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American pilots who brought the Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s latest VVIP jet, a “10-seat Learjet,” are now training their Pakistani brethren to fly the aircraft so that it can be put into service alongside the 13 other aircraft already serving the Pakistani president. Training the pilots for the $60 million jet is expected to last […]

The new 2008 State Tax Guide for General Aviation will be released by Conklin & de Decker in January of 2008, offering guidance for ownership, sales, leases, fees imposed in all fifty states and more. The guide itself isn’t a new product, but the 2008 version will be available for download via the internet and […]

Diamond Aircraft is building the foundation for worldwide marketing and sales of its five-place single-engine D-Jet, Diamond’s personal light jet, with the appointment of Mark Lee. Lee will serve as director of marketing and sales, to be located at the company’s London, Ontario, facility. Lee previously worked in the software and telecom industries and comes […]

New IRS Tax Regulations for personal use of business aircraft may complicate a company’s tax implications, especially when it comes to “entertainment use” of a business-owned aircraft, according to

The first charter certificate for Cessna’s Citation Mustang has been issued to L.J. Aviation of Latrobe, Pa.. L.J. offers both domestic and international charter services, currently available through a 28-aircraft fleet of which 11 are Citations. The Mustang will serve to expand L.J.’s offerings, extending charter possibilities to a lower price point in the market. […]

Introduced in May, the latest evolution of the Beechcraft King Air 200 series is now certified by the FAA as the Pratt and Whitney PT6A-52-powered, 305-knot cruise, $5.27 million King Air B200GT. The new engine platform mates the turbine section of the 1,050-shp capable PT6A-60A (found on the King Air 350) to a PT6A-42 gearbox […]

Flight Options LLC was purchased on Nov. 30 by private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, and it placed on that day a firm order worth close to $1 billion for 100 Embraer Phenom 300 jets plus options for 50 more. The company currently operates 140 aircraft including the Hawker 400XP, Hawker 850XP, Citation X and Embraer […]

The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, the union representing NASA employees who oversaw a controversial pilot safety study, says it was done properly and the data is valid, contrary to NASA Administrator Michael Griffins statements to Congress a month ago, according to an Associated Press story. Griffin appeared before a House oversight committee […]

Yes, you read that right. As international organizations sound the alarm over a worldwide pilot shortage, as regional airlines in the U.S. and Australia cut routes because they lack cockpit crews and as airlines the world over shamelessly poach pilots from competitors, young pilots in India say theres just too many of them. “Things are […]

Singapore air force officials were red-faced last week after a ground test by the elite Black Knights air demonstration team left a lasting impression on its neighbors. According to air force officials quoted by the Straits Times, the Black Knights were trying out a new dye intended to create a red smoke trail from their […]