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All News

November 10, 2005

Cessna Wants Citations!

500s, Encores, XLSs All Needed For CSOA

Cessna Chairman, President and CEO Jack Pelton put the call out Wednesday for Citation business jet owners to help with a worthwhile cause -- flying athletes to and from the upcoming 2006 Special Olympics USA National Games in Ames, IA. And he has some pretty impressive friends to help him out.

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Pentastar Aviation Becomes 33rd Member Of Million Air Chain

Roger Woolsey, chief executive officer of Million Air Interlink has announced that Pentastar Aviation has become the newest member of the Million Air family. The addition increases Million Air's network of fixed-base operation (FBO) facilities to 33 members.

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Aerion SBJ Will Have Fly-By-Wire Controls

The Aerion supersonic business jet will have a state-of-the-art fly-by-wire control system, reducing aircraft weight, improving performance, enhancing safety, increasing reliability and augmenting stability across a transonic speed range.

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FAA Practices What It Preaches: WAAS/LPV

Precision Approach Capability Without Ground Installations

The Federal Aviation Agency has been preaching the gospel of GPS-based navigation for years, and the Holy Grail of satellite navigation has been a precision approach capability without an extensive investment in airport-specific on-ground equipment.

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AD: APU

AD NUMBER: 2005-23-11 MANUFACTURER: APU SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-23-11 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Hamilton Sundstrand Power Systems (formerly Sundstrand Power Systems) auxiliary power units (APUs) models T-62T-46C2, T-2T-46C2A, T-62T-46C3, T-62T-46C7, and T-62T-46C7A, with compressor impeller assembly, part number (P/N) 4502020 or 4502020A, installed.

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AD: General Electric

AD NUMBER: 2005-23-09 MANUFACTURER: General Electric SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-23-09 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CF6-80E1A1, -80E1A2, -80E1A3, -80E1A4, and -80E1A4/B turbofan engines.

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NBAA 2005 - Day One of 58th Annual Convention

User-Fee Assault Renewal Threatens GA, Again -- Unity Among Air Carriers Poses Different Threat Than Last Time

"That was then…this is now," warned NBAA Ed Bolen during the press breakfast that annually kicks off opening day of the National Business Aviation Association Convention.

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'Phenom'-enal Response To New Embraer Jets

Yeah, We Were Duped -- Sort Of

At a standing-room-only, model-studded press event held this morning in the exhibitor hall at NBAA 2005, Embraer literally took the wraps off their two upcoming light jet aircraft.

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Bombardier Launches Two New Follow-On Models

If nothing's broke, the saying goes, don't fix it. But if a better way comes along, well, that's a different colloquialism. Fifteen years after the introduction of Learjet's flagship, the 60, Bombardier updated its mid-size jet into a model that raises the bar yet again on performance while lowering further the costs of operations.

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M7 Aerospace Launches Merlin Conversion Program At NBAA2005

And The First One Is Already Done

The Fairchild Merlin was a workhorse of a turboprop in its day, fulfilling roles from executive aircraft to light cargo transport. The Fairchild Metro regional airliner once dominated the market for 19-passenger short-haul airliners.

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Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308C to Power New Dassault Falcon 2000DX BizJet

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC), has announced that twin PW308C engines will power Dassault Aviation's newest addition to the Falcon line of business jets, the Falcon 2000DX.

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CAE SimuFlite Falcon 7X Training Program On Track

CAE is making strides in the development of its training program for Dassault’s Falcon 7X business aircraft, having achieved key milestones in the manufacturing of the simulators, the development of the training program, the appointment of key staff members, and the construction of a new business aviation training center in Morristown, New Jersey.

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