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Cutter Aviation Phoenix late last month said it named 22-year industry veteran Roger McKay as its new regional sales manager of aircraft services. McKay began his aviation career in airport operations with America West Airlines in 1984. He was promoted shortly thereafter to the position of Western U.S. Sales Manager. Throughout his 19-year tenure with […]

Adam Aircraft last week said it appointed Chris Naro as its new chief financial officer with responsibilities for all finance and accounting functions within the company. In his new role, Naro will focus on raising capital and financial planning, as well as ramping up production of the A500 piston twin and A700 AdamJet. Naro also […]

Pilatus Aircraft last week said it made a number of changes to its senior management during a scheduled meeting on June 27, 2006. Oscar J. Schwenk, formerly president and CEO, was elected as the new chairman of the board of directors. He takes over from Peter Kpfer, who is stepping down after eight years. Schwenk […]

Sierra Industries late last month said an airframe incorporating its newest set of modifications to the venerable Cessna Citation 501 models made its first flight on June 14. The new modification, dubbed the “Stallion” by Sierra, features uprated Williams FJ44-2A engines offering greater speed and higher climb rates, among other benefits. The Stallion offering fits […]

Cessna last week said it delivered the 500th Citation Model 560, or Citation XL/XLS, noting that more Citation XL and XLS aircraft have been delivered than any other corporate business jet in the world since deliveries began in 1998. The 500th example went to European Flight Service AB, the largest jet charter operation in Sweden. […]

Eclipse Aviation last week confirmed the industry’s worst-kept secret — it wasn’t going to achieve FAA certification of its very light jet (VLJ) by its self-imposed target of June 30. In a June 25 statement, the company formally announced the delay and, as predicted, said “continued supplier delays have pushed the schedule back.” The company […]

Australian ATC provider Airservices Australia last week said it has canceled plans to purchase a large quantity of ADS-B-compliant avionics it had planned for use in that country’s lower-level airspace. The plans involved buying and paying installation costs for some 1,500 aircraft. However, saying that use of ADS-B below FL300 is “a significantly more complex […]

As evidence, AVweb offers Exhibit A: a lengthy article from the Orlando (Fla.) Business Journal slugged with the catchy phrase, “Central Florida seeing a rise in aircraft, pilots, runways — and accidents.” That article focused mainly on the lighter end of GA, and especially the high and growing level of flight training being conducted in […]

Just about each week these days, anyone perusing the general media can come upon yet another news item reporting the recent growth of non-scheduled aviation operations. Generally, those media reports portray that growth as some modern miracle of science and technology. News coverage goes on to attribute the post-9/11 airline security hassles well-heeled travelers must […]

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