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Honeywell TPE331-12JR OK’d for Caravan

Honeywell announced recently that it had won approval for its TPE331-12JR turboprop to be installed on the Cessna Caravan.
Maintenance and Modifications

TKS Anti-Icing Replaces Caravan Boots

Cessna will offer a TKS “weeping wing” anti-icing system for the Cessna Grand Caravan beginning next March.
ATC

eLoran named best backup for satnav

A study commissioned by the NGATS Institute on behalf of the FAA’s JPDO and prepared by the advanced engineering and sciences division of ITT determined th
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Aircraft

Jet, turboprop deliveries continue in earnest

Deliveries of both jets and turboprops were up again in the first half of this year, according to second-quarter numbers released by the General Aviation M
Charter & Fractional

First Eclipse Charter Flight Takes Off

Charter/management company North American Jet (NAJ) flew the first revenue passenger flight in an Eclipse 500 VLJ on August 17.
Accidents

NTSB: No Clear Problems in 310R Crash

In a preliminary report on the July 10 crash of a Cessna 310R in Sanford, Fla., the NTSB said it could find “no obvious pre-impact mechanical malfunctions”
Airports

Dean Halts Caribbean Travel

Airports throughout Jamaica, Mexico and Belize were shut down at press time as Hurricane Dean plowed through the Caribbean and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Maintenance and Modifications

Camp Systems, Gulfstream Settle Dispute

After a year-and-a-half-long court battle, maintenance-tracking provider Camp Systems International and Gulfstream Aerospace signed a cross-licensing agree
ATC

Australia Raises Service Fees

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) increased the fees it charges for various services on July 1, but it also lowered some fees.
Safety

FSF demo brings airline safety system to bizav

Flight operational quality assurance (FOQA) programs are finally seeing application in business aviation, and in early February the Altria flight departmen
ATC

Enhanced ATC surveillance coming to Colorado airports

The Colorado Department of Transportation has launched a new technology initiative that will provide enhanced surveillance, and thereby improve access, to
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Maintenance and Modifications

French project aims to reduce costs for helicopter operators

Several French-based companies, universities and local authorities have joined forces in a project to reduce helicopter support costs by 30 percent.
Rotorcraft

Canadian S-92s Will Fly by Wire

Sikorsky Aircraft has successfully ground tested fly-by-wire (FBW) technology that will debut on 28 H-92s slated for delivery in 2009 to Canadian military
Rotorcraft

Customs Takes Two AW139s

The Miami branch of the United States Customs and Border Protection (CPB) Office of Air and Marine has taken delivery of two AgustaWestland AW139s.
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Betters S-92 Dispatch Rate

Sikorsky announced that the FAA has cleared the S-92 to take off and land in crosswinds up to 35 knots, versus the previous 20-knot limitation, and to carr
Rotorcraft

American Eurocopter Chooses EMS Interior Provider

Air Methods’ products division has been selected by American Eurocopter to provide medical interiors, avionics and airframe accessories for the AS 350 and
Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland Delivers to China

AgustaWestland has delivered two helicopters–one AW109 Power light twin and one AW139 medium twin–to the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Upgrades German Sites

Eurocopter this summer unveiled two modernized facilities at Donauwörth, its main German industrial site.
Rotorcraft

Evolving surveillance technology keeps police helos one step ahead

Police and emergency services helicopters have undergone a dramatic metamorphosis since the mid-1980s, evolving from the equivalent of the Sopwith Camel to
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Rotorcraft

EC 145 gets European OK for civil NVG operations

The Eurocopter EC 145 has received the first certification for night vision goggle- aided civil operations.
Rotorcraft

New heliport aerospace in Donauwörth

Customers flying to Eurocopter’s Donauwörth training center and customer service facility in Germany now benefit from a helicopter-dedicated airspace layou
Rotorcraft

Euro program tests satellite vertical guidance for helo steep approaches

This summer a Eurocopter EC 155 all-weather demonstrator performed satellite-guided precision approach tests in Lausanne, Switzerland, as part of a researc
Rotorcraft

HAL Dhruv inches toward 2009 European certification

Indian-based manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is making progress toward European certification of its Dhruv light-twin helicopter.
Rotorcraft

Development hurdles ahead for future presidential helicopter

The AgustaWestland/Bell/Lockheed Martin VH-71 made its first flight July 3 in Yeovil, UK.
Engines

GE Targets T-Prop Market with Walter Buy

For many years, the one market segment that General Electric’s turbine engine-manufacturing business didn’t serve was aircraft that use smaller turboprop e
ATC

Brazilian Aviation Agency Losing More Leaders

The leadership of Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) is collapsing under the pressure of international criticism.
Aircraft

High-time Cessna Conquest IIs Grounded Down Under

Australia’s Civil Aviation Authority (CASA) has grounded several Cessna 441 Conquest II turboprops, citing the potential for in-flight structural failures
FBOs

Who will buy Landmark FBOs?

Following the sale of Landmark Aviation to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise on August 1, the company’s entire Aviation Airport Services Division is officially fo
FBOs

New Orleans Lakefront tower reopens

Two years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, the FAA control tower has reopened.
FBOs

Mini Cooper is the Air PR prize at NBAA

Head to the Air BP booth (No.