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ATR 42-600 Completes First Flight

The sole ATR 42-600 prototype flew for the first time on March 4 from Toulouse, France, marking the start of an abbreviated flight-test campaign expected t
Regulations and Government

Lawmakers urge Congress to extend bonus depreciation

Two congressmen have sent a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee asking the tax-writing body to extend the bonus depreciation incentive for noncomm
Sustainability and Environment

FBOs join Avfuel network

Avfuel announced that Colorado Springs FBO Colorado jetCenter has joined its dealer network.
FBOs

New Avfuel dealer Stuart Jet

Center, about 30 miles north of Palm Beach, Fla., operates from a 53-acre facility with more than 15 acres of ramp space and 250,000 sq ft of hangar space
FBOs

Ambassador Jet Center opens Condo Hangars

Ambassador Jet Center, based at Dallas Executive Airport (formerly Redbird), has completed the first of three new hangar facilities.
Airports

Online car club offers local transport option

Stuck at an airport without a car? Airport Cars Club can help.
Safety

Rocket responder info updated

The FAA has posted new information for airport workers on how to respond to the scene of an accident involving rocket-propelled ballistic parachute-equippe
Charter & Fractional

Flightworks adds new sales office

Charter/management firm FlightWorks has opened a new sales office at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, at the Signature Flight Support FBO.
Regulations and Government

Bill proposes more flight time for copilots

A manager’s amendment to the Senate’s FAA reauthorization bill includes a provision introduced by Sen.
Charter & Fractional

TAC Air chooses FlightAware FBO Toolbox

FBO chain Tac Air has added Flight-Aware’s FBO ToolBox at its 13 FBOs in the U.S.
Airports

Execujet handles Davos visitors

ExecuJet Aviation again hosted arriving traffic for this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting January 27 to 31 in Davos, Switzerland, handling more <
Aircraft

Sukhoi Superjet 100 completes cold-soak trials

The third Sukhoi Superjet 100 (S/N 95004) has com
FBOs

Passur AirportMonitor supports Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport is now using Passur’s AirportMonitor system to supplement its longstanding use of Passur’s data feeds and software for th
Charter & Fractional

Mayo Aviation buys Charterops

Mayo Aviation has expanded its charter/ management fleet to 18 aircraft with the acquisition of CharterOps of Portland, Maine.
Rotorcraft

Helo hops available Farnborough Airshow

UK helicopter charter operator PremiAir is offering helicopter charters from the London Heliport to the Farnborough International Airshow (July 19 t
FBOs

Odyssey celebrates new lakefront FBO

Odyssey Aviation, the former Million Air FBO facility at New Orleans Lakefront Airport that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, opene
Airports

Bridgeport Airport to get EMAS runway safety area

The city of Bridgeport, Conn., received court approval to buy an acre of land next to Sikorsky Memorial Airport and plans to build an engineered mat
Airports

Weight increase approved at Scottsdale Airport

The FAA approved increasing the mtow at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona to 100,000 pounds, according to NBAA, which worked with the Arizona Business A
FBOs

Silverwing community advances at Sandpoint

The SilverWing at Sandpoint luxury residential community at Sandpoint Municipal Airport in Idaho is progressing, with completion of the first model unit an
Airports

Single pilot approved for North American Jet

The FAA has approved North American Jet of Charleston, S.C., to fly its Eclipse 500 very light jets in single-pilot configuration.
Airports

Operators earn industry approvals

Germany-based ACM Air Charter achieved IS-BAO Stage 1 registration and earned a platinum rating from Argus International, under Argus’s combo audit p
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air Crashes Takeoff

Hawker Beechcraft C90 GTi, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Beech 1900C goes down after takeoff

Hawker Beechcraft 1900C, Sand Point, Alaska, Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation crashes after unusual maneuver

Cessna Citation 550B, Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Westwind crew ditches as fuel runs low

Israel Aircraft Industries Westwind 1124A, Norfolk Island, Australia, Nov.
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot, ATC blamed in helo tower crash

Bell 222, Aurora, Ill., Oct.
Accidents

Final Report: Unsecured pack likely caused fatal crash

Eurocopter AS350B2, Chickaloon, Alaska, April 15, 2008–The NTSB blamed the fatal crash on loss of engine power due to an overspeed of the helicopter
Accidents

Final Report: Notar cable failure prompted autorotation

MD Helicopters MD902, Salinas, Calif., July 21, 2008–The NTSB has determined that the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control of the helic
Airports

Factual Report: Missed approach proves fatal for C90

Hawker Beechcraft C90A, Mount Airy, N.C., Feb.
Accidents

Factual Report: Improper loading damages caravan

Cessna 208B, Molokai, Hawaii, Oct.