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GWBAA Third Annual Safety Stand-Down A Success

The Greater Washington Business Aviation Association (GWBAA) held its Third Annual Safety Stand-Down on May 7 at the NTSB Training Center in Ashburn, VA.

EBACE 2009: L-3 GH-3100 ESIS Selected for Dornier 228 NG

RUAG Aerospace has selected the GH-3100 Electronic Standby Instrument System (ESIS) and PS-835 Emergency Power Supply as standard equipment on the Dornier 228 New Generation (NG) aircraft...

EBACE 2009: Hawker Beechcraft Delivers 1st G58 and G36 to European Buyers

First EASA-Certified Pistons To Enter Service In Poland And United Kingdom

Lest you think that EBACE is all jet fuel and turbines, we might note that Hawker Beechcraft is delivering some piston equipment during this year's event -- in thise case, the delivery of three new Beechcraft Bonanza G36 aircraft to a customer in the United Kingdom and one Beechcraft Baron G58 to a customer in Poland.

EBACE 2009: Honeywell Prepping Challenger And Global Express For Next-Gen

Enhancements Include New Displays And Next-Gen FMS That Delivers RNP, FANS And WAAS-LPV

Honeywell is developing new avionics capabilities that will include NextGen features like, Future Air Navigation System (FANS 1/A), Wide Area Augmentation System-Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (WAAS-LPV) Required Navigation Procedures (RNP) and new Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) for certain Challenger 601 and Global Express aircraft.

NTSB Has No Love For Errant Helo Pilot -- Upholds 'Unsafe Sex' Revocation

Bizarre Story May Finally Have Come To End... We Hope

The last few days have been busy for NTSB personnel... and while far more serious issues were being addressed in public hearings over the CO 3407 crash, another part of the NTSB was putting the last nail in a pilot's career that certainly tarnished the image of aviation and aviators everywhere.

EBACE 2009: ARINC Direct Adds Local Dialing Options

Now Available Around The Globe

ARINC Direct has added a convenient new local dialing option to its ground-to-air telephone service for operators of business aircraft based outside the United States.

EBACE 2009: Take A (New) Seat In Embraer's Phenom 100

New Seat Will Be Available In The Fourth Quarter Of 2009

Take a seat... literally. Embraer will offer its Phenom 100 jet customers a new seat with enhanced comfort in form and function, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2009.

EBACE 2009: Cessna To Open New Citation Service Center In Spain

The Plane In Spain...

Cessna will build its new European Citation Service Center at Valencia Airport in Spain.

EBACE 2009: Pelton Sez 'Glass is Half Full'

Cessna's increasingly outspoken (and rightfully so) Chairman/President/CEO, Jack Pelton continues to make great sense in talking about and dealing with aviation's global malaise. Pelton advises that, 'today the current meltdown in business aviation activity, while the most profound in many years, is best kept in perspective when discussing the global role of business aviation and of Cessna.'

EBACE 2009: Avidyne Datalink Interface Adds WSI Inflight-Compatible EFBs

Avidyne has extended their partnership with WSI of Andover, MA to deliver worldwide datalink graphical weather using Avidyne's MLX770/MLX780 Iridium-based datalink transceivers and WSI's Inflight Weather Service via a wide variety of industry-standard Electronic Flight Bags.