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In The Works: Kestrel Aircraft Kestrel
Kestrel Aircraft selected Honeywell’s TPE331-14GR to power its all-composite single-engine turboprop.
Aircraft
Blue Panorama to confirm SSJ order next month
The new Western European launch customer for the Sukhoi SuperJet 100, Italy’s 
Aircraft
Certification Ends Development Nightmares for Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, which during its seven-times delayed development program has seemed more of a nightmare than a dream, became a joyful reality on A
Qantas, American pursue new global alliance benefits
Developments planned by Australia’s Qantas Airways and American Airlines demonstrate membership benefits for global alliance partners seeking to rationaliz
Aircraft
Pilots, Controllers Urge Safe Integration of Unmanned Aircraft
Air transport industry groups accept the inevitability of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying in civil airspace.
ATC
Study: Sesar Benefits Depend on Timely Deployment
The economic, environmental and efficiency gains promised under the Single European Sky ATM Research (Sesar) program are “extremely sensitive” to timely im
NBAA Taps Whyte for Abace Role
NBAA appointed former Cessna executive Roger Whyte to serve as special counsel to association president and CEO Ed Bolen in preparation for the 2012 Asian
Regulations and Government
Canada and EU Forge Aviation Safety Agreement
Canada and the European Union have enacted a bilateral aviation safety agreement, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association announced.
Aircraft
Gulfstream G150 Gets Nod from Brazil and China
The midsize Gulfstream G150 received type certification from Brazil’s ANAC, as well as the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Training and Workforce
IMC Club and PilotWorkshops Form Alliance
Pre-owned Markets Looking Up
Pre-owned business jet and turboprop markets showed early signs of improvement in the first half of this year, which is expected to be a second year of cor
Aircraft
Gulf Outage Exposes ADS-B Oversight Vulnerability
The loss of service from automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) stations in the Gulf of Mexico last summer exposed the risk inherent in the FAA
Aircraft
F-35s Flying Again, but Face Continued Test Challenges
Flight tests of the Lockheed Martin F-35 resumed after a two-week grounding.
Aircraft
MAKS 2011: Klimov-powered Version of Mi-38 Makes a Debut
The first example of the Mi-382 helicopter (S/N 38011) made its debut in the static display at the Moscow Air Show (MAKS 2011).
Aircraft
New Export Gains for Boeing CH-47s and Sikorsky UH-60s
Boeing and Sikorsky are gaining new export business worth over $2 billion for Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters, respectively.
ERA on a mission to win over Brussels bureaucrats
To the European Regions Airline Association, the last 36 months have proved the most challenging period the industry at large has ever faced, leaving ER
Avionics
FAA: Own-ship Position Display on iPads Is a Problem
The FAA does not want pilots to use Apple’s iPad tablet computer for navigation.
Aircraft
Boeing Delivers BBJ; Marks Anniversary
Boeing recently marked the 15th anniversary of its Boeing Business Jets division with delivery of a BBJ to Deer Jet Airlines of Beijing, the third of four
Rotorcraft
New Zealand company unveils composite helicopter
A New Zealand company plans to build an all-composite, six-seat turbine single for less than the price of a new Robinson R66.
Composite Helicopters of Auck
FBOs
Nigeria gets first real FBO with new Lagos facility
Nigeria now has what claims to be the West African country’s first purpose-built FBO, with the recent opening of the EAN Jet Centre at Murtala Muhammed Int
Rotorcraft
Air Methods Posts Revenue Gain
For the first six months of the year, the nation’s largest helicopter EMS provider reported revenues of $282.1 million, up 9 percent from the same period a
Rotorcraft
American Eurocopter Develops Inadvertent IMC Course
American Eurocopter has developed a course designed to deal with inadvertent flight into IMC to be taught in its AS350 Level B flight and mission training
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Jet Aviation St. Louis Enhances Falcon 7X Table
Few things take the pleasure out of dining or inhibit work efficiency on board more than a chair and table that are too far apart.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Greenpoint Acquires T.R. Reed Enterprises
GreenpointTechnologies of Kirkland, Wash., has acquired T.R.
FBOs
FBO Profile: Million Air Gulfport
Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (GPT) marked a major milestone last month when the new Million Air FBO (the company’s 29th location) opened its doors
Aircraft
Air Lease Delivers First E190 to Trip
Steven Udvar Hazy’s Air Lease has delivered its first new Embraer aircraft from the
Aircraft
In The Works: Gulfstream Aerospace G280, G250
The newly renamed G280 (formerly G250) is on schedu
