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A plan implemented last year to offset the city and county tax burden on airplane owners at Pitt-Greenville (N.C.) Airport has attracted more aircraft owne

The French engine manufacturer Snecma plans to develop an all-new engine to power new business and regional jets, the company announced last month.

Last month pilots, airport managers and others gathered at two public meetings to tell the FAA what they think of the agency’s proposal to make the Washing

Bombardier’s Challenger 605, announced at the 2005 NBAA Convention, made a nearly 3.5-hour maiden flight on January 22 in Montreal.

John Reimers was named president and CEO of Aviation Partners Boeing.

Several leadership changes, including two U.S.

Joseph Hawkins, an assistant professor of aerospace at Middle Tennessee State University, was named National Aviation Maintenance Technician of the

Hugh Boyd, Chevron’s chief pilot, died in a snowmobiling accident in February.

Beech King Air 200, Green Bay, Wis., June 30, 2004–The accident was caused by the loss of engine power for an undetermined reason and the pilot’s pr

Eurocopter BO 105 CBS5, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., Oct.

Beech King Air 90, Rawlins, Wyo., Jan.

Bell 206L LongRanger, New York, N.Y., June 14, 2005–The NTSB blamed the crash of the Helicopter Professionals LongRanger on “the pilot’s inadequate

Cessna’s Citation Mustang on September 8 became the first very light jet to be fully FAA type certified.

Over the last 10 years business aviation safety has improved immensely.

About a week after the January 22 first flight of the Challenger 605, Bombardier relocated the test airplane to Wichita to begin the approximately 200 flig

Spirit Wing Aviation of Guthrie, Okla., has begun the final phase of flight-testing the Spirit-Lear, a re-engined and modified Learjet 24/25.

The Socata TBM 850, a faster, more powerful derivative of the TBM 700 turboprop single, received FAA approval on January 23, six weeks after the EASA certi

The family of flight attendant Kristi Dunn, killed in the Nov.

“Chunks of slush” slid off the taxiing Bombardier Challenger 600 just before it crashed on takeoff from Montrose Regional Airport in Montrose, Colo.,

Despite a widely acclaimed business idea–scheduled per-seat service with executive jets for its members–Geneva-based Club Airways filed for bankruptcy prot

Although corporate aviation in the nation is limited, New Zealand boasts one of the highest per capita ratios of aircraft operation, with 9,040 pilots in a

According to Qwilton Biel, chairman of the helicopter division of the New Zealand Aviation Industry Association, “If you walk into our industry forum and t

Bombardier’s Skyjet block-charter program has recruited its first French operator with the arrival of a new Learjet 45 at the Paris Le Bourget headquarters

Bell 206L LongRanger, Chesterfield, Ind., Feb.

Bell 222B, Gulf of Mexico, Feb.

Bell 206BIII JetRanger, Parkes, Australia, Feb.

Cessna Citation I, Greensboro, N.C., Feb, 1, 2006–Citation N814ER, registered to Flite Services of Tampa, Fla., crashed on the runway at Piedmont Tr

Cessna 560 Citation V Ultra, Woodruff, Wis., Jan.

Raytheon Beech King Air C90A, Tampa, Fla., Feb.

Bombardier Challenger 600, Aspen, Colo., Feb.