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Operators that post alerts through brokers or any other method regarding empty-leg flights may find their operations deemed as “scheduled” by the FAA, according to NATA’s interpretation of words spoken by Joe Conte, manager of the operations law branch within the FAA Chief Counsels office. Conte spoke at NATA’s Air Charter Summit and warned that […]

Central Maryland’s Tipton Airport resides within the Washington, D.C. ADIZ, but the former military field nevertheless hopes to seduce coporate jet business through a proposal that would expand its 3,000-foot runway, add terminal space and improve ground transportation options. The airport hopes to serve the Fort Meade and Odenton area’s expected economic expansion that could […]

A Eurocopter AS3450BA that autorotated onto a canopy of trees in Maui lost power due to failure of a turbine blade, according to probable cause and factual reports released by the NTSB. All five aboard escaped serious injury, except the pilot, who broke his ankle. The NTSB reported that its investigation revealed “that the second […]

The FAA’s Civil Aerospace Medical Institute has tested safety for occupants seated in side-facing seats using AmSafe inflatable shoulder restraints with relatively positive results. Using a new test dummy, conclusions found significant reductions in the degree of injury inflicted on “occupants” and might support FAA efforts to create new regulations for side-facing seats. Translation: the […]

Liquid Jets is offering a “bid and offer exchange” format for a wide range of fractional shares and jet cards that allows buyers and sellers a liquid market. For jet shareowners looking to sell their fractional shares, the program offers a marketplace alternative to simply turning the shares back to their management company for whatever […]

Conklin & de Decker is calling its latest rendition of the Aircraft Performance Comparator (version 2.5.0) “the most comprehensive and easy to use aircraft performance comparison tool available.” What that means to users, is a software program that now allows them to compare side-by-side or overlay and compare aircraft interiors and exteriors of 268 aircraft, […]

Critics of the planned per-seat air taxi operators have long complained that if the concept was viable then why not use existing business jets instead of an unproven very light jet for the service. Alfred Rapetti, a former investor in fractional provider Avantair, has listened and is taking on that challenge. Last Thursday he formally […]

Epic has now announced that a copy of its (currently experimental) Victory jet is destined for certification sporting a Garmin G1000 panel. Epic CEO Rick Schrameck on Sunday evening told AVweb that his company’s freshly minted all carbon-composite four-plus-one seat Williams FJ33-4A-powered single-engine Victory jet had logged more than seven hours since its first flight […]

Kent Couch, owner of the Stop and Go Mini-Mart in Bend, Ore., on Saturday strapped himself into lawn chair with 105 balloons, four-foot-round multi-colored balloons, hoping to fly all the way to Idaho. His onboard equipment included an altimeter, handheld GPS, two-way radio, camcorder and cellphone. Couch’s flying lawn chair also sported four gallon-size plastic […]

Cessna Aircraft on Tuesday greenlighted its light sport aircraft (LSA) program and said it plans to unveil a full-scale mock-up and program details at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., later this month. (Watch AVweb’s Cessna LSA video from Sun ‘n Fun.) The move to commit to the project comes just shy of a year after […]