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Jeppesen Lands Airbus, Boeing EFB Deals

Aviation data provider Jeppesen has reached separate agreements with the world’s two biggest airplane manufacturers to bring electronic flight bag (EFB) te
Avionics

Cessna Selects AirCell’s Axxess System for Citations

Cessna Aircraft has selected Axxess, an Iridium-based cabin information system from AirCell, as a factory option for the Citation X, Sovereign and XLS.
Avionics

Dassault, Honeywell Settle Lawsuit

Dassault Aviation has reached a settle-ment with Honeywell over a $60 million lawsuit filed by the French business jet builder in October last year.
Avionics

ACSS targets bizjet market with software

Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), the Phoenix avionics maker owned jointly by L-3 Communications and Thales, has been holding discussio
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Avionics

IS&S develops cockpit retrofit kits for popular business jets

Avionics maker Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) is diving headlong into the cockpit retrofit market with a turnkey installation kit for business airpl
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Avionics

Flying with a HUD

After only a short time flying with a HUD in the real airplane, pilots become familiar with the symbology.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

How Does a HUD Work?

As far as pilots are concerned, the head-up display may as well consist of the HUD combiner glass and little else, because that is about all they see.
Avionics

The future of head-up display technology

Head-up displays (HUDs) provide pilots with an array of flight-related information, when and where they need it most.

In The Works Analysis: January 2006

While business aircraft are one of the most important tools of investment bankers and venture capitalists, investing in new aircraft designs doesn’t appear
ATC

FAA invites stakeholder input at forum on permanent ADIZ

With nearly 20,000 comments received on the proposal to make the Washington, D.C., air defense identification zone (ADIZ) permanent, the FAA will hold two

With Planning, Aircraft Acquisition Is Less Taxing

Conklin & de Decker part owner Nel Sanders-Stubbs, for years the NBAA’s prime source of tax knowledge and expertise, gave Conklin & de Decker aircraft acqu

Aircraft acquisition planning seminar

Taxes–when, where, how and why they must be paid–and how to avoid them captured a major share of attention among the users and providers of business aircra

Bizav OEMs sign on for Avex airshow

The second annual Avex airshow to be held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, is attracting leading business aviation exhibitors.
Aircraft

Farnborough turboprop renamed Kestrel JP100

The long-delayed Farnborough F1 utility turboprop single appears to have found new life through an agreement between its UK developer, Farnborough Aircraft
ATC

Canada proposes new fee structure

After 12 months of consultation with all segments of its domestic and overseas customer base, Nav Canada–Canada’s privatized air navigation service provide
Charter & Fractional

Jury finds in favor of PrivatAir pilot

On December 10, after a three- week trial in Los Angeles Superior Court, a jury awarded pilot Doyle Baker nearly $64 million, in a lawsuit against aircraft
Rotorcraft

Keystone Helicopter Now a Sikorsky Unit

Sikorsky Aircraft of Stratford, Conn., recently completed the acquisition of Keystone Ranger Holdings, which includes Keystone Helicopters in West Chester,
Safety

Penalties for Aiming Lasers at Aircraft

The Senate at press time was considering a bill that imposes a $250,000 fine and a possible prison term of up to five years for people who point lasers at

Two New Citations Go to Work in China

China’s Aviation Authority has taken delivery of two new Cessna Citation XLSs.
Accidents

Nike GV Incident Prompts Service Letter

Gulfstream’s initial investigation into the November 21 incident involving a jammed gear on Nike’s GV revealed corrosion on the main landing gear (MLG) upl
Security

New Threat to Airspace Access

Starting February 1, owners and operators of aircraft with “questionable registrations and/or no TSA-required security measures/waivers” might be denied ac
Maintenance and Modifications

Analog-to-digital System Introduced

Shadin Avionics of St.
Maintenance and Modifications

Repair Shop Quality Rules To Be Proposed

Repair stations would be required to establish a quality-rating program under a notice of proposed rulemaking the FAA expects to publish next month.
Charter & Fractional

Bombardier expands Skyjet into Pakistan

Pakistan is the latest new market for Bombardier’s Skyjet International fixed-rate executive charter program with the appointment of Karachi-based Princely
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Consensus give ISOS control of MedAire board

In a statement released December 20, health and security assistance provider MedAire announced that its two largest shareholders have reached a letter agre
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Maintenance and Modifications

Stage 3 GII/GIII Fleet Growing

Some 40 Gulfstream IIs and IIIs have been equipped with Quiet Technology Aerospace’s Stage 3 hush kit.
Accidents

Caravan Goes Down in Russia

Russian aviation officials are investigating the fatal crash of a 2004 Cessna Grand Caravan (Aruba registry P4-OIN) as it was trying to land at Moscow-Domo
Charter & Fractional

TSA Turns Its Attention to Fractionals

In a recent letter to the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it has “begun the process of dev
Charter & Fractional

Five-hour Jet Card Introduced

Jet-card block times are getting lower, and one of the lowest is the new five-hour Learjet gift card from Bombardier Skyjet.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Buys 50 Hawker 4000s

Nine months after reaching a tentative sales agreement, Raytheon Aircraft and NetJets signed a contract for the purchase of 50 Hawker 4000s (née Horizons)