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Maintenance and Modifications

Idaho company focuses on major modifications

Western Aircraft is a company with roots deep in the Boise, Idaho, community.

The sky-high price of oil and its effect on jet fuel

What goes up must come down, unless of course you’re talking about the price of crude oil.
Maintenance and Modifications

Premier Aircraft seeks Falcon 50-4 performance upgrade STC

East Alton, Ill.-based Premier Aircraft, a joint venture between Premier Air Center and Yankee Pacific Aerospace, has a launch customer for its Falcon 50-4
Rotorcraft

Kitchener Offers EC 120 EFIS

Kitchener Aero has delivered its first Eurocopter EC 120 with upgraded avionics and special-mission modifications.
Rotorcraft

Enstrom Delivers 480B to Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources was scheduled to receive an Enstrom 480B turbine single last month.
Rotorcraft

Air Methods To Buy 10 AStars per Year

EMS operator Air Methods has signed a memorandum of understanding with American Eurocopter to buy 10 AS 350 B2/B3 AStars annually, on an indefinite basis.

Jury Awards $3.2M in Sundance Suit

Ikuko Hatano, a woman whose daughter died in the 2003 Sundance Helicopters crash in the Grand Canyon, was awarded $3.2 million in damages by a Clark County
Charter & Fractional

NetJets, pilots resume negotiations

It appears that the informational picketing by NetJets pilots, who are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1108, is having the
Rotorcraft

Agusta Finds AB139 Tailpipe Problem

Agusta has found the cause of the problem that sparked an emergency Airworthiness Directive on the AB139 in August.
Safety

Fuel-quality evaluation requires pilot vigilance

Although pilots often overlook evaluating the quality of the fuel they pump into their aircraft, fuel quality warrants a close look. There i
Safety

FAA Warns BO 105 Operators

The FAA has issued a special airworthiness information bulletin (SAIB) to all Eurocopter BO 105 operators.
Aircraft

CommutAir Signs for 16 Q200s

Plattsburgh, N.Y.-based Continental Connection affiliate CommutAir signed a deal with Horizon Air last month to lease sixteen 37-seat Bombardier Q200s.

MHI Launches RJ Fund Drive

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has decided to establish a special-purpose company dedicated to attracting the estimated $1 billion it needs to market a propos
Aircraft

Citation CJ1+ Recieves FAA Type Certification

Cessna’s Model 525 Citation CJ1+ received FAA type certification last month, bringing the aircraft one step closer to customer deliveries, which are expect
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Safety

FAA Orders Checks on 1900s

The FAA ordered operators of certain Beech 1900s to visually inspect their wing spars before they resume flying after the agency received reports of cracki
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Committee approves beefier FAA budget

The House appropriations subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Housing has approved a Fiscal Year 2006 funding bill that includes $14.4 billion for
Aircraft

Frontier Snubs Horizon with Q400s

Frontier Airlines has chosen to establish its own regional subsidiary to fly Bombardier Q400s last month rather than recruit its regional code-share partne
Accidents

Learjet cleared of blame in Payne Stewart crash

The six-woman jury in a wrongful-death trial ruled last month that Bombardier’s Learjet subsidiary should not be held accountable for the death of professi
Security

GA groups report on new security measures

At a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee last month, representatives of general aviation organizations spelled out the
Avionics

IS&S EFIS Package STC’d in PC-12

The FAA last month granted Innovative Solutions & Support an STC for installation of the company’s 10-inch displays in the Pilatus PC-12.
Maintenance and Modifications

Canadian firm unifies de Havilland product support under one roof

Viking Air of Victoria, British Columbia, has acquired certain assets of Bombardier’s Commercial Service Centre, thus becoming the exclusive parts manufact
Avionics

Verizon Airfone Reverses Course

Responding to customer input, Verizon Airfone said it will continue providing MagnaStar phone users with air-to-ground communications “through at least Dec
Avionics

Honeywell Demonstrates SVS

Honeywell last month gave journalists their first look at the company’s developmental integrated primary flight display (IPFD), including the synthetic-vis
Regulations and Government

New Rules for Air-tour Ops Move Closer

FAA regulations that would impose numerous new requirements on air-tour operators are one step closer to publication.
Engines

Paris Air Show 2005: This year's show set records for both attendance and number of sales logged

First the good news, or at least the news that most people in the international aerospace and defense industry can agree on.
Maintenance and Modifications

Learjet Mod Gets EASA Approval

Raisbeck Engineering’s ZR Lite modification system for the Learjet 35/36 last month received European Aviation Safety Agency certification.
Maintenance and Modifications

Don’t Just Kick the Tires and Go

Reports of tread separations and bulges on Goodyear nosewheel tires on Gulfstreams and Global Expresses have resulted in an AD.
Regulations and Government

FAA Evaluates Airport Advisory Service

The FAA is requesting public comments on the usefulness of airport advisory services now available at 20 airports in the continental U.S.

Citation Operators Online Forum Posted

The Aviation Maintenance Training Institute of Winter Park, Fla., last month went online with its Cessna Citation Forum (

Start-up Magnum Jet Orders Small Jets

Houston-based Magnum Jet has placed an order for 50 Phenom 100s, with options for another 50 Phenom 100s and/or 300s.