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Contents - Aug, 2011

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FEATURES

  1.  POSITION & HOLD
    Overcapacity in business aircraft production forces OEM changes
    by Richard Aboulafia
    As market wrestles with economic challenges, rational industry consolidation may be one result.
  1. VIEWPOINTS
    Insiders and experts discuss aerospace topics
    Pro Pilot staff compilation
    Comments from Robert Sumwalt, Joe Marthaler, Ken Baylor.
  1. EVENT COVERAGE
    ALEA 2011
    by Pro Pilot staff
    New Orleans conference highlights aerial law enforcement technology and skills.
  1. URBAN AV OPS
    Variety of V/STOL design concepts could herald age of urban aviation
    by Don Van Dyke
    As world population continues to rise, space for long runways becomes increasingly scarce.
  1. INTERNATIONAL OPS
    Tighter bizjet ops in Japan in aftermath of earthquake
    by Grant McLaren
    What pilots need to know about operational issues and service limitations.
  1. AIRBORNE CONNECTIVITY
    Cabin avionics grow in scope and available options
    by Glenn Connor
    Choices widen as office-in-the-sky and IFE capabilities expand.
  1. OUTER MARKER INBOUND
    10-year outlook in bizjet sales
    by Claudio Camelier
    Embraer market research team predicts market growth from 2012 onwards.
  1. AIRCRAFT SALES
    Inventory levels down on big jets
    by Steve Varsano
    As demand for long-range bizjets outstrips supply, preowned aircraft may be part of the solution.
  1. CORPORATE AIRCRAFT PRODUCT SUPPORT SURVEY 2011
    How the business aircraft OEMs stack up
    by Pro Pilot staff
  1. TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
    Airbus works to develop smarter autopilots
    by Peter Berendsen
    OEM devises system to automate TCAS evasion maneuver.
  1. WX BRIEF
    Humidity
    by Karsten Shein
    Moist air masses present flight changes for pilots.

Volume 45. No 8

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Gulfstream takes top place in the jet division of Pro Pilot's Corporate Aircraft Product Support Survey. Shown at Gulfstream's SAV (Savannah GA) head­quarters are (front L–R) Pres Product Support Mark Burns, VP Customer Support Barry Russell, VP Savannah Service Center Charles Celli and President Joe Lombardo, with (rear standing L–R) Cust Svc Coordinator Roxann Woolsey, Dir Cust Relations Tim Stein­hauser, Dir Cust Support Mitch Choquette, Dir Field Svcs Greg Hammerstein and Cust Svc Coordinator Jing Gessler, and (rear kneeling L–R) APS Team Techs Rafael Rivera and Brent Migues.

DEPARTMENTS

 

  1. TERMINAL CHECKLIST
    Answers on p 20.
  1. SQUAWK IDENT
    Readers discuss warranty claim satisfaction, list industry conventions and seminars they like to attend and nominate their personal heroes.
  1. PIREPS
    Embraer Legacy 500 fuselage joined. Piper begins fabrication of PiperJet Altaire.
  1. FBO NEWS
    Preferred Jet Center RYY completes ramp expansion. Banyan acquires more hangars at FXE.
  1. SID & STAR
    An airline colleague reminds our heroes of what might have been.
  1. ALEX REMEMBERS
    Former Luftwaffe Test Pilot Gunther Eheim ordered
    Learjet 35s in the 1970s for charter service.
  1. HELO NEWS
    Papillon Helicopters chooses Eurocopter AS350B3e. AgustaWestland delivers first GrandNews to US customer.
  1. RAMP & HANGAR TALK
    Jobs, products and other reader opportunities.