Content Archive: March 2008

Aircraft

Sovereign nearing first flight

Spriggs completed the first test run of the Citation Sovereign’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C engines on January 11.

EBAA/NBAA Call For 2008 Award Nominees

EBAA and NBAA are calling for nominations for the 2008 European Business Aviation Award, which will be presented at EBACE next month.

FAA: long-term outlook rosy for business aviation

While the FAA is calling for “significant” continued growth “over time” for commercial aviation, it sees “strong growth in business aviation demand continu

Airbus: Fuel Cell System Test a Success

Airbus in late February successfully tested an emissions-free fuel cell in flight.
FBOs

Duncan Moves Up Fortune Best-workplace List

Duncan Aviation, the Lincoln, Neb.-based business aviation support organization with 1,864 employees at 39 locations nationwide, has again been named one o
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

FAA nets small increase in 2003 budget funding

The President’s Budget of the United States has usually been delivered by the Government Printing Office to Congress bound in a sober, solid navy.
Airports

Stewart New Home for GE Flight Department

General Electric’s flight department was expected to move this month into its new 100,000-sq-ft hangar/office complex on 12 acres at Stewart International
ATC

GAMA Frets Over Ultra-wideband Approval

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association expressed “grave concern” about the Federal Communications Commission’s decision last month authorizing oper
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

The 2003 Budget: From the Outside Looking In

The 2003 Budget in Brief is, as the title implies, brief, but its complexity still leads the aviation alphabet groups to cherrypick for comment, while news
Accidents

Birdstrike Eyed in Citation Crash

A 1975 Cessna Citation I (N113SH) that crashed March 4 while taking off from Oklahoma City Wiley Post Airport is reported to have encountered a flock of bi