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Aircraft
Lineage 1000 drops into Teterboro
Embraer took the Lineage 1000 into Teterboro Airport, N.J., last month to show it’s the largest business airplane the size-restricted airport can accept.
Charter & Fractional
CitationShares is now CitationAir by Cessna
Responding to the brave new world of recession-shaped business aviation, CitationShares last month in New York City unveiled a rebranding that sees the com
Engines
Williams leads turbofans, Honeywell tops in t-props
In 2009 the annual Product Support Survey produced by NBAA Convention News’ sister publication Aviation International News Williams Internati
‘CitationAir by Cessna’ is new name of CitationShares
Responding to the brave new world of recession-shaped business aviation, CitationShares this morning in New York City unveiled a rebranding that sees the c
Air Routing unveils online flight-planning products
Poised to chip away at flight-planning monolith Universal, Air Routing unveils a new suite of online flight-planning products and services this month.
Engines
2009 Product Support Survey - Part 3: Engines
For reasons that are not clear, every engine manufacturer scored fewer points in this year’s survey than in
Engines
Milestones and Advances in Environmental Cleanliness from Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney this spring held a media event at its Hartford, Connecticut headquarters and provided an overview of its milestones and advances in
Engines
Business aviation to benefit from GTF technology
The in-development geared turbofan (GTF) has been attracting most of the headlines at engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney lately, and it does indeed pr
Engines
P&WC engine for Columbus shares GTF core
The in-development geared turbofan (GTF) has been attracting most of the headlines at engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney lately, and it does indeed pr
U.S. Bizav Down More Than 40 Percent, Says ARG/US
Using serial-number-specific aircraft arrival and departure information on all IFR flights in the U.S.
Time To Play The Boss Card
When the 767s hit the towers on 9/11, we all knew the aviation world would never be the same, quite apart from the implications for wider humanity.
Regulations and Government
LASP Gets Cool Reception at Town Hall Meeting
The first of the Transportation Security Administration’s series of town hall meetings, held to
Editorial: Tough Times
Business and corporate aviation faces its most daunting challenges in the six decades since innovative people put comfy chairs, a coffee pot and windows in
Aircraft
Hawker Beech unveils 450XP, King Air 350i
Hawker Beechcraft took the wraps off the Hawker 450XP and King Air 350i last month.
Editorial: Red faces at FAA/Eclipse hearing
The congressional hearing in Washington last month about the process that led to FAA certification of the Eclipse 500 took the lid off the FAA’s sausage-ma
Maintenance and Modifications
Crownair Buys VNY’s RoigWest Maintenance
San Diego-based Crownair has acquired RoigWest Maintenance, a turbine aircraft maintenance and support center at Van Nuys Airport, the third busiest genera
Avionics
Dassault takes 10,000th ACSS TCAS
ACSS–a division of L-3–yesterday afternoon marked the production of its 10,000th TCAS (traffic alert and collision avoidance system), presenting the unit t
Aircraft
New twin is still under consideration at Socata
Is it a jet? Is it a turboprop? That’s the question that remains after Socata confirmed here yesterday that it is still pursuing a twin-engine aircraft to
“The Best Way To Predict the Future Is To Create It Yourself”
Peter Diamandis, of X Prize Foundation renown, guest speaker at the Dassault breakfast yesterday and writer of the headline above, is turning his attention
Dassault undeterred by economic slowdown
Conceding that the market has suffered a “significant slowdown in the U.S.
Dassault Says Falcon Orders Remain Strong
Conceding that the market has suffered a “significant slowdown” in the U.S.
Aircraft
Hawker Beech unveils 450XP, King Air 350i
Hawker Beechcraft took the wraps off the Hawker 450XP and King Air 350i here yesterday.
Embraer ready to take on major bizav players
It was just a few short years ago that Embraer, with only one business jet in its stable and the market for 50-seat regional jets maturing, made the decisi
Avionics
New WSI service displays wx data on cellphones
WSI yesterday introduced Pilotbrief Mobile, which provides the company’s aviation weather and hazard information in a format compatible with mobile devices
Bombardier Drops Grob from Learjet 85 Program
Bombardier has terminated its contract with Grob Aerospace AG of Switzerland to develop the composite structure for the Learjet 85.
FBOs
FBO Profile: Irving Aviation
Gander is something of a legend in the history of transatlantic aviation.
Aircraft
Riding the rocket
Is there a pilot alive whose pulse has not raced upon seeing Concorde’s lithe shape part the sky? Of the many airliner cockpit rides I have been fortunate
A Century in Review: The 1980s
No offense intended to its participants, but aviation progress by the 1980s had become rather mundane by comparison with the incessant leaps and bounds of
A Century in Review: The 1970s
The decades that preceded the 1970s were propelled by a lust for technological progress measured in speed, altitude and range.
Piper Aircrat under new ownership
Piper announced on July 21 that American Capital Strategies, a minority (about 2 percent) shareholder in the company since 1998, has acquired 94 percent of
