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An amendment introduced by Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and John Sununu, R-N.H., to strike user fees from S.1300, the Senate FAA reauthorization bill, was narrowly struck down by a roll-call vote of 12-11 on Wednesday during an executive session of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. As such, the four-year FAA reauthorization legislation — sponsored […]

A Cessna 172 and a Beechcraft Bonanza were flying in opposite directions last Friday afternoon, according to witnesses, when their wings clipped and both airplanes fell to the ground. All three men aboard the two aircraft were killed. Several people called 911 after they saw the collision and ran to the wreckage, but they were […]

If your projects aren’t meeting their targets, here’s one solution — move the target so it’s closer to where you are. That’s what the FAA has been doing, according to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., who sits on the Senate appropriations subcommittee on transportation. At a hearing last week, the senator said FAA Administrator Marion Blakey’s […]

The control tower at New Orleans Lakefront Airport was closed down byHurricane Katrina in 2005, and is still not back in operation. OnMonday, the National Business Aviation Association, AOPA, and theNational Air Traffic Controllers Association joined together to blastthe FAA for “dragging its feet,” and called for progress. The toweris “essential to safety and the […]

LSA Models Up To 50If anyone thought two years ago that light sport aircraft wouldn’t catch on among manufacturers, theyve been proven wrong this week as the number of certified LSA models now totals 50. Of those, 42 are fixed-wing airplanes, five are weight-shift trikes, and three are powered parachutes, according to Dan Johnson’s sport-pilot […]

Cessna has announced a new three-tiered ProTech program for its Citation Mustang that would allow customers to pay a monthly fee to cover labor for all regular maintenance. The cost of the program will be based on an annual average amount with any additional labor costs absorbed by the program, not the customer. The three […]

The news blackout from Pogo Jet doesn’t portend its demise; instead it was merely intentional. According to Pogo Executive Vice President of Operations Mike Stuart, the company has been laying low while working hard behind the scenes to make its flat-rate (per hour) charter service a reality. “We’re waiting to get in when the [very […]

Dermot Desmond, a billionaire financier, has taken an interest in aviation with his purchase of over 50 percent of Zurich-based ExecuJet Aviation. Desmond will also become chairman of the company. Industry indications that the bizjet sector is on the boom are reflected in two-year waiting lists managed by some organizations for those interested in purchase […]

Embraer’s first quarter 2007 results include net income of $26.2 million following net sales of $843.4 million, citing difficulties in the supply chain of the company’s 170/190 family for a year-over-year drop in deliveries from 27 to 25. Costs for the company increased due in part to longer production lead time and labor costs related […]

New Orleans Lakefront Airport, from which NBAA decided to move its 2008 convention, has been lacking an operating control tower (with one 10-day exception surrounding the Sugar Bowl) since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. That, despite the FAA’s announced commitment to Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., that a mobile control tower would be put in place, […]