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Maintenance and Modifications

Bankrupt Dee Howard to be auctioned

Dee Howard, the San Antonio-based heavy maintenance, repair and aircraft modification company in business since 1947, is being auctioned.
ATC

Go-ahead for European Galileo SatNav

Europe approved funding late last month to launch full development of the Galileo satellite navigation system, which will provide the EU with an alternativ
Regulations and Government

NATA: Where is online student notice system?

When the Aviation and Transportation Security Act was adopted last November, the flight-training industry was told that an online system would be in place
FBOs

Proposal bans night Stage 2 bizjets at PWK

Part 150 noise-study recommendations for Palwaukee Municipal Airport in Wheeling, Ill., which include a nighttime ban on Stage 2 jets with a mtow of less t
Charter & Fractional

Buffett gives highs and lows of his bizav units

Insight into the competitive performances of FlightSafety International and Executive Jet can be found in a candid and personal letter by Berkshire Hathawa
FBOs

Delayed Opening for Conroe, Texas FBO

Construction of Wing Aviation, which started last September at Montgomery County Airport in Conroe, Texas, is now slated to finish in the fall instead of t
Accidents

King Air gear collapse kills Texas mechanic

Don Judy, a mechanic for Addison (Texas) Airport-based DFW Aero Mechanix, was killed last month when the landing gear of a King Air 200 apparently collapse
Accidents

Incident started with wrong word, not wrong squawk

According to the AOL Time Warner flight department, it wasn’t a hijack code that was mistakenly squawked (AIN, December 2001, page 10<
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Singapore to do Learjet RVSM mods

Learjet 30-series jets operating in the Pacific Rim can have RVSM mods performed by Jet Aviation Singapore.
Avionics

Jepp chart/moving-map display STC'd in GIV/IV-SP

Gulfstream Aerospace received an STC for the installation of the Northstar Technologies Flight Deck Organizer in the GIV and GIV-SP.
Avionics

Collins Pro Line 21 certified in Challenger 601

Rockwell Collins received certification for a retrofit of its Pro Line 21 avionics suite in the Challenger 601.
Regulations and Government

Court rejection ends legal course to reopen airport

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Accidents

All survive King Air crash into roof of Reno building

The airplane was destroyed, but the pilot and five passengers escaped serious injury March 13 (no, it wasn’t a Friday) when their King Air E90 crashed into
FBOs

New FBO at London City includes expanded ramp

London City Airport will hold the official opening of its new business aviation center on May 31.
Charter & Fractional

Competing charter ops occupy new Geneva FBO

A new business aviation terminal was officially opened at Switzerland’s Geneva International Airport last month.
FBOs

Negotiations continue for sale of AvCenter FBOs

Associated British Ports of the UK is in its sixth month of negotiations with possible buyers of its American Port Services’ U.S.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Cabin soundproofing kit available for PC-12

A passive sound-reduction kit for the Pilatus PC-12 lowers cabin noise by 55 percent in the speech interference level and by 80 percent in the average “A”
Maintenance and Modifications

Alpha Omega Jet acquires Aircraft Components

Alpha Omega Jet Services, launched in late 2000 as an aircraft management and consulting firm, went into the completion and refurb business last month with
Charter & Fractional

Many frax owners not aware of liability risk

With regard to liability insurance, answers to the question of “How much is enough?” have always been something of a mystery.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation appointed Legacy service center

Jet Aviation’s facilities at Biggin Hill in the UK and Dusseldorf, Germany, were named by Embraer as authorized service centers for the Legacy, the new cor
Regulations and Government

DOT opposes pistol-packing pilots

Allowing pilots to carry guns in the cockpit will not be one of the steps taken by the DOT to upgrade airline security, Transportation Secretary Norman Min
Accidents

In-flight breakup preceded fatal Conquest crash

The pilot and two passengers aboard a Cessna 425 Conquest I were killed March 6 after the aircraft suffered an in-flight breakup and crashed about 13 mi fr
ATC

Las Vegas Rnav procedures under review

Changes are on the way that will address pilots’ complaints about the Rnav arrival and departure procedures at Las Vegas.
Accidents

Feds drop Stewart Learjet criminal investigation

Nearly two years after the FBI effectively closed down air-taxi operator Sunjet Aviation, the federal criminal investigation into the October 1999 crash of
ATC

Nav Canada prepares to implement RVSM

Six additional flight levels will be introduced later this month in northern Canada airspace when Nav Canada implements reduced vertical separation minimum
Airports

Redbird Airport to be renamed Dallas Executive

To more closely reflect its primary customer base of business aviation, the city of Dallas is changing the name of Redbird Airport to Dallas Executive Airp
Regulations and Government

Restrictions choke bizav ops at Singapore Seletar

Civil operations at Singapore Seletar Airport could be severely curtailed and business jet operations forced away altogether if several proposed initiative
FBOs

Jet Avition Zurich opens new PAX lounge

It looks like the VIP lounge at a top-flight FBO, but the new facility established in Terminal B by Jet Aviation in Zurich, Switzerland, is for business-cl
FBOs

Amports to sell U.S. FBOs and airport interests

Associated British Ports of the UK is in negotiations with possible buyers of its American Port Services’ U.S.
FBOs

Avcard signs fuel contract in China

Avcard of Hunt Valley, Md., has signed a fuel agreement with the Chinese National Oil Co., China Aviation Oil & Supply Co.