Gordon Gilbert
Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

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Regulations and Government

Proposal Aims for Better Exec Perk Disclosure

More detailed reporting of top executive compensation, including such perks as personal use of corporate aircraft, is the aim of proposed rulemaking from t
Accidents

Nascar King Air Crew Lost Situational Awareness

The NTSB in its final report released this morning said the crew of a Hendrick Motorsports King Air 200 lost situational awareness and overflew Martinsvill
FBOs

AIN’s FBO Survey Available Online

This year’s AIN FBO Survey questionnaire is now available online, hosted by aviation market analyst Forecast International of Newtown, Conn.
Accidents

Helicopter Crash Kills Three on Ground

Three people were killed and one seriously injured on the ground when an Aerospatiale Alouette II crashed on Sunday afternoon in the Camargue region in sou
FBOs

Fire Seriously Damages Paris FBO

Universal Weather & Aviation has said that it could take until the middle of next month before damage to its Paris Le Bourget FBO can be fully repaired.
Regulations and Government

Airmen: Say Bye Bye to Paper Certificates

Under FAA rulemaking proposed Friday, two years after a final rule becomes effective, paper pilot certificates could no longer be used and five years after
FBOs

NATA Replaces Annual Show with Two Events

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is replacing its annual convention with two events, the FBO Leadership Conference March 19 to 22 in Orla
Regulations and Government

Part 135 Brought into ETOPS Requirements

The FAA issued a final rule on multiengine turbine airplane extended operations (ETOPS) that allows operators of commercial aircraft–now including Part 135
Charter & Fractional

Agency Says Air-tour Operators Left Sky High

The FAA and the Park Service have taken some steps to implement the National Parks Air Tour Management Act, but nearly six years after its passage, “the re
Regulations and Government

Comments Due on FBO Fuel-spill Proposal

Tomorrow is the deadline on the second of two notices of proposed rulemaking to ease fuel-spill prevention, control and containment (SPCC) rules for fuel t
Accidents

Survivor: ‘Chunks of Slush’ Slid Off Challenger

NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, one of three who survived the Nov.
Safety

NTSB Wants No Credit Given To Reverser-use

The NTSB has sent an “urgent safety recommendation” asking the FAA to prohibit airlines from using credit for the use of thrust reversers when calculating
Accidents

Metro Pilot Lost Control before Fatal Crash

A Tri-Coastal Airlines Swearingen SA-226TC (N629EK) crashed in a “nose-down, near-vertical attitude” near Paris, Tenn., while on a cargo flight from Dayton
Regulations and Government

Michigan Drops Sales Taxes on Nonresident Service

Michigan Gov.
Regulations and Government

Tougher MU-2B Pilot Training Eschews Type-rating

More stringent training requirements for pilots of Mitsubishi MU-2Bs have been recommended by an FAA Flight Standardization Board (FSB) report, but they st
Regulations and Government

Congress Asked To Make ICAO Appointment

Fourteen aviation trade groups signed aletter to the heads of the Senate foreign relations committee asking for quick action to name Donald Bliss as the ne
Aircraft

Airplane OEMs Report a Record Year

The general aviation industry in 2005 reached an all-time record for billings and a four-year high in new turbine airplane deliveries.
Regulations and Government

Revised Insulation Rule Still Draws Concern

The National Air Transportation Association still has concerns regarding the recently published requirements for improved flammability characteristics of t
Avionics

FAA To End Mode-S Exemptions

The FAA has withdrawn its decade-old proposal to rescind its requirement for Mode-S transponders and adopted a new rule that will end the hundreds of Mode-
Regulations and Government

White House Budget Alludes To User-fee Proposal

Last week, the White House introduced its proposed budget for federal programs in fiscal year 2007 that includes language calling for a new funding mechani
Aircraft

Winglets Are a Go for the Falcon 7X

Dassault has locked in its decision to push the Falcon 7X’s range from 5,700 nm to 6,000 nm and boost payload by 50 percent.
Aircraft

Falcon Jet Sales Up, Deliveries Down

Dassault chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne said yesterday that the company ended last year with record sales for 123 Falcon business jets–the first time
Security

Business Turboprops Reported Hijacked

Air Security International reported today that last week two business aircraft went missing shortly after departing from Arturo Michelena International Air
Regulations and Government

Nav Canada Postpones New User Fees

A number of changes to service charges proposed by Nav Canada will not go into effect as planned on March 1.
Regulations and Government

Fuel-spill Containment Rules Eased

The deadline has been extended to October next year for FBOs and others who operate fueling facilities and fueling trucks to meet new spill prevention, con
Regulations and Government

International Registry Requirements Coming

Beginning March 1, aircraft purchasers, sellers and lenders in the U.S.
Avionics

Automated LOAs Void Need for RVSM Renewals

Part 91 operators who have been renewing their FAA letters of authorization (LOAs) permitting operations in RVSM airspace no longer need to do so under a n
Accidents

German-registered Citation Crashes in Iraq

Investigation has started into last Thursday’s crash of a Citation I/SP in mountains in northern Iraq.
Aircraft

Pilatus, ExecuJet Go Their Separate Ways

South Africa-based ExecuJet Aviation and Swiss-based Pilatus decided to end their eight-year-old relationship servicing and selling the PC-12 turboprop sin
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Will Offer Point-to-Point Travel Within Canada

Bombardier Flexjet, the U.S.-based fractional business jet arm of Canadian manufacturer Bombardier, last month announced it would begin operations in--wher