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Bombardier Expanding Completions Facilities

Bombardier Aerospace is negotiating to acquire a 234,000-sq-ft hangar at Tucson International Airport to expand its aircraft interior completions capacity.

Jump Seats STC’d for King Air 100s, 200s

Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) of Clinton, Mo., recently gained an STC and PMA for its aft jump seat kits for King Air 100 and 200 series airplanes.
FBOs

Thomas Hirschmann leaves Jet Aviation

Thomas Hirschmann, Jet Aviation president and CEO and son of founder Carl Hirschmann Sr., has resigned from the family-owned business “to pursue other inte

More Paperwork for Regionals If DOT Gets Its Way

Smaller regional airlines will be required to provide substantially more air traffic activity statistics to the DOT, if a notice of proposed rulemaking is
Aircraft

Problems on earlier SJ30-2 flight reported

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 that crashed in a remote area of Texas on the morning of April 26 was on the second in a series of flights to complete flutter c

More Remote Colorado Areas To Get AWOS

Airports within six critical areas in the mountain passes of Colorado now have automated weather observing systems (AWOS) in operation since installations

GE To Relocate Aircraft by Early Next Year

General Electric’s flight department is expected to move by the end of next January into its new 100,000-sq-ft hangar/office complex on 12 acres at Stewart

Goodrich Sky Watch Joins King Air Options List

Starting next year, Raytheon will offer the Goodrich Sky Watch HP collision avoidance system as a standard option on the King Air B200 and 350.

Closing the GATE

On September 14, three days after the terrorist attacks, the U.S.

Safe flight exec, son of founder, killed in attack

Donald Greene, 52, executive vice president of bizav equipment supplier Safe Flight Instrument and a son of company founder Leonard Greene, was killed on U
FBOs

Flight2Ground.Com Online

Valley Oil Company, which distributes fuel to more than 400 FBOs, and Multi Service, an FBO credit-card company, have launched their free online interactiv

SimuFlite Adds Excel Pilot Training

Citation Excel initial and recurrent pilot training is now available at SimuFlite in Dallas.

Company Plans to Build Caravan Competitor

AeroCourier Group of Minneapolis plans to introduce a low-wing, single-engine turboprop utility airplane that the company claims will have lower acquisitio
Accidents

Aeromed King Air Crashes in Colorado Mountains

An aeromedical Beechcraft King Air C90 en route from Chinle, Ariz., to Alamosa, Colo., crashed late Thursday night in the San Juan Mountains of southern Co

CAE Completes Acquisition of Schreiner Training

Toronto-based flight simulator maker CAE completed its acquisition of Schreiner Aviation Training of the Netherlands.
Regulations and Government

California Enacts Frax Tax

According to the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), a law recently approved by the California State Assembly would assess all fractional owner
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Shows Greatest Share Gain

According to research from AvData, Amstat and ARG/US,  Cleveland, Ohio-based Flight Options had a share-owner increase of 20.5 percent (from 541 owner

Challenger 604 Operator Sues Bombardier, GE

David Wetherell, the chairman of Boston-based CMGI, and Kittridge Aviation are suing Bombardier and GE over what they allege are “undisclosed dangerous def

Temporary Flight Restriction Rules Revised

The FAA has revised the regulations covering temporary flight restrictions by creating a separate set of conditions to cover sporting events and airshows (
Charter & Fractional

Bankrupt AEXjet ‘Temporarily’ Ceases Operations

In an e-mail sent to employees on Friday morning, AEXjet CEO John Gallaher said the charter company is ceasing operations for two weeks while the transacti
Avionics

TCAS Prevents Potential Bizjet Midair near LAS

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) said two business jets had to take evasive action at 28,000 feet and about 60 miles northeast of L
Charter & Fractional

Charter Industry Silent about AMI Jet’s FAA Suspension

The consequences of the FAA’s emergency suspension of AMI Jet Charter’s Part 135 certificate last week are not yet immediately apparent.

Forecast paints bleak picture for bizav market

And you thought the dot.com bubble-burst was bad.After a spectacular ascendancy in the late 1990s, the business aviation industry has taken a d

Mitsubishi Gets Authority To Offer Pratt-powered MRJ

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries today announced that its board has issued authority to offer the proposed MRJ family of regional jets for sale to potential cus
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35, Carolina, PR

MITSUBISHI MU-2B-35, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO, APRIL 15, 2002–Shortly after 3 p.m., an MU-2 crashed into a car dealership west of San Juan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Sikorsky S-61A, Dunsmuir, CA

SIKORSKY S-61A, DUNSMUIR, CALIF., MARCH 26, 2002–Visual meteorological conditions prevailed when the twin-engine helicopter hit terrain, k
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Mitsubishi MU-300, Anderson, IN

MITSUBISHI MU-300, ANDERSON, IND., MARCH 25, 2002–A Diamond operated by Corporate Flight Management sustained substantial damage during an
Accidents

Hypoxia suspected in King Air accident

RAYTHEON BEECH KING AIR B200, WERNADINGA STATION, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, SEPT.
Accidents

Homemade approach a path to disaster

RAYTHEON BEECH 1900D, SEPT-ILES, QUEBEC, AUG.