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In The Works: Alberta Phoenix Fanjet

In late 2001, successful Canadian oilman Don Jewitt, then principle investor in Alberta Aerospace of Calgary, decided the OEM start-up company had spent to
Aircraft

In The Works: Explorer Aircraft 500T

The search for financing continues to be Australian-born Explorer Aircraft’s primary focus.
Aircraft

In The Works: Maverick Jets Leader

Last month, the Melbourne, Fla.-based builder of the Maverick Leader, a four-place, twin-engine kit plane, announced that it would, effective immediately,
Aircraft

In The Works: Raytheon Hawker Horizon

Major interior components were recently checked for fitting in the cabin of the fourth Hawker Horizon (RC-4), planned for use in the super-midsize business
Avionics

UPS Aviation Technologies Introduces IFR WAAS-ready Navcom

The WAAS revolution appears set to begin.
Avionics

XM Teams with Weather Works To Develop Services for Aviation

XM Satellite Radio and Weather Works, an affiliate of Baron Services, have joined forces to provide Nexrad weather maps, Metars, TAFs and other data throug
Avionics

Falcon 50 Next in Line To Fly with Max-Viz EVS

Seattle Falcon 50 operator Mariner Air has ordered a Max-Viz EVS-1000 enhanced-vision system (EVS), a setup that will include an uncooled IR sensor in the
Avionics

TIS-capable Bendix/King Transponder Gains TSO

The FAA has issued a TSO to Honeywell for the Bendix/King KT 73, a next-generation transponder that can receive data from ATC radar systems through the new
Avionics

Cabin Electronics Market Gains Another Player

International Communications Group, a Newport News, Va.-based supplier of electronic communications equipment to operators of airliner-size aircraft, has i
Avionics

MedAire, AirCell Introduce Air-to-Ground Emergency Phone Link

MedAire and AirCell have teamed to provide a low-cost airborne communication system that links passengers directly with doctors in the event of an in-fligh
Avionics

Teledyne bursts onto the scene with SmartCabin Office lineup

Teledyne Controls is leaping into the corporate-jet passenger information marketing scene as an equipment and software integrator, promising services “so p
Regulations and Government

Enhanced vision subject of proposed FAR update

Some have called enhanced vision the single most important advance in aviation safety since the introduction of airborne weather radar more than 40 years a
Avionics

Cargo haulers can’t dodge FAA in bid to swap TCAS for ADS-B

TCAS has done a remarkable job of helping pilots avoid midair collisions, providing a last line of defense in those all-too-common instances when two aircr
Avionics

Amended EFB guidelines streamline approval steps

The FAA has issued a long-awaited amendment to an advisory circular that outlines operational guidelines for anyone seeking to fly with so-called electroni
Avionics

Chelton EFIS introduces aviators to ‘virtual VFR’

In a historic first the FAA has issued a TSO for the synthetic-vision EFIS developed by Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho.
Aircraft

Dornier 328JET production to resume early next year

Leesburg, Va.-headquartered AvCraft Aviation’s takeover of Fairchild Dornier’s 328 program, including the 328JET production line at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germa
Aircraft

Swiss deferral highlights Embraer 170 setbacks

Embraer has suffered a major setback following the decision of 170/190 launch customer Swiss to slash its firm orders and options for the Brazilian manufac
Airports

London’s Oxford Airport seeks to lure more bizav

Oxford Airport is being redeveloped and marketed as a business aviation gateway for central England and the London area.
FBOs

CSE Aviation Is Reborn

BBA Group has separated its Oxford-based piston aircraft sales and support operation from its Signature Flight Support operations in the UK and France.
Rotorcraft

HAI Advocates New Standard of ATC for Gulf Ops

The Helicopter Association International has approached Congress advocating a significant improvement in the low-altitude air-traffic infrastructure in the
Rotorcraft

Bristow Brings Suit Over North Sea Fatal

Bristow Helicopters is suing Sikorsky and its parent company, United Technologies, for negligence over a crash in which a Sikorsky S-76A plunged into the N
FBOs

Jet Aviation parent shuffles execs

New Swiss guidelines on corporate governance have prompted top-level changes at Hirschmann Industrial Holding, parent company of Jet Aviation.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

USAIG marks milestones as underwriter and bizav operator

July 1 is the 75th anniversary of United States Aviation Insurance Group, better known as USAIG.
Charter & Fractional

Bombardier in-house charter challenges frax

Bombardier has started offering its Skyjet ad hoc executive charter service alongside its Flexjet Europe’s existing Jet Membership block-charter program.
Accidents

Weld failure downed Hughes helo in the UK

En route from Wycombe Air Park, northwest of London, to Shoreham on the south coast of England, a Hughes 269C broke into two sections, with the cockpit app
Airports

London Manston readies for British Open traffic

London Manston Airport is preparing to receive a barrage of corporate aircraft, bringing players and spectators to the British Open Golf Championship, whic
Safety

Europeans take aim at human-factors safety woes

Flight crews are the primary cause in two out of three accidents in the 41 states of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), according to Mike Ambro
Training and Workforce

Matriculation looms for first CAM candidates

After four years of studying, the time has come for the test.
Charter & Fractional

Sentient Finalizes TAG USA Buy, Forms New Division

Sentient Flight Group today completed the acquisition of TAG Aviation USA from Switzerland-based TAG Aviation Holding, a deal announced in late October not