Content Archive: July 2007

A hearing held today by the House transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on aviation sought to examine ways to reduce the level of falsifications a

Charter operator Linear Air has 30 Eclipse 500s on order, with first deliveries scheduled for September, but the company bought an earlier serial number ai

A new service designed in part by former Avantair chairman Al Rapetti seeks to align charter operators under one roof to maximize revenue and fill seats.

Honda added another element to the business plan for its aviation ventures last month, when the Japanese carmaker announced the formation of Honda Aero Inc

The recent commencement of low-altitude Customs and Immigration patrols by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along the Arizona/Mexico border and the earlier

Test pilots from NASA and Gulfstream this summer are flying a GV equipped with a synthetic-vision system (SVS) intended to improve pilot situational

Camilo Salomon, president and CEO of Safire Aircraft, said he has faced do-or-die situations before, but not in the aviation world, where, he says, e

At the Farnborough Air Show last month, helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland unveiled its new Agusta A109S Grand, a medium twin-engine rotorcraft designe

Fly-by-wire (FBW) flight controls have been commonplace in fighters and Airbus airliners for years, but the technology has remained out of reach for all bu

Epic’s single-engine Victory jet made its first flight on July 6 from Roberts Field in Redmond, Ore.