Business Aviation Will Help
Companies Not Only Survive
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To be your most productive, and your most efficient, you must keep
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surrounds many, with the confidence and courage to light the way for
all.
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EPIC
"SCALED BACK" Epic Aircraft says it's working with customers
and creditors to try to restore operations after economic issues forced
curtailment of activity at the company's Bend build center last week.
Company spokesman Mike Hooper told AVweb Tuesday that all but
about 15 staff have been furloughed but that customers are allowed
access to their partially completed aircraft. He said some work is being
done but not at the rate before the furlough. "It's been scaled
dramatically back," he said. Hooper said parts and service departments
are in operation to support the existing fleet. The furlough appears to
mainly affect the build center. "We have owner airplanes that are in
varying stages of completion," Hooper said. He also said he's hopeful
the problems can be resolved. "We have a plan afoot," he said.
"Everyone's working to make a solution." AVweb has also confirmed
that Epic is involved in at least two current legal actions.
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CONFERENCE
ON BIZJET FUTURE Hardly a day goes by without someone in the
industry indulging in some crystal-balling so that may make a conference
scheduled for London on Nov. 4-5 even more apropos. The third annual Future of Business Jets conference is scheduled for
the Westbury Mayfair Hotel and will cover most of the topics that have
been dealt with by pundits and CEOs at various shows and in media
reports over the past few months. "As well as focusing on regulatory,
legal, financial, insurance, and technical issues, The Future of
Business Jets will provide a forum for topical issues," a conference
brochure reads. More...
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BIZ
MARKET BOTTOM ELUSIVE Well, maybe the business jet market
hasn't bottomed after all. Rosy predictions by some companies as
recently as a few weeks ago that the market was on the mend have been
soured by the numbers. Bombardier was among those cautiously saying
things looked better but then its order book took a battering with 61
first-quarter cancellations and now it has a ramp with 25 white tails,
finished jets that do not have buyers. It also has 35 used aircraft in
stock, up from 25 a few months ago, according to The Financial Post. But while an analyst quoted by
the Post says it will be six years before the market returns to 2008
levels, Bombardier is a little more optimistic. More...
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RESEARCH
PROJECT AIMS TO HELP PILOTS AVOID TURBULENCE A new system to
help guide pilots away from severe storms and turbulence in remote ocean
regions is being developed at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., NASA said this week. NASA is funding the development
of a prototype that should be ready for testing next year. The system
combines satellite data and computer weather models with artificial
intelligence techniques to identify and predict rapidly evolving storms
and other potential areas of turbulence. "Turbulence is the leading
cause of injuries in commercial aviation," said John Haynes, program
manager at NASA headquarters, in Washington. "This new work to detect
the likelihood of turbulence associated with oceanic storms using key
space-based indicators is of crucial importance to pilots." Turbulence
has been cited widely as a possible factor in the recent loss
of Air France 447 in the Atlantic Ocean, but it is not yet clear
what role, if any, it played in that accident. More...
The New Meridian G1000 —
Commanding
The new Meridian G1000 with Garmin G1000 avionics and GFC 700
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PILOTS
IN ITALY PROTEST AIRSPACE SHUTDOWN Aviators in the U.S. who
received forwarded e-mails from AOPA-Italy in the last few days
soliciting contributions may have thought it was a scam -- the e-mail
offered a bank account number for direct deposits, or suggested that
readers "please call Antonella from Tuesday to Friday... giving us your
credit card number." But although the e-mails may seem suspect, the
appeal is legitimate, AOPA-Italia President Massimo Levi told AVweb
on Tuesday. "Unfortunately, it is a very serious issue," Levi said in an
e-mail. AOPA-Italia sent the e-mails to its local membership, and then
they apparently were forwarded widely. Levi said a large chunk of the
country's airspace has been closed to VFR traffic because of a financial
dispute between Italy's aeronautics agency and its air force. The plea
to its membership brought in the $20,000 AOPA-Italia needed to go to
court against what Levi calls "an illegal administrative act." He wrote:
"Italian pilots gave us the money in less than a week ... and we are now
ready to fight!" More...
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AVWEB
INSIDER BLOG: SOMETHING YOU SHOULD SEE We get a lot of news
releases, and Glenn Pew admits that when some press notes about a tiny
wing-flapping drone came across his desk, he didn't give it the time of
day. In the latest installment of the AVweb Insider blog, Glenn
explains why he's having second thoughts — and shares the details.
More...
AVWEB
INSIDER BLOG: GREENER AIRPLANES, BLUER SKIES In the latest
installment of our AVweb Insider blog, editor Mary Grady laments
that it can be tricky to be both an aviator and an environmentalist but
is thankful for new technologies (and new ways of thinking) that help
bridge the gap. When we talk about airplanes getting greener, notes
Mary, it's not just emissions that make the difference.
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You and Your Dollars Go Further in a
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When smart pilots compare safety statistics and resale values, plus
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WHO'S
WHERE? YOU TELL US Get a promotion or a new job? Your
colleagues want to know about it, and AVwebBiz can get the word
out. Drop us a line about the
staff appointment, with a nice recent photo, and we'll do our best to
include it in our new section, "Who's Where." The items will be
permanently archived on AVweb for future reference, too.More...
International Civil Aviation
Organization — ICAO
ICAO documents are now at the AVweb Bookstore in
convenient and economical eBook format. ICAO, a division of the
United Nations, sets the global standards for international aviation,
including communications, airport design, overseas routes, ATC, hazmat
transport, and much more. If you are involved with international air
transportation, these documents are critical information for your
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If you've heard something 200,000 pilots might want to know about, tell
us. Submit news tips via email to newstips@avweb.com. What have you
heard? More...
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