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Raytheon Aircraft Services (RAS) announced last week introduction of its Secure Start 1000 product, an anti-terrorist security device presently certified on most King Air, Diamond, Beechjet and Cessna Caravan models. The system consists of installing a double-access code keyboard to be used before starting an aircraft. According to Raytheon, the patent-pending design does not compromise […]

No, not that mayor. Instead, Arlington Heights (Ill.) Mayor Arlene J. Mulder, chairperson of the OHare Noise Compatibility Commission, was named recipient of the 2005 Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award, co-sponsored by the American Associate of Airport Executives (AAAE), the Airports Consultants Council (ACC) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The award […]

If you think you’re seeing a lot more Avfuel signs at the FBOs you frequent, you’re right. Avfuel Corporation announced this month that 53 dealers joined its network in 2004. Among new dealers the company has added are L.J. Aviation, Latrobe, Penn. (LBE); Lehigh Northampton Airport, Allentown, Penn. (ABE); Flower Aviation, Garden City, Kan. (GCK); […]

Honeywell earlier this month named Robert J. Gillette president and CEO of its $9.8 billion aerospace business. Gillette succeeds Robert D. Johnson, who plans to retire in January 2006, and who will remain with the company for a year as a non-executive chairman of aerospace. Gillette has been with Honeywell since 1996 and was named […]

Bombardier Inc., parent company of Bombardier Aerospace, last week announced reorganizing its corporate office and decentralizing certain responsibilities among its subsidiaries. The reorganization follows the previously announced creation of the Office of the President that regroups strategic and executive management responsibilities around the chairman and chief executive officer and the presidents of the corporations two […]

Meanwhile, another turboprop maker marked a milestone: In just 10 years of production, Pilatus Aircraft has racked up the 500th delivery of its popular single-engine business turboprop. According to Pilatus, the PC-12 has been the top-selling turbine-powered aircraft in general aviation for the past three years in a row, and orders for 2005 continue at […]

Forty-one years after rolling out the first example, Raytheon Aircraft Company announced this week it had delivered its 6000th Beechcraft King Air, a B200. The company last year celebrated the type’s 40th anniversary with a special-edition King Air 350, which made its debut EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh then toured the U.S. until it was delivered […]

Earlier in January, on the 16th and half a world away in Toronto, Bombardier took its new-generation Global Express XRS business jet for its initial spin — what the company called a “rigorous” four-hour, four-minute flight. The jet departed Bombardiers Downsview, Ontario, facility and, before landing, reached a maximum altitude of 47,000 feet and a […]

Gulfstream Aerospace on Jan. 18 rolled out the first copy of its G150 business jet from the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) manufacturing facility in Tel Aviv, Israel. Attending the ceremony were certifying authorities, supplier representatives and members of the G150’s development team. First announced in September 2002, the G150 remains on schedule for customer deliveries […]

You might not have noticed, especially if your flight operations don’t take you that high, but last week the FAA quietly implemented its long-planned reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) in domestic U.S. airspace. By all accounts, neither operators nor the agency encountered major problems, in part because both sides have literally had years to prepare. […]