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Regulations and Government

FAA not impressed with BUR's Part 161 study

In a letter to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority dated May 18 (but released only last month), the FAA concluded that the authority’s proposed
FBOs

Ac-U-Kwik goes global with Web site redesign

There are many ways to gain access to information about airports and the services available there.

People in Aviation: November 2004

Ralph Vasami is the new president of Universal Weather & Aviation.
Accidents

Final Report: Failure to go around cited in Beechjet overrun

RAYTHEON BEECH 400A, BALTIMORE, MD., MAY 1, 2002–Beechjet N498CW, a fractionally owned and operated airplane managed by Flight Options, wa
Accidents

Final Report: Stall blamed in King Air crash

BEECHCRAFT KING AIR B200, LEOMINSTER, MASS., APRIL 4, 2003–The NTSB determined that the pilot’s low-altitude maneuver with an excessive ba
Accidents

Final Report: Maintenance errors on Beech 1900s

RAYTHEON BEECH 1900D, ALBANY, N.Y., OCT.
Accidents

Factual Report: MU-2 loss of control

MITSUBISHI MU-2B-35, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO, APRIL 15, 2002–Experiencing a loss of control while orbiting, Mitsubishi N45BS crashed into an
Accidents

Factual Report: Jetstar lost flap in flight

LOCKHEED 1329-23E JETSTAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS, MAY 15, 2004–JetStar N57NR sustained minor damage when the left flap assembly detached while th
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Tires blew on Learjet

GATES LEARJET 25B, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO., SEPT.

EADS Divesting Six Plants to European Firms

EADS and Airbus have chosen three European companies as the preferred bidders for their controlling stake in the six factories marked for divestiture as pa
Security

TSA sticks to deadline for alien flight-training rule

What began as a straightforward interim final rule on alien flight training has caused heartburn at some general aviation groups.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: November 2004

• With many eyes focused on the Presidential election date, both houses of Congress worked diligently on such agenda items as tax cuts, disaster relief, co
ATC

NATCA: FAA Delaying Runway Safety

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association accused the FAA of dragging its feet on deploying ASDE-X, which provides controllers with an all-weather,
Safety

FAA Studying Cabin Air

The FAA is establishing a new “Center of Excellence” headed by Auburn University to examine cabin air quality and study chemical and biological threats in

ATA Boss Slaps GA, Bizav

Echoing a refrain that has been sung around Washington for years, Air Transport Association president and CEO James May reiterated recently that the airlin
Safety

Aerospace OEMs embrace Nadcap safety audit program

Aerospace OEMs are increasingly turning to the Nadcap safety auditing program to verify the standards of manufacturing processes down the supply chain.
Charter & Fractional

Fractional operations, flight safety on ICAO agenda

At the ICAO Assembly in Montreal–where all the world’s aviation representatives gathered last month to review outstanding issues–there was general agreemen
Maintenance and Modifications

DunnAir To Open at Former Bombardier Tucson Site

According to its founder, start-up completion and refurbishment center DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center will open its doors in February.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Moves Out, Indianapolis Jet Center Moves In

Bombardier’s repair facilities at Indianapolis International Airport are now the Indianapolis Jet Center.
Maintenance and Modifications

Aerospace Concepts Exceeds Last Year’s Forecast

Aerospace Concepts, a Toronto-based completions management specialist with a long record of performing Bombardier Global Express and Challenger interior wo
Maintenance and Modifications

Flight Environments Survives Act of Nature

While completion and refurbishment centers in Florida were cleaning up in the wake of a succession of late-summer and fall hurricanes, cabin thermal/acoust

Very light jet interiors challenge designers

With certification of the first of the very light jets (VLJs) somewhere on the horizon, manufacturers and interior designers are giving considerable attent
Charter & Fractional

VLJ air-taxi plan flawed

Don Burr and Bob Crandall exude confidence for their intended new venture, Pogo, but the air-taxi concept is not a matter of belief, nor is the outlook for

Torqued: Former NTSB member to tackle safety issues in new column

A few months ago AIN published an article that highlighted not only my NTSB career but also some of what I have done with a good portion of my worki
Maintenance and Modifications

Profile: A maintenance option for the single aircraft owner

Many operators consider maintenance to be a necessary evil, but a Kennesaw, Ga., company turns that notion on its ear.Flightworks is an aircraf
Maintenance and Modifications

Avtrak to power Raytheon program

Raytheon Aircraft has chosen Avtrak to provide aircraft maintenance and compliance tracking technology for its Web-based factory aircraft comprehensive tra
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier expands 24/7 service network

Bombardier Aerospace has expanded its U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Lincoln auctions RVSM slot

Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln, Neb.
Maintenance and Modifications

Eagle Creek opens Learjet Center

Eagle Creek Aviation Services (ECAS) is opening a Learjet Service Center at Eagle Creek Airport (EYE) in Indianapolis.
Maintenance and Modifications

PAMA to offer web-based career resource

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) and Jet Professionals, an aviation staffing company, have entered into a joint venture to provide