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Since the April 18 Olcott letter, things have been much quieter on the NBAA front. Although the past few weeks events have clearly put a strain on things, no new eruptions have been noticed, either at the NBAA or from among its recent departures. One can almost hear the sigh of relief — kind of […]

While that was apparently all Warren had to add — at least until we check e-mail again — the NBAA had yet to formally respond. That changed on April 16, when association Chairman Don Baldwin wrote a letter to the membership. It changed again two days later when former NBAA President Jack Olcott wrote his […]

It’s been anything but a dull month at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). As AVweb reported in the last edition of Business AVflash , President and CEO Shelley Longmuir departed her position on April 1 after only nine months on the job. The association’s press release about Longmuir was accompanied by news that two […]

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The second item has to do with the agency’s draft plan to once again allow non-scheduled aircraft access at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). As AVweb reported last monthreported last month, David M. Stone, the TSA’s acting administrator, told Congress that his agency “is devising a security plan that will allow general aviation and […]

This issue’s TSA Watch feature includes not one, but two items of interest for readers. The first item is to update readers about something on which AVweb’s Business AVflash has reported before: the FAA’s failure to comply with the law. As AVweb reported on March 17, the FAA still hasn’t submitted a required report to […]

Cessna Aircraft Company last week announced delivery of the 200th Citation CJ2. The Citation CJ2 was introduced at the 1998 NBAA convention, and first deliveries occurred in November 2000. The 100th CJ2 was delivered in August 2002; to date, the CJ2 fleet has flown over 80,000 flight hours. Unijet, a leading European charter operation based […]

How much is an FBO chain worth? Well, Allied Capital Corporation’s recent deal to purchase Mercury Air Centers Inc., the FBO chain serving 19 airports around the U.S., rang the cash register at $81 million, according to a press release from Allied Capital. The sale closed on April 12 after its original announcement on Oct. […]

Eclipse Aviation Corporation announced earlier this month long-term contracts with two firms that will manufacture major components of the company’s forthcoming Eclipse 500 microjet. According to Eclipse, Ducommun AeroStructures in California will manufacture all of the fuselage and cockpit skin panels for the airplane while Empresa Nacional de Aeronutica (ENAER) in Chile will be responsible […]

Cessna Aircraft Company announced earlier this month two upgrades to the forthcoming Citation CJ3 model: an improved standard-equipment package and increased payload. According to the company, all Citation CJ3s will now come equipped with a standard FMS performance database making takeoff and landing performance data more readily accessible, while V-speeds will be calculated and posted […]