Content Archive: April 2008

Cabin Interior and Electronics

Special Report: Completions & Refurbs

What a difference a year makes.In the spring of last year, AIN reported a record 1,025 business aircraft deliveries for the year 2000, u
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Oxygen systems can hide secret dangers

For aviators and their passengers, oxygen means life at the high altitudes traversed by modern aircraft.
Regulations and Government

Aspen Investigation Spawns Two Safety Recommendations

The NTSB issued two recommendations to the FAA as a result of its investigation into the March 29, 2001, fatal crash of a chartered Gulfstream III at Aspen
Accidents

Greek Falcon trial raises thorny issues

The trial seeking the truth in the September 1999 fatal in-flight upset involving a Greek Dassault Falcon 900 in Romanian airspace continued last month at
Aircraft

Fairchild’s fortunes fading fast as Bombardier bails

Another truss fell from Fairchild Dornier’s tenuous financial footing last month, as potential suitor Bombardier Aerospace declared that it no longer harbo
Training and Workforce

CAE challenges FlightSafety’s dominance in bizav training

“We’re going after FlightSafety,” Nick Leontidis, CAE’s executive vice president of civil aviation training and equipment, told AIN.
Training and Workforce

Pan Am weathering economic storm

With the opening of its new northern Virginia regional airline training center last fall, Pan Am International Flight Academy served notice of its commitme
Training and Workforce

Pan Am’s SimCom Focuses on Business Aviation Training

With the opening of its new 67,000-sq-ft training center in Orlando, Fla.
Safety

Sick while traveling? A long way from home?

Most business jet operators haven’t even given a second thought to a medical emergency away from home base.