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Eclipse Aviation yesterday announced that John Ricciardelli is joining its senior management team as vice president, Customer Experience and Support Services, replacing Ken McNamara. According to the company, Ricciardelli joins Eclipse Aviation following 23 years of customer support and program management experience at Honeywell and Bell Helicopter-Textron. His new duties include responsibility for enhancing the […]

Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT), a joint operation of the Emirates Group and CAE, last week said they had received international accreditation for its Gulfstream 450/550 business jet training programs, achieving Level D status for its full-flight simulator. The organization’s Gulfstream G550 sim met requirements established by the European Joint Airworthiness Authority (JAA) and the FAA, […]

Gulfstream last week announced the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a type certificate for the companys newest business jet, the G150. With this certification, the wide-cabin, high-speed aircraft is now eligible for registration in the European Union member nations. Introduced in 2002, the G150 can accommodate six to eight passengers comfortably. It completed its […]

Bombardier this week marked the entry into service of its midsize Learjet 60 XR business jet with an employee delivery ceremony at the Learjet manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kan. Cloud Nine Aviation, of Los Angeles, Calif., operates the newest addition to Bombardier’s stable. The 60 XR features a Collins Pro Line 21 avionics suite with […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) last week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh announced airplane shipments and billings among its member companies for the first half of 2007 and the numbers for business aircraft again look good. According to GAMA, shipments of general aviation airplanes totaled 1,883 units in the first half of 2007, a 1.7 […]

The available time for Congress to complete its consideration of legislation reauthorizing the FAA and its programs is starting to grow short. With its planned recess only days away and a Sept. 30 deadline looming, several issues with the House and Senate versions of FAA reauthorization remain unresolved, not least of which is the matter […]

Not all the aviation news over the past few days took place in Wisconsin: Last week, Embraer’s entry into the very light jet (VLJ) sweepstakes took to the air for the first time from the company’s facility in So Jos dos Campos, Brazil. The test flight, crewed by Capt. Antonio Bragana Silva and Capt. Eduardo […]

how was held in a small Wisconsin town last week. Yes, EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2007 concluded only last Sunday and, if you didn’t make it, you’ll have to try again next year. In addition to the light sport aircraft, ultralights, warbirds, homebuilts, and store-bought piston singles and twins, you also missed a substantial presence among […]

It’s one of those things that’s been intuitively accepted — glass cockpit technology improves situational awareness, thereby enhancing safety. Now a study published this week by the AOPA Air Safety Foundation (ASF) confirms that technologically advanced aircraft (TAA) are involved in fewer accidents when compared with the overall general aviation fleet. The analysis shows that […]

Sino Swearingen Aircraft on Friday laid off 77 employees from the company’s Martinsburg, W.Va. and San Antonio plants this week, according to the San Antonio Express-News. Sino Swearingen Vice President of Marketing and Sales Mark Fairchild termed the move as a restructuring. After faltering to bring its SJ30 production line up to speed in the […]