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Maintenance and Modifications

Charles Hagen To Receive HAI Maintenance Award

Hagen is receiving the award for his accomplishments in conducting or managing maintenance operations in the helicopter industry.
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Aircraft

GAMA: Business Aviation on an Upswing

Business jet and piston sales were up, offsetting declines in turboprop deliveries, but billings still softened.
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Rotorcraft

Sikorsky's New Rescue Hawk Enters Final Assembly

The first of four EMD machines should be flying around the turn of the year.
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Aircraft

NATO Joint Tanker/Transport and MPA Programs Advance

New countries are joining the alliances and a new tanker is added to the MRTT fleet
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

New Chinese Armed UAV Project Unveiled

The Star UAV Systems Star Shaodw is set for a 2019 first flight
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Regulations and Government

Bunce: FAA Needs Resources To Keep Up with New Users

Buunce fears that the growing list of responsibilities will spread the FAA to thin.
Maintenance and Modifications

Tamarack Receives Expanded PMA with CJ3/CJ3+ Certs

The approval enables Tamarack to produce and install the winglets at its facility in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet MS Completes Global 5000 Maintenance

The aircraft, which is operated by a European business jet operator, was delivered to the Jet MS hangar for minor repairs.
Maintenance and Modifications

Flying Colours Earns Q400 Conversion Contract

The project includes designing, installing and certifying a system of interchangeable, mission specific cabins for the commercial turboprop twin.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UTC Wins New Customers For DB- and MS-110 Sensor

The high-end tactical reconnaissance pods will be fitted to foreign jets, and also to US Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper UAVs
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Rotorcraft

Airbus H160 Arrives for First U.S. Visit

The new medium twin rotorcraft will replace the airframer's H155 family. It is on display at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas.
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Engines

Pratt & Whitney Resumes GTF Production

UTC doesn’t expect the knife-edge seal issue affecting 98 PW1100G-JM engines to affect P&W’s GTF 2018 production performance.
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Accidents

Indonesia Places Firm Order for 11 Su-35 Multirole Fighters

The first two will delivered in August.
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Rotorcraft

Helicopter Veteran Larry Roberts Joins Kopter

In his new role, he well be responsible for sales and marketing of the company's SH09 turbine single in North America.
Aircraft

Airbus Renews Tough Talk with Suppliers

Demands 100-percent on-time rate as production approaches 800 aircraft a year
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Regulations and Government

‘Strong Support’ for Australia’s Helo Training Proposal

The proposal includes an option to qualify for a commercial pilot license with helicopter category rating with 105 hours of training in rotorcraft.
Regulations and Government

NATA Questions Risk of Potential Ownership Rule Change

The association said a bill to allow an increase foreign ownership in U.S. air carriers would represent a significant change for Part 135 carriers.
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Aviation Completes King Air 350 Blackhawk Upgrade

Stevens Aviation's Nashville facility completed the modification in two weeks during a regular phase inspection.
Regulations and Government

NBAA Clarifies Canadian Border Exemption for Charters

The Canadian Border Services Agency reversed its position on the applicability of the Transporter Obligations Program mandate to charters.
Maintenance and Modifications

Oriens Opens Biggin Hill PC-12 Service Center

The move follows what the UK and Ireland Pilatus sales distributor calls an "excellent" 2017.
Aircraft

XTI's TriFan 600 Adds First Indian Order to Backlog

The $6.5 million, hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) TriFan 600 is expected to enter service in late 2022/early 2023.
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Sustainability and Environment

CORSIA Looms, but Many Bizav Operators Exempt

NBAA estimates that fewer than 100 operators in North America will be affected by the carbon dioxide cap rules.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Brook One Adds Insulation Films

The company's lightweight films protect passengers, crew, and cargo in the event of a fire.
Aircraft

Airbus Delivers First Qatar A350-1000

Though a few months late, the first delivery has Qatar's management excited with prospects for the future.
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Aircraft

Abu Dhabi Air Expo To Feature Gulfstream G500, G650ER

Three-day UAE airshow, which will feature more than 60 aircraft on static display and more than 150 exhibitors, opens on Monday.
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Rotorcraft

Med-Trans, Care Flight Form Aeromed Partnership

Med-Trans has already begun providing flight services, including rotor-wing pilots and maintenance crewmembers, to Care Flight’s four helicopter bases.
Accidents

AIN Blog: 15 Years Later, Columbia Disaster Revisited

An authoritative new book on the loss of the space shuttle in 2003, focuses on the recovery of the crew and the debris.
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Safety

Industry Makes Inroads on Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessments

Working group aims to incorporate more real world data.
Airlines

Indian Regulator Defends IndiGo's GTF Response

Calls claims of negligence on the part of IndiGo "baseless"
Rotorcraft

Air Methods and Airbus Settle with A-Star Paramedic

Helicopter design factor in settlement