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Charter & Fractional

Bombardier merges charter operations

Bombardier has launched a global executive charter program offering both block occupied-hour terms and ad hoc rates throughout the U.S., Europe, the Middle
Aircraft

Hawker Horizon earns provisional FAA approval

While the Raytheon Hawker Horizon was one of the first to blaze the super-midsize business jet trail when it was launched at the 1996 NBAA Convention in Or
Aircraft

Eclipse 500 makes first flight with P&W engines

Keeping its promise, Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aviation flew the first Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-powered Eclipse 500 certification flight-test ai
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Accidents

Three Killed in Crash of King Air E90

Three of the four people aboard an air ambulance King Air E90 were killed late January 11 when the turboprop twin crashed on approach to Rawlins Municipal
Charter & Fractional

Frax Hire Many More Pilots

The four major fractional aircraft operators hired 482 pilots last year compared with 198 in 2003, bringing the total roster of fractional pilots to 3,649
Training and Workforce

Frasca Delivers Its Second Full Simulator

Frasca International, the Urbana, Ill.
Training and Workforce

New 737 Training Source Up and Running

Former Boeing 737 flight department manager and pilot Larry Bond founded Bond Aviation Services in Orlando, Fla., to offer 737 training.
Maintenance and Modifications

Canada Approves 737 Fuel-savings Mod

AvAero of Safety Harbor, Fla., announced that Falconbridge Mining is the first customer for the FuelMizer aerodynamic modification of the Boeing 737-200/30
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Tucson Continues Refurbs

Bombardier has closed its green completion center in Tucson, but it is still doing business aircraft interior refurbishment at its adjacent Tucson Service
Aircraft

End of the line for Boeing 717

Bombardier Aerospace’s case for the C Series may just have grown sounder last month as Boeing announced it would pull the plug on the 110- to 115-seat 717,
Aircraft

Gulfstream G150 rolls out

The G150, which Gulfstream touts as the first wide-cabin, long-range, midsize business jet, rolled out January 18 in Tel Aviv in front of hundreds of Israe
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Safety

FAA rules aim to improve CVR and FDR reliability

“This is a recording” will have more meaning to accident investigators if the FAA enacts a proposal to beef up rules regarding cockpit voice recorders (CVR
Regulations and Government

Decision on Charts May Not Be Final

Initial feedback from the public has prompted the Department of Defense to rethink its November 18 announcement that it is removing certain flight informat
Regulations and Government

NTSB To Expand Reportable Events

The list of events that must be reported to the NTSB will grow if the agency adopts proposed changes to NTSB Part 830.
Charter & Fractional

Scheduling draws pilot ire at NetJets

While the fractional providers said publicly that switching to the more stringent rules of Part 91 Subpart K on February 17 was a nonevent, a look behind t
Aircraft

China Type-certifies Learjet 45

Bombardier reported that it has received type approval for the Learjet 45 from the civil aviation agency of China (CAAC).
Aircraft

Bombardier enters airline market with single-aisle C Series

Bombardier’s newly constituted board of directors last month gave approval to the company’s commercial airplane division to offer the C Series line of sing
Accidents

No Serious Injuries in Citation II Crash

Neither the instrument-rated private pilot nor his five passengers were seriously injured when their Citation II, N35403, was substantially damaged on Janu
Accidents

Bullet Strike Discovered on Citation

A hydraulic leak that, along with inclement weather, forced a NetJets Citation on a ferry flight from Appleton, Wis., to Rochester, Minn., to divert to Min
Engines

PW307A on target for Falcon 7X, says P&WC

Pratt & Whitney Canada is striving to keep fuel burn on target for its PW307A engine, which will power the Dassault Falcon 7X.
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ATC

FAA moves toward full WAAS implementation

After 10 frustrating years of technical delays, escalating costs and contractor changes, the FAA’s GPS wide area augmentation system (WAAS) is approaching
Aircraft

Citation Mustang emerges from its stable

The first Citation Mustang test aircraft was towed from Cessna’s Pawnee facility in Wichita late last month for initial engine runs.
Safety

Low-airspeed systems recommended by NTSB

The NTSB believes currently required stall-warning systems are not adequate to cover all critically low-airspeed conditions and has recommended that the FA
Security

DHS report calls for continued vigilance

An FBI/Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report that made only a few passing references to general aviation aircraft being used by terrorists neverthel
Aircraft

Canada signs off on Hawker 800 winglets

Aviation Partners said last month it received Transport Canada certification of its Hawker 800 blended winglet modification.
Accidents

Forward C.G. implicated in TEB Challenger

“The center of gravity was found to be well forward of the allowable limit,” according to an NTSB update on the accident in which a Challenger 600 overran
Accidents

Another ticket pulled in TEB Challenger overrun

Darby Aviation is the latest to feel the wrath of the FAA in the wake of the Challenger runway overrun accident at Teterboro Airport (see page 58).
Accidents

Bent mic jack might be cause of yoke jamming

It’s probable that a bent-down microphone jack receptacle–a non-OEM installation–found near the base of the copilot’s control column prevented aft movement
Training and Workforce

Repair training program delayed

Failure to provide timely distribution of guidance material to repair stations has prompted the FAA to delay for one year–until April 6 next year–the compl
Accidents

CVR: Jetstream stalled on final

The Corporate Airlines Jetstream 31 that crashed a mile short of the runway while on a night, reduced-visibility localizer approach to Kirksville Regional