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Maintenance and Modifications

Apex Aviation wins FAA Award for the third consecutive year

Guy Minor, aviation safety program manager with the FAA’s Oakland Flight Standards District Office, presented Apex Aviation the 2004 Certificate of Excelle
Maintenance and Modifications

Aviall Atlanta receives FAA Diamond Award

Aviall Services announced its Atlanta Wheel and Brake technicians have garnered the FAA Diamond Award for the company.
Training and Workforce

Fran Dawson of Universal Weather & Aviation recommends using e-mail groups to work more efficiently

Fran Dawson of Universal Weather & Aviation recommends using e-mail groups to work more efficiently.

At the NBAA Convention in October, Flight Explorer announced the launch of version 5.0 of its aircraft tracking software

At the NBAA Convention in October, Flight Explorer announced the launch of version 5.0 of its aircraft tracking software.
Charter & Fractional

Wyvern Consulting has added specific scheduling and dispatch capabilities to its aviation safety consulting business

Wyvern Consulting has added specific scheduling and dispatch capabilities to its aviation safety consulting business.

Start-up company plans new twinjet STOL aircraft

British company Avcen has designed an innovative ducted-fan twinjet, called the Jetpod, that it claims will cruise at 300 knots yet take off and land in sl
Training and Workforce

Effective communications for flight and maintenance crews

For some time I have been aware of and exposed to a changing culture at the major airlines, and it holds lessons for corporate aviation.What I
Rotorcraft

Keystone helicopter expands turboshaft engine services

Keystone Helicopter of West Chester, Pa., has expanded its accessories capabilities on both the Rolls-Royce 250 and Honeywell LTS101 turboshaft engines.
Maintenance and Modifications

NBAA awards scholarships to aspiring technicians

Two students were selected to receive NBAA’s 2004 William M.
Maintenance and Modifications

Profile: Gore Design completions adds maintenance services

“Adding maintenance capability just made sense; it made us more versatile,” Jerry Gore, president and CEO of San Antonio-based Gore Design Completions, tol
Training and Workforce

RAS at indy receives FAA Diamond award

The FAA has bestowed its highest award, the Diamond Award for Maintenance Excellence, on Raytheon Aircraft Services Indianapolis.
Training and Workforce

Alteon training gets TC nod for maintenance

Transport Canada has approved Alteon Training, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, to be an approved training organization for maintenance training under
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Denver station Adds two new types

Stevens Aviation Denver has received FAA approval to add new airframe and powerplant ratings to its repair station certificate.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier to build ‘super warehouses’

Expeditors International of Washington has teamed with Bombardier Aerospace to establish super warehouses with Caterpillar Logistic Services as part of a s
Maintenance and Modifications

NY nixes aircraft maintenance and storage tax

The New York Aviation Management Association and the Long Island Business Aviation Association, with support from NBAA, were instrumental in having legisla
Maintenance and Modifications

ITP of Spain designated PWC overhaul facility

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has appointed Industria de Turbo Propulsores S.A.
Maintenance and Modifications

Thunder Aviation named Atlantic Turbines' service facility

Thunder Aviation signed an agreement to become Atlantic Turbines’ newest service network facility.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation adds ACJ and Sovereign support

Jet Aviation and Airbus signed a service center agreement for Airbus Corporate Jetliner support.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star to develop Citation 525 seat STC

West Star Aviation is developing “16g” cockpit, cabin and lavatory seats for the Cessna CitationJet line.
Charter & Fractional

FAA changes course on controversal bulletin

The FAA has announced it will delay further the compliance date for a recent Handbook Bulletin for Airworthiness (HBAW), affecting aircraft maintenan
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Aviation technicians receive top FAA awards

Maintenance technicians at the Greenville, S.C.
Aircraft

Maintenance tracking service available to BBJ operators

Boeing Business Jets selected Flightdocs of Babylon, N.Y., as a factory-authorized maintenance tracking service for BBJ operators.
Accidents

NTSB: Many Discrepancies in TEB Challenger Crash

Failure of the crew to perform required weight and balance calculations and other weight-related procedures, lack of appropriate records to support trainin
Aircraft

Comments Closed on Proposal to Limit non-UK Aircraft

The UK Department for Transport is expected to decide early next year whether it will proceed with plans to restrict the amount of time foreign-registered
Safety

New Jets To Come with Pilot Safety Program

Bombardier Aerospace's new Leading Edge is a flight crew safety-training and resource program being offered at no-charge with the purchase of a new Bombard
Avionics

Avidyne and Ryan Announce Merger

Avidyne and Ryan International today announced the completion of a merger that folds Ryan's traffic-surveillance products into the Avidyne line.
Maintenance and Modifications

GDAS To Support Gulfstream IIs and IIIs

Factory product support for Gulfstream IIs and GIIIs will move out from beneath the wing of Gulfstream service centers and find itself under the umbrella o
FBOs

FBO Profile: Million Air gets a makeover in asheville

For general manager Bob Cruey, the recent renovation at Million Air Asheville (N.C.) was finished just in time.
Aircraft

Falcon 7X Might Go 6,000 Miles; 2000DX Introduced

Changes to the Dassault Falcon 7X, now in flight test, could increase its range to as much as 6,000 nm at Mach 0.80, Dassault Aviation said today.
Airports

Coalition presses EPA on fuel-spill issue

Future EPA spill-containment requirements for airport fuel trucks remains an ambiguous subject.