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Steve Brown, a longtime aviation-industry veteran and current head of the FAA’s air traffic control planning apparatus, will be leaving the agency and joining the National Business Aviation Association as its new senior vice president of operations, the association announced yesterday. Brown will replace Bob Blouin, who resigned his position with the NBAA on Aug. […]

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It’s baaaaack. “It” is something dubbed “Robolander,” variously described as a device or a software package ultimately designed to allow ATC to take control of an aircraft and land it in the event of, ummm, “trouble.” Systems like it were widely proposed in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, although it […]

Cessna Aircraft Company this week announced the promotion of two long-term employees to its customer services operation as vice presidents. Jack Stiffler has been named vice president of Citation parts distribution and Peter Wilkinson has been named vice president of Cessna parts distribution. Both Stiffler and Wilkinson will report directly to Ron Chapman, senior vice […]

Raytheon this week announced that two of its Raytheon Aircraft Services (RAS) locations were designated as authorized Hawker Service Center facilities. By adding the two facilities — RAS San Antonio and RAS Indianapolis — to its list of authorized Hawker service centers, Raytheon has upgraded nine of the 10 U.S.-based RAS facilities to authorized Hawker […]

Speaking of politics, that’s what appears to stand in the way of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s (D) getting a new King Air. And the details won’t surprise the average corporate aviation manager who has to deal with his own internal bureaucracy. After soliciting as many as six bids, Richardson’s administration is in the throes […]

It looks kind of like the results of an immoral mating between a Hawker and a Starship, but it didn’t come from Beech/Raytheon. Further, it’s apparently not the result of any U.S. aerospace jobs being exported to India. Instead, the latest project to come out of that country’s fledgling aircraft manufacturing industry — dubbed “Saras,” […]

Raytheon and D&D Aviation Services of Marietta, Ga., announced this month a service allowing business aircraft owners to obtain operational DRVSM (Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums) approval for Beechcraft and Hawker aircraft. The service revolves around D&D’s Domestic RVSM Procedures and International Operations manuals and joint development of an application data package for submission to […]

Gulfstream Aerospace earlier this month was awarded a Type Certificate by the FAA for its new large-cabin, long-range Gulfstream G450 bizjet. Receipt of the paperwork for the latest in the company’s stable of sought-after jets — introduced less than a year ago — means Gulfstream is on schedule to begin customer deliveries in the second […]

For the association’s part, Blouin’s departure seems to be on good terms. “Bob has made enormous contributions to NBAA and the business aviation community in his seven years with the Association,” said Don Baldwin, NBAA board of directors chairman and interim president and CEO. “We are sorry to see Bob leave, but we wish him […]