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Maintenance and Modifications

Turboprop East expanding Citation maintenance

Turboprop East, a 25-year-old North Adams, Mass.

Dassault foresees drop in production next year

Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne is “satisfied” with the business and military aircraft manufacturer’s financial performance for the f
Avionics

Thales plots retaliation for Honeywell's lawsuit

Thales Avionics has threatened legal reprisals against Honeywell unless the U.S.
Charter & Fractional

Italian firm to corral Mustangs for frax operation

Delta Aero-Taxi plans to start a fractional aircraft ownership operation in Europe with the new Citation Mustang.

NBAA 2001: A repeat performance in the Big Easy

The world’s economy may be in a financial funk, but you wouldn’t know it from the advance sales for this month’s NBAA 54th Annual Meeting and Convention in
Maintenance and Modifications

Raytheon will consider matching lowest parts price

If a Beechcraft or Hawker customer identifies the “exact same part at a much lower price elsewhere,” Raytheon Aircraft will “make every effort to lower the

Air Chef opens facility in Florida

Naples, Fla., is the site for Air Chef’s 14th business aircraft catering facility in 11 metropolitan areas.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options ponders cockpit commonality

Flight Options, the Cleveland-based provider of fractional-ownership shares in pre-owned business jets, has started to explore the possibility of developin

Exec Aircraft expects OK of reorganization plan

Wichita-based Executive Aircraft, which filed for bankruptcy protection in August, expects court confirmation of its plan for reorganization next month.
Engines

Another Walter Beech mod gets STC'd

LoneStar Propjets of Waco, Texas, has received an STC to replace the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 turboprops on the King Air 90 through C90 series with P

Comair beat United in starting bizav ops

When UAL Corp., the parent company of United Airlines, announced in May that it would enter the business aviation market with creation of a new subsidiary
Regulations and Government

Blakey chooses Wichita for first road trip

In her first official visit outside Washington since she took office, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey traveled to Wichita last month, where she toured Rayt
Aircraft

Hawker 800 winglets STC set for next spring

Aviation Partners now expects to receive certification of its winglets for the Hawker 800 next May, nearly a year later than originally planned.
Maintenance and Modifications

BBA, Honeywell developing structural test robot

A laser-guided, computer-controlled robot that promises to significantly decrease the time it takes to find corrosion and other airframe structural anomali
Security

TSA/AOPA team on terrorism watch plan

With the FAA asking for help in protecting the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has joined with AOPA to develop a nation
Maintenance and Modifications

Alaska company developing TPE-powered Caravan

A more powerful, better-performing Cessna Caravan 208, including improved fuel burn, is the object of a program by Anchorage, Alaska-based Caravan dealer,

GA shipments down nearly 17 percent

Shipments of new general aviation airplanes manufactured throughout the world totaled 1,766 units in the first nine months of 2002, down 16.6 percent from
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter to build parts in Mississippi

Grand Prairie, Texas-based American Eurocopter revealed plans last month to build a major production and finishing facility at Golden Triangle Regional Air
Charter & Fractional

Nimbus and Horizons drop merger plan

Nimbus Group, the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Jet aviation sale in home stretch

3i, a UK-based investment holding company, is reported to be the front- runner in the race to buy Swiss-based Jet Aviation, according to a report in TheDea
Training and Workforce

UND aerospace to help train Eclipse pilots

Eclipse Aviation introduced an in-house mandatory training program for customers of its Eclipse 500 very light twinjet that includes pilot qualification an
Aircraft

Eclipse 500: Still just one flight logged

At press time Eclipse Aircraft had flown the first Eclipse 500 very light jet just once–on August 26–pending the return of both engines from manufacturer W
Regulations and Government

FAA issues photo ID rule for pilots

As of October 28, airmen are required to carry a photo identification acceptable to the agency when exercising the privileges of a pilot certificate, accor

AIN honored by ERA and Gold Ink

At its general assembly last month, the European Regions Airline Association commended AIN regional airlines editor Gregory Polek, below,
Accidents

Senator Wellstone killed in King Air crash

The NTSB is investigating the October 25 crash of a chartered King Air A100 (N41BE) that killed Sen.

FAA ponders need for $1 billion LAAS system

At press time, the FAA’s GPS local-area augmentation system (LAAS) appeared to be hanging in the balance while agency officials were attempting to determin
Regulations and Government

New FAA boss Blakey pledges cooperation

In one of her first speeches as FAA Administrator, Marion Blakey promised that her five-year term will be driven by data and hard numbers, be consistent ac
Aircraft

Adam enters its horse into very light jet race

The lightest end of the business jet market gained another player last month as Adam Aircraft Industries of Englewood, Colo., unveiled a mockup of a twin-e
Training and Workforce

Bizav hits the brakes as layoffs reflect slow sales

One OEM called it “an adjustment.” Another referred to it as a “reduction in force.”