Content Archive: March 2008

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
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
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
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
Charter & Fractional

Bombardier overhauls Flexjet Europe program

Bombardier has relaunched its Flexjet Europe business aircraft shared-use program under the name Jet Membership.
Avionics

New TCAS/TAWS Available from Honeywell

Honeywell introduced two new collision avoidance and ground proximity warning systems intended for light to medium turbines airplanes.
Safety

Medical Training Course Goes Online

MedAire is introducing a series of computer-based training classes designed to give flight crews a way to stay current on their medical training, inc

Santa Monica Ups Noise Violation Fees

Business aviation operators traveling to Santa Monica Municipal Airport in California should be aware of a new city of Santa Monica law that severely incre
Avionics

Avidyne Offers Sneak Peek at Homegrown FMS

In presenting its 2007 technical achievement award to senior engineer Steve Lindsey for his involvement in developing a flight management system for genera
Aircraft

How Soon Is ‘Soon’ for Hawker 4000 Deliveries?

There are now 23 Hawker 4000s in the completion pipeline as Hawker Beechcraft continues function and reliability testing, the last phase before the FAA wil