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Engines

EASA Certifies Vector Aerospace Africa for Engine MRO

The Lanseria facility, which was opened in 2010, is a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A designated overhaul facility with distribution rights.
Maintenance and Modifications

Flying Colours Opens New St. Louis Facility

The company said the additonal space, plus a reconfigured floorplan will increase its productivty there six-fold.
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Safety

NTSB Presses FAA on 'Doors Off' Helo Operations

FAA Tweeted it will order the halt of certain doors off operations, but NTSB seeks more definitive action.
Aircraft

Boeing 737 Max 7 Completes First Flight

Smallest variant of Max family stays airborne for more than three hours
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Charter & Fractional

NYC Helo Crash Puts Spotlight on Doors-off Flights

Amateur video shows the helicopter making a hard impact then rolling right with main blades churning into the water and then rolling inverted.
Rotorcraft

Bell Aims for Urban Air Taxi by 2025

The company's air-taxi entry will be hybrid electric.
Rotorcraft

FAA's Duncan: Flight Standards Aims For Consistency

The FAA aims to get everyone at the FSS playing from the same sheet of music.
FBOs

Customs Now Available at Jo-burg's Fireblade FBO

The clearance of its first international flight represents a milestone for the $15 million facility which opened in 2014,
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Airports

Business Jet Ops Drop Sharply at Santa Monica Airport

Oral arguments set in May for NBAA lawsuit to overturn effort to close airport.
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FBOs

Farnborough Caterer Completes Kitchen Upgrade

Specializing in private aviation provisioning, On Air Dining has just finished a complete makeover of its Farnborough Airport facility.
Regulations and Government

Risk-based Trends, 7,000 Comments Led To LASP Demise

Proposal was estimated to cost $1.4 billion over 10 years.
Maintenance and Modifications

Safe Flight Developing Tailstrike Warning System

Safe Flight’s Tailstrike Warning System uses ground clearance and angle of attack (AoA)—a relationship that can even provide predictive alerts.
FBOs

Montreal FBO To Relocate

CYHU H-18 Services is set to break ground on new facilities after selling its building.
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Engines

Pratt & Whitney Details GTF Recovery Schedule

Company president Robert Leduc says knife-edge seal issue won’t prevent Pratt from achieving planned GTF 2018 production target
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Rotorcraft

NH90s and H125s Ordered for Qatar Force Modernization

Qatar has finalized a deal with prime contractor Leonardo to buy 28 NH90s for its air force and navy, plus Airbus Helicopters H125 trainers.
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Aircraft

Denmark Firm Named Nordic Sales Rep for Daher TBMs

Its sales territory includes Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Safety

NTSB Reaches Out to Industry on Accident Communications

Agency had received pushback after movie Sully was released.
Avionics

Jeppesen Charts Added To GoDirect Flight Bag Pro App

Honeywell's GoDirect Flight Bag Pro allows business aviation pilots to create flight plans, view weather, and access flight briefing information.
Avionics

Pentastar Broadens Connectivity Options for Gulfstreams

“Connectivity is vital for business travelers to be truly productive,” noted Jesse Beard, Pentastar Aviation’s director of engineering and inside sales.
Rotorcraft

JSFirm Helicopter Pilot, Technician Database Tops 50k

That milestone was reached as concerns grow surrounding looming shortages in the helicopter sector.
ATC

DOT IG: FAA NextGen Development Projects Lack Oversight

Since Fiscal Year 2008, Congress has appropriated more than $1.7 billion for NextGen developmental projects.
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Safety

Part 91 Participants Propelling ACSF's ASAP Program

ACSF program now accounts for 54 percent of active agreements involved in ASAP, FAA's Randy McDonald said.
Aircraft

GlobalEye Conducts First Flight

Having been rolled out in February, the first Saab GlobalEye has taken to the air for the first time.
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Aircraft

Cessna Wraps Up Initial Wind Tunnel Tests of SkyCourier

First flight of the SkyCourier is slated for next year, with service entry planned in 2020.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Technik Offers AutoInspect for Engine Components

AutoInspect will be introduced for combustor components in CFM56 and CF34 engine families.
Airports

Landing, Parking Fees Set To Rise at 14 Greek Airports

This includes airports in Aktion, Chania, Corfu, Kavala, Kefalonia, Kos, Lesbos, Mykonos, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos, Thessaloniki, and Zakynthos.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hongkong Jet To Expand G550 Mx Services

Hongkong Jet will upgrade and expand its HKAR 145 maintenance capabilities to include approval to certify G550 aircraft to 144 mos/12 C level.
Charter & Fractional

Horizon Air Group Rebrands as Leviate

The company, which started out as just a charter broker in 2015, has added capabilities from whole aircraft brokerage to aircraft operations since then.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dart Gets Transport Canada Nod for Bell 505 Bearpaws

The Canadian manufacturer expects more approvals to follow shortly.
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Engines

GE9X Takes Flight on 747 Testbed

First flight from Victorville, California, lasts more than four hours
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