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Preliminary Report: Peruvian 412 accident kills 10

Bell 412EP, Santa Cruz, Peru, March 11, 2008–The Evergreen Helicopters Bell 412 was destroyed and 10 people, including the U.S.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: CRJ overflies airport

Bombardier CL-600-2B19 CRJ, Hilo, Hawaii, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Excel gear collapses

Cessna Citation Excel 560XL, Port Heiden, Alaska, April 30, 2008–The AT&T Alascom Excel was substantially damaged on landing at Port H
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Mountain crash fatal

Eurocopter AS 350B2, Chickaloon, Alaska, April 15, 2008–Four people were killed and one seriously injured when the ERA Helicopters AS 350
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cargo door opens on takeoff

Hawker Beechcraft 1900D, Page, Ariz., March 26, 2008–A cargo door opened just after takeoff at Page Municipal Airport and the Great Lakes
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Beech 1900 lost in Pacific

Hawker Beechcraft Beech 1900C, Lihue, Hawaii, Jan.
Accidents

Factual Report: Wiring suspected in medical flight

Cessna Citation II, Milwaukee, June 4, 2007–Pilots of the Citation II that crashed into Lake Michigan struggled to keep control of the air
Accidents

Factual Report: Offshore helicopter crashed in Gulf

Eurocopter EC 120B, Gulf of Mexico, Feb.
Accidents

Factual Report: Pipeline helo lost power

MD 369D, Columbus, Mont., May 28, 2007– The commercial pilot and one crewmember were seriously injured and a second crew-member was killed when the
Accidents

Final Report: Fatigue a factor in landing accident

Embraer E170, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb.
Accidents

Final Report: Vibration traced to trim installation

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90A, Emporia, Kan., Sept.
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot hit by main rotor

Bell 407, Morristown, Tenn., Nov.
Accidents

Final Report: Faulty downlock plates caused gear collapse

Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200, Leonardtown, Md., Oct.
Accidents

Final Report: TCAS alert resulted in excessive maneuver

Bombardier Challenger 604, Teterboro, N.J., Oct.
Accidents

Final Report: Cargo Caravan crashed on approach

Cessna 208B Caravan, Alliance, Neb., Feb.
Charter & Fractional

Alpha Flying, Atlas Aircraft Move into New Digs

Alpha Flying and sister company Atlas Aircraft Center are holding a grand opening celebration this afternoon for their new aviation complex at Pease Intern
Charter & Fractional

Bombardier Flexjet Adds Challenger 605

Dallas-based Bombardier Flexjet announced at the end of April that it had added the new Challenger 605 to its fractional fleet.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Pilots Seek Mediation

Accusing the Flight Options management team of being “out of touch with its pilots’ legitimate career aspirations,” the International Brotherhood of Teamst
Charter & Fractional

Avantair Moves Closer to Profitability

Piaggio Avanti fractional provider Avantair is narrowing its losses and on course to reach profitability in the near future, company CEO Steven Santo said
Charter & Fractional

SATSair Marks Growth in the Southeast U.S.

SATSair, the largest Cirrus SR22 on-demand charter operator in the U.S., reported a 60-percent increase in the number of flights last year and booked an av
Regulations and Government

Indian Expats Barred from Right-Seat Slots

A recent ruling by India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will bar expatriates from holding right-seat airline positions beginning this month
Aircraft

Embraer’s Phenom 300 enters flight-test phase

Embraer achieved two milestones on April 29, the first flight of the Phenom 300 light jet and the first time any airplane has made a first flight from Embr
Safety

Seventeen Gulfstreams Grounded

Seventeen Gulfstreams with recently overhauled Rolls-Royce Spey or Tay engines were grounded last month when a problem was discovered with the engines’ air
Engines

Rolls-Royce Completes BR725 Engine Test

Rolls-Royce last month made the first run of the 16,000-pound-thrust BR725 engine at its facility in Dahlewitz, Germany.
Avionics

Aircell Sets Broadband Pricing

Aircell announced that it will charge a flat monthly fee of $1,495 for unlimited access to its air-to-ground broadband data service by business aviation us
Avionics

Honeywell To Support 3-D Vision System

Honeywell last month signed a deal to license VistaNav 3-D synthetic vision from Mercury Computer Systems and will thus assume sales and support of the Vis
Charter & Fractional

‘Total solution’ charter options abound on Web

The recent launch of Sentient Flight Group’s Privatejets.com and Virgin Charter introduced a new element to
Aircraft

Korea Grants Certification of the G550

Gulfstream has received type certificate validation from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of the Republic of Korea for the G550.
Regulations and Government

EU Emissions Plan Gets a Frosty Reception

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