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At long last, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has acted to clarify the way in which it applies the so-called “Twelve-Five” standard security program for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more to aircraft weighing exactly 12,500 pounds: It won’t. Since enactment of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) in late 2001, non-scheduled commercial operators […]

Even though Cessna and Raytheon are celebrating, all is not well in bizav land. Miami, Fla.-based Safire Aircraft Company announced on June 10 that it had “temporarily suspended most operations while it secures additional funding.” In a prepared statement, the company said it is “actively pursuing a very promising financing opportunity” but that, although it […]

But a cloud of sorts looms over Raytheon’s horizon in the form of a series of runway overruns involving the Premier I. In the most recent U.S. occurrence, on May 27, a Premier I operated under FAR Part 91 ran off Runway 7 at the North Las Vegas (Nev.) Airport after a wind shift was […]

At almost the same time Cessna was celebrating its latest Citation certification, Raytheon Aircraft popped the party favors over the 100th delivery of its top-of-the-line Premier I bizjet, to FDRS Air Inc. of Norfolk, Va. Although the delivery occurred in April, the company didn’t get around to formally announcing it until late May, in conjunction […]

The Cessna Citation certification machine continues to run more or less on schedule: Cessna Aircraft on June 2 celebrated FAA type certification of its newest model, the model 680 Citation Sovereign. The mid-size business jet is the latest to join Cessna’s Citation stable and includes many technical and operational innovations, according to the company. Additionally, […]

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For weeks, AVweb told you about the Transportation Security Administration’s forthcoming Security Guidelines For General Aviation Airports. They’ve been released; what’s it mean for you? Right now, not much, at least at the federal level. The TSA’s “Information Publication,” or IP, is analogous to an FAA Advisory Circular and is non-regulatory in nature. However, whether […]

Bombardier Aerospace this week announced its Bombardier Transatlantic Express, which it bills as the world’s first fixed-price business jet charter service between Western Europe and North America. The new service — to be flown with Bombardier’s Global Express business jet — offers return trips between any city in Western Europe and the U.S. Eastern coast […]

Kansas, and specifically Wichita, are well-known for manufacturing a huge number of general and business aviation aircraft over the years. Once they’ve flown the coop, so to speak, they don’t often come back for routine maintenance or modifications, however, unless there’s no other facility that can do the work. That might change in the near […]

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation announced this week that the FAA will allow its two newest aircraft — the long-range G450 and mid-range G350 — to share the same pilot type rating with the company’s ultra-long-range models, the G550 and G500. Since the G550 and GV already share the same type rating, the GV pilot rating will […]