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Regulations and Government

FCC proposes rewrite of aviation rules

A total rewrite of Federal Communications Commission Part 87 has been proposed.
FBOs

Long-time FBO at HPN opens expanded facility

Westair Aviation, an FBO at Westchester County (N.Y.) Airport since 1950, moved into new facilities and expanded its services.
FBOs

Fruchter Aviation being sold to company president

Marc Fruchter, 55, who started Fruchter Aviation in 1982 and built it into one of the largest FBOs at Reading Regional (Pa.) Airport, is selling the busine
Security

Required checks now include fingerprinting

Airport and aircraft operators that are required to have security programs under Parts 107 and 108, respectively, must now include fingerprint-based crimin
Aircraft

Envoy 3 sells; Envoy 7 nears rollout

Fairchild Dornier at last month’s NBAA Convention in New Orleans chalked orders for three more Envoy 3s, bringing the order book for the executive-configur
Regulations and Government

New noise rules may bar some Stage 3 a/c

The European Commission (EC) has issued revised noise proposals that abandon its earlier demands for a blanket ban on hush-kitted aircraft with mtow of mor
ATC

Cessna and Learjet race to meet Euro RVSM deadline

Cessna has completed RVSM Service Bulletins for the Citation V, S/II and II, and an SB was pending at press time for the Citation I.
Engines

Third Continental enters flight-test program

A third super-midsize Continental last month entered flight testing with a 1 hr 53 min flight from Bombardier’s Wichita Flight Test Center.
Maintenance and Modifications

Maintenance program available on Raytheon resales

Raytheon Aircraft and Jet Support Services Inc.
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.