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Training and Workforce

Simuflite adds Beechjet, others to follow

Beechjet 400/400A pilot training is now available on a new simulator at SimuFlite’s Dallas headquarters.
ATC

Nav Canada restores original user fees

The temporary reduction in navigation and ATC user charges in Canada came to an end on December 31 in one of several steps Nav Canada is taking to stem a p
Engines

Startup to offer 560-lb-thrust turbofan

Price Induction, a startup company based in Anglet, France, is studying a 560-lb-thrust high-bypass-ratio turbofan that would establish a new thrust class.
Charter & Fractional

Aspen entrepreneur launches bizjet service

Jonas Weil, 65, moved to ski resort haven Aspen, Colo., seven years ago and has since become totally disenchanted with flying to and from home on the airli
Security

Hangar Flying: Jumpseat rides

FAREWELL TO GUESTS UP FRONT–Jumpseat rides on non-U.S.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Hold-harmless agreements are too often anything but

You roll up to an FBO in a multi-million-dollar business jet, and they roll out the red carpet.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Look for big aircraft insurance rate hikes in coming months

In the months since September 11, the insurance industry has taken a beating.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Downsizes, Terminates Pilots

Ohio-based Flight Options on Friday closed its maintenance facility at Cleveland Cuyahoga Airport and dismissed about 200 employees, 68 of whom were pilots
Airports

SMO Ban Repealed, Pending Further FAA Action

The city of Santa Monica’s latest attempt to prohibit operation of Category C and D jets at Santa Monica (Calif.) Airport (SMO) is on hold again, following
Avionics

L-3 SmartDeck Gets TSO and STC Approvals

L-3 Avionics late last week received TSO and STC approvals from the FAA for its SmartDeck integrated avionics system.
Regulations and Government

FAA Bans Anti-smoking Drug for Pilots, Controllers

Last week the FAA banned pilots and air traffic controllers from taking the anti-smoking medicine Chantix soon after the agency learned the prescription dr
Training and Workforce

BBA buys Texas flight school

Announcing the purchase earlier this year by the UK’s BBA Group of Tyler International School of Aviation at Texas’ Tyler Pounds Field, David McRobert, chi
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Raytheon Sells Predator Ground Station as UAV Problems Mount

Raytheon has sold a Predator Operations Center to the U.S.
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Security

Flimsy airliner cockpit doors soon will be a thing of the past

Following September 11, the FAA issued a requirement that all U.S.
Airports

FAA probing legality of Naples ban

Both NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) are supporting the FAA’s formal investigation into possible violations of federal law b
Regulations and Government

News Note: EU scraps legislation

Legislation to ban certain large transport aircraft that have hush kits from using all European airports starting next April has been scrapped by the Europ
Regulations and Government

Stormy night approach into LIT was ‘a can of worms’

Once again, the deadly duo of “get-there-itis” and fatigue joined forces to seduce an airline crew into attempting a landing at Little Rock National Airpor
Maintenance and Modifications

Giant Citation service center to open in summer 2003

More than 18 months after it was revealed that Cessna was seeking corporate approval to build its largest ever Citation service center in Wichita, Cessna a
Aircraft

Falcon 7X will let the wires do all the work

The Dassault Falcon 7X will be the first purpose-built business jet to have a fly-by-wire (FBW) system.
Aircraft

Falcons, much in demand, earn 74 percent of Dassault revenue

This year will be one of the best that Dassault has ever had with its Falcon business jets.
Engines

Walter Beech King Air 90 STC expanded

Clintonville, Wis.-based Performance Conversions has received an STC for installing 751-shp Czech-built Walter M601E-11 turboprop engines and five-blade Av
Aircraft

Experimental test pilot ranks are no place for cowboys

“Beginning autorotation with left turn.”“Roger.
Training and Workforce

The National Test Pilot School

Sean Roberts, an experimental test pilot for both military and civilian projects with more than 18,000 flight hours, started the National Test Pilot School
Aircraft

The certification fleet

Part of the certification process of a new aircraft design is completing hundreds of tests to hit thousands of data points for both flight and ground tests
Aircraft

In The Works: Dassault Falcon 2000EX

Flight testing of the Falcon 2000EX, a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308C-powered version of the Falcon 2000, began on October 25.
Aircraft

In The Works: Eclipse 500

With all 173 Eclipse Aviation employees now figuratively under one roof at Sunport International Airport in Albuquerque, N.M., the company expects to begin
Aircraft

In The Works: McCotter Aviation MC 2400

The GE T58-powered Maverick TwinJet is available only as a kit, but now McCotter Aviation, which purchased 90 percent of Penrose, Colo.-based Maverick Air
Aircraft

In The Works: Sierra FJ44 Eagle II

Sierra Industries is turning from base to final for approval of its Williams FJ44-engine modification program for the Cessna Citation 501SP, which it calls
Aircraft

Spectrums boast low emissions

Spectrum Aeronautical (Booth No.
FBOs

Feras handling plans to open its first FBO in Zadar, Croatia

International handling company Feras (Booth No.