Content Archive: January 2008

FBOs

FAA testing incursion warnings

Pilots flying to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and San Diego Lindbergh Field might notice unusual runway status lights that warn of possible conf
FBOs

Texas airport reopens

The runway resurfacing project at Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney, Texas, is complete, and operations resumed there on November 30.
FBOs

Avfuel signs up more FBOs

Executive Beechcraft’s three Kansas City area FBOs (owned by BBA Aviation) have joined Avfuel’s dealer network and will offer Avtrip reward points and cont
FBOs

Castle & Cooke Aviation: California company slowly builds U.S. chain

Castle & Cooke Aviation burst onto the FBO scene at the NBAA Convention with the purchase of two FBOs, the former Circle Rainbow facility at Honolulu I
Regulations and Government

Operational Control for Part 91 on FAA’s Radar

The FAA’s scrutiny of Part 135 operational control has spurred an interest in operational control of Part 91 business jets.
Regulations and Government

Senate Postpones Action on FAA Administrator

A Senate hearing on the nomination of acting FAA Administrator Robert Sturgell to become the next permanent head of the agency was canceled at the last min

Eclipse Says It Built 103 EA-500s Last Year

Eclipse Aviation rang in the New Year by announcing that it produced and certified 103 Eclipse 500s last year, and the manufacturer delivered all but a han
Avionics

Gulfstream’s PlaneView OK’d for Ultra-precise Approaches

After a year-long effort with the FAA, fractional provider NetJets and avionics maker Honeywell, Gulfstream yesterday secured FAA approval for its PlaneVie
Accidents

Preliminary Report: GIV nosegear collapses

Gulfstream Aerospace GIV, Sugar Land, Texas, Nov.
Accidents

Final Report: Engine separated from Boeing 747

Boeing 747-132, over Lake Michigan, Oct.