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The following business aviation events will be held within the next few months:Professional Development Program (PDP) Course“Developing a High-Performance Flight Department Team”October 5, Orlando, Fla.Emergency Response WorkshopOctober 5-6, Orlando, Fla.Management Fundamentals For Flight Departments WorkshopOctober 5-6, Orlando, Fla.Human Factors-Fatigue Management WorkshopOctober 5-6, Orlando, Fla.Professional Development Program (PDP) Course“Legal Issues in Aviation Management”October 6, Orlando, Fla.Inspection […]

NBAA has adopted .aero Web site addresses for its international events in Europe and Latin America.EBACE.aero provides information about EBACE, the only European exhibition of its kind to focus exclusively on business aviation, and LABACE.aero is devoted to LABACE, the only Latin American exhibition of its kind to focus exclusively on business aviation..aero is a […]

On August 1, the NBAA, the New York Department of Transportation, Long Island Business Aviation Association and Long Island’s Republic Airport petitioned the Babylon Zoning Board of Appeals to carefully review a variance to the zoning code that would enable a retailer to build within the runway protection zone (RPZ). The NBAA reports a petition […]

FAA Administrator Blakey And Congressman Mica To Speak At NBAA 2003… FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey and U.S. Congressman John Mica will be the featured Opening General Session keynote speakers for the NBAA 56th Annual Meeting & Convention, to be held Tuesday, October 7 to Thursday, October 9, 2003, in Orlando, Fla. The Opening General […]

Avocet Aircraft Announces ProJet … Avocet Aircraft LLC and Israel Aircraft Industries LTD (IAI) have signed an agreement to jointly investigate the development and marketing of the Avocet Professional Jet, a next-generation jet designed specifically for the requirements of the air-taxi and fractional operator markets. The company claims the Avocet ProJet “will have an acquisition […]

Fights BBJs, While Singles Pay More To Land … How big is too big? For the people who run Teterboro Airport in New Jersey — by some standards the busiest GA airport in the country — the limit is 100,000 pounds, regardless of what the FAA says. The Port Authority of New York and New […]

Distributors And Vendors Gather At Ae270 Factory … While the lack of news from Ibis Aerospace has been intriguing, the company recently made a series of announcements to bring us up to speed on the latest Ae270 Propjet program developments. On June 23, Ibis gathered the largest assembly to date of vendors, distributors and key […]

Selects Avidyne’s FlightMax Entegra For The Javelin … As promised, here’s the full scoop on the Javelin jet’s developments. On July 28, Aviation Technology Group (ATG) announced that Avidyne will supply the FlightMax Entegra Integrated Flight Deck and the Flight Control System for their Javelin aircraft. The FlightMax Entegra consists of two 10.4-inch diagonal displays […]

The Cost Of Flying … While some people may wonder if CEOs and chairmen of the board really need to fly in luxurious corporate jets, USA Today decided to research this subject in a different vein. In its August 5 edition, the newspaper published an article highlighting the highest use of corporate aircraft defined by […]