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Rotorcraft

Aeromed Outfit Gets EGPWS

Erlanger Medical Center’s Life Force aeromed rescue service has become the first in the U.S.
Rotorcraft

Bristow Brings Suit Over North Sea Fatal

Bristow Helicopters is suing Sikorsky and its parent company, United Technologies, for negligence over a crash in which a Sikorsky S-76A plunged into the N
Rotorcraft

HAI Advocates New Standard of ATC for Gulf Ops

The Helicopter Association International has approached Congress advocating a significant improvement in the low-altitude air-traffic infrastructure in the
FBOs

CSE Aviation Is Reborn

BBA Group has separated its Oxford-based piston aircraft sales and support operation from its Signature Flight Support operations in the UK and France.
Airports

London’s Oxford Airport seeks to lure more bizav

Oxford Airport is being redeveloped and marketed as a business aviation gateway for central England and the London area.
Aircraft

Swiss deferral highlights Embraer 170 setbacks

Embraer has suffered a major setback following the decision of 170/190 launch customer Swiss to slash its firm orders and options for the Brazilian manufac
Aircraft

Dornier 328JET production to resume early next year

Leesburg, Va.-headquartered AvCraft Aviation’s takeover of Fairchild Dornier’s 328 program, including the 328JET production line at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germa

CitiExpress Pilots Mull Strike Options

The pilots of British Airways’ wholly owned regional subsidiary CitiExpress last month began consultations with union leaders over industrial action after

ERA Carriers Show Strong Growth Last Year

The carriers that belong to the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) reported passenger growth of 9.1 percent for last year–well ahead of the 3.4-per

Mesaba Slashes Management Force

Mesaba Aviation last month announced the elimination of 33 management positions as a result of expected declining flight activity.

Let Investors Demand Justice

A pair of investors in LZ Aeronautical Industries, the division of Moravan Aeroplanes now in control of Let L-410 turboprop production in Kunovice, Czech R

US Airways Poised for Big RJ Order

Almost immediately after US Airways’ emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late March, company CEO David Siegel told reporters that the company would pla

First flight: an artist’s view

Marsha Mills was not an aviation artist, but as the exclusive artist for the First Flight Centennial Foundation, she’s quickly becoming one.

Wright Brothers’ first flight readied for re-creation

No one has kept the Flyer aloft for more than a minute, not even the Wright brothers.
Avionics

Chelton EFIS introduces aviators to ‘virtual VFR’

In a historic first the FAA has issued a TSO for the synthetic-vision EFIS developed by Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho.
Avionics

Amended EFB guidelines streamline approval steps

The FAA has issued a long-awaited amendment to an advisory circular that outlines operational guidelines for anyone seeking to fly with so-called electroni
Avionics

Cargo haulers can’t dodge FAA in bid to swap TCAS for ADS-B

TCAS has done a remarkable job of helping pilots avoid midair collisions, providing a last line of defense in those all-too-common instances when two aircr
Regulations and Government

Enhanced vision subject of proposed FAR update

Some have called enhanced vision the single most important advance in aviation safety since the introduction of airborne weather radar more than 40 years a
Avionics

Teledyne bursts onto the scene with SmartCabin Office lineup

Teledyne Controls is leaping into the corporate-jet passenger information marketing scene as an equipment and software integrator, promising services “so p
Avionics

MedAire, AirCell Introduce Air-to-Ground Emergency Phone Link

MedAire and AirCell have teamed to provide a low-cost airborne communication system that links passengers directly with doctors in the event of an in-fligh
Avionics

Cabin Electronics Market Gains Another Player

International Communications Group, a Newport News, Va.-based supplier of electronic communications equipment to operators of airliner-size aircraft, has i
Avionics

TIS-capable Bendix/King Transponder Gains TSO

The FAA has issued a TSO to Honeywell for the Bendix/King KT 73, a next-generation transponder that can receive data from ATC radar systems through the new
Avionics

Falcon 50 Next in Line To Fly with Max-Viz EVS

Seattle Falcon 50 operator Mariner Air has ordered a Max-Viz EVS-1000 enhanced-vision system (EVS), a setup that will include an uncooled IR sensor in the
Avionics

XM Teams with Weather Works To Develop Services for Aviation

XM Satellite Radio and Weather Works, an affiliate of Baron Services, have joined forces to provide Nexrad weather maps, Metars, TAFs and other data throug
Avionics

UPS Aviation Technologies Introduces IFR WAAS-ready Navcom

The WAAS revolution appears set to begin.
Aircraft

In The Works: Raytheon Hawker Horizon

Major interior components were recently checked for fitting in the cabin of the fourth Hawker Horizon (RC-4), planned for use in the super-midsize business
Aircraft

In The Works: Maverick Jets Leader

Last month, the Melbourne, Fla.-based builder of the Maverick Leader, a four-place, twin-engine kit plane, announced that it would, effective immediately,
Aircraft

In The Works: Explorer Aircraft 500T

The search for financing continues to be Australian-born Explorer Aircraft’s primary focus.
Aircraft

In The Works: Alberta Phoenix Fanjet

In late 2001, successful Canadian oilman Don Jewitt, then principle investor in Alberta Aerospace of Calgary, decided the OEM start-up company had spent to
Aircraft

In The Works: Adam Aircraft A500 and A700

Rick Adam, CEO of Adam Aircraft, told AIN at last month’s Sun ’n’ Fun airshow in Lakeland, Fla., that the A700 very light twinjet would make its fir