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Major Helicopter Orders Landed at EMS Conference
Helicopter EMS operators and OEMs announced several large orders for new aircraft at the opening of the Air Medical Transport Conference in Fort Lauderdale
Maintenance and Modifications
Flightcraft Named Hawker Beech Service Center
Hawker Beechcraft has appointed Flightcraft of Portland, Ore., as an authorized service center for King Airs and piston-powered models.
Aircraft
First Phenom 300 Delivered in South America
Embraer's first South African customer for a Phenom 300 light jet, John McCormick, CEO of McCormick Property Developments, took delivery of his airplane la
Aircraft
Socata could resurrect Grob SPn
Daher-Socata is jointly studying plans for a new aircraft development under an exclusive agreement with Allied Aviation Technologies, which owns the asset
Aircraft
What Will SMS Add To the Falcon Flock?
The next big new idea from Dassault is its long-awaited SMS super-midsized jet program.
Training and Workforce
FlyRight King Air sim OK'd in four countries
FlyRight has achieved qualification for its level-C King Air 200 flight simulator in the U.S., Canada, Brazil and China.
Maintenance and Modifications
Learjet 60 locker nears FAA OK
The new Raisbeck Engineering Learjet 60 aft fuselage locker is a centerpiece of the Raisbeck exhibit this year at the NBAA convention (Booth No.
Aircraft
Boeing Takes Flak over 747-8 Freighter Delays
It didn’t take special insight to guess that Boeing wouldn’t meet its year-end target to certify and deliver the first 747-8 Freighter.
Aircraft
Mitsubishi Cuts Metal for MRJ as Sales Sag
Mitsubishi has tried not to let lackluster sales tarnish an efficiently run development campaign for the MRJ regional jet, the first metal for which worker
Maintenance and Modifications
Boeing Looks To Add Value and Grow Revenue throughout Aircraft Lifecycle
Boeing’s Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) division is gaining ground in its strategy to deliver services for the entire lifetime of the aircraft that it
Regulations and Government
Europe’s Regional Airlines Demand Legal Action over Volcano Losses
Despite evident post-recession traffic recovery, last month’s European Regions Airline Association general assembly in Barcelona was accompanied by the sou
Engines
Boeing Delivery Totals Reflect Strong Single-aisle Market
More evidence of an increasingly robust single-aisle commercial airplane market surfaced today in Boeing’s third-quarter delivery report, which shows that
ATC
ADS-B Gets Green Light, GPS Backup Less Clear
Following successful ADS-B deployment at key sites in Alaska, the
Maintenance and Modifications
Enterprise Jet Center Expands Maintenance Capacity
For the second time in five years Enterprise Jet Center is expanding its Houston Hobby Airport complex.
Maintenance and Modifications
Mid-Continent STCs Lithium Emergency Power
Mid-Continent Instruments has received an approved model list (AML) supplemental type certificate (STC) from the FAA for its MD835 lithium emergency power
Maintenance and Modifications
Precision Aviation Expands Facility
Precision Aviation Group (PAG) has begun a project expanding its Atlanta headquarters.
Maintenance and Modifications
Tailwind Buys Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems’ Assets
Hartzell Propeller’s parent company, Tailwind Technologies, has purchased the assets of Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems of Montgomery, Ala., for an undiscl
Maintenance and Modifications
StandardAero Reopens Springfield TFE731 MPI Shop
StandardAero is now offering TFE731 heavy maintenance, repair and overhaul out of its 265,000-sq-ft production and support facility in Springfield.
Maintenance and Modifications
Constant Offers Beechjet 400XP Pro Line 21 Upgrade
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport-based Constant Aviation has delivered its first retail Pro Line 21 upgraded Beechjet 400XP.
Engines
Turboprop Version of GE38 Turboshaft Due Mid-decade
A new General Electric turboprop engine, derived from the 7,500-shp GE38-1B turboshaft engine, could become available by the middle of the decade.
Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada Launches Global Flight Test Operations Facility
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) joined Canadian and Quebec government officials in inaugurating the company’s global flight test operations center yesterday
Avionics
With Entegra Release 9, Avidyne eyes turbines
Avidyne is setting its sights on the lower echelon of the turbine business airplane market as part of a strategy by the Massachusetts avionics manufacturer
Avionics
Flexjet Equipping with Aircell Wi-Fi
Flexjet last month announced plans to offer Aircell Gogo Biz in-flight Wi-Fi connections as a standard amenity on its fractional program aircraft at no add
Avionics
G250 Avionics Test Rig Logs 1,000 Hours
Gulfstream’s G250 integration test facility (ITF) in Savann
Avionics
Sandel Delivers First HeliTaws
Sandel Avionics last month delivered its first HeliTaws helicopter terrain safety system, to Metro Aviation of Shreveport, La., for installation in a Eur
Avionics
TrueNorth Introduces Iridium E-mail Module
TrueNorth Avionics has introduced a plug-in hardware module that lets owners of several brands of airborne telephone use their personal smartphones to se
Avionics
Bose updates Headset X with A20
Bose introduced its long-awaited A20 noise-canceling headset at the EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh in July and attendees immediately began snapping up the
Avionics
Seattle Avionics adds e-charts for EU
Pilots who want an alternative source of electronic chart data for flying outside the U.S.
Avionics
EASA OKs G1000 for King Air
Danish Hawker and Beech specialist Scandinavian Aircraft Technologies (ScanTech) is coordinating EASA approval of
