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Collins’ Pro Line 21 scores a coup on CJ3, G150 programs

Rockwell Collins emerged a winner at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Fla., last month with the announcement that the Cedar Rapids, Iowa company’s Pro Line
Avionics

Goodrich’s LandMark TAWS chosen for Cessna’s new CJ3

Goodrich announced during last month’s NBAA Convention the long-anticipated receipt of TSO and STC approvals for its LandMark terrain awareness and warning
ATC

Auto-spacing ATC tool tried by NASA

A new computer system developed by NASA to automatically calculate the speed and distances between aircraft was scheduled for tests during overnight hours
ATC

Airbus and Boeing are now at odds over ATC initiatives

Traditionally, Boeing and Airbus have used the Paris and Farnborough airshows to announce multimillion-dollar sales contracts, in the hope of one-upping th
Avionics

Bombardier teams with Thales and

Bombardier revealed last month it is developing an enhanced vision system (EVS) with partners Thales Avionics of France and CMC Electronics of Canada for i
Avionics

For Cessna, it’s a Max-Viz EVS

Cessna has selected Max-Viz of Portland, Ore.
ATC

FAA moves forward on RNP implementation

In late summer, Jeff Williams, manager of the FAA’s newly established required navigation performance (RNP) program office, briefed a government/industry s
Rotorcraft

What Worked for Beer May Work for Bell

Beset with stagnant civil sales, a stymied multi-billion-dollar, investment-intensive defense project and a dearth of new programs in the pipeline, Bell He
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

HAS Corp., Major Bell Reseller, Files Chapter 11

HAS Corp, the Dallas and Mount Pleasant, Pa.-based helicopter resale and completions center, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Rotorcraft

S-92 Completes First Full Autorotation

Sikorsky’s S-92 medium-twin program has passed another milestone on its way to certification as prototype number four performed two flawless autorotational
Accidents

Mercy Air EMS Accident Claims Three

A Bell 222 operated by Air Methods subsidiary Mercy Air crashed on September 7 at 4:40 a.m.
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Outlines S-76 Improvements

Focusing on the needs of the corporate user, Sikorsky Aircraft used last month’s NBAA Convention to outline a series of fresh improvements applicable to it
Aircraft

Tilt Could Get Twisted as Test Flights Continue

While the immediate effect on the ongoing tests of the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor is questionable, the U.S.
Aircraft

Sikorsky writes off commercial market

When it comes to selling helicopters for one of the leading helo makers, it’s difficult to find a job that Jeff Pino hasn’t done.
Rotorcraft

Old Hiller helo rises again as the FHoenix

Featuring a modified nose, upgraded avionics and simplified construction, a modernized FH-1100 helicopter should be in production by 2004.
Rotorcraft

Recovery Hopes Fade As Glacier Claims JetRanger

The chartered Bell JetRanger that crashed into the ice-covered slopes of Mount Rainier last June has slid into a crevasse and seems to be beyond recovery.
Rotorcraft

AB139 on track for certification

With the Italian government still investigating the cause of the April 22 crash of a prototype Bell/Agusta AB139 helicopter near Monteleone, Rimini, in nor
Accidents

Cluster of aeromed accidents focus concerns on EMS safety

Three aeromedical helicopter accidents claimed three lives in just 12 days in August and September, representing a cluster of successively serious mishaps
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: October 2002

Lawmakers escaped the dog days of August in Washington by taking a vacation and returned the first week of September to face a multitude of concerns, thoug
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: New Comm System Faces Challenges

Although a new VHF digital datalink communication system could quadruple channel capacity while retaining 25-kHz spacing, the FAA needs to ascertain if the
Regulations and Government

Washington Report: NATA Backs FAA on 135 Cargo Fire Rule

The FAA’s decision to withdraw proposed regulations to require fire detectors and suppression systems in cargo compartments in certain on-demand Part 135 a
FBOs

Touching Bases: Business Jet Center Doubled Market Share at Dallas Love Field

In the two years since it began a $15 million rebuilding program at Dallas Love Field (DAL), Business Jet Center has more than doubled its market share on
FBOs

Touching Bases: Clay Lacy, Joe Clark Buy Flight Center at BFI

A fixture at Van Nuys (Calif.) Airport (VNY) for decades, Clay Lacy Aviation now has a second location.
FBOs

Touching Bases: New Jersey Pilot Takes Atlantic's $10,000 Prize

Ken Weber, an Astra pilot based at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport (TEB), won Atlantic Aviation’s “Top-off=$10,000” drawing at last month’s NBAA Convention in Orl
FBOs

Touching Bases: Avion Jet Center Joins Avfuel Network

Avion Jet Center at Orlando Sanford (Fla.) Airport (SBF) has signed on as an Avfuel-branded dealer.
FBOs

Touching Bases: South Texas Airport Spends $2.1 Million

With its 5,000-ft runway, Weslaco (Texas) Mid Valley Airport (T65) may not be a beehive of jet activity, but the local authority recently spent $2.1 millio
FBOs

Touching Bases: TAC Air Takes Over Krystal Restaurant FBO

Deciding that it wanted to return to the meat and potatoes of its core business, hamburger restaurant chain Krystal has divested its FBO at Chattanooga (Te
FBOs

Touching Bases: Wright Bros. Memorial Facility Breaks Ground

Pilots visiting the site of the Wright Brothers’ first flight at Kill Devil Hills, N.C., near Kitty Hawk will soon have more than a minimalist line shack i
FBOs

Touching Bases: Wal-Mart-Owned FBO Offers Grade-A Service

Operators of some posh FBOs sometimes complain that pilots are “looking for Wal-Mart prices.” At Beaver Lake Aviation at Rogers (Ark.) Airport (ROG), that’
Accidents

Inverters eyed in OSU King Air crash

Failed inverters appear to be the prime suspect in the NTSB’s investigation of the January 27 crash of a King Air 200 in Strasburg, Colo.