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ATP provides D-Jet training - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Airline Transport Professionals will provide initial and recurrent type rating flight training for the Diamond D-Jet, Diamond Aircraft has announced.
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AOPA members troubled by TSA Large Aircraft Security Program - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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AOPA has expressed its concern that the Large Aircraft Security Program proposal announced today by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) could have serious implications on general aviation.
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AOPA asks Kittitas County to stop encroachment - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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A plan to rezone more than 24 acres of agricultural land to allow residential development near Cle Elum Municipal is incompatible with the county comprehensive plan and could jeopardize planned investment in bringing the airport up to current FAA design standards, AOPA told Kittitas County officials.
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Reps. Costello, Boswell provide insight into '09 user fee debate - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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FAA funding will be a top priority for the House aviation subcommittee in 2009, said chairman Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.), during a meeting with pilots earlier this week.
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Dogs with wings - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Who can resist the big brown, pleading eyes of a canine? For pilots who are animal lovers, it just takes a puppy's innocent look or the knowledge that an abandoned pet will be euthanized to get them in the air for a quick rescue flight.
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FAA seeks comment on Asheville Class C expansion - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Pilots in the Asheville, N.C., area are urged to tell the FAA how plans to expand Class C airspace could affect them.
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Mid-Continent offers AHRS retrofit system - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Want to retrofit your aircraft with the primary flight display of your choice? You're going to need an attitude and heading reference system (AHRS), like the AX1 that Mid-Continent Instruments now sells.
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Piper sprints ahead with piston deliveries - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Piper Aircraft officials believe that its PiperJet program is buoying the entire company this year. But the new Matrix, an unpressurized version of the Mirage, is the No. 1 seller at 101.
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Avidyne and WSI team to provide worldwide weather - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Avidyne Corp., an avionics firm that specializes in integrated cockpits, has joined with WSI Corp. to provide worldwide, datalink weather to aircraft in flight.
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AOPA explains airport protection at FAA conference - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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An audience of more than 400 regulators and airspace users gained insight into AOPA's diverse advocacy and airport protection efforts as part of an FAA-sponsored conference on airspace.
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Clifford to install FJ44s on Citation IIs - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Clifford Development announced on Oct. 6 the completion of a certification program to install Williams International FJ44-3A engines on the Citation II (C550). This is the first certification of new engines for the C550 using FAA certified test pilots.
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Socata's NTx news - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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EADS Socata Chairman and CEO Jean-Michel Leonard said on Oct. 6 that the company's much-anticipated twin-engine airplane would be bigger and faster than the TBM 850, and have two more seats.
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FAA needs to break down hurdles to ADIZ training - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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With the FAA's mandate that all pilots who might fly within a 60-nautical-mile radius of the Washington, D.C., VOR/DME take awareness training for the area's Air Defense Identification Zone, one would think the agency would make it easy to take. Not so.
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Jeppesen raises awareness of RNP - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Jeppesen hopes soon there will be more than two operators and 30 airports offering Required Navigational Performance (RNP) GPS approaches.
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Non-OEM enhanced vision system available - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Until recently if you wanted an enhanced vision system on your business aircraft, it could only be installed by the original equipment manufacturer. Now, Jetcraft Avionics of Evans, Ga., has begun what it claims is the first non-OEM installation of the Elbit Systems of America Kollsman Enhanced Vision System II on a Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet.
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Lear 85 to be Bombardier-built structures - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Airframe primary and secondary structures for the new Learjet 85 will be built at Bombardier's Queretaro, Mexico, plant, according to a David Coleal, vice president and general manager of Bombardier's Learjet division.
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Refurbished First Flight monument wins award - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Pilots don't need much of a reason to visit the aviation Mecca of First Flight at Kill Devil Hill, N.C., but if you do, consider that the famed Kitty Hawk monument on top of the sand dune was recently refurbished, including the addition of dramatic lighting to show off the winged obelisk and its beacon at night.
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Seastar makes a splash at NBAA show - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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An unusual amphibious airplane, asleep for more than 15 years, may be resurrected under plans announced by Dornier Seaplane Company.
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SkyCatcher under design review - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Cessna's prototype SkyCatcher was on one of its final test flights when it entered an unrecoverable spin and crashed on Sept. 18, and the program is in the midst of a design review expected to last about 60 days, Cessna CEO Jack Pelton said Oct. 5 at the NBAA convention in Orlando, Fla.
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Swearingen SJ30 jet on a comeback? - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Emirates Investment and Development Company, called Emivest for short, has purchased 80 percent of what was formerly known as Sino Swearingen Aircraft and has plans for the jet's future.
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Hawker Beechcraft intros the new King Air 350i - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Bearing in mind the Hawker Beechcraft mantra--"It's the cabin, stupid"--the company announced on Oct. 5 a new King Air, the 350i.
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A profitable Epic eyes the international market - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Epic Aircraft is profitable despite the lackluster economy and high-profile failures among other start-up very light jet manufacturers, said Rick Schrameck, chairman and chief executive of the Bend, Ore., company.
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Phenom prices on the rise - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Embraer officials on Oct. 4 announced price hikes for its new Phenom 100 and 300 twinjets.
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Boyer wins prestigious NBAA award - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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AOPA President Phil Boyer credited the 415,000 AOPA members, the association's staff, and his wife Lois for his recognition Oct. 6 at the National Business Aviation Association's annual convention in Orlando, Fla.
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Comp Air Aviation to produce certified airplanes - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Comp Air Aviation, a longtime manufacturer of utility kit airplanes, has received $150 million in financing to produce a pair of certified, single-engine turboprops, founder Ronald Lueck said Oct. 6 at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Orlando, Fla.
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Gulfstream's 'super' jets - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Gulfstream revealed its new G250 super mid-size business jet at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 4. But the company is being coy about persistent rumors concerning its plans for bringing a supersonic business jet to life.
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Peek inside the Cessna CJ4 - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Cessna flew its Cessna CJ4 to Orlando, Fla., for the NBAA convention to show off the production interior for the largest of its single-pilot capable jets.
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Dassault Falcon Jet sees weakening market - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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The market for new business jets in the United States and western Europe is softening, while demand remains strong in Russia and the Middle East, said Charles Edelstenne, chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation.
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New wing design paves way for supersonic business jet - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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A breakthrough in aerodynamics research means that the Aerion supersonic business jet (SSBJ) may be more feasible than once thought.
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Cessna to 'muscle through' credit crisis - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Cessna expects to "muscle through" the current credit crisis with a record $16 billion backlog of firm aircraft orders.
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Tata buys into Piaggio, builds new factory - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Piaggio Aero now has a third co-owner. Tata Limited acquired a one-third stake in Piaggio to join Ferrari and Di Masi as owners of the Italian company.
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Honeywell predicts record business aviation sales in 2009 - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Growing international demand and a long backlog of firm aircraft orders will push business aviation sales to record levels in 2009, Honeywell predicted in its closely watched business aviation outlook report released Oct. 4 at the NBAA convention in Orlando, Fla.
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Hawker 450XP debuts - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Hawker Beechcraft announced Oct. 5 that it would build a follow-on design to the company's Hawker 400XP.
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Diamond D-Jet flies with new engine - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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On Oct. 5, Diamond Aircraft flew its D-Jet for the first time with the airplane's new Williams International FJ33-5A engine. Meanwhile, a D-Jet engineering prototype was on display at the National Business Aviation Association convention.
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Harrison Ford boosts Special Olympics - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Do you have a Cessna Citation? The Cessna Aircraft Company would like for you to join actor Harrison Ford and other Cessna Citation customers to carry Special Olympics athletes to and from the Special Olympics in Lincoln, Neb., in July 2010.
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Adam Aircraft expects FAA certification in 2010 - 12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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AAI Acquisitions Inc., the Russian-backed company that bought the rights to defunct Adam Aircraft this year, said it's on track with A700 flight testing and expects FAA certification of the twin-engine very light jet in the first half of 2010.
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