberglass aircraft such as the Cirrus but quickly expanded into carbon fiber

Aviall Services and Sierracin have signed an agreement appointing Aviall an official global supplier and distributor of Sierracin’s business aircraft trans

Despite having been required to submit a “Category X” airport security plan to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) more than a year ago, Washi

After several years of discussion and consultation, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will soon present new operating standards to helic

As the helicopter industry once again prepares to hold its annual roundup in Dallas later this month, it is riding the crest of a wave that includes the hi

The unit, which plugs into an AC power receptacle, is about the size of an automotive radar detector and contains an integral antenna and small display.

The successful launch of the second Inmarsat-4 communications satellite late last year brings the introduction of SwiftBroadband airborne high-speed-data c

Private Jet Gourmet in Miami has come up with a unique variation on traditional catering–an assortment of gourmet frozen entrees, side dishes and desserts,

Edward Taylor, a 16th-century New England Puritan not given to excess, nevertheless saw fit to describe the spiritual in terms of the flesh when he wrote o

Every time it seems that the business aviation industry has nearly exhausted all the market possibilities, something new appears.

For a long time–too long some say–the industry has been struggling to give passengers on corporate aircraft the same business and entertainment tools at 41

The call comes as the FAA released its draft environmental impact statement on its airspace redesign–a project involving 31,000 sq mi, five states and 21 m

The seven-seat aircraft will operate from Switzerland Lugano Agno Airport. The $6.27 million Avanti II received European Aviation Safety Age

A NetJets Citation 560 sustained substantial damage, according to the NTSB, when its right wing contacted Runway 36 during landing at Lakeland Airport in M

At a public hearing last month, the NTSB singled out allegedly less safe Part 91 operations in a special study on helicopter and fixed-wing EMS accidents.

A 27-percent increase in orders to 121 aircraft last year, compared with orders for 95 aircraft in 2004, and a further expected increase in sales is prompt

In the first fatal U.S.

The NTSB last month issued its final report on the Oct.

Four reported incidents of in-flight loss of hydraulic fluid led to an emergency AD for 139 Premier Is.

A pilot has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges following an accident in Hawaii last September that killed three passengers.

More detailed reporting of top executive compensation, including such perquisites as personal use of corporate aircraft, is the aim of new proposals from t

Starting February 1, owners and operators of aircraft with “questionable registrations and/or no TSA required security measures/ waivers” might be denied a

Last month pilots, airport managers and others gathered at two public meetings to tell the FAA what they think of the agency’s proposal to make the Washing

John Reimers was named president and CEO of Aviation Partners Boeing.

Several leadership changes, including two U.S.

Joseph Hawkins, an assistant professor of aerospace at Middle Tennessee State University, was named National Aviation Maintenance Technician of the

Hugh Boyd, Chevron’s chief pilot, died in a snowmobiling accident in February.

Beech King Air 200, Green Bay, Wis., June 30, 2004–The accident was caused by the loss of engine power for an undetermined reason and the pilot’s pr