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High-flying Italians on Mideast mission

A new alliance with the evolving Russian aerospace sector and efforts to break into the Middle East defense market are key to Italian industrial group Finm
Aircraft

ATR places bid for a decade’s demand with -600 turboprop

Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) announced early last month that it is launching -600 series versions of its ATR 42 and 72 twin turboprop regional airlin
Engines

Saudis pick GE to re-engine F-15s

The Royal Saudi Air Force has chosen General Electric (Stand C410) to re-engine its Boeing F-15S fighters with the F110 powerplant.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Wrong Runway Assigned

Bombardier Learjet 35, Washington, D.C., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air hits utility pole

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Learjet anti-skid system malfunctions

Bombardier Learjet 60, Westhampton, N.Y., Aug.
Engines

News Notes: Royal Jordanian will be the Middle East launch customer for the GEnx

Royal Jordanian will be the Middle East launch customer for the GEnx engine to power its 787s when deliveries begin in 2010.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Pilot survives forced landing

Cessna 208B Caravan, Cross City, Fla., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Passenger walks into rotor disc

Hughes 369D, Ellensburg, Wash., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Photo helo crashes in ocean

Bell 206B JetRanger, Nokomis, Fla., Sept.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Bandeirante crashes in Brazil

Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante PT-SDB, Curitiba, Brazil, Aug.
Accidents

Factual Report: Cowl departed Falcon

Dassault Falcon 2000, Stilesville, Ind., April 14, 2006–Falcon N722JB was at FL250 en route from Springfield, Ill., to Dayton, Ohio, when
Accidents

Final Report: Crew blames for Comair crash1

Bombardier CRJ100, Lexington, Ky., Aug.
Aircraft

A380 incubator hatches a brood of technologies

All jetliners might look alike to anyone who thinks that an airplane is an airplane is an airplane.
Accidents

Final Report: MU-2 encountered t-storms

Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, Bunnell, Fla., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Air tour copter crashed in crater

Bell 206B JetRanger, Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii, July 23, 2003–The NTSB said that in the Jack Harter Helicopters air tour crash inside a mou
Accidents

Final Report: Helicopter hit powerlines during photo shoot

Bell 206B JetRanger, Walford, Iowa, June 30, 2006–The pilot of the photo helicopter, filming a movie, failed to maintain clearance from po
Accidents

Final Report: SA-226 took off with known deficiency

Swearingen SA-226T, Teterboro, N.J., May 31, 2005–The NTSB blamed the pilot’s “improper decision to depart with a known deficiency, which
Accidents

Final Report: ERJ 135 attempter pushback with brake set

Embraer ERJ 135LR, Newark, N.J., July 24, 2006–The NTSB determined that the captain of the American Eagle ERJ 135 failed to follow company
Charter & Fractional

Editorial: Shell Shock

When the FAA pulled the trigger on AMI Jet Charter and TAG Aviation USA last month, a silence settled over the land that was almost reminiscent of the empt
Charter & Fractional

Is NetJets Moving To Orlando?

According to the Orlando Sentinel, state and local officials are drafting an incentive package to lure fractional provider NetJets to Orlando, Fla
Security

DHS Seeks To Avert GA Nuke Nightmare

“The nightmare scenario that we talk about is the possibility of a weapon of mass destruction being detonated in a city,” Department of Homeland Security S
FBOs

Hawker Beechcraft FBOs on the Block

Hawker Beechcraft has hired Harris Williams to shop seven of its U.S.
Accidents

Learjet 35 Crashes on Takeoff from Brazilian Airport

Brazilian officials are still combing through the wreckage of a Learjet 35 that crashed Sunday in São Paulo, killing at least eight people.
Charter & Fractional

OurPlane Takes Delivery of First Frax Eclipse 500

Light aircraft fractional provider OurPlane last week took delivery of the first Eclipse 500 that will be operated under Part 91K fractional aircraft owner
Aircraft

In the works: The ‘Concept Jet’

Airplane programs traditionally began in one of two ways: either as a conceptual design, such as the Eclipse 500, which the manufacturer used to drum up de
Aircraft

In the works: Diamond D-Jet

Diamond’s second single-engine D-Jet made its first flight on September 14 in London, Ontario.
Aircraft

In the works: Ibis Ae270B

News reports of the death of the Ibis Ae270B program are premature, according to Frank Hong, director of the business management division at Taiwan’s Aeros
Aircraft

In the works: Utilicraft Aerospace

FF1080-200ER/300ER Progress on the Utilicraft FF1080-200ER freight-feeder pro- totype is accelerating.