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Retrofit altimeter chosen for Challenger

Bombardier has selected Revue Thommen’s AD20 two-inch electronic standby altimeter as a retrofit option for the Challenger 601-3A/3R and 604.
ATC

Go Direct helps users achieve RNP approval

For most flight department managers, the thought of navigating the maze of FAA rules to fly required navigation performance (RNP) approach procedures is en
Avionics

Flying with XM Weather-equipped AV8OR

Bendix/King’s new AV8OR handheld GPS receiver can display XM Weather’s Aviator LT and Aviator products, making it a handy cockpit tool.

People in Aviation: January 2009

San Antonio-based aerospace maintenance, repair and manufacturing company M7 Aerospace has named J.R.

Final Report: Insufficient rotor speed blamed

Hughes 269A, Bremen, Ohio, Aug.

Final Report: Citation suffered in-flight loss of control

Cessna S550 Citation S/II, Dillon, Mont., May 3, 2007–The NTSB did not determine the reason for the in-flight loss of control of the Citation, which

Final Report: Crew miscalculated Falcon's weight

Dassault Falcon 900, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 10, 2007–The Safety Board blamed the Falcon accident on the erroneous gross weight calculation and

Final Report: Hawker crew failed to lower gear

British Aerospace HS.125-700A, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov.

Factual Report: Learjet crash-lands at Goodland

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Goodland, Kan., Oct.

Preliminary Report: Allentown runway excursion date

Bombardier CRJ700/Cessna 172, Allentown, Pa., Sept.

Preliminary Report: Air ambulance flight crashes into trees

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, God’s Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Nov.

Preliminary Report: Dash 8 lands gear up

Bombardier DHC-8-311 Dash 8, Philadelphia, Nov.

Preliminary Report: CASA makes forced landing

Construcciones Aeronauticas SA CASA 212-200, Toksook Bay, Alaska, Nov.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: January 2009

When the 111th Congress convenes this month, all the bills introduced in the 110th Congress that did not make it into law will find themselves in the Congr

Aerospace Industries toot their horn

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is launching an outreach campaign aimed at the incoming Obama Administration and the new 111th Congress to under
ATC

FAA constructing new ‘nerve center’

Federal and local officials broke ground early last month for a new Air Traffic Control System Command Center colocated with the FAA’s Potomac Tracon south
Regulations and Government

DHS nominee departs Arizona stage to mixed reviews

Janet Napolitano, the two-term Democrat governor of Arizona who has been nominated to become the third Secretary of Homeland Security, heads to Washington
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Goderich gets Royal Jet BBJ contracts

Genesis Custom Jetliners, an executive completion and refurbishment broker/agent, has been selected to redesign and upgrade “a number” of Boeing Business J
Cabin Interior and Electronics

First Design Q Avro RJ70 rolls out

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has completed the first Avro RJ70 executive aircraft with the Design Q interior.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Project Phoenix signs Egyptian CRJ200 Customer

Despite sagging economies worldwide, the demand for CRJ200 conversions to executive configuration appears to be gaining momentum.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Dean Aircraft Interiors Snapped Up By Ocean Sky

Ocean Sky, a UK-based executive charter operator rapidly expanding its services, has acquired Dean Aircraft Interiors.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Project Phoenix CRJs to get MedAire Package

Project Phoenix, launched in 2007 to broker the acquisition and sale of CRJ200 regional jets in an executive configuration, recently announced an agreement
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation Basel opens Falcon Completion Hangar

Jet Aviation Basel has completed its 35,520-sq-ft hangar 1A extension, an addition that will better accommodate its cabin completion work on green Falcons.

Global Express to Bolivia a trip to remember

The crew of a Bombardier Global Express operated by Germany’s Triple Alpha successfully negotiated multiple operational and security challenges during a re
FBOs

TAG Global claims record for polar circumnavigation

TAG Group vice president Aziz Ojjeh and a team of four other pilots broke a 31-year-old speed record for a pole-to-pole circumnavigation of the globe
FBOs

Conglomerate’s FBOs retain their individuality

Jeffrey Ross is at the helm of an unusual conglomeration of FBOs, a quasi-chain of 12 facilities that retain their original brand names instead of adopting
FBOs

Avcard now accepted at Signature

Signature Flight Support and Avcard have implemented a contract fuel discount program at Signature FBOs in the U.S.
FBOs

Universal unveils updated online flight planner

Universal Weather & Aviation has released a new version of the online UVflightplanner.com service with improved functionality.