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Maintenance and Modifications

New Service Difficulty Reporting Rules To Be Withdrawn

The FAA yesterday issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to withdraw its new rules that amend the service difficulty reporting (SDR) requirements for air c
Aircraft

Grob Light Jet Progressing in Flight-envelope Expansion

The flight-test program of the Grob Aerospace G180 SPn Utility Jet is progressing well, company officials said yesterday during a briefing at its Tussenhau
Accidents

Safety Board: BBJ Blindsided GIV at Newark

According to the NTSB’s factual report of the March 16 ground collision at the Signature Flight Support ramp at Newark Liberty International Airport, a Boe
Engines

NTSB Takes Aim at Engine Certification Standards

The simultaneous dual flameout of a Garuda Indonesia Airlines 737 and its subsequent ditching on Jan.
Airports

Chicago Hit with Fine over Meigs Airport Shutdown

One year ago this month the FAA said it would take legal action against the city of Chicago because officials failed to notify the agency 30 days before cl
Rotorcraft

Helisim To Offer Eurocopter EC 225/725 Simulator

Marignane, France-based Helisim plans to offer a Eurocopter EC 225/725 FAA level-D flight simulator starting in 2007.
Charter & Fractional

More Changes Coming in APIS Submission Rules

Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) transmission requirements will again change.
Security

John Goglia, a rebel with a cause, reflects on NTSB tenure

You don’t expect to see a 59-year-old, gray-haired guy who looks like a middle linebacker choking up as tears well up in his eyes, but then this is John Go
Aircraft

In the Works: Jetcruzer LLC

Like the mythical phoenix, the AASI Jetcruzer 450/500 may arise from its ashes to fly again, this time as a single-turbofan, experimental airplane rather t
Aircraft

In the Works: Sukhoi S-21

Sukhoi is continuing its feasibility studies on the S-21, a supersonic business jet, but officials do not give consistent answers to the question of when t
Aircraft

In the Works: Raytheon Hawker Horizon

Some requirements of certification flight testing are impossible to complete from the home airfield, no matter where that may be.
Avionics

Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband Service Coming in 2006

Just as passengers were getting used to surfing the Web in flight over the Swift64 satellite datalink, Inmarsat spelled out plans for the next generation o
Avionics

CMC Electronics Sells Infrared Unit to L-3 Communications

Montreal-based CMC Electronics has agreed to sell its Cincinnati Electronics business unit to L-3 Communications for $172 million in cash, while simultaneo
ATC

No European Mandate Foreseen for PRnav

As news about precision area navigation (more commonly referred to as PRnav) in Europe starts showing up in the aviation press, chief pilots and maintenanc
Avionics

Lufthansa Technik Taps Thrane & Thrane for Cabin Datalink

Engineers from Lufthansa Technik and Thrane & Thrane have jointly developed a new mobile access router as a key component of Lufthansa Technik’s networ
Avionics

Questions Remain over Who Will Provide Standard Ae270 Cockpit

Ibis Aerospace has selected Honeywell’s Apex glass cockpit for the Ae270 turboprop single, but it is still unclear whether the avionics will be standard or
ATC

BBJ’s FANS flight marks a first for a business jet

A Boeing Business Jet heading to Geneva for the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in late May marked a notable milestone by becomi
Avionics

Connexion is coming to super-midsize airplanes

Engineers from Rockwell Collins are immersed in the task of redesigning a satellite direct TV antenna to bring Boeing’s broadband Connexion service to supe
Avionics

Chelton cockpit upgrade gives new life to old jets

The Cessna Citation 501 has served nobly in a variety of roles over the course of the last three decades.
Avionics

Federal Express makes major commitment for HUD and EVS

In the world’s first major commitment to head-up display and enhanced vision technology by a civil operator, Federal Express announced late last year that
Regulations and Government

Bizav shines brightly in FAA’s crystal ball

Business aviation continues to be a bright spot in the FAA’s annual aviation forecast, with top executives of two business jet manufacturers and the leadin
Avionics

Much more than just charts, Jeppesen delivers the weather

Back in the early 1930s, when Capt.
Avionics

CMC’s pilot-friendly EFB features FMS-style keys

CMC Electronics has introduced the CMA-1100, a handheld electronic flight bag (EFB) computer for the cockpit that fills a gap between off-the-shelf tablet
Avionics

Avidyne picks XM Satellite Weather

Avidyne has selected XM WX Satellite Weather to provide broadcast datalink weather for the avionics maker’s FlightMax EX500 multifunction displays and Flig
Avionics

Arinc, Telenor announce ‘mobile in the sky’ plan

Will passengers flying on business jets and airliners really ever be able to use their personal cellphones to make and receive calls in flight? There is ev
Aircraft

Boeing Denies Pullout from RRJ

 Despite the standoff between Boeing and the Russian government over import tax relief for U.S.-made commercial jets, the Chicago-based manufacturer i
Charter & Fractional

Jet2000 to conduct trials with M-101T

Russian charter firm Jet2000 reached an agreement with Kaskol, Sokol and Myasischev, which jointly developed the M-101T Sokol (formerly Gzhel), to conduct
Rotorcraft

Modular EC 135 Revealed

Eurocopter has developed its own concept of a modular helicopter to meet what it believes are the security requirements of the new generation of EU members
Avionics

EGPWS Standard on S-76s, S-92s

Sikorsky plans to make Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems (EGPWS) standard equipment on all future production S-76s and S-92s.
Rotorcraft

Norsk Wins Barents Sea Contract

A 16-month, $16 million (including options) contract to service new Statoil Snøehvit production platforms in the Barents Sea has been awarded to Norsk Heli