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Theyre perhaps not the traditional business aircraft operation but, these days, anyone who hangs out around aircraft is suspect. “They” are crop-dusters — er, aerial applicators, or agricultural operators — and, according to an article in The Wichita Eagle, have been subject to new scrutiny by the FBI in recent months. The newspaper reports that […]

Its not the first of its type to enter service, but its the first to go to a private operator. “It” is a new Bombardier Challenger 300 bizjet, delivered to Dean Phillips Inc. on April 15, and is the fifth Challenger 300 to enter into service to date. The first four examples have been operating […]

Meanwhile, the rest of the industry went about its business. Bombardier hooked up with CAMP Systems in a move designed to allow CAMP to assume responsibility for providing maintenance-tracking services for Bombardier business jets. CAMP will provide service for more than 700 Bombardier business aircraft currently enrolled in Bombardiers in-house Computer Integrated Maintenance Management System […]

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 […]