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NTSB investigators are en route to Mexico to help find the cause of the fatal crash of a U.S.-registered Learjet 25. All seven on board were killed when the jet went down in mountainous terrain early on Sunday, including popular Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera, several of her staff members, and the flight crew. The jet […]

Float and amphib aircraft operators throughout the U.S. are rallying to fight a proposal by the state of New Mexico to ban aircraft from the state’s lakes. The proposal is a single line item tucked in a long list of proposed changes (top of page 6 in this PDF) to the New Mexico Administrative Code. […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Alexander Aero at Belen Alexander Municipal Airport (KE80) in Belen, New Mexico. AVweb reader Dennis Schwandt visited recently and gave very high marks to the “very helpful people there” and told us he “look[s] forward to visiting them again.” […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s latest “FBO of the Week” is Chandler Aviation at Cavern City Air Terminal (KCNM) in Carlsbad, New Mexico. AVweb reader Jack Feiden told us how Chandler measured up against other FBOs he and his wife have visited in the past: My wife and I stopped in […]

Bombardier has announced that major components of its flagship Global 7000 and 8000 business jets will be built in its Queretaro, Mexico plant. The company said Tuesday that the rear fuselages of the large long-range jets will be built in Queretaro. The decision was expected since the aft fuselages of Global 5000 and 6000 models […]

A key plank in the election platform of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez will likely be nailed down in a couple weeks as the state gets rid of the Citation Bravo that was operated by the governor’s office. The plane became a focal point of Martinez’s campaign and she called it an “ultimate symbol of […]

Kelly McHugh was flying a Piper Jetprop P46T at 26,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico on December 4, 2010, when the engine started to lose power. He was more than an hour from shore with three other men aboard, and, one way or another, they were all about to get wet. AVweb‘s Glenn Pew […]

The number of Mexican aerospace companies has tripled to more than 300 in the last six years and it’s not stopping there. The Mexican business magazine Mexico Now is sponsoring a daylong aerospace industry conference — in Philadelphia — June 24 and it’s clearly aimed at OEMs who might be thinking of moving some of […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Our latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Bode Aero at Double Eagle II Airport (KAEG) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. AVweb reader Eve Cascella told us that, “in a nutshell, my experience with Bode Aviation left me feeling very well taken care of and encouraged to […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to the FBO at Mexico Memorial Airport in Mexico, Missouri (KMYJ). AVweb reader Jim Smith told us how the staff at KMYJ don’t take trouble lying down: I stopped at the Mexico Missouri FBO to visit Zenith aircraft next door. […]