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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Life insurance for pilots: it’s time to review policies

If aviation insurance news has been mostly bad since September 11, there is still one small bright spot in the industry.

Global tourists take King Air around the world

As corporate pilots Tom and Pam Clements climbed the stone steps at the forbidding Angkor Wat temples in Cambodia, it seemed incredible that they were bein
Rotorcraft

Bell sales reflect diverse industry

Bell Helicopter Textron announced the recent deliveries of three helicopters–a Bell 412, 206B-3 and 430–to customers in vastly different industries and too
Rotorcraft

Helicopter Operations

ATA Execujet’s new fixed-wing Part 135 operation is likely to succeed, if its rotorcraft Part 135 operations are any indication.
Charter & Fractional

ATA Execujet expands with Part 135 charter services

“When you’re on ATA, you’re on vacation,” used to be the airline’s marketing slogan.
Airports

Competition heats up in Oakland

If your destination lies within the shadow of the Golden Gate bridge, don’t think that San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is your only option.

X Prize winner spawns space-tourism project

When aerospace designer Burt Rutan rolled out his manned suborbital spaceflight program and its centerpiece, SpaceShipOne (SS1), from its Mojave, Calif., h
FBOs

Bizav Airport Profile: Michigan’s Oakland County International/pontiac (PTK)

Located approximately 25 nm northwest of downtown Detroit and 12 sm from DaimlerChrysler’s North American headquarters, Oakland County International Airpor

Rutan reveals his concept of the shape of space travel in the future

A bustling airport in an otherwise desolate landscape served as the backdrop for the unveiling of what’s been hailed as the world’s first private space ven
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Insurance rates to stabilize as availability shrinks

Corporate aviation operators at all levels received good and bad news from insurance representatives at the 26th annual Aviation Insurance Association conf
Rotorcraft

Helitankers stand at the ready to douse this year’s wildfires

Despite the media attention on the Montana fires last summer and Southern California fires in October, last year’s fire season didn’t come even close to be
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Groen Bros. refocuses on government contract bids

In a major marketing change spurred by the fallout from September 11, Salt Lake City, Utah-based Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) recently announced it would

Life-cycle-cost software gets upgrade

Conklin & de Decker (Booth No.

SpaceShipOne: new vision in space exploration?

Based on the success of the SpaceShipOne (SS1) suborbital craft’s ascent on June 21 (AIN, July, page 2)–becoming the first priv

N.M. shopping for T-prop

According to New Mexico Department of Transportation spokesperson S.
Engines

Chinook win validates new way of doing business at Honeywell

Honeywell Aerospace has spent the past couple of years restructuring its activities along customer lines.

SpaceShipOne pilot becomes an astronaut

Mojave, Calif., is a unique place.
FBOs

Airline-run FBO meets some out-of-the-ordinary standards

When flying into Cincinnati, pilots have a choice of two main airports: Lunken Municipal Airport (LUK), located on the north shore of the Ohio River and wi
Aircraft

SimCom takes PC-12 training to next plane

Representatives of Pilatus Business Aircraft were on hand January 8 to witness the unveiling of SimCom Training Center’s newest simulator, an advanced Pila

‘Twisteron’ concept may reduce drag

A new control surface could reduce induced drag on commercial and business aircraft by up to 14 percent, resulting in fuel savings of more than $400 millio

Schweizer: unprecedented growth

According to Schweizer Aircraft president Paul Schweizer, business has never been better.

SRT Helicopters brings SAR training to customers’ sites

First-time Heli-Expo exhibitor SRT Helicopters (Booth No.

Eurocopter and China to develop heavy-lifter EC 175

During a Sunday morning press conference here at Heli-Expo, Eurocopter president Fabrice Bregier quietly announced a pending agreement with China to codeve

Eurocopter and China to develop heavy-lifter EC 175

During a Sunday morning press conference here at Heli-Expo, Eurocopter president Fabrice Bregier quietly announced a pending agreement with China to codeve

Sikorsky moves to update S-76

While celebrating the delivery of the 615th S-76, Sikorsky representatives revealed yesterday the details surrounding two new models, the S-76C++ and S-76D

Heli-Expo is field trip for ERAU students

More than 20 students from the Helicopter Flight program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Ariz.

Tsunami’s devastation salved by helicopter relief effort

If ever there was a time for rotorcraft to prove their worth, it was during these past five weeks assisting in the relief effort for victims of the Southea

Eurocopter sales soar on strength of EMS

The air-medical market just keeps on reaping benefits for the world’s No.