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Training and Workforce

MU-2 training shifts to Florida’s SimCom

After a 26-year relationship with FlightSafety International, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA) announced at last month’s NBAA Convention that it

Jet Asia carves Pacific Rim bizav market niche

When large areas of the Asian economy tanked in the late 1990s, business aviation in the region suffered.
FBOs

JetEx FBO coming to Le Bourget

Dubai-based JetEx Flight Support plans to open a new FBO at Paris Le Bourget Airport in October, providing full ground handling services and a large VIP lo
Aircraft

Eclipse: Russian plans moving ahead

Eclipse Aviation received permission from the U.S.
Aircraft

Socata Mulls Turbine Twin Launch

EADS Socata at EBACE outlined what its product launch might be next year–a twin-engine business aircraft that is bigger than its TBM 850 turboprop single.
Aircraft

Superjet Flies

Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft flew the new Superjet 100 for the first time on May 19 from the company’s main assembly site in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
FBOs

Jet Aviation Expanding Westward

Zurich, Switzerland-based Jet Aviation signed a letter of intent with Ogden, Utah-based Kemp Development to open a Midcoast Aviation maintenance facility a
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Gives X2 a Whirl

Sikorsky continues to inch toward flying its X2 technology demonstrator coaxial compound helicopter for the first time at its R&D and test facility in Hors
Avionics

L-3 SmartDeck Gets TSO and STC OKs

L-3 Avionics received TSO and STC approval from the FAA for its SmartDeck integrated avionics system.
ATC

FAA puts JPDO on a ‘much shorter leash’

There are signs that Washington has acquired a sense of urgency (long past due, some would say) about the disarray that has thus far stalled progress on AT
Avionics

Convention Clips: FlightView update allows aircraft tagging

Boston-based RLM Software previewed a version of its FlightView flight-tracking software used by operations professionals at corporate aviation departments
Avionics

Convention Clips: Flight Explorer makes debut on the flight deck

In a preview of what the FAA has in store for pilots with the introduction of Free Flight, a new “wireless to the cockpit” aircraft situation display is in
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Convention Clips: Teledyne tapped to provide airborne e-services

An alliance between Teledyne Controls and DeCrane Aircraft Holdings sets the stage for Teledyne to provide service subscriptions for DeCrane’s developmenta
Security

Convention Clips: Global Express, BBJ may get missile spoofers

Total Aircraft Services is exploring the possibility of STCs to install BAE Systems’ Matador infrared missile countermeasure equipment on corporate jets su

Convention Clips: Universal introduces worldwide ground network

Houston-based Universal Weather & Aviation unveiled its UVglobal Network ground-handling service for corporate aircraft worldwide.
Aircraft

Convention Clips: AeroCourier notches 20-aircraft launch order

AeroCourier Group announced it received a launch order for 20 aircraft from AirShares Elite.

NBAA 2001: Convention Report

While few seemed quite sure what to expect from the postponed NBAA Convention, those who made the trip to New Orleans last month generally expressed satisf
Charter & Fractional

More 'personalized' service is goal of new frax operation

JetLimited, the new fractional aircraft ownership program from Rifton Aviation, believes it sets itself apart from other regional and national frax program

AIN Special Report: Business Aviation on the Web

Thanks to a group of academic economists from Harvard and Stanford, we now know that the U.S.

Airline hard times boost bizav access to Heathrow

London Heathrow Airport is becoming more accessible to business aircraft operators thanks to the downturn in airline traffic.
Maintenance and Modifications

Diasbled passengers get a lift with Challenger mod

The flight department of Greek-based construction company Consolidated Contractors International was faced with a challenge when the group’s 82-year-old ch

Final Flights: Moya Lear

Moya Lear, wife of aviation visionary Bill Lear and a visionary in her own right, died December 5 at her home in Verdi, Nev., just outside Reno.

Final Flights: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

In the early 1930s, when many women were expected to stay home and tend to the needs of their families, Anne Morrow Lindbergh was exploring the world with

Final Flights: Michael Chowdry, Jeff Cole

Wall Street Journal aerospace editor Jeff Cole traveled to Colorado last January to interview one of the industry’s highest achievers, Michael Chowd

Final Flights: Ed Allen

Many beyond the immediate Dassault Falcon Jet family mourned the April 25 passing of the company’s long-serving chief pilot and director of aviation, G.

Handoffs: Hansel Tookes to James Schuster

The Premier I and Hawker Horizon programs were already far behind schedule when Hansel Tookes, 53, became chairman and CEO of Raytheon Aircraft in August 2

Handoffs: Michael Graff to Pierre Beaudoin

A familiar name moved up at Bombardier Aerospace in October when Pierre Beaudoin replaced Michael Graff as president and COO.Pierre Beaudoin is

Handoffs: Carroll Suggs to Al Gonsoulin

The name Suggs has been at the heart of the offshore oil helicopter support business since its beginning, as intrinsic an identity as the Bell name is to t

Handoffs: Borge Boeskov to Lee Monson

When Lee Monson joined Boeing Business Jets in fall 1996, expectations for the joint venture of Boeing and engine-builder General Electric, announced that

Handoffs: Jim Hall to Marion Blakey

Former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) boss Marion Blakey became the ninth chairperson of the National Transportation Safety Board (