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Frasca Unveils Bell FTD

Simulator builder Frasca International unveiled its MentorH deployable helicopter flight training device (FTD) at the Airborne Law Enforcement Association
Rotorcraft

Agusta Signs Japanese Distributor

AgustaWestland has designated Kaigai Aviotech of Japan to sell the AW119 Ke, AW109 Power and Grand in the Japanese commercial market.
Rotorcraft

NVGs for Civil EC 145

Eurocopter will make its EC 145 available with certified night-vision goggle (NVG) capability in Europe, Canada and the U.S.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Scores Major Orders

Eurocopter logged orders for 114 civil and military helicopters worth E1.2 billion at this year’s Paris Air Show and says it is on track to sell 700 helico
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky S-76D Slated To Fly Late Next Year

Sikorsky is confident its upgraded medium twin, the S-76D, will make its first flight in the fourth quarter of next year, said Bruce McKinney, v-p for Euro
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky X-2 To Fly Late this Year

Sikorsky is readying its X-2 demonstrator for flight tests late this year.
Charter & Fractional

How many players?

One prediction about which most fractional providers’ executives and consultants agree is that within five years there will be only two strong major provid
Rotorcraft

Piasecki compound X-49 makes first flight

Retrofit technology that could turn the Pentagon’s fleet of Black Hawks and other helicopters into 200-knot, high-altitude speedsters, and later be applied
Charter & Fractional

Fractional VLJs?

Most of the fractional executives interviewed for this article were not optimistic that very light jets (VLJs) will enter the fractional fleet.

People in Aviation: August 2004

Ronald Zilberbrand resigned from Chicago-based JSSI International, the company that he co-founded.
ATC

FAA Concept of Operations gives sneak peek at NextGen

Most pilots by now are aware that at some point in the future, today’s ATC system is expected to morph into something called NextGen, Administrator Marion

Forecast predicts brighter skies for bizav

Forecast International of Newtown, Conn., released its most recent 10-year outlook, The World Market for Business Jet Aircraft, at the Farnborough A

People in Aviation: August 2007

Jack Pelton, chairman, president and CEO of Cessna Aircraft, and John Rosanvallon, president and CEO of Dassault Falcon, have b

Final Report: Update on Canadian Caravan crash

Cessna Caravan 208B, Lake Erie, Ontario, Jan.

Preliminary Report: Rash of JetRanger fatals

BELL 206B JETRANGER, MESA, ARIZ., JUNE 24, 2004–While maneuvering on a trailer at Falcon Field, JetRanger N97AZ hooked a skid on the underside of th

Preliminary Report: JetStar loses left flap

Lockheed JetStar 1329-23E, Houston, Texas, May 15, 2004–Lockheed JetStar N57NR sustained minor damage following an in-flight separation of the left

Final Report: Four survive CitationJet overrun

Cessna 525A CitationJet, Dexter, Maine, Oct.
Accidents

Final Report: Mechanical failure blamed in fatal sightseeing flight

McDonnell Douglas MD-369D, Volcano, Hawaii, June 15, 2003 – The commercial pilot and three passengers were killed when the MD-369D lost power and cr
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot opted to land below minimums

Swearingen SA-26AT, Jacksonville, Fla., Nov.
Accidents

Final Report: CRJ windshield was installed improperly

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Asheville, N.C., March 19, 2006 – The NTSB found that company maintenance personnel improperly installed the pi
Accidents

Final Report: King Air pilot lost control on landing

Beech King Air 200, North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Bell 212 crashes in Spain

Bell 212, Guipuzcoa, Spain, June 13, 2007 – The two commercial pilots flying the Spanish-registered Bell 212 from Santander Airport to Ali
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Caravan engine fire under investigation

Cessna 208B Caravan, Quepos, Costa Rica, March 22, 2007 – Costa Rican-registered Cessna Caravan TI-BBG landed at the Aeropuerto La Managua, near Que

Rhode Island repeals Av taxes

A coalition of general aviation interests was successful in getting aircraft sales and use taxes repealed in Rhode Island when Gov.

Rx for tax headaches: LAS

The tax committee of the NBAA will host two events in conjunction with its 57th annual meeting and convention in Las Vegas in October.

FAA HQ now has 'wright' stuff

The two buildings that house the offices of the FAA in Washington have been named after the Wright brothers.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Service letter issued for ERJ 135 gear

Embraer ERJ 135, Boston, June 20, 2007 – Despite a gear-down-and-locked indication with three green lights, the crew of the American Eagle

Vision 100 speeds airport projects

When President Bush signed the FAA reauthorization act (generally known as Vision 100) late last year, the bill called on the agency to work with airports,

Congressional Observer: August 2004

• Congress recessed for about a week to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday and returned to face a full plate of pending legislation before recessing agai