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Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Works appointed southern PC-12 service center

Aviation Sales Inc., Swiss aircraft maker Pilatus’ Western U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Midcoast's activity unbent by downturn

The September 11 terrorist attacks and economic downturn have seemingly done nothing to dent the maintenance and modification business of Midcoast Aviation
Maintenance and Modifications

High Tech introduces kit for metal plating

High Tech Finishing, a Houston-based provider of decorative metal plating for customer aircraft interiors, has developed a new maintenance kit designed to
Maintenance and Modifications

Avion Graphics upgrades facility

Avion Graphics (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Hannover wins Gulfstream 100/200 nod

Jet Aviation’s facility at Hannover, Germany, has been made an FAA repair station for the Gulfstream 100 and 200 jets, as well as the Westwind series.
FBOs

Clay Lacy Aviation opens Seattle FBO

Clay Lacy Aviation (Booth No.
Aircraft

Sovereign makes its debut at NBAA '02

“To date, all major milestones have been completed on or ahead of schedule,” noted Cessna Citation Sovereign senior product director Brad Thress.
Maintenance and Modifications

Drake Group programs now available on the Web

The Drake Group’s FAA certification training programs for managers and engineers involving TC/STC/PMA and TSO categories, previously presented at companies
Engines

Honeywell's 731-50 is a low-risk venture

Honeywell launched the new TFE731-50 engine here in Orlando on Sunday evening, offering up to 4,900 lb of takeoff thrust and featuring integrated nacelle a
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

'Like-kind-exchange' plan can save owners thousands

Business aircraft owners who want to move up have the option to engage in a “like-kind exchange”  that could save thousands of dollars in capital gain
Engines

Rolls-Royce shuffles the top of exec deck

Rolls-Royce North America has strengthened and reorganized the management of its Corporate Aircraft division.
Engines

P&WC's president has diversified view

After four months on the job as president of Pratt & Whitney Canada, Alain Bellemare intends to guide a company that becomes increasingly global in nature
Safety

Med-Pac 400 kit is a full-service package

Med-Pac is presenting its latest air ambulance system here at the NBAA show (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Airborne cuts cost with exchange plan

Parker Aerospace’s Nichols Airborne Division is here at NBAA to provide information about its bleed air valve new spare and factory-overhaul exchange progr
Regulations and Government

Star Trak cabin door exempt from 25.813

Steecon Enterprises (Booth No.
Avionics

Max-Viz installs first EVS-1000 on 601-3A

The first Max-Viz EVS-1000 installation on an operator-customer’s aircraft is being completed by Total Aircraft Services (TAS) at Van Nuys (Calif.) Airport
Security

Baseops and iJET team on security reporting

Baseops International (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

NASA chooses Flexjet as its fractional provider

Bombardier Flexjet announced its selection as fractional provider to the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) at a press conference yesterda
Avionics

Airshow plugs gaps for Rockwell Collins

Following its acquisition this summer of cabin entertainment provider Airshow, Rockwell Collins has integrated the Tustin, Calif.
Rotorcraft

S-92 passes autorotation certification tests

Sikorsky S-92 test pilots John Dixon, company flight operations director, and Bob Spaulding, S-92 chief pilot, performed two full power-off landings last m
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation does 1st Universal TAWS at PBI

Jet Aviation at Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), West Palm Beach, Fla., has done that facility’s first installation and STC approval for Universal A
Avionics

Safe Flight auto throttle popular on Challenger 604

Orders for the Safe Flight AutoPower automatic throttle for the Challenger 604 have reached 120, the White Plains, N.Y.
Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell, PWC strike component repair deal

Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney Canada have agreed to start doing component repairs on some models of each other’s engines.
FBOs

Million Air Van Nuys gets $20M facility improvement

In spring 2003, Million Air at Van Nuys Airport will break ground on a new $20 million, 250,000-sq-ft facility.
Avionics

Teledyne unveils new SmartCabin

Teledyne Controls, exclusive distributor of Raytheon’s MagnaStar airborne telephone system, introduced its SmartCabin Office concept at a Monday morning pr
Avionics

Latest Pentar cabin server nears the design finish line

Seattle, Wash.-based Pentar Avionics introduced its new Jet LAN AS200 Advanced Airborne Computer at an NBAA press conference yesterday.
FBOs

UVglobal Network adds five new bases

UVglobal Network, introduced at NBAA 2001 last December, has added five new members to its worldwide group of ground-handling facilities, bringing the tota
Maintenance and Modifications

Pilatus expands service options

Pilatus Aircraft announced here an expanding suite of maintenance support choices for PC-12 customers under the umbrella name of ServiceWorx.
Aircraft

Winging in from Wichita

The Bombardier Learjet 40 conforming prototype made its first flight on August 31 and five days later the first Learjet 40 production airplane made its fir
Charter & Fractional

NetJets orders totals $2B

It’s become tradition.