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Even though Eclipse Aviation hasn’t completed building all of its certification and production prototypes, it has gone so far as to detail the interior designs and optional furnishings for the forthcoming Eclipse 500. According to a company press release, its recent decisions “reflect the company’s unmatched ability to deliver personal aircraft to suit owners’ needs […]

Meanwhile, Cessna has begun building the Citation Mustang prototypes tooling and parts. According to the company, more than 3,600 parts have been produced for the prototype and ground test articles. Cessna anticipates the first Citation Mustang prototype to be completed next year, with the first flight in the second quarter of 2005. “The Citation Mustang […]

Even though Cessna’s Citation CJ3 is not yet FAA-certified, the manufacturer says it will be the first aircraft in its class to integrate electronic charts with its flight management system (FMS) performance database. According to Cessna, the CJ3’s Collins Pro Line 21 system will display the airplanes position on approach and airport diagrams while also […]

Hidden amid last week’s Tom Ridge announcement that financial centers in New York, Washington and Newark might be attacked was “intelligence” that helicopter tour operators in Manhattan had been surveilled by al-Qaida as a possible alternative to fixed-wing aircraft for terrorist attacks. This news generated a flurry of security clampdowns at heliports throughout the New […]

Honeywell’s runway awareness and advisory system (RAAS) will soon be popping up in more and more corporate and charter cockpits. The system is a software-based solution to runway incursions developed as an add-on for the companys enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS), currently deployed on over 20,000 aircraft. According to Honeywell, the RAAS function can […]

Some loose ends remain to be tied up, however. One of the first is what will happen at GAMA. Ron Swanda, a well-respected 20-plus-year veteran at the association currently serving as its senior vice president of operations, “will manage the association’s day-to-day affairs until the Board of Directors names a new President and CEO,” according […]

As AVweb reported Monday, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) last week named current General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) President Ed Bolen as its new leader, effective Sept. 7. Bolen’s appointment as NBAA’s next president comes after the tumultuous departure of the association’s previous leader, Shelley Longmuir, and a lengthy search, described by the organization […]

…the next issue of AVweb‘s BizAVflash will be e-mailed to you on Aug. 11. AVweb is changing our production schedule during July to avoid potential conflicts with the 2004 edition of EAA’s AirVenture. As of Aug. 11, we’ll be back to our regular schedule. See you at Oshkosh!

As the nation’s political season approaches with a fury, so do new, larger and more prevalent temporary flight restrictions (TFRs). As President Bush and presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry hit the road, TFRs will follow them everywhere they go — kind of like a homing beacon. And now, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots […]

There is little new or definitive in the ongoing saga of Safire Aircraft Company’s struggle to find new financing to bring its planned light-light Safire Jet to market. As AVweb reported, the company suspended operation on June 10 and set off to find new financing opportunities. However, some good news for the company may be […]