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It is the best of times for most in the business aviation industry. Despite slow economic indicators in many sectors, business travel is trending up, most aircraft manufacturers and support organizations are doing well and crowded ramps are the norm at most FBOs, not the exception. And the near future looks good, especially if you […]

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Agusta Aerospace Corporation said this month that Seacor Holdings Inc. will be the U.S. offshore oil and gas industry launch customer for its recently announced Agusta Grand light twin turbine helicopter. The Grand was unveiled at the recent Farnborough air show; deliveries are to start in 2005. Seacor is an international provider of marine transportation […]

Rockwell Collins announced this month that its NLX subsidiary received FAA Level D qualification on the company’s Bombardier Challenger 300 Full Flight Simulator. For NLX, which was acquired by Rockwell late last year, the paperwork marks the first commercial aircraft flight simulator for Bombardier. New to the business aviation simulator market, NLX markets a wide […]

While Dassault was celebrating the 20th year of its flagship bizjet line, Gulfstream Aerospace marked the first anniversary its large-cabin G550’s entry into service. Not content to merely push them out the door during the past year, Gulfstream pilots flying the G550 established more than 10 city-pair speed and distance records as well as a […]

When it first opened its doors and began it primary mission, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began to be called “Too Stupid to Ask,” a reference to the then-new agency’s uncanny and repeatable ability to act first and then ask questions of the industry it was trying to regulate. As it became more accustomed to […]

Dassault earlier this month named Eric Monsel vice president of programs as replacement for the retiring Marc Valle, who has been with the company in numerous capacities since 1967. In his new position, Monsel — who most recently served Dassault as deputy vice president of engineering in Merignac, France — will coordinate all new Falcon […]

Almost at the same time as it celebrated the 900’s 20th anniversary, Dassault opened a new Flight Operations Center at the Teterboro (N.J.) Airport. According to the company, the new facility will be home to a 23-person flight operations department and the Falcon demonstration fleet. It will also house three local field service representatives. The […]

French airframer Dassault this month reminded the industry that a Friday some 20 years ago — Sept. 21, 1984, to be exact — saw the first flight of its venerable Falcon 900 trijet. That initial flight, from Merignac, France, has since spawned more than 330 copies and five different versions of the trans-Atlantic bizjet, including […]

It’s that time of year again. If you’re in or near Las Vegas in mid-October — the 12th through the 14th, to be exact — it will be hard to ignore the coming invasion of business aviation’s faithful for the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) 57th Annual Meeting and Convention. Just about everywhere you look […]