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EMS Introduces Lightweight eNfusion Satcom Antenna
EMS Satcom last month introduced the latest and lightest in its line of eNfusion high-gain antennas for airborne satellite communications, the AMT-700, wei
Avionics
EASy Phase II upgrade adds SVS to Falcon line
Dassault Falcon last month announced the long-anticipated upgrade to the Honeywell Primus Epic-based EASy (Enhanced Avionics System) flight deck: the EASy
Avionics
BAE Systems intros Q-HUD for light jets
BAE Systems is aiming a new compact and lightweight head-up display, called Q-HUD, at a wide market that includes light and midsize business jets.
Avionics
Better avionics, thanks to cellphones?
It’s certainly a comforting feeling, watching the avionics techs remove old black boxes from your airplane and replace them with the latest units on the ma
Avionics
ICG introduces Iridium BlackBerry server unit
International Communications Group (ICG) last month announced that its NxtMail Over Iridium global e-mail services will now be available to users of Wi-Fi-
Avionics
Lufthansa Technik goes 3-D
Lufthansa Technik’s latest innovation in business jet cabin “infotainment” is called Niceview, an upgrade that takes the venerable moving-map display into
Avionics
Embraer Adding Kollsman’s EVS II to Lineage 1000
Embraer has selected the Kollsman enhanced-vision system II (EVS II) from Elbit Systems of America for the Lineage 1000.
Avionics
U.S. and Europe take different tacks on next-generation ATM
A September ICAO NextGen/Sesar Forum in Montreal underscored the fact that the U.S.
Avionics
TrueNorth Unveils Satphone System for Light Jets
Satcom system maker TrueNorth Avionics last month introduced a two-channel airborne telephone system for the cabin called Simphone Prelude that is designed
Regulations and Government
Universal offers CVFDR to meet upcoming rules
Universal Avionics last month introduced a cockpit voice and flight data recorder (CVFDR) with internal recorder independent power supply (Rips).
Rotorcraft
Belize Operator Gets AOC
Belize City-based Astrum Helicopters in September received its air operator certificate (AOC).
Rotorcraft
Oil Companies Team on Safety Project
Eight oil companies have joined forces to conduct a $1 million helicopter safety study on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) over the next three years.
Security
TSA Wants Your Comments on GA Security Proposal
The TSA today published the large aircraft security program notice of proposed rulemaki
Aircraft
Analysts Predict Eclipse Aviation Will Crash
Two industry analysts now predict Eclipse Aviation will run out of cash and cease production of the Eclipse 500 very light jet early next year.
Aircraft
Will FAA Allow Supersonic Overland Flights?
Hopeful manufacturers of supersonic business jets–Aerion, Gulfstream and Supersonic Aerospace International–are encouraged by an
FBOs
ExecuJet Opens New Berlin FBO as Tempelhof Closes
ExecuJet Europe last week opened its redesigned and enlarged FBO at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport ,which will serve the influx of business aviation traffic tha
Maintenance and Modifications
TSA Repair Station Security May Become New Rule
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently released a proposed set of rules prohibiting flight of general aviation aircraft weighing more th
Maintenance and Modifications
Spanair Techs Face Hearing on Crashed MD-82 Repairs
A Spanish judge will question two Spanair maintenance technicians and their chief about the MD-82 crash that killed 154 people and wounded another 18 on Au
Maintenance and Modifications
Averitt Air Awarded Bombardier Learjet ASF Status
Averitt Air recently celebrated its new approval as a Learjet authorized service facility (ASF) by hosting a viewing of the Learjet 45 and 60 and a fuselag
Maintenance and Modifications
Goderich Aircraft Expands in Bid For Future Growth
Aircraft refurbisher Goderich Aircraft has broken ground on a 43,000-sq-ft hangar at its Huron Park, Ontario (Canada) facility.
Maintenance and Modifications
Wisconsin Aviation Consolidates Maintenance Complex
With the opening of a new 10,800-sq-ft avionics facility, all of Wisconsin Aviation’s maintenance operations at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison are
Aircraft
Gulfstream, NASA Partner on SSBJ External Vision
Testing under way at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB in California is aiming to prove whether pilots can use high-definition video camera
Maintenance and Modifications
UBS: Business Jet Activity Continues To Fall
UBS Investment Research’s business jet report–released yesterday–shows that business jet flight activity was 13 percent lower last month compared with the
Charter & Fractional
JetDirect Sets Up Light Jet/Turboprop Subsidiary
Petaluma, Calif.-based Sunset Aviation is now operating as a standalone subsidiary of JetDirect Aviation, which acquired the light jet and turboprop operat
Airports
Cannes Slots Work, Though a Little Too Well
The requirement for takeoff and landing slots has been suspended at France’s Cannes-Mandelieu Airport during the winter months, but the slot system might b
Aircraft
China’s MA-60 Enters Service
China’s Okay Airways has put into service its first Modern Ark (MA) 60, also known as the Xinzhou-60.The twin-engine turboprop, made by China’s Xian Aircra
Regulations and Government
Large-aircraft NPRM raises more questions than answers
The Transportation Security Administration was scheduled to publish in the Federal Register late last month a proposed set of regulations that, if enacted,
Aircraft
With the G250, Gulfstream finds G200 successor
Gulfstream Aerospace at the NBAA Convention last month took the wraps off the G250, a successor to the G200 (née Galaxy), marking the second new aircraft l
Regulations and Government
Sabatini, Leverenz To Retire from FAA
After nearly 30 years with the FAA, associate administrator for aviation safety Nick Sabatini will retire effective January 3, the agency announced last mo
