Feds Investigating Eclipse Safety
As investigation into the certification of the Eclipse 500 was launched by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General after Federal Aviation Administration employees claimed the very light jet had known safety problems when it was approved in 2006, according to an article by USA Today’s... [read more]
Cirrus Jet Makes Maiden Flight
The Cirrus Jet took to the air for the first time on July 3, when it made a 45-minute flight from Cirrus Design Company’s worldwide headquarters at the Duluth International Airport in Minnesota. What the company termed “the most highly anticipated aircraft in the company's history,”...
NATA Calls for Action on Certificate Suspensions
The National Air Transportation Association is calling on members to contact their Congressional representatives to lodge objections to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 135 certificate actions citing the lack of uniform interpretations of rules. Just as the FAA did in the mid 1980s, it is grounding...
NTSB Tackles Fatigue, Rejected Takeoffs
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently called for new requirements for pilots flying in Part 121, 135 and 91 subpart K operations to address fatigue as well as to require additional training regarding rejected landings and takeoffs. The board also called for pilot unions, the Regional...
NATA Hotline on Illegal Charters
Funded by a grant from the FAA, NATA set up a toll-free hotline for certificated operators to report suspected illegal commercial activity. "Persons illegally conducting commercial flights adversely affect the air charter industry,” said NATA President James K. Coyne. “For years our members...
Embraer Breaks Delivery Records
The Phenom executive jets continued to show positive sales results during the second quarter, according to Embraer, with the number of firm order contracts approaching 800 aircraft. The certification program of the Phenom 100 is on schedule and has four prototypes flying for the certification tests. Embraer...
Cessna Creates Hassle-Factor Video
Cessna Aircraft Company is taking its marketing program to Broadway with a new video appearing over the next two months on one of the jumbo video screens in New York's Times Square. The company is capitalizing on the recent Travel Industry Association study showing that commercial airlines hassle factors...
Linear Air Offers Top 10 List
While it may not have made it the David Letterman Show, Linear Air published its own Top 10 List, outlining the reasons to fly private and, unsurprisingly, it centered on eliminating the hassle factor and rising cost of airline service which is rapidly closing the gap between business and commercial prices...
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