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WSI Adds Temporary Flight Restrictions to In-flight Uplink Service
Weather data provider WSI announced it has added detailed information on temporary flight restrictions (TFR) to its InFlight airborne datalink information
Avionics
Max-Viz EVS Certified in Challenger 601
The FAA has approved a head-down display certification of the Max-Viz EVS-1000 enhanced vision system in a Challenger 601-3A.
Avionics
NTSB Calls for Checks of Collins AHRS in more than 7,000 Airplanes
The NTSB has sent a letter to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey recommending that the Rockwell Collins AHC-85 attitude heading reference system (AHRS) comput
ATC
What is ADS-B?
Most corporate pilots know how TCAS operates and what it does, but fewer are familiar with ADS-B.
Avionics
UPS brings ADS-B traffic into aviation’s mainstream
Boeing 757 and 767 pilots at United Parcel Service (UPS) will soon start using a flight-deck display that will likely be the envy of their airline and corp
ATC
FAA to add third WAAS satellite
The FAA awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin last month that will add a third leased geostationary satellite to the two existing satellites used for the w
Avionics
Multilateration: a new eye in the sky and on the ground
Although few pilots may know the word, multilateration is quickly becoming a household term among air traffic controllers and airport authorities.
Avionics
Arinc Direct launches 24/7 support services
Arinc Direct, the business aviation services division of Annapolis, Md.-based Arinc, has officially launched a lineup of flight-support services for corpor
Avionics
Time and again, EGPWS breaks the accident chain
Since the introduction of the enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) in 1996, more than 16,000 airplanes worldwide have been fitted with the Hone
Aircraft
In The Works: Flightship Ground Effect FS8
Is it a low-flying airplane or a high-flying boat? You won’t be seeing one of these flying over the Kansas prairie, but if you need to travel over the high
Aircraft
In The Works: Maverick Jets Leader
A Maverick Leader kit twinjet, registered as N750TJ, crashed in Melbourne, Fla., on January 24, killing the kit manufacturer’s chief pilot, Jack Reed.
Aircraft
In The Works: Gippsland GA-140TP Taska
The 10-seat Taska, a turboprop derivative of the Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8 Airvan piston single, “is only at the concept stage,” according to Michael Hall
Aircraft
In The Works: Aerocourier
The single-turboprop AeroCourier utility airplane, proposed by a Minneapolis company of the same name, has progressed little since its announcement at NBAA
Rotorcraft
Ultra-deepwater ops draw Era to the Gulf
“It’s a far different business today from what it was when I moved to Alaska 26 years ago,” Richard “Lash” Larew, executive v-p of Era Aviation, told
Rotorcraft
Heli-logging in harmony with the environment
“Environmentally sensitive logging.” It’s a phrase that seems almost a contradiction in terms.
Aircraft
Concorde’s future cloudy
Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner that is the flagship of British Airways and Air France, could become a victim of the current economic downtu
Regulations and Government
Garvey speaks about her stint at FAA and future of agency
Even before Jane Garvey took the helm of the FAA nearly six years ago, she made the pilgrimage to Oshkosh for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annua
Batty Is New BAUA Chief
John Batty, the recently retired chief pilot of Motorola’s European flight department, this month becomes the new chief executive of the UK’s Business Airc
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
European airspace users may have to beef up their insurance
All aircraft using European airspace are facing the prospect of having to carry minimum levels of third-party liability insurance.
Regulations and Government
Easing into EASA: transition from JAA could extend to 2008
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will start assuming its responsibilities in September, though it may well take at least until 2008 for it to com
Safety
Relaxing UK restrictions on helo singles could ‘degrade overall safety standards’
Lobbying by U.S.
UK GA manufacturers and traders focus on uncertainties
Almost half of the UK’s General Aviation Manufacturers & Traders Association (GAMTA) members have declared themselves to be less optimistic about busin
Charter & Fractional
Santulli drops fees to lure Russians
NetJets Europe is targeting fast-expanding Russian businesses for its fractional-ownership program.
Aircraft
Latest Challenger 300 testing interior function & reliability
The fifth aircraft in Bombardier Aerospace’s Challenger 300 certification program joined the flight-test fleet on March 8 when it flew for the first time.
Charter & Fractional
NetJets has dibs on most Northolt slots
Executive charter and corporate aircraft operators have complained that they have been unable to get slots at London Northolt Airport since NetJets started
FBOs
AirCenter becomes the newest Scottsdale FBO
Further evidence that Scottsdale Airport (SDL), 14 miles southeast of Phoenix Sky Harbor International, is an increasingly active business aviation center
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Aircraft Interiors Expo 2003
Despite the worldwide economic slump and the threat of war in Iraq, the fourth annual Aircraft Interiors Expo 2003 opened its doors at Germany’s Hamburg Me
Charter & Fractional
PrivatAir adds two ACJs to all-business-class runs
With the addition of two more business aircraft in shuttle configuration to provide nonstop service between Germany and the U.S., Swiss aviation services g
Regulations and Government
EU security rules include air charter
New European Union (EU) requirements have been introduced requiring most aircraft weighing more than 22,045 pounds or having more than 19 passenger seats t
FBOs
FBOs put in a tough spot
David Newcomb, managing director of London Gatwick Airport FBO Interflight, spelled out to delegates at the recent UK GAMTA conference how facilities like
