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Boundary Layer Research, the Everett, Wash., company that developed winglets for the Beech Duke some 10 years ago, is now designing winglets for King Air 2

The California legislature didn’t transfer $745,000 left over from last year’s aeronautical budget into the general fund, as Gov.

NASA has charged the National Institute for Aviation Research, an aerospace research and development laboratory based in Wichita and associated with Wichit

The fifth annual corporate aviation golf tournament organized by Houston-based handling agent Air Routing International raised $5,000 for the Corporate Ang

A drug bust last month netted Drug Enforcement Administration officials 141 pounds of cocaine, two handguns, an AK-47, approximately $700,000 in cash, the

Callback, the monthly safety bulletin from the people who run NASA’s aviation safety reporting system, was 25 years old in July.

The current Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) rates in effect from July 1 through December 31 are: 0 to 500 sm–$0.1926; 501 to 1,500 sm–$0.1469; and more

The FAA is extending its runway incursion information evaluation program for another 24 months, through July 20, 2006, to gather further data about the cau

Management at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fla., has submitted a proposed noise compatibility program (under FAR Part 150 guidelines) to the FAA, whi

Signature Flight Support, which recently lost its lease for an FBO at New York La Guardia Airport and is expected to lose its leasehold at Douglas Internat

Bank of America last month formed the Corporate Aircraft Finance Division, a group that combines The Private Bank’s Aviation Finance Division with the Bank

NBAA will host its Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE2005) from August 9 to 11 next year in Shanghai, China.

Deliveries of new turbine business airplanes in the first half of this year increased slightly over the same period last year, but not all manufacturers re

Swedish-based defense group Saab said it has finished developing a system to protect aircraft from surface-to-air missiles and plans to supply production v

FlightSafety International has added a new program to its simulator training courses.

Fractional provider NetJets has ordered 50 AirCell ST 3100 Iridium satellite communication systems for its fleet of Hawker 400XP light business jets.

Sandel Avionics last month introduced the SN3500 line of electronic HSI units, featuring compass, map, flight-plan display and RMI, along with traffic, ter

Chelton Flight Systems announced completion of the STC for the company’s FlightLogic synthetic-vision EFIS in the Cessna Citation 501.

In a backhanded way, Airbus almost broke its two-year silence about the number of Airbus Corporate Jetliners it has delivered.

Jet Aviation, in cooperation with Kuwait-based partner United Projects, plans to open an FBO at Kuwait In-ternational Airport early next year.

In a change of direction, Farnborough Aircraft lead investor Geoffrey Galley has agreed to continue financing the six-seat F1 turboprop single through firs

Gulfstream is on its way to establishing an in-house record of sorts.

Eclipse 500’s very light jet customers can order the interior in any color, so long as it’s one of four being offered.

After spending 14 years as a corporate pilot, Houston businessman Ron Henricksen announced plans for a business aviation airport on property he owns on the

Sierra Aviation, an FBO and charter/management firm based in Portomaso, Malta, now has a marketing and sales office in Geldermalsen, the Netherlands.

Fractional operator Flight Options has launched Global Access, an overseas travel program using a fleet of nearly 100 charter aircraft accessible to the co

A ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 19 officially opened Hangar E for business at California’s San Jose Jet Center.

Raytheon Aircraft is now offering a complete package of RVSM compliance paperwork and flight-test services for operators of Beechcraft and Hawker turbine b

Gulfstream Aerospace on August 12 received FAA type certification for its new long-range G450.

Two more established OEMs–Embraer and Raytheon Aircraft–confirmed they are looking at introducing aircraft into the light or very light jet market.