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Accidents

Preliminary Report: Falcon overruns on takeoff

Dassault Falcon 900, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 10, 2007 – As the Falcon 900 was taking off from Runway 25 at Santa Barbara Municipal Air
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Close call at Teterboro

Piaggio Avanti, Teterboro, N.J., June 17, 2007 – The pilot of a fractional Avanti, cleared to take off from Runway 24 at Teterboro Airport
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Service letter issued for ERJ 135 gear

Embraer ERJ 135, Boston, June 20, 2007 – Despite a gear-down-and-locked indication with three green lights, the crew of the American Eagle
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Caravan engine fire under investigation

Cessna 208B Caravan, Quepos, Costa Rica, March 22, 2007 – Costa Rican-registered Cessna Caravan TI-BBG landed at the Aeropuerto La Managua, near Que
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Bell 212 crashes in Spain

Bell 212, Guipuzcoa, Spain, June 13, 2007 – The two commercial pilots flying the Spanish-registered Bell 212 from Santander Airport to Ali
Accidents

Final Report: King Air pilot lost control on landing

Beech King Air 200, North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb.
Accidents

Final Report: CRJ windshield was installed improperly

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Asheville, N.C., March 19, 2006 – The NTSB found that company maintenance personnel improperly installed the pi
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot opted to land below minimums

Swearingen SA-26AT, Jacksonville, Fla., Nov.
Accidents

Final Report: Mechanical failure blamed in fatal sightseeing flight

McDonnell Douglas MD-369D, Volcano, Hawaii, June 15, 2003 – The commercial pilot and three passengers were killed when the MD-369D lost power and cr
Charter & Fractional

Fractional VLJs?

Most of the fractional executives interviewed for this article were not optimistic that very light jets (VLJs) will enter the fractional fleet.
Rotorcraft

Piasecki compound X-49 makes first flight

Retrofit technology that could turn the Pentagon’s fleet of Black Hawks and other helicopters into 200-knot, high-altitude speedsters, and later be applied
Charter & Fractional

How many players?

One prediction about which most fractional providers’ executives and consultants agree is that within five years there will be only two strong major provid
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky X-2 To Fly Late this Year

Sikorsky is readying its X-2 demonstrator for flight tests late this year.
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky S-76D Slated To Fly Late Next Year

Sikorsky is confident its upgraded medium twin, the S-76D, will make its first flight in the fourth quarter of next year, said Bruce McKinney, v-p for Euro
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Scores Major Orders

Eurocopter logged orders for 114 civil and military helicopters worth E1.2 billion at this year’s Paris Air Show and says it is on track to sell 700 helico
Rotorcraft

NVGs for Civil EC 145

Eurocopter will make its EC 145 available with certified night-vision goggle (NVG) capability in Europe, Canada and the U.S.
Rotorcraft

Agusta Signs Japanese Distributor

AgustaWestland has designated Kaigai Aviotech of Japan to sell the AW119 Ke, AW109 Power and Grand in the Japanese commercial market.
Rotorcraft

Frasca Unveils Bell FTD

Simulator builder Frasca International unveiled its MentorH deployable helicopter flight training device (FTD) at the Airborne Law Enforcement Association
Rotorcraft

‘Salute To Excellence’ Nominations

The Helicopter Association International (HAI) is accepting nominations for its “Salute To Excellence” awards to be presented during its convention next ye
Maintenance and Modifications

ERJ Landing Gear Fault Warning

Embraer sent all operators of ERJ regional jets and Legacy business jets a field service letter reminding pilots of the procedure to follow in the event th
Regulations and Government

Board members' letter reveals strife at NTSB

NTSB members are strongly dissatisfied with the way in which Board chairman Ellen Engleman Conners is attempting to curb their activities.
Rotorcraft

Bulletin: bane for operators, boon for repair stations?

A recent FAA airworthiness handbook bulletin that aims to clarify the maintenance requirements for Part 135 aircraft might not be a good thing for some ope
Aircraft

Sum of Superjet’s parts more than an airplane

The simulator for the PowerJet SaM146 engine destined to power the Superjet 100 regional airliner had recently arrived at the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC)
Aircraft

Chinese Airline Chooses MA60

China’s Xi’an Aircraft Company (XAC) landed the largest-ever order from a Chinese airline for its MA60 regional turboprop last month.
Aircraft

Wings and wheels roll in to Teterboro

For fans of vintage military tin, the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey will hold its annual Wings and Wheels Expo of historic aircraft and vi
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Aircraft

As first Falcon 7X nears completion, Dassault mulls future projects

Significant cost and time savings achieved through the use of advanced digital design and production software on the Falcon 7X have persuaded Dassault that
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA STCs Hawker 800 winglet mod

It took a couple of years longer than expected, but operators of the Hawker 800 might find the wait has been worthwhile.
Engines

Williams FJ33-4A certified; wraps loosening on new engine

On September 10, Walled Lake, Mich.-based Williams International received FAA type certification of its new 1,568-pound-thrust FJ33-4A.
Regulations and Government

Initiative aims to clear the ‘Aire’

While the debate continues to swirl on both sides of the Atlantic over the European Union’s scheduled imposition of a carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions tradin