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Regulations and Government

NATA Says Reimbursement Process Daunting Task

The proposed procedure for reimbursing FBOs and other providers of general aviation ground-support services at five airports in the Washington, D.C.
FBOs

Zurich FBO To Open Handling Facilities

Swissport Executive Aviation is scheduled to open new handling operations at Zurich Airport on January 1.
Regulations and Government

New A380 Wake Turbulence Recommendations

The Airbus A380 Wake Vortex Steering Group recently issued new recommendations for A380 wake turbulence spacing.
Charter & Fractional

Avanti Deliveries Can’t Keep Up with Demand

Piaggio shipped only three Avantis in the first nine months of this year, hardly enough to keep up with demand, particularly from one of the OEM’s largest
Safety

FAA Moves Safety Effort to a Higher Level

The FAA took another step in its efforts to promote a “cultural change” to improve aviation safety–replacing the Aviation Safety Program (ASP) with the new

People in Aviation: November 2006

Breno Correa joined Embraer as vice president of executive jets marketing and sales for Latin America.
Accidents

Unattended Falcon rolls through fence at McCarran

The FAA is not formally investigating a ramp accident that took place September 20 at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, during which an unattended
Accidents

Final Report: Evidence of icing found on Conquest

Cessna 425 Conquest I, Belgrade, Mont., Nov.
Accidents

Final Report: Conquest pilot had previous accidents, drug use

Cessna 425 Conquest I, Lone Tree, Colo., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: CitationJet gear collapsed

Cessna 525 CitationJet, Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 16, 2006–The NTSB blamed the CitationJet accident on the pilot’s failure to maintain dire
Accidents

Final Report: Suspended pilot reapplied under another name

Mitsubishi MU-2B-25, Hillsboro, Ore., May 24, 2005–The NTSB found that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s failure to obtai
Accidents

Factual Report: Four killed in BAE charter accident

British Aerospace 146, Stord, Norway, Oct.
Accidents

Factual Report: Wind shift reported in runway overrun

Raytheon 390 Premier I, North Las Vegas, May 27, 2004–A routine weather report advised that the wind was from 160 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 20
Accidents

Factual Report: MU-2 destroyed in night IFR accident

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Parker, Colo., Aug.
Accidents

Power-line strike kills two

Hughes 369D, Somis, Calif., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Reports: Birdstrikes damage CRJ and Hawker

Bombardier CRJ200, New York, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Legacy, 737 involved in midair

Boeing 737-8EH and Embraer EMB 135BJ Legacy 600, Peixoto Azevedo, Brazil, Sept.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: November 2006

• Congress closed up shop on September 29, and November 13 was set as the date for what might be a lame-duck Congress to reconvene.

Aerospace Industry Responds to GAO Report

Following a review by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of the Final Report of the Commission on the Future of the Aerospace Industry, the Aerospa
Aircraft

VLJ Backers Take Their Case to Capitol Hill

Three of the major players in the very light jet (VLJ) arena appeared before the Senate aviation subcommittee to address concerns that the new breed of air
Accidents

Pilot dragged under Learjet 45

The captain of a Learjet 45 operated by German air-taxi company Cirrus Aviation was seriously injured when the airplane began to move during preflight.
Avionics

Satellites too reliable for GPS’ (and U.S.’) good

GPS Satellite SVN-15 will celebrate its 16th birthday in space this month, and by next spring it will have circled the earth 12,000 times (roughly twice a
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Raytheon Little Rock Expands To Do Hawker 4000s, 750s and 900s

Raytheon Aircraft broke ground on October 3 to expand its aircraft completions facilities in Little Rock, Ark., with a $16.3 million facility.
Aircraft

Last of the Challenger 604s

The last Bombardier Challenger 604, S/N 5665, rolled off the assembly line at the Canadian OEM’s Montreal plant on October 3.
Engines

10K engines the new hot topic

For the last few years, much of the buzz in the turbine engine world has focused on the new small powerplants from Pratt & Whitney Canada, Williams and the
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours Finding Business at Home

Canadian independent completion center Flying Colours, which traditionally finds about 70 percent of its business south of the border, is seeing more Canad
Cabin Interior and Electronics

SEI Eyes U.S. Site for AgustaWestland VIP Cabins

Servizi Elicotteristici Italiani (SEI), the exclusive interiors shop for AgustaWestland’s civil helicopters, is planning a move to the U.S.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Full-Spectrum Enhances Touch Control

“Let there be light,” said designers at DeCrane Aircraft’s Audio International, and to make it even better, they added full-spectrum color.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

AirCell Makes Wireless ‘Axxess-able’

AirCell displayed the newly certified wireless function of its Axxess flagship satcom system at last month’s NBAA Convention.
FBOs

Landmark buys Vancouver neighbor

At Vancouver International Airport, Landmark Aviation added to its FBO inventory with the recent purchase of Executive Aircraft.