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NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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Hawker Beechcraft, Piper Announce Layoffs
Jim Schuster, president of Hawker Beechcraft, announced in a letter to employees last week that 2,300 can expect pink slips by the end of the year. The letter was a follow-on to...
2/12/2009

Instructors Break Ranks With NAFI, Form New Group
Unhappy with recent personnel decisions by the board of directors, former members of the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) have broken away to form their own organization...
2/12/2009

Some Good News From HondaJet on the Hiring Front
At least about 100 of the thousands being laid off in Wichita can expect brighter skies. HondaJet has begun recruiting specialized engineers for its Greensboro, North Carolina, headquarters...
2/6/2009

Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft Announce New Rounds of Layoffs
The general aviation manufacturing segment continues to be pummeled by the current economic crisis. Last week, Cessna announced another 2,000 pink slips will be...
2/6/2009

EASA Gives Nod to Diamond's Austro E4 Turbodiesel Engine
Following four years of development, Diamond Aircraft Industries has received type certification for its Austro E4 turbodiesel aircraft engine from the European authorities...
2/5/2009

JetDirect Tells of Private Equity Backing in the Wings
Charter provider JetDirect Aviation has said it will receive an infusion of private equity capital by the end of this month that is expected to "enable us to begin bringing our client obligations...
2/5/2009

FAA Rewrites Rules on Known Icing
If you are a "reasonable and prudent" pilot when it comes to icing, a new interpretation by the FAA should reduce stress in your winter operations. Where the FAA...
2/5/2009

Robinson's 2008 Numbers Set a New Record
Torrance, California-based Robinson Helicopter continues its upward trend—in the face of a fast autorotating economy, no less. Last year, Robinson built...
2/5/2009

Starting Sunday, Satellites Will No Longer Monitor 121.5
It may be Super Bowl Sunday to football fans, but this weekend also marks the cessation of satellite monitoring for aircraft emergency locator transmitters that transmit only on 121.5 MHz...
1/30/2009

ATP Offers Cash Rebates to Students as Fuel Prices Drop
Airline Transport Professionals (ATP) has issued cash rebates of as much as $2,500 to students who enrolled in mid-2008 to the school's Airline Career Pilot Program. ATP has also reduced training costs...
1/30/2009

Garmin Introduces Panel-ized Versions of 696/695 Portables
At the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida, this past week, Garmin introduced its new GDU 370 and GDU 375 displays. The new products are essentially versions of the...
1/29/2009

Cessna's SkyCatcher Grows a Larger Tail
At the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, Cessna arrived with a new tail configuration for its SkyCatcher light sport aircraft. The new tail is Cessna's response to a spin accident...
1/29/2009

Microsoft Flight Simulator Jeopardized by Company-Wide Layoffs
When Microsoft announced layoffs for 5,000 employees, it also shut down its subsidiary ACES Studios—developer of the Flight Simulator gaming software. The first...
1/29/2009

NBAA Will Merge LBA Conference Into Annual Meeting
Citing the state of the economy, the National Business Aviation Association has chosen to cancel plans to hold an independent Light Business Airplane Conference. The meeting had been scheduled...
1/29/2009

Citigroup Pulls Out of Falcon 7X Buy
Business aviation took another public relations hit when Citigroup, caving in to public outcry and a reprimand from President Obama, announced Tuesday it would not take delivery of a Dassault Falcon 7X...
1/29/2009

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