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Charter & Fractional

Skylliance Charter Adds Two New Members

Skylliance, the charter jet program of Jet Aviation, announced here that it will add JetNetherlands and Elite Jets of Dubai, effective June 1.
Maintenance and Modifications

VIP Boeing 757s Get Aviation Partner Winglets

No fewer than 10 Boeing 757-200s–both VIP and head-of-state aircraft–now benefit from Aviation Partners’ Performance Enhancing Blended Winglet Systems, th
Avionics

Primus Apex for Viking Twin Otters

Viking Twin Otter series 400 airplanes will be equipped with an integrated suite of Primus Apex avionics from Honeywell Aerospace.
Aircraft

Columbus to steer by Collins

Rockwell Collins (Booth No.
FBOs

ExecuJet looks east for new opportunity

The Swiss-based business aviation sales and services provider ExecuJet announced at EBACE on Monday the opening of new offices in Moscow, Mumbai and Beijin
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky’s S-92 program homes in on certification

It’s been a busy month for Sikorsky’s S-92 development team as the project moves toward approval by year-end.
Rotorcraft

P&WC allies with Russian companies

Pratt & Whitney Canada and Helicopters of Russia last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Moscow to produce the PW127TS engine for Russia’s
Rotorcraft

What the stork is flying these days

Date and time of birth was April 2, 2002, at 4:54 a.m.
Rotorcraft

Bell/Agusta civil tiltrotor 'suspended', not 'canceled'

As spring flooded north along America’s Atlantic seaboard, news from the tiltrotor front began to improve somewhat.
Rotorcraft

HAL helo deliveries mark program progress

There is an insect called a cicada that burrows deep into the earth in its larval stage, slowly, quietly growing out of sight, feeding modestly on tree roo
Regulations and Government

Behind the scenes of the FAA legal system

“The law isn’t justice.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

EMTEQ Purchases Cable Technologies

New Berlin, Wisconsin-based EMTEQ (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

CompletionAir, Premier Air merge at St. Louis

With the February cash acquisition of Premier Air Center, CompletionAir’s founders and three unidentified investors have captured a major piece of the busi
Regulations and Government

Time left to comment on LGA capacity proposals

Based on projections that airline flights at New York La Guardia Airport won’t return to their pre-September levels until the end of this summer, the FAA h
Training and Workforce

Frasca sim add-on helps in pilot hiring

Considering the cost of hiring, training, salary and benefits, it is important to hire the best pilot candidate.
Safety

The unplanned landing

“If you haven’t flown a search-and-rescue (SAR) mission, it is difficult to appreciate just how hard it is to find an aircraft on the ground,” John Desmara
Regulations and Government

New NTSB boss copes with crises in an edgier world

Marion Blakey took over the National Transportation Safety Board as its ninth chairman just in time to enter the maelstrom surrounding last November’s c
Safety

Washington Report: GA safety: It depends on the viewpoint

Although the number of general aviation accidents last year was the lowest total since record keeping began in 1938, the NTSB noted that the accident rate
ATC

Washington Report: Next version of Stars begins at BDL

Raytheon said it achieved initial operating capability (IOC) for a second limited-production version of its new standard terminal automation replacement sy
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: May 2002

Congress took its own spring break, leaving March 21 to 23 and returning the second week of last month.
Airports

Touching Bases: Waukesha Airport taking greater strides

“Since the improvements, we have clearly become Milwaukee’s third airport,” said John Lotzer, owner of Waukesha (Wis.) Flying Services.
Airports

Proposal bans Stage 2 night ops at Palwaukee

Part 150 (airport noise-compatibility planning) study recommendations for Palwaukee Municipal Airport (PWK) in Wheeling, Ill., were recently accepted by th
FBOs

New spill recovery vacuum unveiled

Ascent Technologies of Parish, N.Y., has a new product for sucking up spilled fluids from aircraft, ground vehicles and de-icers.
FBOs

SLJC absorbs Hudson General

Following a deal that was more than two years in the making, Salt Lake jetCenter (SLJC) has acquired the former Hudson General assets leasehold and facilit
FBOs

Phillips 66 celebrates 75 years of aviation fueling

In 1927, Oklahoma oilman Frank Phillips became enamored of aviation and put his money and his energy where his heart was.
Airports

DOT and local paper support PA. airports

Sometimes it’s tough to know where your friends are.
Accidents

Final Report: Failed ILS approach kills N.J. legislator and family

MITSUBISHI MU-2B-26A, EDGARTOWN, MASS., OCT.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Lightning strike damages Embraer

EMBRAER EMB-145LR, CHESTER, MASS., MARCH 26, 2002–FAA inspectors found a “baseball size” hole in the left elevator of a Chautauqua Airline
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cessna 425 breaks up in flight

CESSNA 425, SAN JOSE, CALIF., MARCH 6, 2002–“Just lost my needle…give me…” was the last transmission controllers heard from the pilot of a