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Regulations and Government

Election Results Shuffle General Aviation’s Fortunes

Congressional aviation committee and subcommittee leaders from both sides of the political aisle held onto their seats Tuesday, but some long-time friends
Aircraft

Mexican Learjet 45 Crash: Accident or Sabotage?

NTSB and Mexican aviation accident investigators are on scene in Mexico City, where a Learjet 45 (XC-VMC) crashed into a mixed residential/commercial neigh
FBOs

General Dynamics Completes Jet Aviation Acquisition

Gulfstream Aerospace parent General Dynamics yesterday finalized its purchase of Zurich, Switzerland-based Jet Aviation from Permira Funds private equity g
Airports

EFB Maker Paperless Cockpit Closes Its Doors

Owners of electronic flight bag (EFB) portable computers sold by Paperless Cockpit are searching for alternative vendors after the Tennessee company abrupt
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Holiday Jet Card Adds Joy to the Season

Fractional aircraft provider Bombardier Flexjet has an innovative answer to the question of what to give to someone who already has everything–a jet card,
Maintenance and Modifications

General Dynamics Completes Jet Aviation Acquisition

Gulfstream Aerospace parent General Dynamics today finalized its purchase of Zurich, Switzerland-based Jet Aviation for approximately $2.18 billion, signif
Maintenance and Modifications

P&WC Integrates Service and Support into One Group

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s customer service and support center groups are being integrated into a single customer service organization.
Maintenance and Modifications

JSSI Simplifies Hourly Cost Program for T-props, Helos

Operators of turboprops and helicopters can now sign up for the Jet Support Services engine hourly cost maintenance program with a no-enrollment-fee option
Regulations and Government

Court Orders Stay of DOT Direct Urine Observation

Last Friday, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Washington, D.C.) issued a temporary stay of the Department of Transportation’s Nov
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Technik Moves into Competition’s Backyard

Lufthansa Technik, one of the world’s largest independent centers for single-aisle and widebody bizliner interior completion and refurbishment, has opened
Regulations and Government

GAO: FAA Weeding Out False Medicals

A late September report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the FAA is making progress in its policing of pilots’ medical certificates, bu
Regulations and Government

More Aeronautics Funds for NASA

The NASA Authorization Act of 2008, which cleared Congress on September 27, gives the agency $208.4 million more for aeronautics research than last year’s
ATC

RVSM Moves to Africa-Indian Ocean

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has announced that, as of September 25, RVSM is now in effect in the airspace above the Africa-Indian
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: November 2008

• Normal Congressional activities came to a screeching halt in late September and early October as the legislature turned its attention to deciding what to
Environment

European ATM changes seek to lower CO2 emissions

With the goal of saving as much as 470,000 metric tons of fuel each year, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched a Flight Efficien
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Close call for CRJ and 172 at ABE

Bombardier CRJ700, Allentown, Pa., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Learjet crashes on takeoff

Bombardier Learjet 60, West Columbia, S.C., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Parts separate from LongRanger

Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Greensburg, Ind., Aug.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Check flight kills three

Convair CV-580, Columbus, Ohio, Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Blown tires tear off gear door

Bombardier CL-600-2C10 CRJ, Denver, July 29, 2008–The Skywest flight blew the left main tires on departure, tearing off the gear door.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Tanker flight fatal for three firefighters

Lockheed SP-2H, Reno, Nev., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Tail hits building

Hawker Beechcraft Beech 1900D, St.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Medevac flight crashes

Aerospatiale SA 365N-1 Dauphin, Camp Springs, Md.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Beech 1900 crashes in Congo

Beechcraft 1900C-1, Bukavu, Congo, Sept.
Accidents

Factual Report: CRJ loses cowling in flight

Bombardier CRJ CL-600-2B19, Lake Michigan, Mich., April 7, 2007–At 16,000 feet over Lake Michigan, the Mesa Airlines CRJ thrust reverser t
Accidents

Final Report: Controllers cited in TEB runway incursion

Cessna 172 and Dassault Falcon 200, Teterboro, N.J., July 9, 2008–The NTSB blamed the Teterboro Airport (TEB) runway incursion on the grou
Accidents

Final Report: Charter flight lost door

Fairchild SA-227-AC, Carlsbad, N.M., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Seat belt restricted controls

Morane-Saulnier MS-760/B, St.
Accidents

Final Report: Faulty maintenance cited

Bell 47G-3B-2, Lafayette, Ind., July 24, 2008–A fatigue fracture of the carburetor heat control valve spring and inadequate maintenance in
Accidents

Final Report: Hydraulic hose ruptured

Cessna 560 Citation Ultra, North Canton, Ohio, Dec.