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Rockwell Colllins emerged a winner yesterday with the announcement that the Cedar Rapids, Iowa company’s Pro Line 21 avionics system has been selected as s

Pro Line 21 scores in CJ3, G150

Williams International today will formally unveil its latest and most powerful turbofan, the 3,000-lb-thrust FJ44-3, a pair of which will power Cessna’s ne

Williams fires up FJ44-3 version

Aviation research and consulting firm Conklin and de Decker last month released the latest version of MxManager, its maintenance management software that p

Latest version of MxManager released

Chad Trautvetter

“To date, all major milestones have been completed on or ahead of schedule,” noted Cessna Citation Sovereign senior product director Brad Thress.

Sovereign makes its debut at NBAA '02

Kim Rosenlof

Steecon Enterprises (Booth No.

Star Trak cabin door exempt from 25.813

Jet Aviation at Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), West Palm Beach, Fla., has done that facility’s first installation and STC approval for Universal A

Jet Aviation does 1st Universal TAWS at PBI

Nigel Moll

Eclipse Aviation’s order book has been the subject of much speculation ever since the Albuquerque, N.M.-based startup company announced it had begun taking

Eclipse loosens lips, reveals order tally

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) expects to sign an agreement with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as early as this week

NATA up front in security debate

Passengers on business jets equipped by Lufthansa Technik (Booth No.

Cisco will network bizjet passengers

Jet Aviation recently added three Boeing Business Jets–one BBJ and two BBJ2s–to its managed fleet in Europe.

Jet Aviation adds two BBJ2s to managed fleet

Innotech Aviation of Canada has installed the first satellite TV system on a Bombardier Challenger 604.

Satellite TV for Challenger 604s

AirCell is introducing two new airborne telecommunications products, the AST 3500, which combines cellular technology with the Iridium satcom system, and t

AirCell introduces two telecom products

3M Aerospace has new aircraft cleaning and maintenance products at the convention (Booth No.

3M Aerospace helps you clean up your act

According to Cessna’s v-p of service facilities Jim Morgan, “We are dedicated to expanding our worldwide Citation product network and doubling the capacity

Cessna ratchets up its global service capability

Harry Weisberger

Cessna has selected Max-Viz (Booth No.

Max-Viz EVS will fly on Cessna Citations

The last year has been a rewarding one for Jet-Care International of Cedar Knolls, N.J., a subsidiary of UK’s Spectro Laboratories, its representatives rep

'Check you oil, sir?' Jet-Care does it all

Thales Avionics North America announced Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to team with Audio International of Little Rock, Ark., in 

Thales MOU gets cabin management all together

Industry rivals DPI Labs and Airshow have joined forces, at least for the time being, to produce a total cabin avionics system for business aviation travel

DPI, Airchow in a joint venture

Jet Aviation Dallas is extending its transient ramp by 50 percent, which v-p and general manager Steve Joiner said will improve safety and service capacity

Jet Aviation Dallas extends ramp, infield

DeCrane Aircraft Holding’s Cabin Management Group continues to grow and, in particular, to expand its furniture and cabinetry capabilities.

DeCrane improves furniture, cabinetry capabilities

On Sunday under a humid central Florida sky, a Piaggio P.180 Avanti settled to the runway at Orlando Executive Airport, setting a speed record for Class C-

Avanti completes record flight

Goodrich Corp.

LandMark TAWS has TSO and STC okays

High Tech Finishing, a Houston-based provider of decorative metal plating for customer aircraft interiors, has developed a new maintenance kit designed to 

High Tech introduces kit for metal plating

Business aircraft owners who want to move up have the option to engage in a “like-kind exchange”&nbsp; that could save thousands of dollars in capital gain

'Like-kind-exchange' plan can save owners thousands

Baseops International (Booth No.

Baseops and iJET team on security reporting

In spring 2003, Million Air at Van Nuys Airport will break ground on a new $20 million, 250,000-sq-ft facility.

Million Air Van Nuys gets $20M facility improvement

Bombardier is developing an enhanced vision system with partners Thales Avioincs of France and CMC Electronics for its Global Express business jet, the Can

Thales and CMC plan Global Express EVS

Jet Aviation at Dallas Love Field has received an STC on installation of a Bendix/King IHAS 8000 integrated hazard awareness system on Cessna Citation S550

Jet Aviation gets IHAS 8000 STC for Citation S550

Entrepreneur Roger Woolsey, president and CEO of REW Investments, the parent company of Million Air Interlink, (Booth No.

Million Air aspiring to reach 'next level'

RMS Technology (Booth No.

RMS updates internet offering

Irwin Stambler

Executive Jet Management, a NetJets company (part of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway empire), celebrated another milestone at NBAA 2002 by announcing t

EJM signs up its 100th aircraft

At NBAA ’02, Kollsman Avionics is featuring its newest enhanced vision system (EVS) product, Night Window, targeted at operators seeking only improved situ

Kollsman unveils Night Window EVS

Honeywell Aerospace’s business and regional aircraft authorized service centers are to be graded under a new Service Target Authorization Approval Rating (

Honeywell sets new grades with STAAR

Newly built Piper Meridian turboprops will be more “useful” than their predecessors after FAA approval of modifications that will increase useful load by 2

Meridian ups mtow

Mary F. Silitch

Imagine being a new aircraft manufacturer and having Gene Cernan and Bob Hoover check out your airplane in one day.

Maverick saunters in with turbine kitplane

BizJet International, on the strength of its acquisition last fall by Lufthansa Technik and “exceptional growth” over the past year, sees continued growth 

BizJet continues to grow

There is a line in an old episode of the television series “M*A*S*H” in which one of the doctors, informed of a patient’s recovery, remarks, “I thought he 

Piaggio on its way to a complete recovery

Charles Alcock

The business aviation downturn will last at least another year or two but there is still plenty of room for good deal-making, according to financial adviso

Even a cold economy has some hot opportunities

Several steps to add to the support structure for MU-2 operators were announced at NBAA 2002 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America’s aircraft products sup

Mitsubishi continues to upgrade MU-2 support

Among all the factors that influence a buyer’s decision to purchase one business jet over another, brand loyalty is well recognized as one of the strongest

Bombardier renames its latest, now known as Challenger 300

Jet air charter costs for business travelers declined markedly over the past year, according to a survey conducted by CharterAuction.com of Quincy, Mass., 

Charter prices take a dive

Rockwell Collins has selected WSI InFlight to provide up-to-date weather briefings to aircraft equipped with Collins Pro Line 21 flight-deck displays.

Rockwell Collins to offer WSI InFlight weather

Clay Lacy Aviation (Booth No.

Clay Lacy Aviation opens Seattle FBO

Med-Pac is presenting its latest air ambulance system here at the NBAA show (Booth No.

Med-Pac 400 kit is a full-service package

Following its acquisition this summer of cabin entertainment provider Airshow, Rockwell Collins has integrated the Tustin, Calif.

Airshow plugs gaps for Rockwell Collins

UVglobal Network, introduced at NBAA 2001 last December, has added five new members to its worldwide group of ground-handling facilities, bringing the tota

UVglobal Network adds five new bases

Agusta Aerospace Corp.

Elite Agusta helicopter really is

USAIG (Booth No.

USAIG marks start of 75th anniversary

Rolls-Royce has introduced a new team of regional customer managers (RCMs) to expand the maintenance and support service available to operators of business

Rolls-Royce adds regional customer service team

Among the new products featured at Emteq’s NBAA 2002 exhibit (Booth No.

LED innovator adds to its product line

Cabin management system specialist Baker Electronics made its presence known at NBAA yesterday with the announcement of a “new digital solution which will 

Baker widens bandwidth

Standard Aero (Booth No.

Standard Aero to service Cityhopper's Fokker fleet

Gordon Gilbert

Early next year, Boeing will offer a kit for BBJs and BBJ2s that will provide a 6,500-ft cabin at FL 410 instead of the standard 8,000-ft cabin.

BBJ ups its pressurization

Attendees at Falcon Jet’s annual NBAA Convention breakfast yesterday probably noticed, some with disdain, that one of the people at the head table stood ou

Robot man serves food for thought at Dassault breakfast

Deliveries of the first RCOM-100 satphone equipment, designed for use with the Globalstar Satellite system, will begin this November, Arnav Systems announc

All-digital phone to ship this fall

Daryl Murphy

It has become a lot easier for prospective aircraft buyers to go shopping since the market was discovered by the Internet industry.

ASO's PhotoZOOM fills in the details

Nearby Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is now offering an accelerated first officer flight training (FOFT) program, which trains first officer 

First flight to right seat, ERAU gets you there, fast

According to Unison Industries, its new dual direct spark ignition system (DDSI) successfully lit the Pratt &amp; Whitney RL 10A-4-2 engine on the Lockheed

Unison ignition system lights off Atlas V engine

The Mexican air-taxi company Sarsa purchased a new Raytheon Hawker 800XP at the convention.

Mexican charter firm buys an 800XP

After a successful flight program and anticipated certification, Aviation Partners Inc.

800SP sprouts blended winglets

Since production ended more than 25 years ago of the small, sleek Falcon 10, Dassault has concentrated on building larger business jets.

Dassault 'reopens' subject of a small jet

Aviation Sales Inc., Swiss aircraft maker Pilatus’ Western U.S.

Jet Works appointed southern PC-12 service center

The Drake Group’s FAA certification training programs for managers and engineers involving TC/STC/PMA and TSO categories, previously presented at companies

Drake Group programs now available on the Web

The first Max-Viz EVS-1000 installation on an operator-customer’s aircraft is being completed by Total Aircraft Services (TAS) at Van Nuys (Calif.) Airport

Max-Viz installs first EVS-1000 on 601-3A

Orders for the Safe Flight AutoPower automatic throttle for the Challenger 604 have reached 120, the White Plains, N.Y.

Safe Flight auto throttle popular on Challenger 604

The Bombardier Learjet 40 conforming prototype made its first flight on August 31 and five days later the first Learjet 40 production airplane made its fir

Winging in from Wichita

When Gore Design Completions (GDC) began welcoming visitors to its NBAA ’02 exhibit (Booth No.

VIP completions can be completed on time

Top executives of Elliott Aviation enthused at an NBAA 2002 press conference Monday about a number of new developments of the venerable family-owned corpor

Elliott expands its capabilities

Executive charter broker Air Partner has opened new offices in Washington, D.C., and Boston.

Air Partner opens offices in Boston and New York

Mauricio Botelho was appointed president and CEO of Embraer on Sep.

Embraer's Botelho sees bright future for Legacy

Phoenix-based Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems (ACSS, Booth No.

ACSS adds SuperSet to portfolio

Rockwell Collins has announced the first installation of its high-speed data communication system.

Collins high-speed satcom launched on Falcon

Occupancy of a new, expanded terminal and office complex by Galaxy Aviation of Palm Beach, Fla.,&nbsp; certainly seemed cause for a fifth anniversary celeb

Galaxy Aviation has good reason for celebration

In a unique approach to corporate transportation, Englewood, Colo.-based Aviation Technology Group (ATG) has introduced a two-place executive jet called th

$2.2M Javelin collecting orders

First there were none, now suddenly there are four companies here that announced their intention to develop a reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) ST

The race is on for Lear 20-series RVSM

Precision Pattern of Wichita, a subsidiary of DeCrane Aircraft’s Cabin Management Group, has been selected by Cessna Aircraft to provide cabinetry for the 

Precision Pattern subsidiary picked for Cessna

The Commuter Air Technology (CAT) NBAA ’02 exhibit (Booth No.

A different breed of Catpass

Million Air Salt Lake City at Salt Lake City International has announced it will break ground this month on three new hangar facilities totaling 90,000 sq 

Million Air Salt Lake expands, renovates

Gulfstream yesterday ordered 40 of Arinc’s new SkyLink inflight broadband satellite communications systems for installation on its jets.

Glufstream orders Arinc's broadband

Cessna Aircraft is living up to its marketing tag line “Sure Thing” with the introduction yesterday afternoon of the Citation CJ3.

Cessna betting on a ‘sure thing’ with CJ3

Airbus has appointed Rockwell Collins as the avionics supplier of reference for its Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ).

Collins teams with Airbus in ACJ deal

A “major bizjet manufacturer” will announce here at the NBAA show that it has selected CMC Electronics’ SureSight enhanced vision system (EVS) for inclusio

SureSight has OEM buyer

Avion Graphics (Booth No.

Avion Graphics upgrades facility

Rolls-Royce North America has strengthened and reorganized the management of its Corporate Aircraft division.

Rolls-Royce shuffles the top of exec deck

Bombardier Flexjet announced its selection as fractional provider to the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) at a press conference yesterda

NASA chooses Flexjet as its fractional provider

Teledyne Controls, exclusive distributor of Raytheon’s MagnaStar airborne telephone system, introduced its SmartCabin Office concept at a Monday morning pr

Teledyne unveils new SmartCabin

A Japanese industrial trading company and a U.S.

ShareJet brings frax to Far East

Cessna has chosen Smiths Aerospace to provide the hydraulic actuation and display systems for the new Citation CJ3 jet announced here at NBAA on Monday.

Smiths Aerospace wins CJ3 contract

Wichita-based Mid-Continent Instruments is featuring six new versions of its MD41 terrain awareness system controller at Booth No.

Mid-Continent unveils bevy of TAWS controllers

Less than a year after Blue Sky Network (BSN) declared at NBAA ’01 its intent to provide general aviation with more affordable satcom technology, its CEO, 

Budget-priced satcom has FAA nod, starts shipping

At a press conference here yesterday, Jeppesen introduced a new jet fuel purchasing program, Jeppesen World Fuel Services.

Jeppesen teams with fuel supplier; offers nav service

Unitron (Booth No.

Unitron adds to its power supply line

Calling the market entry of his company’s ST3400 TAWS (terrain awareness and warning system) in June a needed boost to the avionics industry’s capacity, Ge

Sandel's TAWS is needed to meet demand: Block

Cessna confirmed yesterday that it now holds purchase agreements for no less than 160 of the Citation Mustang jet that it unveiled here at NBAA on Tuesday.

Cessna's order book tops show scorecard

The race is heating up in the Gulfstream hush kit market, as three providers maneuver for the inside track.

Packed room shows need for hush kits

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