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Accidents

Torqued: Timely Air Taxi Safety Investigation from Our Neighbor to the North

A recent report from the Canadian agency highlights improvements U.S. operators can make.
Avionics

Universal Avionics Holds Competition for New Control Display Unit Interface - AIN

Universal Avionics Holds Competition for New Control Display Unit Interface - AIN
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Rotorcraft

U.S. Air Force Welcomes the Grey Wolf

Boeing and Leonardo are supplying the MH-139A under a rapid acquisition program to replace aging Bell UH-1N Twin Hueys.
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Aircraft

Rolls-Royce Unveils Electric Race Plane

UK government-backed ACCEL venture is designed help spur development of electric propulsion technologies.
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Charter & Fractional

FAA Warns BlackBird, Pilots of Possible Rule Violations

BlackBird Air is pausing its Part 91 offerings following a letter it received from the FAA's Enforcement Division.
Aircraft

Max Suppliers Largely Mum on Effects of Production Pause

Smaller companies stand to feel the most serious consequences of Boeing’s narrowbody line closure.
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Aircraft

Uber and Joby Partner To Launch Urban Air-taxi Service in 2023

Joby Aviation has yet to explain how it will get its eVTOL aircraft certified and ready for commercial operations to start with Uber in 2023.
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Aircraft

Spirit To Suspend 737 Max Fuselage Production

The Wichita-based Max supplier makes 70 percent of the narrowbody’s fuselage, deliveries of which Boeing has directed it to temporarily halt on January 1.
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Aircraft

Embraer and Brazil's Air Force Launch Military Transport Study

A new Brazilian program could produce a new light transport to follow in the footsteps of the successful Bandeirante.
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Aircraft

Airbus Delivers A350 with Touchscreen Displays

China Eastern took delivery of the first commercial widebody to feature touchscreen flight deck displays.
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Aircraft

Learjet 75 Liberty Mockup Lands in Scottsdale

A full-scale cabin mockup of the Bombardier Learjet 75 Liberty will make a three-day appearance next week in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Aircraft

ATR Delivers First 'Green Financed' Aircraft to Braathens

The Swedish regional airline’s replacement of regional jets with ATR 72-600s meets "green" loan principles established by the Loan Market Association.
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Aircraft

Kremlin Praises Pobeda While Barring New Boeing Acquisitions

The Russian low-cost subsidiary of Aeroflot ordered twenty 737 Max 8s.
Aircraft

First Cessna SkyCourier Gets Its Wings

Textron Aviation successfully mates the wings and fuselage of its prototype SkyCourier high-wing, twin-turboprop utility airplane.
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Avionics

IS&S Engine-out Autothrottle Certified in King Air

The FAA has granted an STC to IS&S covering the engine-out mode/Vmca mitigation features of its ThrustSense autothrottle.
FBOs

Ross Aviation Buys Rival in California

Ross Aviation now has two FBOs at Palm Springs-area Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport.
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Aircraft

Chicago To Be Charter Operator GrandView's Next Base

GrandView Aviation will open its third base at Chicago Executive Airport in early 2020.
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Charter & Fractional

FAA Issues New Policy Guidelines on Charters

The FAA has issued new guidance to charter operators, brokers and customers, in its attemps to combat illegal charter activity.
Aircraft

Israel Seeks New U.S. Military Aircraft

Faced with a perceived need to maintain a qualitative edge over other forces in the region, the Israeli Air Force is hoping to buy more U.S.-made fighters.
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Accidents

17-Year-Old Girl Crashes King Air After Joyride

A King Air 200 was substantially damaged after an unlicensed minor tried to take it for a spin and ended up crashing it into a Fresno Airport builiding.
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Safety

MedAire Develops Tools to Respond to In-Flight Medical Emergencies - AIN

MedAire Develops Tools to Respond to In-Flight Medical Emergencies - AIN
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Rotorcraft

Enstrom Marks 60 Years

Since incorporation in 1959, Enstrom Helicopter has delivered more than 1,300 helicopters to customers in 50 countries.
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Aircraft

NASA Clears Final Assembly of Low-boom Demonstrator

NASA has approved final assembly of the $248 million X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) demonstration aircraft.
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Airports

China To Inject $223 Million in Small, Medium-sized Airports

At least three-quarters of China’s airports lose money each year, due to low traffic numbers.
Aircraft

Nomad Completes ADS-B Install on Challenger 850

The installation comes ahead of the European ADS-B Out deadline set for June 7, 2020.
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Airports

Brazil’s First Greenfield Bizav Airport Opens Amid Fanfare

São Paulo Catarina Aeroporto Executivo, Brazil’s first greenfield business aviation airport, opened on December 16 after six years of construction.
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Regulations and Government

Part 135 Survey To Help Orgs in Flight, Duty Rewrite

Bizav groups are trying to get a more complete picture of the Part 135 community as they begin deliberations on potential rest and duty reg changes
Maintenance and Modifications

Southeast Aero Wins PMA for Garmin G5000 Harnesses

Southeast Aerospace says the harness manufacturing can save avionics shops up to 450 man hours from creating their own.
Aircraft

Air France-KLM Converts MOU on 60 Airbus A220s

The former Bombardier C Series will replace Air France’s A318s and A319s.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Creates Online PMA Library

The new, searchable database includes more than 75 PMAs that are complementary to Duncan Aviation's STCs.