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| 01.21.2008 |
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Eclipse Secures Financing, Russian Production
Even as Adam Aircraft begins its streamlining and search for long-term financing, Eclipse Aviation, which went through a layoffs last year which included 10 percent of its workforce because of production delays, has secured long-term financing by expanding...
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| 12.17.2007 |
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Confusing Week for NY Decongestant Proposals
Amid press reports indicating the Department of Transportation will make auctions part of its recommendations when Secretary Mary Peters reports to President Bush this week, the department published the 188-page report from Aviation Rulemaking Committee...
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| 12.10.2007 |
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NextGen Means Safety and Efficiency
Marion Blakey, who recently took over as the new president and chief executive of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) says “perhaps the single most important goal is transforming the national air transportation system,” something she was...
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| 12.10.2007 |
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New FAA Rule Boosts Aircraft Wiring Safety
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed a new rule designed to mitigate conditions that put airliners at risk for wire failures, smoke and fire. The final rule greatly enhances the safety requirements for design, installation and maintenance of...
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| 12.10.2007 |
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Composite Safety Concerns are Red Herrings
Although the general public sees composite aircraft as a new frontier in aviation, speakers during the recent Aviation Today webinar – Aircraft Composites: How New Materials are Forever Changing Aviation – on composite safety pointed out that...
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| 12.10.2007 |
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GAO Says Incursions Pose Higher Risks
While runway safety remains at the top of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Most Wanted List, recent incidents have heightened concerns about safety on airport runways and ramps, and pose a "a high risk of a catastrophic runway...
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| 11.19.2007 |
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Embraer Net Triples
Embraer reported net income in the third quarter (3Q07) was $194.9 million, representing a net margin of 13.6 percent, compared to net income of $61.3 million and a net margin of 7.0 percent in the same period of 2006. In 2Q07 net income was $67.3 million and...
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| 11.19.2007 |
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Phenom Phenomenal at Dubai
Embraer booked double digit orders for its VLJ Phenoms during Dubai with one customer being a newly forming air taxi operation in India and the other a newly forming low-cost airline in Nigeria. First Phenom Fleet Order for New Indian Air Taxi As a time when...
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| 10.15.2007 |
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Dingell Proposes Climate Tax
Representative John Dingell (D-Mich.) is proposing legislation calling for a tax of 50 cents a gallon on gas, including jet fuel, a $50 per ton carbon tax on burning oil, coal or natural gas along with reducing or eliminating interest tax deductions on...
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| 10.15.2007 |
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Webinar Discusses Composite Safety Concerns
Emerging safety concerns about composites will be the focus of the next AviationToday Webinar – Aircraft Composites: How New Materials are Forever Changing Aviation, scheduled for Thursday, November 15, 11:00 am. Composites are at the core of the...
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| 10.08.2007 |
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ADS-B Requirement by 2020
In a bid to decrease separation standards without compromising safety, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requiring all aircraft using controlled airspace to have satellite-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance...
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| 10.08.2007 |
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NTSB Continues Emphasis on Runway Incidents
With runway incursions at the center of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) radar, operators must be vigilant in ensuring runway safety, especially after a recent incident at Washington Dulles International Airport. The agency is now...
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| 09.24.2007 |
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Welcome to AviationToday’s VLJ Report
Few advances in aviation technology have generated the keen interest the very light jets have with pundits labeling them the microchip of aviation and detractors charging they will blacken the skies. As with most such controversies, the reality lies somewhere...
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| 09.24.2007 |
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FAA Confirms VLJ Commercial Regs
Saying it would like to see new regulations governing commercial very light jet operations in place by 2008, FAA’s Acting Manager of AFS-250 Harlan Sparrow indicated the work is part of the agency’s re-write of its Part 135 rules as recommended by...
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