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In The Works: Cessna Citation CJ3

Cessna established a trilogy of CitationJet derivatives with the announcement of the CJ3 at the NBAA Convention in Orlando last September.
Aircraft

Dornier descendant plans centenary global flight

At the end of this year, 43-year-old Philippines-based aviator and entrepreneur Iren Dornier plans to fly a soon-to-be-restored Dornier Do-24 seaplane arou
FBOs

FBO services land at new Washington reliever field

Stafford Regional Airport (RMN), located about 30 nm south-southwest of downtown Washington, D.C., is now providing transient aircraft and their crews serv
Maintenance and Modifications

Frontier mechanic is chock full of surprises

A Frontier Airlines Boeing 737 was struck by lightning on New Year’s Eve en route to Tampa, Fla., setting off a chain of events that culminated in the arre
Safety

Software may put to rest the crew-fatigue debate

The Centre for Human Sciences at British aerospace and defense research group Qinetiq has developed software that it says can assess and predict crew fatig
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Interior shops claim vendors unconcerned

“They’ve forgotten us,” said Victor Guzman, owner and president of GZM Aircraft Interiors, a small independent completion and refurb shop based at Executiv
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bizliner Competitions: Big-bizjet conference forecasts strong market

A persistently optimistic outlook was in evidence at the first Large Executive & VIP Aircraft Conference: Opening speaker Arnaud Martin, program direct
Training and Workforce

Aviation training schools reexamine the bottom line

Flight schools must innovate to survive, since airlines are no longer able to sponsor tuition and a pilot career has lost its appeal amid headlines announc
Aircraft

First TBM 700C2 Arrives In U.S.

The first customer TBM 700C2, the latest variant of EADS Socata’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-64-powered turboprop single, has arrived at Socata’s U.S.

Owner-flown t-props a small but healthy niche

Art Maurice’s corner of the overall general aviation market is strong, and he has lots of reasons why he thinks that’s so.
Rotorcraft

Helicopter Operations

ATA Execujet’s new fixed-wing Part 135 operation is likely to succeed, if its rotorcraft Part 135 operations are any indication.
Regulations and Government

Bush fills vacancies on Safety Board

President Bush last month nominated two new members to the NTSB and designated long-time board member John Hammerschmidt as the agency’s new vice chairman.
Charter & Fractional

ATA Execujet expands with Part 135 charter services

“When you’re on ATA, you’re on vacation,” used to be the airline’s marketing slogan.
Aircraft

B-N putting a positive spin on its propeller-driven aircraft

Despite the encroachment of ever lighter new jet aircraft on the traditional marketplace for piston- and turboprop-powered models, there are always going t
Accidents

DOT watchdog: FAA harassed pilot, contributing to accident

The inspector general of the DOT has recommended that the FAA take disciplinary action against two Kansas City FSDO officials whose “unwarranted” actions a
Maintenance and Modifications

LBAS hopes to benefit from Berlin airport privatization

Although plans to build Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport have been progressing more slowly than anticipated, Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services

Robot NDT said to scan structures in record time

A system that robotically inspects the skin and immediate interior structures of an aircraft–which has been likened to an MRI of the human body–is catching
Regulations and Government

First Global on Australian Registry

The first Bombardier Global Express to be certified in Australia has started operation with Melbourne, Victoria-based Visy Board.
Regulations and Government

Australia to revamp Civil Aviation Safety Authority

The structure of the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) will undergo a major overhaul as Minister for Transport and Regional Development Joh
Safety

Explosion-suppressant foam now for business a/c

Crest Foam Industries of Moonachie, N.J., which has been installing its explosion-suppressant arresting foam in the fuel tanks of racing cars and military

Food on the Fly

Among flight attendants, flight crews and schedulers and dispatchers, not to mention passengers, few subjects today are likely to elicit more heated discus
Aircraft

Cirrus sets guidelines for the single-engine jet it’s mulling

Whether or not Cirrus Design of Duluth, Minn., ever decides to build a single-engine personal jet depends heavily on what emerges on the small-turbofan dev

Special Report: Landing Gear - The Forgotten System

The rejected takeoff of a Boeing 777 at approximately 160 knots results in the landing gear absorbing more than one billion joules of energy in a few secon

Is your medical lost in the paperwork shuffle?

Suppose your aviation medical examiner (AME) gives you the little piece of paper that proclaims to the FAA that you are fit to fly, but the paperwork never
Avionics

Cockpit automation is still very much a work in progress

“One of the myths about the impact of automation on human performance is that as the investment in automation increases, the investment needed in human exp
Maintenance and Modifications

Falcon appointees hawk factory service centers

Dassault Falcon Jet’s recent appointments of John Rahilly and Todd McGahey mark the latest efforts by the manufacturer to market the customer-support offer
Engines

New P&WC Chief Promises To Exceed Customer Expectations

After eight months on the job as president of Pratt & Whitney Canada, Alain Bellemare guides a company that is becoming increasingly global in nature w

A Century in Review - The 1910s: War Forces Growth

Like many an infant, aviation entered the world tentatively when the Wright Brothers coaxed a manned, heavier-than-air powered flying machine off the groun
Safety

Turbine business airplane accidents and fatalities decline

The total number of U.S.-registered turbine airplanes involved in serious accidents last year decreased significantly from 2001, a year that saw business a
Charter & Fractional

Weight threshold upped in revised charter rule

The Transportation Security Administration’s revised final Private Charter Standard Security Program (PCSSP) released on New Year’s Eve removes the Global