St. Thomas Jet Center & Lehigh Valley Aviation Services Join The Air Elite Network

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World Fuel Services announced Tuesday that St. Thomas Jet Center located at Cyril E. King Airport (STT) in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and Lehigh Valley Aviation Services located at Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) in Allentown, PA have joined the growing Air Elite Network in the month of October.
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NBAA Urges Quick Action to Preserve Accelerated Depreciation

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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has joined a number of other organizations in strongly urging Congressional leaders to continue stimulating capital expenditures among businesses, big and small, by extending their ability to speed up depreciation schedules for a wide variety of major capital investments. That process, known as accelerated, or “bonus” depreciation, is set to expire at the end of this year.
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Bluebook Perspectives: Facing the Nation

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Vol. 25, No. 4 | December 7, 2012 | Go to Charts


IN THIS ISSUE

Bluebook Perspectives: Facing the Nation
Into the Blue: Aircraft Bluebook At-a-Glance, Cessna 152 Series
Ask Aircraft Bluebook: In the aircraft base average lines in the Bluebook we always see the “No Damage History” as a standard requirement, but if there is damage how does the Bluebook reflect this in terms of value?

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Is Selling Your FBO A Perilous Process?

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By John Enticknap, President, Aviation Business Strategies Group

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” - Niccolo Machiavelli

According to Machiavelli, selling your FBO can be a perilous process. But in my experience, you can even out the bumps and curves by developing a logical plan, well enough in advance, that will lead you to a successful transaction.

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Flexjet Receives FAA Authorization For iPads as Paperless Cockpit Solution

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The company said phase 5 authorization comes after six months of validation testing of the device across Flexjet's fleet of aircraft and acceptance of its standard operating procedures. The company's complete transition from paper to electronic navigational charts is planned for January 2013.

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NetJets Launches FBO, Business Jet Service

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A Berkshire Hathaway company, NetJets Inc., launched a fixed-base operator (FBO) facility at Atlanta's DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK). The private business jet charter and aircraft management company based in Columbus, Ohio, has signed a long-term lease with Atlantic Aviation for the 2,800-square-foot facility.
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Historic Hangar to be Saved by Museum

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Members of the Connecticut Air & Space Center Museum have begun the process of cleaning and restoring the historic Curtiss Hangar at Sikorsky Memorial Airport. According to museum officials, the Curtiss Hangar is an integral part of Connecticut’s aviation history, a site visited by aviation pioneers such as Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Howard Hughes and Igor Sikorsky.
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