Content Archive: October 2008

Environment

Embraer, CAE Launch Phenom 100 Training

Embraer CAE Training Services, a joint venture of Brazilian OEM Embraer and Canadian simulator training services provider CAE, launched its first pilot and

Embraer Selects Meggitt for Legacy Wheels

Embraer has selected Meggitt to provide wheels, brakes and a bleed-air system for its new Legacy 450 and 500.

NBAA'08 Convention Report

For the first time in several years the unabashed exuberance that has prevailed at the annual NBAA Convention was replaced by concerns– if not outright fea
Regulations and Government

DHS To Issue New Visa for Student Pilots

The Department of Homeland Security is creating a new visa category, M, to replace the J-1 visa, which allows foreign flight school students to train in th
Accidents

Last lawsuit settled after 1996 GIV crash

After a dozen years, the litigation surrounding the fatal crash of a Gulfstream IV has finally been settled.

Business Aviation in Latin America

There is an old joke in Brazil that this largest of Latin American nations “is a country of the future, and always will be.” But things have a way of chang
ATC

NOAA Expands WAAS Network

NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey last month said it incorporated 43 new GPS tracking sites into the continuously operating reference station (CORS) network,
Safety

GA Fatalities Lower Than Those for Boats, Rail

Aviation deaths decreased from 784 in 2006 to 545 last year, according to the NTSB.
Environment

Flexjet Launches Carbon Offset Program

Flexjet, Bombardier’s fractional ownership subsidiary, has launched a carbon-offset program for its fractional owners.

Economy and politics dominate NBAA show

At the NBAA media breakfast, held last month at the NBAA Convention, Alan Klapmeier, GAMA chairman (and president and CEO of Cirrus), noted that the credit