Content Archive: December 2006

Accidents

Preliminary Report: LongRanger engine quits

Bell 206L LongRanger, Colville Lake, Canada, Oct.
Regulations and Government

Control issues: 25 years after the Patco strike

In the late 1970s, Continental Airlines president Frank Lorenzo used a court of law to confront his pilots with an existing, although seldom used, negotiat
Accidents

Final Report: LongRanger rolled off offshore platform

Bell 206L-3 LongRanger, Gulf of Mexico, Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Space shuttle search helo crashed

Bell 407, Broadus, Texas, March 27, 2003–The NTSB said the probable cause of the 407 crash was “the partial loss of engine power due to erratic fuel flow m
Charter & Fractional

Skyjet finds partners the key to a successful program

Bombardier guarantees its Skyjet International block charter customers availability of a specified type of business aircraft (or a superior model) if a boo
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Gear-up landing damages Hawker

British Aerospace 125-700A, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov.
FBOs

Burrows breaks ground at SBM

Burrows Aviation is building a new FBO at Sheboygan County Memorial Airport (SBM) in Wisconsin.
Accidents

Final Reports: King Air touched down early

Raytheon Beech King Air 100, Pawtucket, R.I., Aug.
FBOs

Banyan back with big new digs

Pilots no longer need to complain about the tight ramp space at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport FBO Banyan Air Services.
FBOs

Hawthorne Resurrected

If pilots flying into Hawthorne Municipal Airport/Jack Northrop Field on the morning of November 22 wondered why the airport was closed for an hour-and-a-h