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Securaplane Technologies has signed new distributor agreements for Hawker main ship batteries with Corporate Jet Support, Cirrus Aero Accessories and CRS J

Archie Trammell, former magazine editor turned radar and convective weather expert, has added a bimonthly online magazine to supplement his long-running ra

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This month NBAA continues a series of seminars on Part 91 Subpart K, the new rule that regulates fractional operations.

While generally praising the FAA’s system of designated examiners and representatives, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said that the agency

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now expected to issue an informational circular early this spring on security recommendations for gener

On December 9 Cessna Aircraft claimed another record, though this one does not involve any aircraft speed or distance.

The FAA has finally released its study of Part 135 air-taxi operators, mandated by Congress more than four years ago in the Aviation Investment and Reform

A former employee of GE Aircraft Engines claims the company knowingly shipped defective parts built during a 10-year period at its factory in Madisonville,

The German government gave the green light to sell to the public 74.9 percent of DFS, the agency operating the country’s ATC system.

The Transportation Security Administration is allowing operators to increase progressively the time for which international waivers are valid.

A jury ordered Universal Avionics to pay Honeywell $5.5 million in damages for violating a patent related to Honeywell’s original (pre-“enhanced”) GPWS.

According to a Little Rock local newspaper account, hangar space is hard to come by in the state of Arkansas, especially the capital city.

In another effort to help reduce accidents, NATA is developing a ground-incident safety management system (SMS) that it hopes will merge data on ground-han

Bob Walesch since 1984 has held senior positions with four major FBOs and spearheaded the launches of two of them that are located on medium-size business-

The turn of the new year has seen several new facilities opening in time for the winter season.

Accidents involving aircraft on airport ramps remain one of the most expensive sources of claims for insurance companies.

Steve Brown took over as NBAA senior vice president of operations three months ago, but he is an old hand on the Washington scene.

The Gulfstream 500 received FAA type certification last month, and customer deliveries of the business jet are scheduled to start early this year.

One thing that pilots have in common with most people is that, from time to time, they wish they were doing something else in their chosen field.

As reported last month in AIN, under FAA requirements civil jets must be equipped with ELTs starting this month.

With this year’s Heli-Expo scheduled for February 6 to 8 in Anaheim, Calif., more than four weeks earlier than last year, news from exhibitors was surprisi

One of the world’s greatest civil engineering projects, the $8 billion Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) carries crude oil 800 miles south from Prudhoe B

Until the start of the new millennium, the business of monitoring helicopters as they flew over inhospitable expanses of land or water could be a haphazard

A New Zealand air ambulance trust has bought a second Sikorsky S-76 to meet a growing demand for emergency medical flights in Auckland.

Three Columbia Helicopters Chinooks have recently entered service in South America.

San Diego’s city council voted unanimously to extend the lease on its fire helicopter for six months.

Bell plans to add about 200 jobs at its Amarillo assembly plant this year, as it gears up to meet expected demand for the V-22 Osprey.

The head of Bell’s new X-Worx center in Arlington, Texas, told AIN that his team is working on a new type of anti-torque device that is “unlike anything yo

A newly formed regional airline division of Hong Kong commuter helicopter operator Helicopters Hong Kong has signed a deal with GE Capital Aviation Service