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Aircell ATG-5000 Debuts in Gulfstream G200

Aircell announced the first installation of its ATG 5000 high-speed Internet system aboard a California-based Gulfstream G200 operated by charter provider
Avionics

NZ-2000 users responding to FAA guidance

Business jet operators flying with Honeywell NZ-2000 flight management systems are responding to an FAA airworthiness bulletin describing a software glitch
Avionics

TrueNorth puts focus on apps, not hardware

Following supplementary type certification of its Simphone OpenCabin airborne telecommunications system for Bombardier’s Global business jet line, TrueNort
Regulations and Government

Southers rejects offer to lead TSA

Erroll Southers, the White House choice to head the leaderless Transportation Security Administration (TSA), withdrew his name from consideration on Januar
Regulations and Government

Operators still struggle with ETS

The European Commission’s latest list of operators subject to the emissions trading scheme (ETS) is still incomplete and inaccurate, according to companies
Safety

Book Review: Flying Drunk

“Remember those airline pilots who got caught flying drunk?”
Charter & Fractional

Fractionals stumbled in brutal 2009

Data on the U.S.
Airports

Airport Authority Seeks GA’s Return to DCA

Describing general aviation as “an important part of our aviation infrastructure at Reagan National, James Bennett, president of the Metropolitan Washingto
Aircraft

Cessna CJ4 Certifcation Imminent at Press Time

Looking not unlike a T-tail compact version of its Sovereign stablemate, the Cessna Citation CJ4 should have earned its FAA credentials by the time these w
Safety

Revised LASP will include industry input, says TSA

Following up on testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it is bac

Columbia stays in the family

The threatened pink workstations are a nonstarter, but Nancy Lematta has her hands firmly on the controls of Aurora, Ore.-based Columbia Helicopters.

EMS safety slow-going at FAA

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued its 2010 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements last week, upgrading its assessment

HAI 2010 News Clips

SkyTrac Briefing Daily on SkyWeb 3.0SkyTrac Systems of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, is displaying the latest version of its sa

Conklin marks 25th here

Aviation consultancy Conklin & de Decker Aviation Information is marking its 25th anniversary at Heli-Expo by donating $2,500 to the Helicopter Foundat

Rotorcraft Programs: Tiltrotors and Compounds

Cutting-edge research takes an enormous amount of time and while the BA609 tiltrotor still shows signs of life, it may end up a solely AgustaWestland proje

StandardAero brings optimistic view

StandardAero believes the industry is emerging from “one of the most challenging markets in the history of general aviation” and is bringing that optimism

Night Flight Concepts turns police green

Several law enforcement agencies recently completed Night Flight Concepts’s (Booth No.
Aircraft

Honda Aircraft – HondaJet

The first production conforming HondaJet is now scheduled to fly in the middle of this year, at a date yet to be determined, according to a Honda Aircraft
Aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft – Premier II

The updated version of the Premier was expected to fly in December but that has been moved to this month, according to Hawker Beechcraft.
Aircraft

Gippsland Aeronautics – Airvan GA10

Australia’s Gippsland, which is in the process of bringing the twin turboprop Nomad back into production as the Airvan GA24, has cut metal on the Airvan GA

Embraer – Legacy 450, 500

The next new aircraft development program for Embraer comprises the Legacy 450 and 500, and as initial parts begin manufacture, Embraer is testing manufact
Aircraft

Evektor – EV-55 Outback

In mid-December Evektor ran the EV-55 Outback’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-21 engines for the first time.
Aircraft

Boeing 787 Loses Thrust during Test Flight

The first Boeing 787 prototype had to make an emergency landing at Grant County International Airport at Moses Lake, Wash., after test pilots lost thrust o

Garmin introduces glass cockpit for helos

Garmin unveiled yesterday at Heli-Expo 2010 the G500H avionics system, specifically for the VFR Part 27 helicopter market.Jim Alpiser, Garmin’s

Heli-Expo’10 to build on last year’s success

With an attendance expected to be within 1 to 3 percent of last year’s more than 17,000 and the increase in exhibitors filling the floor of the George R.

AW unwraps its newest 109 Grand

To the accompaniment of multicolored lights and music, AgustaWestland unveiled its new AW109 Grand New here yesterday.
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Rolls-Royce's next-gen engines just rolling along

The ongoing worldwide need for helicopters of all types that serve diverse industry and government segments is helping keep manufacturers like Rolls-Royce

R66 certification ‘very close’

Robinson Helicopter founder Frank Robinson said certification of the company’s new turbine R66 was “very close” and that the company planned an initial pro