New Addition Joins Spruce Goose

The Beech Starship has joined the world’s most famous flying boat and the world's fastest aircraft at McMinnville (OR). The three aircraft are among those housed in the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, thanks to a recent donation from Raytheon Aircraft Company. The Starship joins Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose, an SR-71 Blackbird and more than 50 historic airplanes and helicopters at the 2 1/2 year-old museum.  The all-composite Starship – the first composite aircraft certified by the FAA -- paved the way for Raytheon Aircraft’s new business jets, the Beechcraft Premier I and Hawker Horizon.

NBAA GA Desk Subscriber Sets Milestone

Bombardier Flexjet, a subscriber to the NBAA's General Aviation Desk at the FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center since August 2001, marked a new milestone for business aviation operators in becoming the first non-scheduled operator to successfully transmit flight intent data to the FAA's host ATC system. Scheduled airlines have had the capability since 1996 to electronically communicate flight intent messages to FAA ATC, including daily flight schedules, changes, updates, cancellations and other pertinent company information that may affect their operations in the National Airspace System. Until now, non-scheduled operators have not had the ability to participate in this electronic data sharing.

Named GM At Signature Flight Support Palm Springs

Jeffrey Magnus has been named general manager at Signature Flight Support's Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) facility. In addition to operating as an independent aircraft sales and distribution director, Magnus was previously the largest shareholder and president of Magnus Aviation, a Wisconsin-based concern that owned and operated two full-service fixed base operations. The shareholders of Magnus Aviation Inc. sold the company in 2002.