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NTSB Warns of CFIT Danger During Night VMC

The NTSB is stressing the importance of altitude awareness and preflight planning after identifying “a noticeable number” of controlled flight into terrain

NBAA 19th Schedulers & Dispatchers Breaking Records

On the second day of this year’s NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference, which is being held in Savannah, Ga., attendee numbers had already exceeded

Bombardier: Bizjet Demand Strong but Shifting

Bombardier Aerospace president Pierre Beaudoin on Tuesday told attendees at a meeting of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal that he believes the r
Regulations and Government

Senate Might Delay FAA Budget Action

With FAA reauthorization still bogged down in the Senate over user fees, staff members are drafting a bill to extend the current aviation excise taxes unti
Charter & Fractional

Sentient Finalizes TAG USA Buy, Forms New Division

Sentient Flight Group today completed the acquisition of TAG Aviation USA from Switzerland-based TAG Aviation Holding, a deal announced in late October not
Training and Workforce

Matriculation looms for first CAM candidates

After four years of studying, the time has come for the test.
Safety

Europeans take aim at human-factors safety woes

Flight crews are the primary cause in two out of three accidents in the 41 states of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), according to Mike Ambro

Heinz GIV flew ex-POW's family to Germany

At a time when many companies put American flags and “we support our troops” slogans on their advertising, food giant H.J.
Airports

London Manston readies for British Open traffic

London Manston Airport is preparing to receive a barrage of corporate aircraft, bringing players and spectators to the British Open Golf Championship, whic

Gulfstream index defines users’ value/need ratios

Gulfstream Aerospace has made refinements to the computer-based business aircraft ownership evaluation tool–called the Ownership Experience Index–that it i

NBAA bizav forum road show hits Long Beach

The Santa Ana winds wrapped their unseasonable warmth around attendees at the Southern California NBAA Business Aviation Forum & Static Display held in
Accidents

Weld failure downed Hughes helo in the UK

En route from Wycombe Air Park, northwest of London, to Shoreham on the south coast of England, a Hughes 269C broke into two sections, with the cockpit app
Charter & Fractional

Bombardier in-house charter challenges frax

Bombardier has started offering its Skyjet ad hoc executive charter service alongside its Flexjet Europe’s existing Jet Membership block-charter program.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

USAIG marks milestones as underwriter and bizav operator

July 1 is the 75th anniversary of United States Aviation Insurance Group, better known as USAIG.
FBOs

Jet Aviation parent shuffles execs

New Swiss guidelines on corporate governance have prompted top-level changes at Hirschmann Industrial Holding, parent company of Jet Aviation.
ATC

High-altitude redesign heralds Free Flight era

When the high-altitude redesign (HAR) portion of the FAA’s national airspace redesign program begins initial implementation this year, it will signal the b

Paris Air Show Preview 2003

The 2003 Paris Air Show will open its doors June 15 to 22 against a backdrop of bitter conflict and recriminations.
ATC

Chinese Airspace More Open

Foreign business aircraft operators are enjoying somewhat easier access to Chinese airspace, at least between the country’s major cities.
Maintenance and Modifications

Latin American RVSM Bottleneck?

Argentina and Colombia are lobbying to delay the planned January 2005 implementation of reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) airspace throughout Lati
Safety

International Operations: Bizav copes with a world in turmoil

If international flight operations were complicated after 9/11, they are certain to become even more difficult now in view of the U.S.-led war against Iraq

A Century in Review - The 1940s: First jets, big war

The year 1939 saw not only the outbreak of World War II but also the first flight of a jet airplane –both events that were rapidly to change aviation beyon

Turbine business airplane accidents level off

After last year, when the total number of U.S.-registered turbine business airplanes involved in serious accidents decreased significantly from 2001, the a
Rotorcraft

Bell Cutting Four Helos from Product Line

Bell Helicopter is “optimizing” its product line to accelerate deliveries of its high-demand aircraft, namely the Bell 407, 412 and 429.
Avionics

Gulfstream Gets Double Vision

Gulfstream Aerospace announced yesterday that its synthetic-vision system and second-generation enhanced-vision system (known as EVS II) are now FAA certif
Regulations and Government

FAA Finalizes Mandatory MU-2 Training SFAR

Yesterday, the FAA issued the final version of MU
Training and Workforce

Sabena Offering Third-Party Eclipse 500 Training

Mesa (Ariz.) Falcon Field-based Sabena Airline Training Center (SATC) yesterday received Eclipse 500 type-rating training approval from the FAA, making it
Aircraft

EADS Proposes Faster, Longer-range Aircraft

EADS Socata chairman and CEO Jean-Michel Léonard told AIN that the France-based manufacturer is evaluating production of a new turboprop o

People in Aviation: April 2003

Terrance Kelley has announced his resignation as president and COO of U.S.
Regulations and Government

GAC Challenges Pilot Certificate Revocation Rule

The General Aviation Coalition (GAC) and its 17 member organizations have challenged the TSA’s recent direct final rule that would allow the revocation of