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Thales Exec Carette To Head Inmarsat's Aviation Unit

Carette joins Inmarsat after spending the past eight years with Thales, including as CEO of the electronics specialist’s InFlyt Experience business.

Harry Robertson, Father of Crashworthy Systems, Dies at 87

Harry Robertson, who has died at the age of 87, invented the Robbie Tank that is credited with saving thousands of lives.
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Long-time NATA Staffer Johanna O'Toole Flies West

Johanna O’Toole, who passed away last week, spent nearly 30 years providing administration and accounting support with NATA and NBAA.
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FutureFlight

EASA Gets MTU's Help To Define Certification Path for Hydrogen Fuel Cells

The European aviation safety agency is partnering with German aircraft engine maker MTU to assess new standards, regulations, and verification procedures for what it calls flying fuel cells.
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FutureFlight

Japanese Type Certification of SkyDrive Personal eVTOL Gets Underway

SkyDrive, which claims to be the first eVTOL developer in Japan to have its type certificate application accepted, has pushed back its projected timeline for service entry of its single-seat flying car from 2023 to 2025.
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FutureFlight

As First Flight Approaches, Eviation Founder Explains How and Why Alice Got a New Look

With ground testing far advanced, Eviation expects the Alice to start its flight test campaign from its new headquarters in Washington state by the end of 2021.
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Training and Workforce

Sheltair, Avfuel Give Back to Aviation Community

Sheltair has partnered with Avfuel on a new scholarship program entitled Future Takes Flight.
Sustainability and Environment

Shell Names Developer for Rotterdam SAF Plant

Industrial engineering solutions provider Worley was selected to establish a low-carbon fuel production operation at Shell's Netherlands facility.
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Aircraft

Emirates To 'Upcycle' its First-ever A380

Emirates Airline's first A380 began revenue service on August 1, 2008, from Dubai to New York JFK, after which it flew another 6,318 sectors.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Aero Plans New MRO Facility in Tennessee

Stevens Aerospace and Defense Systems' new MRO facility will be located at Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport near Nashville.
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Maintenance and Modifications

North Dakota Firms Team on Aeromed Completions

Spectrum Aeromed and Fargo Jet Center (FJC) are highlighting their aircraft completions partnership this week at the Air Medical Transport Conference.
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Sustainability and Environment

Million Air Launches Green Initiative

Million Air has unveiled a two-pronged sustainability plan, with the goal of making the Houston-based service provider net-zero carbon emissions by 2023.
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Avionics

Dassault Selects Ingenio for Falcon EFB Solution

Dassault Aviation has selected Ingenio Aerospace’s cockpit tablet arm to provide electronic flight bag mounts for in-production Falcons.
Charter & Fractional

FlyExclusive Establishes New Aircraft Operations Center

FlyExclusive's new aircraft operations center is based at its Kinston, North Carolina, headquarters.
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Charter & Fractional

Gulf Air To Launch Boutique Charters

Bahrain-based Gulf Air will use its commercial aircraft fleet to offer group and private charters with bespoke services.
Airlines

ZeroAvia Seeks Airline For First Commercial Hydrogen Flight

Hydrogen propulsion developer and its Dutch airport partners aim to support the first commercial scheduled airline service powered by hydrogen in 2024.
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Rotorcraft

Spectrum, Uniflight Partner on Med Interiors for AW119Kxi

Spectrum Aeromed and Uniflight will install medical interiors in Leonardo AW119Kxi helicopters for two air ambulance programs.
Rotorcraft

Skytrac and Stars Test In-flight Medical Data Transfer

Skytrac Systems and Stars have have partnered on in-flight medical data transfer from an Airbus Helicopters H145-D3.
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Avionics

GPMS and Metro Partner on HUMS STC for Airbus H135

GPMS and Metro Aviation aim to STC the Foresight MX health and usage monitoring system in the Airbus H135.
FBOs

NFPA Removes Bizav Hangar Foam Requirement

The National Fire Protection Association’s revision of its 409 Standard on Aircraft Hangars removes the mandate for foam fire systems in Group 2 hangars.
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FBOs

Air Elite Brings Customer Service Training in House

The Air Elite FBO Network has implemented an in-house staff training program.
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BACE 2021 Celebrates Bizav's Return

The 2021 edition of NBAA-BACE welcomed exhibitors and attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center's new West Hall.
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AIN Announces 2021 Top Flight Award Nominees

Top Flight recognizes individuals, organizations, and technologies for excellence, innovation, and service.
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People in Aviation

Thomas Holzthum is CEO of PCX Aerostructures, Sean Lee joins NBAA board, and Jim Lewis is senior managing director of Mente Group.
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Accidents

Accidents: November 2021

Preliminary and final accident reports, November 2021
Rotorcraft

Creating SMS Culture at the Pilot Level

Two helicopter operators exemplify the application of SMS concepts for a wide variety of mission types.
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Rotorcraft

Flying Under a New-fangled Hood

Putting technology to work, two companies have developed IFR training hoods that allow instructors to change the visibility dynamically in flight.
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Aircraft

Field Aero Upgrades Avionics on USAF Beechjet Fleet

Field Aerospace's contract calls for the Oklahoma City-based company to upgrade the avionics of the Air Force's T-1A fleet to Collins Pro Line 21.
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Rotorcraft

Heli XP Wraps with Booming Market

Helicopter resellers and trading firms at Heli XP report business is white hot.
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Aircraft

French Partners Fly A319neo Using 100 Percent SAF

Airbus, Dassault, Onera, the French Ministry of Transport, and Safran launched the first in-flight study of a single-aisle aircraft using unblended SAF.
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