Content Archive: August 2010

Hawker’s 2Q earnings and its backlog shrink

The possibility of Hawker Beechcraft moving some of its Wichita-based manufacturing elsewhere came up again early last month with the release of the compan

AirVenture 2010

EAA AirVenture, as usual, brought the aviation family together for another week of celebration, innovation and pure enjoyment at Wittman Regional Airport i

LAN-TAM Merger Reflects Growing Latin American Solidarity

In what might prove the biggest cross-border airline merger ever between two
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Labace 2010 rides wave of Latin American growth

In the three years since the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Labace) was relaunched, it has benefited from an increasingly he
Accidents

Premier Crashes at AirVenture

AirVenture 2010 was blessed with few accidents.
Environment

Committee studies eco-friendly production, dismantling

Operating an aircraft accounts for 80 percent of the machine’s lifetime environmental footprint, according to a newly released Dassault study.
Environment

Alternative fuels still face hurdles

The alternative aviation fuel industry continues to conduct flight tests to validate the use of new jet-fuel blends.
Environment

Business Aviation and the Environment

There is no silver bullet for reducing the effect of business aviation on the environment, most industry analysts agree, but the combination of new technol
Maintenance and Modifications

Aviation Partners Debuts Spiroid Winglets

Aviation Partners (API) broaught a Falcon 50 equipped with radical-looking spiroid winglets to AirVenture, the airplane’s first public appearance after a t