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Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Renews StandardAero’s STC ODA

StandardAero announced the FAA has re-certified its supplemental type certificate (STC
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Beechcraft Chester Site Wins Camo Approval

Hawker Beechcraft’s factory-owned service center in Chester, UK,
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan’s Lincoln Facility To Open Next Spring

Duncan Aviation announced that a new 45,000-sq-ft paint shop at its Lincoln, Neb.
Maintenance and Modifications

Greenwich AeroGroup Picks Aviit’s eMan

Greenwich AeroGroup has selected Aviit’s eMan for all of its MRO locations.
Maintenance and Modifications

Flightdocs Releases Mx Tracking App for iPad

Estero, Fla.-based Flightdocs, a provider of aircraft maintenance tracking software and services,
Maintenance and Modifications

ExecuJet Africa Signs Service Accord with Blackhawk

Blackhawk Modifications has entered into a service agreement with ExecuJet Africa for engine upgrades.
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AAR Acquires Telair International

In a $280 million deal AAR has acquired Telair International and Nordisk Aviation Products.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation STL Launches Interior Refurb Program

Jet Aviation has opened a 1,240-sq-ft interior refurb and completions design studio at its St. Louis facility.
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA To Allow Pilots To Update Nav Databases

The FAA delivered some good news in a proposed rule change that will free operators from the burden of needing mechanics to update onboard navigation
Charter & Fractional

Tibbitts Joins Flight Options

Fractional provider Flight Options expanded its sales force by naming Adam Tibbitts as regional sales director for the Rocky Mountain division,
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky S-76D’s PW210S Engine Gets Canadian Approval

The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW210S, which will power the Sikorsky S-76D helicopter, received Canadian certification on October 14, P&WC announced yesterday.
Avionics

EASA STCs Garmin ESP, Datalink for King Air 200w with G1000

Garmin received STC approval from EASA yesterday to install the company’s Electronic Stability and Protection (ESP) and GSR 56 Iridium datalink
Aircraft

600th TBM T-Prop Rolled Out

Daher-Socata rolled out its 600th series-production TBM turboprop single–a TBM 850–from its Tarbes, France production facility on Thursday.

Made in Mexico: Global 7000/8000 Aft Fuselages

Bombardier Aerospace announced yesterday that Global 7000 and 8000 aft fuselages will be built at its site in Queretaro, Mexico.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Hybrid Helos in Service in 2012?

Eurocopter expects that its recently tested helicopter hybrid power concept will enter commercial service, soon perhaps as early as next year.
Rotorcraft

Robinson Helicopter Sees Orders Surge

After a lackluster 2010, Robinson Helicopter is back on a healthier track, according to CEO Kurt Robinson.
Regulations and Government

Revised Bizav Security Plan Coming This Year

According to NBAA, the Transportation Security Administration is pushing to issue a new proposed business aircraft security program by year-end.
Regulations and Government

U.S. House Passes Anti-EU Emissions Tax

The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly yesterday against U.S. participation in the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (EU-ETS)
Regulations and Government

Brazil Preparing To Boost Bizav Capacity

Brazil is moving forward to privatize airport terminals to handle the anticipated 25-percent annual growth in commercial aviation
Campo De Marte airport
Aircraft

Bombardier's C Series Still on Schedule: Dewar

Bombardier C Series is on track for first flight in 2012.
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Piperjet Altaire Program Suspended ‘Indefinitely’

Piper Aircraft has cancelled its single-engine jet program.
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Aircraft

France Wields IR-Guided Hammer over Libya

France’s Sagem announced that the infrared-guided version of its Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (AASM, also known as Hammer) has been fielded
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Aircraft

L-3 Upgrades Viking Expeditionary UAS

L-3 Unmanned Systems of Dallas has completed a series of capability enhancements to its Viking 400 unmanned aircraft system (UAS)
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Aircraft

AT-6 Scores Hits with Laser-Guided Bombs

Hawker Beechcraft completed a series of weapons delivery tests from its AT-6 light attack and reconnaissance aircraft,
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Aircraft

AAI Unveils Larger, More Capable Shadow

Used at the brigade level for reconaissance, surveillance and target acquisition, the pneumatic catapult-launched RQ-7B is fitted with a
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Aircraft

Sweden Updates Gripen Offer To Croatia

The Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency on October 14 presented details concerning a proposal to supply
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AIN Blog: Hope Is Worth Little without Hard Work and Endurance

NBAA 2011: Hope Is Worth Little without Hard Work and Endurance

Eurocopter Tallies Sales at Air Med Conference

Eurocopter logs 26 sales at air medical conference.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Introduces Trent 900 Improvements for A380 Operators

Rolls-Royce boosts Trent 900 engine performance for A380
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AIN Blog: Sound Bites Insufficient as Bizav Braces for European Financial Implosion

Bizav still has it bad but is trying to stay positive, if not completely realistic
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