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Rescue squabble revives NYC police, fire rivalry

On March 25, 1911, the worst factory fire in the history of New York City erupted in the three floors occupied by the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in a tall
Rotorcraft

CHC Scotia pilots win major North Sea wage concession

Averting a strike that would have shut down offshore helicopter operations throughout much of the North Sea, 200 helicopter pilots represented by the Briti
Rotorcraft

NYC helo operators fight for their future

The cancellation on October 12 of the three-mile temporary flight restriction (TFR 9841) encircling the World Trade Center, which had closed New York City’
ATC

DOT warns of serious risks to GPS signals

To counter the possibility of jammed and  “spoofed” signals, the authors of a U.S.
ATC

Bizav may be tapped to lead Free Flight tests

Despite recent events, the FAA is continuing its modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS), and controller-pilot datalink communication (CPDLC) r
Avionics

Avionics Update: Qualcomm, Globalstar demonstrate airborne web technology

Neither company has a product that it intends to put on the market anytime soon, but both Qualcomm and Globalstar are demonstrating a satellite-based airbo
Avionics

Avionics Update: Icarus introduces Iridium satphone

Icarus Instruments of Tokoma Park, Md., has introduced SatTalk II, a low-cost satcom system that uses the Iridium network of satellites to route calls arou
Avionics

Avionics Update: Avidyne introduces weather for FlightMax

Avidyne’s FlightMax multifunction displays will soon be able to receive text and graphic weather information, transmitted to the airplane through the Orbco
Avionics

Avionics Update: Socata picks Honeywell FIS

Socata plans to equip all new TBM 700 turboprops and Trinidad piston singles with Honeywell Bendix/King flight information service (FIS) hardware, bringing
Avionics

Avionics Update: Airbus to offer Honeywell FMS in ACJ

Airbus Industrie has added the Honeywell Pegasus FMS to the options list in the Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ).
Avionics

Avionics Update: Collins tests first multi-mode microwave receiver

The first fully integrated multi-mode receiver (MMR) for use with microwave landing systems completed a series of successful test flights recently.
Avionics

Avionics Update: Collins Pro Line 21 Continuum certified in Citation III

Rockwell Collins announced that its Pro Line 21 Continuum retrofit cockpit system has been certified in the Cessna Citation III, bringing to six the total
Cabin Interior and Electronics

News Note: Teac announces new servers for use in-flight entertainment

The airborne products division of Teac announced the availability of new “plug and play” digital file servers for use with the company’s in-flight entertai
Avionics

eFlight transforms aircraft into information nerve centers

Rockwell Collins announced that it is embarking on a mission to turn the cockpits and passenger compartments of business airplanes and regional airliners i
Avionics

Swift64 promises ISDN speed for airborne Web connections

The first commercially available airborne Internet link for business jets has arrived in the form of Swift64, a global satcom data service from Inmarsat de

Security, EAS appropriations dominate discourse in D.C.

The Regional Airline Association’s first formal get-together since the events of September 11 assumed an understandably reflective mood, as some of the ind

Regionals Update: Great Lakes opens new frontiers

Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Great Lakes Aviation has won the right to serve 20 new markets under its recently signed code-share contract with Frontier Airlines.

Regionals Update: Rolls-Royce joins AVIC in Chinese RJ studies

Rolls-Royce and Chinese aerospace representatives have signed a “collaborative agreement” to study a new regional jet application for the Rolls-Royce BR710

Regionals Update: RAA names new chairman

The Regional Airline Association (RAA) board of directors elected Atlantic Coast Airlines president Tom Moore chairman of the association during its annual

Regionals Update: Siebenburgen makes way for Buttrell at Delta Connection

Delta Air Lines’ “realignment” of its regional subsidiaries reached the top levels of management last month, when Delta senior v-p of strategy and business

Regionals Update: Midwest express settles with Fairchild, buys more 328JETs

In an unexpected turn of events, Midwest Express and Fairchild Dornier have resolved their dispute over the cancellation of the 428JET program, leading to

French regional files suit against SAir Group

Air Littoral, one of the three French regional airlines sold by SAirlines this summer, has filed a lawsuit in Switzerland to recover funds owed to it by th

Embraer turns sights toward better times with 70-seat 170

Embraer president and CEO Mauricio Botelho reflected on the events of September 11 and their subsequent effect on the world’s aerospace industry with a quo

While rest of industry shrinks, SkyWest takes terror in stride

The profound damage inflicted by the September 11 terrorist attacks brought changes to the U.S.

Air Bretagne files for bankruptcy

French regional airline Air Bretagne has gone into financial observation after filing for bankruptcy.

Crossair aims for rapid growth as Swissair falls

A task force headed by Peter Siegenthaler, director of the Swiss federal finance administration, has proposed a dozen seasoned executives for Crossair’s ne
Aircraft

In The Works: Sierra FJ44 Eagle II

Sierra Industries is turning from base to final for approval of its Williams FJ44-engine modification program for the Cessna Citation 501SP, which it calls
Aircraft

In The Works: McCotter Aviation MC 2400

The GE T58-powered Maverick TwinJet is available only as a kit, but now McCotter Aviation, which purchased 90 percent of Penrose, Colo.-based Maverick Air
Aircraft

In The Works: Eclipse 500

With all 173 Eclipse Aviation employees now figuratively under one roof at Sunport International Airport in Albuquerque, N.M., the company expects to begin
Aircraft

In The Works: Dassault Falcon 2000EX

Flight testing of the Falcon 2000EX, a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308C-powered version of the Falcon 2000, began on October 25.