Content Archive: May 2010

FBOs

New Northwest Florida Airport Set To Open on Sunday

Northwest Florida Beaches Airport (KECP) near Panama City, Fla., the first new greenfield airport since Denver International in 1995, is on schedule to ope
Aircraft

Grob Prototype Crash Caused by Stabilizer Failure

The November 2006 fatal crash of the Grob G180A SPn prototype was caused by failure of the twinjet’s horizontal stabilizer, according to the final report r
Charter & Fractional

Avantair Finds Smooth Air in Turbulent Frax Market

Piaggio Avanti fractional provider Avantair’s revenue increased 4 percent, to $36 million, in its fiscal third quarter (which ended March 31) compared with
Security

ASA Group Inundated During Thailand Protests

The ASA Group, an executive-aviation security services provider with a base in Bangkok, said it has been inundated with requests for assistance from travel
Maintenance and Modifications

Engine Damage Not Caused by Volcanic Ash

Dramatic photos circulating on the Internet purporting to show a Williams International FJ44-3A-24 installed on a Cessna Citation CJ2+ destroyed by exposur

No child left unbuckled

Aircraft passengers tend not to worry about the in-flight safety of their children, says Lucille Fisher, whose job is writing and rewriting safety requirem
Maintenance and Modifications

U.S. Civil Aviation Mx Has $39 Billion Impact

According to a study conducted by research firm AeroStrategy, the aviation maintenance industry in the U.S.

Stabilizer failure caused crash of Grob prototype

The 2006 fatal crash of the Grob G180A SPn midsize jet prototype was caused by failure of the twinjet’s horizontal stabilizer, according to the final repor
Aircraft

ExpressJet Confident in Its Position

Houston-based Continental Express regional affiliate ExpressJet congratulated Continental Airlines and United Airlines on their agreement to merge, pending
Maintenance and Modifications

Iceland Eruption Has Different Effect on Windows

While pilots need to be careful not to fly through heavy concentrations of volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Iceland, the glass particle-la