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Maintenance and Modifications

ScanTech Installs Raisbeck EPIC on King Air

Denmark’s ScanTech has outfitted a King Air 200 from Swedish air ambulance operator Svensk Flygambulans AB with five Raisbeck EPIC Performance Systems at i
Avionics

Boeing Starts Work on First BBJ3

Boeing (Booth No.
Avionics

Thales wants bigger slice of bizjet avionics

Thales announced it is aiming to become a major supplier of avionics systems to the business aviation market, challenging the likes of Honeywell and Rockwe
Regulations and Government

EBAA outlines CO2 proposal

EBAA here on Tuesday outlined its proposal for carbon offset pooling as an alternative means of compliance for the European Union emission trading scheme (
Charter & Fractional

Soccer in Moscow drives jet charters

If parts of northern Europe were overshadowed yesterday by large numbers of aircraft flying east, it was not the much-vaunted arrival of very-light jets bu
Accidents

OTS navaid lef to CFIT fatal

KING AIR C90, SOMERSET, KY., JAN.
Accidents

Fatigue, Drugs and WX don't mix

CESSNA 525, BRANSON, MO., DEC.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Revamped Arizona tax law benefits state aviation fund

Business aviation operations in Arizona stand to benefit from new legislation that returns certain aviation tax revenues to the state’s airport improvement
Airports

Missouri airport first to use new AAAE financing

The Springfield-Branson Regional Airport (SGF) in Missouri has become the first borrower under a new $300 million airport projects pooled loan financing pr
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: August 2001

As Washington pundits predicted, the change from a Republican to a Democrat majority in the Senate and the shift in leadership from Sen.

Washington Report: Former NHTSA boss named to NTSB

President Bush nominated former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration administrator Marion Blakey to the NTSB.

Washington Report: NBAA creates local bizav unit

The board of directors of the NBAA has approved the formation of a Local Business Aviation Organization Committee composed of representatives from local bu
ATC

Washington Report: Senators back Loran-C

Three senators have written Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta in support of continuing the loran-C navigation system, as recently announced by the DOT

Cebula outlines avgas pricing theory

When he left his vice president slot at the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) earlier this year to become senior vice president of government
Airports

Touching Bases: New York Stewart Airport to get second FBO

Stewart International Airport (SWF) in Newburgh, N.Y., is about to get its second FBO after several years of being served by one operation.
FBOs

Touching Bases: New Atlanta FBO serves turbine aircraft only

An Atlanta businessman has opened JetServ PDK, a new FBO at FBO-rich Atlanta’s DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK).
FBOs

Touching Bases: Amports acquires FBO in Burlington, VT

The former Valet Air Services at Burlington (Vt.) International Airport (BTV) has been acquired by Amports and renamed FBO AvCenter Burlington.
FBOs

Touching Bases: FBO AvCenter moves into new digs in Pittsburgh

FBO AvCenter at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) recently moved into a new $14 million business aviation center that is more than twice as large as i
FBOs

Touching Bases: Cutter Aviation aligns with Phillips Fuel

Cutter Aviation has designated Phillips 66 to be its exclusive fuel supplier at its four FBOs–at Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX), Phoenix Deer Valley (DVT), El Pa
Airports

Touching Bases: Artifical turf for runway shoulders

FieldTurf, a Montreal-based manufacturer of artificial turf surfaces for sports arenas, is branching out into airport applications for its products.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Florida FBO breaks ground for hangars

Galaxy Aviation at Witham Field (SUA) in Stuart, Fla., is nearly ready to open three 12,000-sq-ft hangars and attached offices that will be available for l
Training and Workforce

Communication is key to managing a flight department

Communication is key to any organization, and aviation departments are no exception.
Rotorcraft

Bell’s civil tiltrotor makes its own way toward first flight

While its bigger cousin in the Marines stays grounded, work on the civil tiltrotor is proceeding in the same Bell Helicopter hangars from which the first p
Rotorcraft

EC 145 bows in quietly

Quietly making its debut at this summer’s Paris Air Show was Eurocopter’s long-awaited EC 145.
Rotorcraft

Helion Procopter sells, refits Russian-made Mi-17, Mi-34s

German-Russian joint venture Helion Procopter is marketing Russian-built Mi-17 and Mi-34 helicopters for sale or charter to Western companies.
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Rocky Mountain orders 10 EC 130s

In a move that will bring its total fleet to 95 rotorcraft, aeromedical transport giant Rocky Mountain Helicopter has signed to buy 10 Eurocopter EC 130B4s
Training and Workforce

Rotorcraft Update: Eurocopter to open simulator training center

Eurocopter president and CEO Jean-Francois Bigay has revealed plans to open HeliSim, a French-based helicopter training center with FAA level-D simulators
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Bad helo blades get father and son jail time

Bogus and illegally manufactured parts have long been a danger in aviation, but arrests and convictions of the peddlers are generally rare.
Safety

Rotorcraft Update: Airbags ordered for Army Black Hawks

Phoenix-based Simula has been awarded a $11.1 million contract for 490 front and side cockpit airbag shipsets for U.S.