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The plans that government contractor Lockheed Martin had in place for this spring to consolidate Flight Service Stations and implement new software were doomed to fail. That’s the gist of the results from a study by the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General that was released last week. The study was conducted from May […]

Does the FAA have an adequate plan in place for training the 15,000 new air traffic controllers it plans to hire over the next 10 years? That’s what the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is wondering, and it plans to commence a study of the issue next month. Top among its concerns […]

Aviation weather and safety consultant/author and retired TWA captain Robert N. Buck, 93, recently passed away in Berlin, Vt. He started flying at age 15 and set a New York to Los Angeles speed record before reaching his 16th birthday. By his 20th birthday, he broke an altitude record for light airplanes and became the […]

Not all the news this week was datelined Geneva: The Savannah Air Center yesterday said it broke ground for a new hangar facility designed to increase the companys capacity to accommodate large business aircraft. The under-construction 101,500-square-foot state-of-the-art structure will hold up to six large-cabin aircraft such as the Global Express and Gulfstream V and […]

Jet Aviation this week said it named Peter G. Edwards as its Group CEO, effective May 20. Edwards, who succeeds interim CEO Carl W. Hirschmann, will be based at Jet Aviation’s global headquarters in Zurich. Additionally, the company named Jim Ziegler as COO North America, effective June 1. As Group CEO, Edwards will be responsible […]

Also at EBACE this week, Jeppesen announced a new pricing option for its International Trip Planning Services it says is “straightforward and easy to understand” — implying its current options aren’t. The company divided the globe into eight predefined regions and established fixed sector fees for each trip segment between or within these regions. Included […]

Cessna announced Monday at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibit (EBACE) that the company’s Mustang very light jet has won European Aviation Safety Agency certification, as well as steep approach approval. The EASA nod makes the Mustang “the first new-generation entry-level business jet to be certified in Europe,” according to the Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer. […]

This week at EBACE in Geneva — are you starting to sense a theme here? — Hawker Beechcraft and NetJets Europe said they reached an agreement involving 32 new Hawker 4000 “super midsize” jets for NetJets Europe-based global fractional fleet. The Hawker 4000 will be NetJets Europes entry-level stand-up cabin aircraft with a flight attendant […]

Hawker Beechcraft this week also chose the EBACE event in Geneva to introduce its new Beechcraft King Air B200GT, an evolution of the popular Beechcraft King Air 200 turboprop. Using two new, recently certified Pratt and Whitney PT6A-52 engines designed specifically for the B200GT, the upgraded King Air features a 305-knot max cruise speed — […]

On Tuesday at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, CAE and Embraer announced the new flight training simulator base for the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 very light jets. The training programs will be offered at Burgess Hill, near Londons Gatwick airport, and will start in early 2009 when the […]