• Home
  • About us
  • Contents
    • Archives
  • Subscriptions
  • Advertising
    • Ad Specs
    • Added Value
  • Feedback
    • Av Hazard
    • Squawk Id.
  • Aviation Links
  • Videos

 

Contents - August, 2009

................................................................................................

FEATURES

  1. POSITION & HOLD
     Business jets—the view from the market trough
    by Richard Aboulafia
    Analyzing the pain and looking at what still lies ahead.
  1. HELICOPTER DEVELOPMENTS
    Tiltrotor and other V/STOL for urban aviation
    by Ken Solosky
    Practical prospects for linking city centers 200 miles apart.
  1. INTERNATIONAL OPS
    Biz flying to Russia and the Far East
    by Grant McLaren
    Costs are high but services and ops flexibility have improved.
  1. CORPORATE AIRCRAFT PRODUCT SUPPORT SURVEY 2009
    How the business aircraft OEMs stack up
    by Pro Pilot staff
  1. FLIGHTCHECK
    Hawker 4000
    by Clay Lacy
    Flying Hawker Beechcraft’s recently certified supermidsize bizjet.
  1. WEATHER BRIEF
    Intertropical convergence zone
    by Karsten Shein
    Crossing the tropics without unpleasant surprises.

Volume 43. No 8

...............................................................................................

Gulfstream takes top place again in the jet division of Pro Pilot’s Corporate Aircraft Product Support Survey, achieving this honor for the 4th year in succession. Shown at SAV (Savannah GA) are members of Gulfstream’s product support and customer service teams with Pres Product Support/Pres GDAS Mark Burns and VP Customer Support & SAV Service Center Barry Russell. Photo courtesy Gulfstream.

 

 

DEPARTMENTS

  1. SQUAWK IDENT
    Readers share their operational safety concerns.
  1. TERMINAL CHECKLIST
    Answers on p 28.
  1. ACCIDENT RECAP
    Agusta A109 crashes after inadvertently going IMC. PC12 overruns at BDR.
  1. AV HAZARD
    Weak ATIS freqs at BOS and MDW. FAA puts bird strike info online.
  1. SID & STAR
    It’s back to basics at the sim training facility.
  1. PIREPS
    Developing SVS/EVS standards for US and Europe. Embraer prepares for 40th anniversary.
  1. FBO NEWS
    Million Air YKZ refurbishment complete. Western Aircraft BOI opens new interior shop.
  1. HELO NEWS
    American Eurocopter celebrates 40 years. Bell 429 light twin certified.
  1. RAMP & HANGAR TALK
    Jobs, product ads and other reader opportunities.