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Maintenance and Modifications

Elliptical Winglet STC for Citation X

Winglet Technology and Cessna Aircraft have begun installing elliptical wingl
Maintenance and Modifications

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Opens

Boeing, Shanghai Airport Authority and Shanghai Airlines have opened a new two-bay hangar at their joint venture, Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services.
Maintenance and Modifications

Falcon Transitioning To E-Maintenance Program

Dassault Falcon recently completed testing of its new Falcon E-Maintenance program, which will allow Dassault’s Falcon technical center and service centers
Maintenance and Modifications

Maximum Manuals Offers Same-day MEL

Maximum Manuals has launched an Internet-based minimum equipment list (MEL) generator that provides same-day MELs customized to the individual client and a
Maintenance and Modifications

Whistleblower Uncovers Woodward MPC Fraud

Aerospace contractor MPC International has agreed to pay $22.5 million to the federal government to resolve procurement fraud allegations that the company
Maintenance and Modifications

Nextant Beechjet Pro Line 21 Upgrade STC’d

Nextant Aerospace announced today at the NBAA Convention that it has received STC approval for its Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 flight deck retrofit for Be
Engines

GE Honda HF120 Test Phase Spools Up

The first GE Honda HF120 engine has successfully started its initial test run at GE Aviation’s altitude test chamber in Evendale, Ohio, the company announc

NBAA, GAMA Unveil Online Bizav Value Resource

NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) this morning at the NBAA Convention launched the Business Aviation E-Valuation Toolkit, a ne
Aircraft

Cirrus Slows SF50 Jet Single Program

Cirrus Design vice president of domestic sales Jon Dauplaise told AIN today at the NBAA Convention that development work on the company’s SF50 Visio

NBAA'09 Opens With Muted Optimism

It would have been next to impossible to open the 62nd NBAA Convention this morning in Orlando, Fla., without squarely aiming at the 800-pound gorilla in t

More G650 suppliers named

Several suppliers for Gulfstream’s new G650 were recently announced, some of which updated their progress building components for the new aircraft.

Quiet fliers lauded by TEB officials

Teterboro Airport (TEB) presented 29 “Good Neighbor Awards” here yesterday to airport tenants and users who recorded a minimum of 100 operations per year w
Aircraft

Dassault sees pockets of recovery

Like other business jet OEMs, Dassault Falcon is suffering from the effects of the global downturn.
Avionics

Jeppesen, Sat Direct team to enhance cockpit comm

Jeppesen and Satcom Direct announced Monday a teaming relationship that allows each company to sell a bundled solution to their customers that combines fli

SkyBooks Lands Heliservicio and STAM

Mexico’s Heliservicio and Servicio Tecnico Aereo de Mexico (STAM) have selected SkyBooks (Booth No.

MedAire and Gulfstream Celebrate 20th

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the partnership of MedAire (Booth  No.
Aircraft

Dornier’s Seastar taking off

When Dornier Seaplane (Static Display) debuted its amphibious Seastar at last year’s NBAA Convention, CEO Joe Walker outlined a number of goals, including
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Emteq SkyPro cabin system goes HiDef

Emteq (Booth No.
Airports

Columbia Modernizes Chilean Citation 650

Columbia Avionics in Columbia, Mo., has completed an avionics modernization program in a Cessna Citation 650 for Chile’s civil aviation department.
Training and Workforce

Win Flight Training and Help an Airport Grow

NBAA Convention visitors have a chance to win aerobatic flight training or advanced spin-recovery training, while helping to shape the future of a growing
Aircraft

IS&S upgrades Falcon displays

Dassault has selected a cockpit upgrade from Exton, Pa.-based Innovative Solutions & Support that is designed to bring a host of advanced capabilities
Engines

Aux tanks from Jetaire provide 3-prong fix

Jetaire Aerospace of Fayetteville, Ga., says it has exceeded the compliance requirements for the SFAR (special FAR) 88 FAA Airworthiness Directive for expl
Aircraft

SimCom adds Falcon 20, Westwind simulators

SimCom Training Centers has added Falcon 20 and Westwind II full-flight simulators and a King Air 350 Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 flight-training device t

Orlando Restaurant Views

Walt Disney, the godfather of Orlando’s tourist industry, once said, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” If the area’s chefs and restaurateurs were looki
Aircraft

Gulfstream definitely on a roll with g250, G650

Gulfstream Aerospace achieved significant milestones for not one but two new models–the G650 and G250–just weeks before the NBAA Convention opened, with bo
Aircraft

Hawker Beech on mission to prevail despite headwind

When asked about the Hawker 450 at the Hawker Beechcraft Corp.
Aircraft

Long-legged Legacy joins Embraer’s exec jet lineup

Embraer provided one of the major surprises at the NBAA convention yesterday by introducing a new business jet: the large-cabin Legacy 650.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce AE 3007A2 provides muscle for legacy 650

Embraer has selected the Rolls-Royce AE 3007A2 engine to power the Brazilian manufacturer’s new Legacy 650, it was announced here yesterday.Cer