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Eclipse Concept Jet No Longer Just a Concept

Eclipse Aviation this afternoon officially launched its single-engine jet program.

Bombardier Expresses Regret over Japan Q400 Incident

Bombardier Aerospace expressed “regrets” this week over a March 13, 2007, accident involving a Q400 turboprop at Japan’s Kochi Airport after the Japanese A

‘Greener’ Falcons coming from Dassault

Dassault Falcon salespeople are starting to hear customers voicing concerns about their airplane’s effect on the environment.
Aircraft

Citation CJ4 flies

Last month’s maiden flight of the Cessna Citation CJ4 prototype was “a rousing success,” according to the Wichita-based OEM.
Avionics

Launch Date Uncertain for Third Inmarsat I4 Satellite

The failure of a Russian Proton rocket in March has thrown the schedule for the launch of Inmarsat’s third and final I4 communications satellite into quest
Aircraft

PiperJet To Shed Its Marionette Strings and Fly Soon

The PiperJet prototype appears poised to make an on-schedule first flight in the next two months as static testing winds down on the airplane.
Aircraft

Cirrus Jet Single Flying by Oshkosh?

At the EBACE show in Geneva last week, Cirrus Design’s full-size mockup of its single-engine (and yet-to-be-named) jet enjoyed a prominent spot in Hall 7 n
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Backs Down after MRO Company Fights Back`

After issuing emergency orders of revocation, the FAA agreed to rescind its revocation of Tulsa, Okla.-based Southwest Aviation Specialties’ repair station
Aircraft

Piper Aircraft Will Still Call Florida Home

Piper Aircraft yesterday afternoon made it official that the aircraft manufacturer is staying put in Vero Beach, Fla., following a two-year site-selection
Aircraft

Aerion SSBJ by 2014 unlikely, despite 40 LOIs

Aerion is still hoping to convince an OEM partner to join it by the end of this year in its quest to build a supersonic business jet capable of sprinting f
Aircraft

Learjet 85 gets Pro Line Fusion avionics and European launch customer

Zurich-based ExecuJet signed for six Bombardier Learjet 85 midsize jets, making the executive aircraft sales, charter, completions and mainte

EBACE Report: A record-setter for deals signed and visitor numbers

The 2008 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) was an important litmus test to measure how the global business aviation marketplace mi
Airports

Conference stresses building relationships with neighbors

Local airport advocacy, airport preservation and security, airspace access and ATC modernization were among the concerns of attendees at the American Assoc
Regulations and Government

Stalemate continues on FAA funding plan

The Senate bill to reauthorize and fund the FAA for the next four years was once again stalled on the tarmac last month because of procedural infighting be
Aircraft

Crossair execs found not guilty in homicide trial

The Swiss federal court last month acquitted Crossair chairman Moritz Suter, CEO André Dosé and four other former airline employees of homicide by neglect
Accidents

IMC cargo Caravan crash

CESSNA 208 CARAVAN, BESSEMER, ALA., DEC.
Accidents

Dassault Falcon 10 sudden pitchdown

DASSAULT FALCON 10, LAWRENCE, KAN., DEC.
Accidents

Fatal Learjet crash

LEARJET 24D, EL PASO, TEXAS, DEC.
Accidents

Maintenance error led to gear-up landing

BEECH 1900D, ROCHESTER, N.Y., JUNE 3, 2000–The Safety Board determined probable cause for a gear-up landing by a CommutAir Beech 1900D dur
Accidents

Fog complicates VFR approach

PIPER CHEYENNE, GRAHAM, TEXAS, NOV.
Accidents

King Air fatal downunder

MOUNT GAMBIER, AUSTRALIA, DEC.
Accidents

Learjet crashes on takeoff

LEARJET 25B, PITTSBURGH, PA., NOV.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: January 2002

As the first session of the 107th Congress wound down, the wonderful days of bipartisan behavior that followed September 11 gave way to partisan bickering
Avionics

Washington Report: New convective wx tool goes online

The National Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF), which combines National Weather Service (NWS) radar mosaics and cloud-to-ground lightning data into a
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: U.S. launches aerospace commission

Although the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry was created by Congress long before September 11, a Bush Administration offic
Airports

Touching Bases: Report cites need for better tower comms

A Flight Safety Foundation publication cites a report from the John A.
Airports

Touching Bases: Suit filed against airport expansion

Residents of Stuart, Fla., have filed a lawsuit against the Martin County Commission concerning a master plan that discusses increased capacity.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Execair opens an FBO in Prague

Growing European FBO group Execair has opened a new facility at Prague Ruzyne Airport in the Czech Republic.
Airports

Touching Bases: Oakland International Airport sees bizav influx

According to FBO KaiserAir, business jet traffic at Oakland International Airport has increased at least 25 percent since September 11.