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Convention Clips: Universal introduces worldwide ground network

Houston-based Universal Weather & Aviation unveiled its UVglobal Network ground-handling service for corporate aircraft worldwide.
Aircraft

Convention Clips: AeroCourier notches 20-aircraft launch order

AeroCourier Group announced it received a launch order for 20 aircraft from AirShares Elite.

NBAA 2001: Convention Report

While few seemed quite sure what to expect from the postponed NBAA Convention, those who made the trip to New Orleans last month generally expressed satisf
Charter & Fractional

More 'personalized' service is goal of new frax operation

JetLimited, the new fractional aircraft ownership program from Rifton Aviation, believes it sets itself apart from other regional and national frax program

AIN Special Report: Business Aviation on the Web

Thanks to a group of academic economists from Harvard and Stanford, we now know that the U.S.

Airline hard times boost bizav access to Heathrow

London Heathrow Airport is becoming more accessible to business aircraft operators thanks to the downturn in airline traffic.
Maintenance and Modifications

Diasbled passengers get a lift with Challenger mod

The flight department of Greek-based construction company Consolidated Contractors International was faced with a challenge when the group’s 82-year-old ch

Final Flights: Moya Lear

Moya Lear, wife of aviation visionary Bill Lear and a visionary in her own right, died December 5 at her home in Verdi, Nev., just outside Reno.

Final Flights: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

In the early 1930s, when many women were expected to stay home and tend to the needs of their families, Anne Morrow Lindbergh was exploring the world with

Final Flights: Michael Chowdry, Jeff Cole

Wall Street Journal aerospace editor Jeff Cole traveled to Colorado last January to interview one of the industry’s highest achievers, Michael Chowd

Final Flights: Ed Allen

Many beyond the immediate Dassault Falcon Jet family mourned the April 25 passing of the company’s long-serving chief pilot and director of aviation, G.

Handoffs: Hansel Tookes to James Schuster

The Premier I and Hawker Horizon programs were already far behind schedule when Hansel Tookes, 53, became chairman and CEO of Raytheon Aircraft in August 2

Handoffs: Michael Graff to Pierre Beaudoin

A familiar name moved up at Bombardier Aerospace in October when Pierre Beaudoin replaced Michael Graff as president and COO.Pierre Beaudoin is

Handoffs: Carroll Suggs to Al Gonsoulin

The name Suggs has been at the heart of the offshore oil helicopter support business since its beginning, as intrinsic an identity as the Bell name is to t

Handoffs: Borge Boeskov to Lee Monson

When Lee Monson joined Boeing Business Jets in fall 1996, expectations for the joint venture of Boeing and engine-builder General Electric, announced that

Handoffs: Jim Hall to Marion Blakey

Former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) boss Marion Blakey became the ninth chairperson of the National Transportation Safety Board (

Editors' Choice: Jack Welch and the merger that fizzled

In his two decades at the helm of General Electric, during which the market value of the company increased by more than $400 billion, Jack Welch did not of

Editors' Choice: Rescue crews fly to the bottom of the world

The crews of a pair of de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otters made history last April when they flew a daring rescue mission into the depths of the Antarctic winte

Editors' Choice: Rothman and Barlage dispute BBJ access to Teterboro

Community objections to the increased use of Teterboro Airport, and to its use by the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), have pitted Rep.

Editors' Choice: Earl Robinson rolls with the punches

In boxing parlance, you might say Earl Robinson can take a punch.

Editors' Choice: Jonathan Ornstein makes waves in regional circles

In an industry led by comparatively conservative, low-key individuals, one regional airline executive not only tolerates the spotlight, he welcomes it.

Editors' Choice: DOT Secretary Norman Mineta

Unlike a lot of political appointees, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta came into the Bush Administration well versed in transportation issues–particu

Editors' Choice: Olcott, Francois, Humphries forge first EBACE

In both personal and organizational terms, the new European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE)–which successfully debuted in Geneva, las

Editors' Choice: The EVS team

The enhanced vision system (EVS)–a tiny infrared camera that marries an image of the world outside the airplane to the head-up display–could easily be list

Editors' Choice: Comair pilots strike

The summer of 2001 saw regional airline executives sweating from more than the heat of the season, as 89 days of uncertainty produced by the pilots of Cinc

Editors' Choice: Comair crew prevailed in Brasilia icing stall

What was to have been a routine milk run on March 19 from Nassau, Bahamas, to Orlando, Fla., for Comair Flight 5054 turned into several moments of sheer te
Aircraft

With introduction of Premier II, Hawker Beech boosts range, speed

Hawker Beechcraft launched the Premier II update to the single-pilot Premier I on May 19 on the eve of the EBACE show in Geneva.

Editors' Choice: Brian Barents takes his baby down the aisle to GD

In 1996 Brian Barents accepted a position with the newly formed Galaxy Aerospace, and along with it the responsibility for integrating the assets of Astra

Editors' Choice: Avcon test pilots

The Avcon Industries Learjet 25 aft fuselage delta fin development program came to an abrupt halt last June 12 when, during a key pre-modification flight t