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Raytheon Aircraft Services announced it will sell its Rockford, Ill., fixed-base operation to Emery Air Inc., its neighbor at the Greater Rockford Airport. Emery says it will retain most of the 43 Raytheon employees and will remain an authorized service center for several Raytheon aircraft, including the King Air, Baron, Bonanza and Hawker 400XP. Raytheon […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has elected James E. Schuster, an executive vice president of Raytheon Company and chairman and CEO of Raytheon Aircraft Company, as vice chairman. In addition to being GAMA vice chairman, Schuster will continue to serve as chairman of GAMA’s Security Issues Committee, a position he has held since November […]

Gwendolyn O. Mayo, Ph.D., Founder and Chairman of Mayo Aviation, received the William A. Ong Award on May 13, 2003, in Las Vegas, Nev. The award is named in honor and memory of the National Air Transportation Associations (NATA) co-founder and first president. It is the NATAs highest award and is given annually to acknowledge […]

NBAA’s board of directors announced on May 30 the selection of Shelley A. Longmuir as the next president of the organization. NBAA says Longmuir has more than a decade of experience in domestic and international aviation, most recently at United Air Lines, where she was senior vice president of international/regulatory and governmental affairs. Longmuir will […]

Well, a lot of CEOs say they’re hands-on, but there’s no disputing Eclipse boss Vern Raburn’s claim. Instead of watching the flight test program of the 500 from the corner office, Raburn has flown the chase plane on at least three hops. As of May 20, the re-engined personal jet had flown six times and […]

Textron announced that Michael Redenbaugh has been named chief executive officer of Bell Helicopter. He will report to Textron’s Chief Operating Officer Steven Loranger. Redenbaugh succeeds John Murphey, who has been named chairman emeritus of the Ft. Worth, Texas-based producer of helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft.In his capacity of chairman emeritus, Murphey, 60, will focus on […]

The NTSB’s preliminary report on the crash of Sino Swearingen’s SJ30-2 test aircraft is now available online. The report includes comments from the chase-plane pilot who witnessed the event and communicated with Beeler during the accident. The crash may have sparked rumors of the San Antonio company’s imminent demise. “That is not true,” said Sino […]

Announces Sale of Belfast City Airport … On May 23, Bombardier Inc. announced the sale of the Belfast City Airport to Ferrovial of Spain, for a total of C$77.7 million (pounds sterling 35 million). This sale is part of Bombardier’s recapitalization program, which was unveiled on April 3. The airport was a subsidiary of the […]

Cessna Streamlines Production Process For The Sovereign … Production of Cessna’s Sovereign business jet has taken off thanks to a new construction process being used at the factory. The company has implemented new retooling that promises to cut time and improve overall quality. Cessna claims this state-of-the-art technology allows workers to build the Sovereign from […]

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