Content Archive: October 2007

Charter & Fractional

Sentient: TAG Purchase Includes AMI Jet Charter

When Sentient Flight Group announced last week that it plans to buy TAG Aviation USA, it didn’t clarify whether this included AMI Jet Charter, 49 percent o
Rotorcraft

Bell Locks Down Design for GlobalRanger

On Friday, Bell Helicopter’s 429 team froze the final exterior profile of its light twin-engine helicopter after months of development flight testing.

AIN Audiocast: Michal Morgan, TSA’s General Manager for General Aviation

The Transportation Security Administration plans soon to release changes to the voluntary general aviation security guidelines, and is looking at ways to “
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Safety

Business Aircraft Accident Picture Mixed

According to statistics compiled by Boca Raton, Fla.-based safety analyst Robert E.
Aircraft

Bombardier Green-lights Learjet NXT Project

Bombardier Aerospace this morning launched the clean-sheet Learjet NXT to fill the gap between its midsize $13.3 million Learjet 60XR and $21 million super
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Aircraft

Grob Regaining Its Stride as Third SPn Takes Flight

The third prototype of the Grob SPn flew for the first time yesterday, lifting off the runway at 9:28 a.m.
Charter & Fractional

Sentient Flight Group acquires two more charter divisions

On October 23, Sentient Flight Group purchased Hawker Beechcraft’s charter/management business.
Regulations and Government

Sturgell nominated to head FAA

Industry reaction has been mostly positive to President Bush’s nomination of acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell to a five-year term to lead the agency
ATC

Serious questions about ADS-B NPRM arise

While the FAA in early October released its Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) covering future mandatory carriage of ADS-B avionics, serious questions h
Charter & Fractional

AMI certificate revocation spooks charter industry

AMI Jet Charter’s trouble with the FAA didn’t start on October 12, when the agency revoked AMI’s charter certificate, nor the week before, when it suspende
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