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

 

Contents - May, 2012

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

FEATURES

 

  1. VIEWPOINTS
    Industry leaders and observers speak out
    Pro Pilot staff compilation
    Comments by Steve Ridolfi, Adel Mardini, Richard Tracy, Molly McMillin.
  1. POSITION & HOLD
    Fear of conflict with Iran drives up oil prices with added threat of Middle East delivery cutoffs
    by Marvin Cetron
  1. EVENT COVERAGE
    AEA Convention 2012
    by Pro Pilot staff
    Advances in technology offer greater connectivity for GA and bizav.
  1. INTERNATIONAL OPS
    Italy's new tax considerations
    by Grant McLaren
    Be prepared to pay handsomely when staying more than 48 hrs.
  1. FLIGHT DEPT PROFILE
    What the doctor ordered—bizjets at Apogee to improve patient care
    by Mike Potts
    Challenger 605, Hawker 850XP and Citation V travel worldwide on medical missions.
  1. PAST & PRESENT
    Dassault Falcon Jet
    by Grant McLaren
    Many decades of passion create efficient medium and large-cabin business aircraft.
  1. SAFETY OF FLIGHT
    Icing accidents persist even for experienced IFR pilots
    by Don Van Dyke
    Dangers posed by accretion vulnerabilities require awareness on ground and aloft.
  1. 2012 PRASE WINNERS
    Top 5 US FBOs—1 Pentastar PTK, 2 Global Select SGR, 3 Texas Jet FTW, 4 Million Air ADS, 5 Wilson Air Ctr MEM.
    Best Independent—Pentastar PTK. Most Improved—Global Select SGR. Best FBO Chains—Small (3–10) Wilson Air Ctr, Large (11+) Million Air.
  1. OVERSEAS FBO & HANDLER SERVICES
    Ground services in Russia vary according to location
    by Ivan Veretennikov
    FBO concepts of customer care and attention are gradually taking hold.
  1. WX BRIEF
    Clues in the clouds
    by Karsten Shein
    An understanding of what lies ahead may be written in water vapor.
  1. MILITARY MACHINES
    Radical helos, V/STOL vehicles, UAVs on Army shopping list by Jay Chandler
    Complexities of future warfare lead to consideration of unconventional aircraft.
  1. OUTER MARKER INBOUND
    ADS-B discussed from the IFR cockpit view
    by Ian Blair Fries
    Will new system fulfill FAA's big claims of improving bizav flight ops?

Volume 46. No 5

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

Business jets support Apogee Physicians' phenomenal growth. Bombardier Challenger 605 is flagship of Apogee's 3-aircraft fleet at SDL (Scottsdale AZ). (L–R) Chairman & CEO Michael Gregory, Aviation Dir Scott McIntosh, Dir of Mx Ed Recker and Chal­lenger 605 & Hawker 850XP Senior Capt Greg West. Cover photo by Mike Potts.

 

 

DEPARTMENTS

 

  1. SQUAWK IDENT
    Readers share their views on the future of bizav.
  1. PIREPS
    Bombardier Vision Flight Deck enters service on
    Global 5000. Airbus sells first ACJ in Japan.
  1. TERMINAL CHECKLIST
    Answers on p 54.
  1. SID & STAR
    Beach Boys take the ride to Coal Creek.
  1. ALEX REMEMBERS
    Post-WWII sales efforts of Beech in Japan.
  1. HELICOPTER NEWS
    MD Helicopters gives details of MD540F.
  1. FBO NEWS
    Eagle Creek joins Avfuel dealer network.
  1. RAMP & HANGAR TALK
    Jobs, products and other reader opportunities.