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Revised Charter Ops Specs Set

Charter Operations Specifications A008, which is to replace Notice 8400.83 issued last June, might be published this month.

Refurbished terminal opens at Lyon

France’s Lyon Bron airport last month opened its refurbished 2,100-sq-ft business aviation terminal.

First-half GA billings set industry record

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) reported record-breaking billings for the first half of this year.
Aircraft

Farnborough F1 Kestrel Flies At Last

Some seven years of development finally led to the first flight of the Farnborough Aircraft F1 Kestrel on July 29.
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UK terror plot broadens market for charter services

Although last month’s foiled terrorist plot to bomb as many as 10 airliners while they were en route to the U.S.
Rotorcraft

Upgraded Helicopter Standards Planned

New and revised performance and handling qualities requirements for normal- (Part 27) and transport-category (Part 29) rotorcraft have been proposed.
Regulations and Government

Nav Canada Wants Excise Taxes Cut

Canada’s private, user-fee-based ATC system–Nav Canada–believes that general aviation operators are double-charged for use of Canada’s aviation infrastruct
ATC

Is Reason Report Unreasonable?

“Business aviation should support the shift to user fees,” urged Reason Foundation director of transportation studies Robert Poole, “if it is part of a com

Eclipse 500, Citation Mustang in Tight Race

It’s going to be a photo finish between the Eclipse 500 and Cessna Citation Mustang in the race for full FAA type certification (TC).
FBOs

A Landmark Deal Reached At HPN

Management at Landmark Aviation, the newly named entity that includes the former Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated alliance, wasted no time climbing on
Airports

DCA no longer closed to bizav

In what was hailed as a “giant first step” in reopening Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to general aviation, a Hawker 1000 operated by New
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Katrina Recovery Efforts Get a Lift from Business Aviation

Words and pictures cannot fully convey what has happened to the city of New Orleans.
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Asiana 214: NTSB Looks beyond Obvious Pilot Error

NTSB hearing looks for factors behind pilot error.

BAE sees future in ATP cost-cutting programs

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft plans to work with ATP operators, maintenance organizations and equipment vendors to reduce the turboprop’s ownership costs b
Aircraft

A Tribute to Concorde: 1976-2003

It is symbolic of the malaise cloaking aviation as it celebrates the centennial of powered flight that, for the first time since Orville and Wilbur Wright
Aircraft

G550 awarded type and production certificates

Gulfstream last month proved the old axiom: “Double your pleasure, double your fun; get two certificates instead of one.” In what is believed to be a first
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA grounds Learjet 45 fleet, demands tail jackscrew fix

The FAA’s concern that a critical part on the Bombardier Learjet 45 “was not manufactured per the type design data” led it to ground the entire fleet of 17
Airports

Mayor’s Midnight Raid Ignites Meigs Firestorm

It has been more than a month since Chicago mayor Richard Daley’s midnight raid on the city’s lakefront airport, Meigs Field.
Maintenance and Modifications

In buyout, Keystone finds key to growth

In the middle of a helicopter market that has been flat for nearly a decade and seems likely to remain that way for the foreseeable future, how does a 50-y
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Innovative Advantage's Channel Tracker Upgrades Cabin Video to High-def

Channel Tracker upgrades video systems in aircraft cabins to high-definition.

'Taking risks to be the winner'

Bill Boisture, president of Gulfstream Aerospace as well as an executive vice president of General Dynamics, which bought Gulfstream in 1999, joined the Sa
FBOs

FBO Survey 2002 - A home away from home for passengers and crew

The state of the aircraft service industry eight months after September 11 can best be described as guardedly optimistic.
Rotorcraft

Cadorath Receives R-R, FAA Approvals for Nozzle Repair

The process involves replacing worn cooling tubes for existing nozzles that previously could not be repaired.
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NBAA Convention News looks back

This special issue of Aviation International News represents the 30th year this publication has supported NBAA.

Aviation leaders plead case for GA

General aviation leaders trouped up to Capitol Hill late last month to plead with Congress for an audience with President Bush’s security advisors to expla
ATC

Shutdown of National Airspace System Was ‘Organized Mayhem’

The airspace shutdown on 9/11 was done methodically but quickly, with many calling it "organized mayhem."
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