Content Archive: April 2008

Airports

Reese AFB Evaluated as GA Airfield

A developer may convert portions of the former Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas, into a full-service general aviation airport.
Regulations and Government

FAA finalizes Part 91 Sub K

The FAA now expects to publish the final rule on FAR Part 91 Subpart K by the end of this year, with implementation to follow in late 2003.
Regulations and Government

TSA Assumes Responsibility for Notam Waivers

Last month, the FAA handed off notam waiver requests to the Transportation Security Administration.
Regulations and Government

Oxygen Deprivation Incidents Lead to AD Action

Gulfstream 100s, Astra SPXs and 1125 Westwinds are the latest business jet models to be the subject of an AD as a result of the FAA’s special certification
Airports

Existing Slot Allocation Program Extended at LGA

The FAA announced a two-year extension of the existing lottery allocation of slot exemptions at New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) until Oct.
Regulations and Government

‘12-5 Rule’ Security Program Comments Due

Air taxi operators are caught in a conundrum.
Accidents

Pilot Chowdry and airplane fingered in fatal L-39 crash

The NTSB’s recently released factual report of the crash on January 24 last year of a privately owned Aero Vodochody L-39 former Czech Republic military je
Charter & Fractional

Some Senators Laud Air-taxi Industry

In recent weeks, Sens.
Regulations and Government

International Regulatory Library Introduced

Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) has introduced an international regulatory library on DVD and CD-ROM that contains nearly 13,000 pages of aviation main
Charter & Fractional

Flight Time failure stiffs charter ops

As the financial community has been shaken by the downfall of Enron and Worldcom, so has the aviation charter industry been rattled by the demise of one of