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SkyWest To Lease ACI Jet Hangar for New Mx Base

ACI Jet is also working with community colleges in the San Luis Obispo area to develop an aviation maintenance program.
Maintenance and Modifications

Mid-Continent Adds Dealer to Trig Avionics' Bona Fides

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics has been Trig's exclusive service center for North America since 2013.
Maintenance and Modifications

Robinson Helicopter Adds New MRO Facility

To maximize efficiency, Robinson organized the new space around the flow of parts.
Rotorcraft

Russia Resurrects Stored Ka-29s

The growth in Russia’s assault ship capability has created a renewed demand for the shipborne assault support Ka-29 helicopter.
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Aircraft

Tamarack Returns To Installing Active Winglets

Tamarack says it has taken three deposits and scheduled two installations in as many weeks for its Atlas active winglets.
Avionics

Daedalean Steps Up Autonomous Flight Control Efforts

Artificial intelligence specialist Daedalean has raised further capital to support efforts to develop DAL-A autopilots to support autonomous aircraft.
Accidents

Witness: AW139 Was Spinning before Bahamas Fatal Crash

The NTSB has issued its preliminary report into the July 4 fatal AW139 crash in the Bahamas that killed seven.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Prison Drone Dope Operation Thwarted

Georgia man pleads guilty to attempted drone delivery of marijuana to prisoners.
FBOs

Signature Expands Italian Service Network

New affliate FBO locations include Bergamo, Catania, Florence, Naples, Palermo, and Pisa.
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Airlines

Aer Lingus Adds First of Eight Airbus A321LRs

The Irish flag carrier plans to start flying the long-range narrowbody between Dublin and Hartford on August 2.
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Aircraft

Wichita Bank Expands Into Business Aircraft Financing

Equity Bank's new division will finance new and pre-owned piston, turboprop and jet aircraft purchases.
Aircraft

Icon Aircraft Delivers 100th A5

Icon Aircraft's production rates are accelerating as the 100th A5 is delivered.
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Sustainability and Environment

North Dakota Company's Jet To Hunt Florida Storms

Weather Modification International's Citation II will participate in a program with the University of North Dakota and the U.S. Navy on thunderstorms.
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FBOs

Shell Aviation Network Expands in New England

Columbia Air Services FBOs in Bar Harbor, Maine and Rutland, Vermont are the latest to join the Titan Aviation Fuels-distributed network.
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Aircraft

Russian Minister Sees Larger Market for SSJ100

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft's market for the SSJ100 should be much larger, but trade restrictions are holding it back.
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Fuel

NTSB Issues Warning: 'Don't Foul The Fuel!'

The NTSB alert outlines several incidents involving DEF contamination and provides guidance on avoiding such an event.
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Aircraft

Comac Forges Ahead with C919 Flight Tests

The C919 program is advancing steadily as the ARJ21 starts commercial operations with a second operator.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Redesigned Sabrewing Cargo Drone Can Carry Much More

Sabrewing cargo drone has a range of up to 1,000 nm and a useful load of 8,000 lbs.
Aircraft

'Electrolite' Ultralight Announced

Deliveries of Aeromarine LSA's $20,000 all-electric Part 103 ultralight will begin later this year.
Rotorcraft

Elevated UAM Landing Sites Pose Challenges

Expert cautions care in designing rooftop landing pads for eVTOLs.
Aircraft

RDD Enterprises Wants to Upgrade Amateur-built Hot Rod

Three experienced GA veterans have a business plan built on completing 10 airplanes per year.
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Avionics

Aspen Drives Price Down With Painless Upgrades

Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Aspen believes avionics should be able to grow with a pilot's needs.
Aircraft

Light Aircraft Group Optimistic on Coming Rule Changes

The Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association leader told journalists he sees good news on the horizon for LSAs.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Northrop Grumman Adding Sigint Capabilities to Triton

Fielding expanded mission capabilities for the unmanned Trito patroller is timed to coincide with the expected out-of-service date for the EP-3E Orion.
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Rotorcraft

CHC Heli CEO Fessenden Resigns

Dave Balevic will serve as interim CEO of CHC.
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Rotorcraft

More Safety Training For Primary Helo Students Urged

Safety tools should be incorporated in primary, recurrent helo pilot training, says professor.
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Regulations and Government

Fuel Fraud Repeal Gains Traction Under Plane Act

A GAO study estimated that the aviation trust fund may have lost well over $1 billion because of the nearly 15-year-old fuel fraud tax law.
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Aircraft

Southwest Nixes 737 Max Flights for Rest of 2019

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has removed the Max from its flight schedule through January 5.
Avionics

U.S. Bizav Fleet Reaches 77 Percent ADS-B Equipage

With less than half a year before the FAA mandate takes effect, nearly 4,000 business aircraft have yet to be modified.
Airports

Amsterdam Schiphol Ops Back to Normal After Fuel System Fault

jAmsterdam's airport operator vows to conduct independent investigations into the outage that halted jet A refueling.