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Accidents

King Air Crashes on Flight to Residential Airpark

The NTSB continues its investigation into the April 14 crash of a 1985 King Air 300 while being vectored in VMC to Spruce Creek Airport, a private resident
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot blamed in Malibu turboprop breakup

PIPER PA-46-310P MALIBU, OSTENN, FLA., JUNE 14, 2002–Trying to thread through a hole in an area of thunderstorms on an IFR flight from Raleigh, N.C.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Falcon Service begins ops at F’borough

Dassault Falcon Service (DFS) on April 1 officially began operations from Farnborough Airport, the main European business airport rival to Paris Le Bourget
Safety

Euro SECIFR approval delayed until next year

European authorities have again delayed approval for single-engine commercial operations in instrument meteorological conditions (SECIMC).
Charter & Fractional

European jet club picks PrivatPort at Geneva

Club Airways, a members-only scheduled business jet charter operation in Europe, has chosen PrivatPort to provide ground handling for its flights from Gene
Aircraft

BBJs banned at Teterboro by legislation

Boeing’s efforts to gain access to Teterboro Airport (TEB), N.J., for its BBJ have been rebuffed, at least for this legislative year.
FBOs

Mercury FBOs To Be Added to Atlantic Aviation

Publicly traded Macquarie Group, the Australian company that owns the Atlantic Aviation chain of FBOs, is purchasing the FBOs owned by private-equity firm
Aircraft

Embraer Plans New Business Jets

Watch for Embraer to announce “around NBAA Convention time” one or maybe two new business jets.
Regulations and Government

New Legislation Focuses on GA Threats

The U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker 700 Benefits from RVSM Upgrade

Alternative Avionics in Waterford, Mich., has gained an STC for installation of upgraded air-data computers and pitot-static probes in the Hawker 700, a mo
Regulations and Government

General Aviation Activity Survey in the Mail

Aircraft owners and operators should start watching their mailbox for an invitation to participate in the FAA’s 2006 General Aviation and Part 135 Activity
Maintenance and Modifications

Dubai Firm Reportedly Will Pay $1.5 Billion

As reported yesterday in AINalerts, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is in “active discussions” with Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle Group to acquire its La
Charter & Fractional

JetDirect Proposing To Acquire Sentient Jet

Two well known companies that operate charter aircraft and jet travel cards might be near to merging.
ATC

FAA Forecast Overshadowed by Funding Debate

DOT Secretary Mary Peters cautioned that aviation delays will grow without significant FAA funding reforms (read: user fees) as forecasters predict air tra
ATC

Argentina Strips Air Force of ATC Function

Argentine President Nestor Kirchner disclosed on March 15 that the country would end military control of ATC services and signed a decree creating the Nati
Accidents

Line Technician Dies after Ramp Accident

A line technician died on February 14 after the tug he was driving backed into the wing of a Falcon 900EX at Naples Airport in Florida.
ATC

Hickok devises SNI approaches into NYC area

Stephen Hickok of Hickok & Associates, Orange Beach, Ala., announced on Thursday that the FAA performed a successful flight inspection on February 23 o
FBOs

Dubai Firm Proposes To Buy Landmark Aviation

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise is in “active discussions” with Washington, D.C.-Carlyle Group to acquire Landmark Aviation, and in particular its MRO businesse
Engines

HF118 turbofan is now a Honda/GE joint venture

At General Electric, the official corporate slogan is “Imagination at work.” At Honda, it’s “The power of dreams.” The two companies announced last month t
ATC

FAA cuts LAAS funding, leaving program in limbo

After more than 15 years and $200 million in development effort, the FAA in late January canceled further expenditures on the GPS Category I local-area aug
Regulations and Government

Slew of av compliance deadlines draws closer

Compliance with the ICAO requirement for aircraft on virtually all extended international operations to be equipped with an automatic 406-MHz ELT leads off
FBOs

Customer is the loser in LGA FBO brawl

Management teams at Signature Flight Support and Fort Lauderdale Jet Center are locked in a war of words over the right to operate the sole general aviatio
Aircraft

Gulfstream 350 to enter service in 2005

Gulfstream introduced the G350 at the Asian Aerospace show in Singapore on February 23 and confirmed that the model would supersede the G300, as reported l
Engines

Embraer 170 finally gets FAA, JAA nods

Embraer on February 20 obtained FAA certification and JAA recommendation for its 70- to 78-passenger Model 170 regional twinjet, some 18 months later than
Accidents

Many blamed for Citation, airliner collision

The final report of the Oct.
Accidents

Crew killed in Aeromed King air crash

All three crewmembers were killed when their King Air B90, N777KU, crashed February 17 near Dodge City Regional Airport, Kan.
Aircraft

PC-12s subject of airworthiness bulletin

In a special airworthiness information bulletin published on February 13, the FAA advised owners and operators of PC-12s to incorporate operational limitat
Aircraft

SJ30-2 achieves pressurization promise

Sino Swearingen last month said it had passed FAA tests that enable the SJ30-2 to meet its advertised pressurization differential of 12 psi, higher than an
Regulations and Government

FAA considers jetliner fuel tank retrofit

Operators of hundreds of Airbus and Boeing jetliners will be required to retrofit fuel-tank flammability reduction systems, if the FAA adopts rulemaking it
Regulations and Government

Despite mixed signals, DOT lauds next-gen NAS

At about the same time Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta was announcing plans for a “next-generation air transportation system” to the Washington Aero