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Gulfstream Orders $900K of IS&S RVSM Avionics

Gulfstream has ordered $900,000 worth of avionics from Exton, Pa.-based Innovative Solutions & Support, a maker of low-cost RVSM avionics for the retrofit

ERA launches campaign to counter EC ‘favoritism’

The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) has demanded a “balanced approach” to environmental controls in the European Union transport industry follow

BAE Regional adjusts to life after end of Avro production

Following production of the final Avro RJ, effectively the last new-build British airliner ever, BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has been restructured as a s

Operations and Maintenance Forum: Avoiding Another ‘Summer From Hell’

The operations and maintenance forum on the second day of the RAA convention crossed a broad range of subjects, from a discussion of the FAA’s operational

RAA Convention Report: Industry leaders warn against threats to post-9/11 gains

Faced with widespread uncertainty about an industry threatened by growing regulatory burdens, the specter of increased security fees and scope-clause restr

Boeing ponders its role in Russian Regional Jet

The Sukhoi-led Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) program awaits approval to take off in July this year, but much depends on Boeing, as the U.S.

Aussie Consortium To Buy Ansett Regional Subs

The bankruptcy administrators in charge of the operations of Ansett Airlines subsidiary Kendall Airlines and independent Ansett affiliate Hazelton Airlines

Factual Report: Learjet lands gear up

GATES LEARJET 35A, CANCUN, MEXICO, AUG.
Accidents

Factual Report: Firefighting helo crashes

BELL B206L-3, WHITERIVER, ARIZ., JULY 26, 2003–At 10:34 a.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Reports: Trim woes precede 1900D crash

BEECH 1900D, HYANNIS, MASS., AUG.
Accidents

Final Report: Hawker crew just scrapes by

HAWKER SIDDELEY DH.125-1F, SEATTLE, WASH., DEC.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: October 2003

Keeping with custom, Congress deserted Washington for the dog days of August with some small sense of accomplishment.
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: NTSB Revises “Most Wanted” List

In one of her first acts as chairman of the NTSB, Ellen Engleman vowed to take a fresh look at the Board’s safety advocacy programs, including its “Most Wa
Regulations and Government

News Note: Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the lead partner in a Center of Excellence program

The FAA selected the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the lead partner in a Center of Excellence program on aircraft noise and emissions mitigat
FBOs

Touching Bases: ChevronTexaco one year later

Just over a year after its merger, ChevronTexaco (the entity that resulted when the two oil giants came together after a landmark $45 billion deal) has rel
FBOs

Touching Bases: How does a major OEM find success in line service?

An award-winning bowler in his spare time, Gus Stovall, flight support manager at Dassault Falcon Jet’s Wilmington, Del.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Vehicle/pedestrian devations at Jeffco

At Jefferson County Airport, Colo., a new rule in effect this month prohibits operating aircraft in the movement area “unless the aircraft operator is a cu
FBOs

Touching Bases: Fuel at cost; dime-per-gallon pumping charge

Chuck Greenwood, a Phillips 66 dealer in Ponca City, Okla., has instituted a unique pricing structure for jet operators.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Jet center at ORL welcomes NBAA traffic

For those flying to the NBAA Convention in Orlando this month, there’s new ownership at one of the FBOs at Orlando Executive Airport (ORL), which hosts the
FBOs

Touching Bases: Galaxy Aviation takes a high road at MCO

During the NBAA Convention this month, Galaxy Aviation will donate a dime to the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Women and Children for every gallon of fuel it
FBOs

Touching Bases: Million AIr Toronto opens a new hangar

Just in time for the cold winter months, Million Air Toronto at Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport (CYKZ) has completed its new 38,600-sq-ft hangar at a
FBOs

Touching Bases: Million Air adds Oxnard, Oakland

The former Oxnard Aircraft and Jet Center celebrated its addition to the Million Air chain at a grand-opening party on September 17.
Charter & Fractional

Survey reveals optimism, more competition in Euro charter

The European executive charter market is becoming more and more competitive, and the majority of operators and brokers expect demand to increase over the n
Security

9/11 helo aftermath: ‘normal’ but not quite

It has been just over two years since four hijacked jetliners stopped the world in its tracks on what was for residents of the New York City and Washington
Rotorcraft

A Russian Surprise

Making its surprise debut at last month’s MAKS airshow just outside Moscow, Kazan Helicopters’ Aktai is a roomy three-seat trainer with an aft cargo cabin
Rotorcraft

Do as you say, insists helo op

They say that turnabout is fair play, and that’s evidently what a proactive North Carolina tobacco grower thought he was doing when he sued a local high sc
Rotorcraft

Bell CEO cuts staff, moves production to save money

Proving perhaps that nothing sweeps cleaner than a new broom, Bell Helicopter CEO Mike Redenbaugh, in the job since late May, has announced plans to move B
Aircraft

Comanche Production Begins… Cautiously

At a time when the progress of big-ticket military helicopter programs is measured in decades, it is worth noting that the first Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Com