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Real-estate developer plans to resurrect vantage

Matt Eller, an Ames, Iowa real-estate developer, acquired the intellectual property of bankrupt VisionAire on October 2 for $441,000 and, under company nam
Regulations and Government

Manufacturers Ask FAA To Update SST Flight Rules

The FAA’s rules are a “barrier to the development and application of supersonic technologies in advanced general aviation aircraft,” said the General Aviat
Aircraft

Hawker Horizon exceeds performance estimates

Raytheon Aircraft’s Hawker Horizon super-midsize business jet is beating projections–performance projections, that is.
Airports

2nd suit filed in VNY noise dispute

XtraJet, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based charter firm, has become the second operator to be sued by the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners for alleged
Regulations and Government

NTSB Wants Visibility Limits on Position and Hold

The NTSB has asked the FAA to “explicitly prohibit” position and hold clearances at the intersections of active runways during low-visibility conditions an
Safety

Tokyo Company To Distribute EVAS in Japan

EVASWorldwide, the Ramsey, N.J.
Aircraft

Byer Replaces Burnside To Lead NATA Govt. Affairs

Eric Byer, who has been manager of legislative affairs for the National Air Transportation Association for the last five years, has been promoted to direct
Aircraft

Flight Controls Modified on New Citation Sovereign

When the Citation Sovereign receives certification, expected before year-end, it will include modifications that reduce lateral control forces.
Charter & Fractional

Innotech-Execaire To Fly Delta AirElite Charters

Montreal-based Innotech-Execaire has been authorized by Delta Air Lines’ business jet charter operation, Delta AirElite, to be its first Canadian affiliate
Charter & Fractional

Fractional Pilot Hiring Levels Way Down

As a group, the four largest fractional operators reported pilot hiring activity significantly off from what it was a year ago, according to AIR Inc., the
Aircraft

Raisbeck adds zip to the Learjet 35/36

“Welcome to Lear Jet Country,” a marketing slogan that attached itself to the early-20-series Lear Jet, is likely to be remembered only by industry old-tim
Security

9/11 Panel To Subpoena Documents from the FAA

The commission investigating the 9/11 terror attacks is subpoenaing documents it says the FAA has withheld.
Charter & Fractional

New Chinese Charter Firm Starts with Gulfstream IV

Air China Business Jet will launch its planned charter service with a Gulfstream IV, the first large-cabin Gulfstream to be based in China.
Charter & Fractional

Autothrottle Coming for G200 and Galaxy

Gulfstream has penned a letter of intent with Safe Flight Instrument for the supply of the latter company’s Enhanced AutoPower automatic throttle system as
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Wants Pitot Probes Replaced on Hawker 800XP

A proposed AD would mandate replacing the pitot probes on nearly 160 U.S.-registered Hawker 800XPs because of reports that they have frozen above FL290, ca
Security

Jet Aviation and Kollsman Explore Anti-SAM Systems

In separate efforts, Jet Aviation and Kollsman are the latest companies to explore possible anti-surface-to-air-missile (SAM) systems.
Aircraft

Happy 40TH, Learjet

Learjet–arguably business aviation’s most enduring brand name–turned 40 last month.
Aircraft

Mission group to get Kodiak

The Alaska Air Group and members of the Bruce Kennedy Memorial Fund announced last month that the two organizations have raised more than $870,000 toward t
Training and Workforce

SaferJett to provide training for Adam pilots and mechanics

Adam Aircraft has chosen Colorado-based SaferJett to provide training for its aircraft programs.
Aircraft

Cirrus sketches jet details in broad strokes

“From our point of view it’s not as big a jump from piston aircraft to a jet as you might think,” Alan Klapmeier, chairman, CEO and cofounder of Cirrus Des
Safety

NTSB urges safety margin for landing calculations

The NTSB last month made an “urgent” recommendation to the FAA in response to the December 2005 fatal runway overrun at Chicago Midway Airport, calling for
Charter & Fractional

DayJet finally takes off

On October 3, per-seat, on-demand air-taxi firm DayJet marked its official grand opening in a ceremony at the Tallahassee (Fla.) Regional Airport.
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Airports

Handlers seek ways to avoid WEF crush at Zurich Airport

As it has in years past, the World Economic Forum (to be held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 23 through 27) will attract a number of high-ranking part
Accidents

Fuel exhaustion eyed in King Air crash

The preliminary NTSB report of the September 19 Beech King Air B90 crash in Chattanooga, Tenn., indicates that the pilot ran out of fuel during a flight fr
Charter & Fractional

Charter Market

AIN has surveyed charter operators throughout the U.S.
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Accidents

UA accident investigation yields safety recommendations

The NTSB’s first investigation of an unmanned aircraft accident highlighted a problem that many have worried about and that the FAA has yet to address: the
Aircraft

Production change halts deliveries of Texan II

As reported first in AINalerts on September 20, the U.S.
Safety

FAA reports progress on runway safety

As the result of a “call to action” on runway incursions last August, the FAA announced last month, the U.S.
Accidents

Focus on safety issues in collision, urges IFALPA

Brazilian authorities should drop their criminal investigation into the deadly midair collision last September involving a pair of American pilots and inst
Regulations and Government

User Fees a Hot-button Topic at NBAA’07

Not surprisingly, talk of user fees dominated at NBAA’07 as aviation leaders laid out their strategy for countering airline tactics aimed at shifting more