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Jim Christiansen leaves TAG Aviation

Jim Christiansen, 54, is leaving charter/management/fractional ownership provider TAG Aviation USA after managing its integration with Wayfarer Aviation ov

Goodrich Acquiring European Aerospace Lighting Firm

In a move that will create one of the largest aerospace lighting businesses, Goodrich has entered into an agreement with Germany’s Hella KG Hueck & Co.

Liverpool To Name Its Airport after Famous Beatle

Early next year the only non-living member of the former rock group The Beatles will have the airport in Liverpool, England, named after him.
ATC

GPS Proliferation Means More Charts, More Revisions

The increasing number of GPS approaches is making those government approach plate publications so thick for some regions that they have become unwieldy.

FAA No Longer Wants To Hear about UFO Sightings

Spotted what you think could be a UFO? Don’t call the FAA.
ATC

NASA Selects Four Teams for SATS Tech Development

NASA’s small aircraft transportation system (SATS), a five-year, $69 million project aimed at maximizing the benefits of light aircraft and small airports,
Aircraft

Piper Launches Customer-service Improvement Plan

New Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Fla., launched a customer-service initiative known as Piper Unlimited Liaison via Standards of Excellence, or Pulse.

U.S. Customs easing clearance procedures

Welcome regulatory changes are coming for two programs designed to ease U.S.
Accidents

Cessna Found Liable for $480M in Crash of 185

A Florida jury has found Cessna liable for the 1989 crash of a 185 in Florida and returned a record $480 million verdict against the Wichita-based manufact
Accidents

NTSB reports are in on two business jet crashes

The NTSB issued a preliminary report on the recent crash of a Hawker 700 and a final report on a 2001 crash involving a Learjet 25B.Witnesses r

First-half 2001 turbine airplane deliveries show improvement

Deliveries of turbine business aircraft in the first half of this year were up slightly, reflecting a stagnant U.S.
Security

Anti-missile defense systems have legislators’ attention

Man-carried portable air defense systems (Manpads), also known as shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, in the hands of terrorists have a lot of people ve
Safety

Upset training gives pilots an in-flight safety net

Ask most professional pilots about either the USAir accident in Pittsburgh or the United Airlines crash in Colorado Springs, when the Boeing 737s flipped u
ATC

Hawker Operators Preparing for RVSM

Raytheon Aircraft Services Ltd.
Aircraft

Amex Launches Bizjet Charter Services

American Express entered the business aviation charter market with the introduction of the Private Jet Charter Program for its Platinum Card and Centurion

Reno Airport Dedicates Concourse to the Lears

The Airport Authority of Washoe County (AAWC) in Nevada recently dedicated the Reno/Tahoe International Airport’s B concourse in honor of business jet pion

Two Names Aren’t Better Than One on ASRS Forms

Pilots making submissions to NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) should be aware that two people cannot receive immunity with a single submissio

Revised SIFL Rates Are in Effect

The current standard-industry fare level (SIFL) rates (per mile) in effect through December 31 are: 0 to 500 mi–$0.2017; 501 to 1,500 mi–$0.1538; and more

Pilot Killed in MU-2 Crash at Hilton Head

A Mitsubishi MU-2 (N1VY, registered to Bankair) crashed August 1 at 7:51 a.m., about 10 min after taking off from Savannah (Ga.) International Airport on a

Cargo Falcon 20 Crash in Greenland Kills Three

All three people were killed August 4 aboard a German-registered cargo-configured Falcon 20 when it hit a 700-ft mountain about 4.5 mi from Greenland’s Nar

Language confusion led to fatal incursion

French air accident investigators have recently recommended that English be used for all ATC communication at major airports in France.

GAO: reforms have not sped FAA rulemaking

Despite internal FAA reforms in 1998 designed to speed rulemaking, the median times that the agency took to complete both the proposed rule phase and the f
Engines

TFE731 Service Provider Acquired by BBA

BBA Group, parent company of Signature Flight Support FBOs and the Dallas Airmotive maintenance center, has acquired Barrett Turbine Engine Company.

NBAA OKs Manager Certification Program

A certification program to attest to the skills and knowledge of flight department personnel won approval from the NBAA board of directors, and the associa

King Air Crashes in IMC after Two Misses

The pilot and four passengers were injured when their King Air 200 crashed on the third attempt to land in IMC at Kaolin Field (OKZ) in Sandersville, Ga.,
Charter & Fractional

Fired Pilot Loses Suit against Travel Air

A Kansas District Court judge has dismissed a complaint by a pilot against fractional ownership operator Raytheon Travel Air.

Flight Options Spins Off Component Repair Unit

Component repair company Heico Corp.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

A King Air cabin with a Brazilian touch

Opened for business a little less than two years ago, interior refurbishment specialist Interiors by Brazil has introduced a King Air 90 cabin that has clo
Safety

Saab studies missile-protection system

For business jets operating in potentially hostile areas, Sweden’s Saab might soon offer some protection.
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