Content Archive: August 2008

Pharmaceutical firm sells off fleet

After more than 40 years operating business aircraft, Bristol-Myers Squibb is shutting down its Trenton, N.J.-based flight department.
Charter & Fractional

Post-Vernal Eclipse faces myriad challenges

Eclipse Aviation supplier Albany International revealed on August 19 that Eclipse “has indicated that it was substantially reducing production of the Eclip

Dramatic Evacuation of Air Dolomiti ATR 72 Captured on Video

An amateur video broadcast by the BBC shows a fierce fire burning near the main lan
Charter & Fractional

PlaneSense Stands By SPn Order

George Antoniadis, the president and CEO of Alpha Flying’s PlaneSense fractional ownership program, is standing by the company’s order for 25 Grob SPns.
Aircraft

G250 launch expected soon

It now appears that the launch of another new Gulfstream–the G250, a successor to the super-midsize G200–is nearing and could possibly come at the NBAA Con
Charter & Fractional

Sentient restructures as two separate businesses

The day before Sentient Jet Holdings chairman and CEO Gregory Campbell announced a restructuring of the company into two distinct entities, one of which wi

Lender balks at delays; Grob declares insolvency

Grob Aerospace GmbH filed for insolvency in Germany on August 18 after its main source of capital suddenly withdrew financial support for the new SPn light
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Safety

AD propsed to end JT15D flameouts

The FAA and Pratt & Whitney Canada believe they have found the cause of at least three high-altitude, dual-engine flameouts on Pratt & Whitney Canada
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Crew Stuck in Door Handle Jam

A Hawker 900XP crew recently discovered after landing that a slightly out-of-tolerance closing mechanism can render the cabin door unopenable from inside t
Security

TSA Blunder Delays 40 Flights

American Eagle had to ground nine Embraer ERJ regional jets at Chicago O’Hare Airport on August 19 after a TSA officer used the airplanes’ total air temper