Content Archive: March 2007

Maintenance and Modifications

Conklin & de Decker release MxManager 6.5

Version 6.5 of Conklin & de Decker’s MxManager maintenance management software incorporates a number of changes and improvements, according to a spokesman
Cabin Interior and Electronics

StarPort USA launches completion and refurb center

StarPort USA, the Sanford, Fla., FBO launched in 1995, has survived a bankruptcy and a recession, and with an eye on the slowly improving economy has launc
Maintenance and Modifications

Karl Stuhmer wins Charles Taylor Award

ived the FAA’s prestigious Charles Taylor Award, which recognizes lifetime accomplishments of senior aircraft mechanics. Karl Stuhmer, Raytheon Airc
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and refurbishment business building nicely

The completion and refurbishment industry continues to grow.
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
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
FBOs

Garrett Consolidation Includes Closing Facilities

To clarify the consolidation effort under way at Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated, as reported in Tuesday’s AINalerts, a company spok
Aircraft

Third Falcon 7X Enters Flight Test

A third Falcon 7X, S/N 03, on Tuesday joined the flight-test program.