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More Rafales for India Still Likely

The new interest in foreign single-engined fighters does not preclude Indian production of the French jet.
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Aircraft

Leonardo Sells Remaining Stake in Sukhoi Civil Aircraft

Italian company continues to participate in SSJ100 program through Superjet International joint venture
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Aircraft

Airbus Sets New Delivery Record, Meets Sales Goal for 2016

European airframer ends year with $1 trillion order backlog
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Regulations and Government

Graves: FAA Bill Likely To Come Up in Spring

Bill anticipated to include ATC reform, and other priorities that include aircraft registration and certification fixes, Graves said.
Aircraft

Piper Wins 50-aircraft Order from China Air Shuttle

China Air Shuttle will begin to take deliveries in the second quarter and then distribute the Piper Archers to flight schools and genav outfits in China.
FBOs

Jet Aviation To Expand at Singapore Seletar Airport

The new addition will bring the facility at Seletar Aerospace Part to more than 100,000 sq ft of hangar space.
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Maintenance and Modifications

PPG, Bombardier Create New Aircraft Paint Effect

The Carrington Pearl Blue paint was applied to a Global Express XRS owned by Carrington Holding.
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Aircraft

Iran Air Takes Delivery of Its First New Airbus

CFM56-powered A321 embodies hopes for thawed relations between Iran and West
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Rotorcraft

North Sea Mishap Sparks More Scrutiny of Sikorsky S-92

Alert Service Bulletin from Sikorsky calls for a special one-time inspection of the tail rotor and bearing assemblies.
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FBOs

South Carolina Airport Takes Over FBO Operations

Cerulean Aviation is now operating at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport/Roger Milliken Field.
Airports

Houston Hooks Airport Upgrades for the Big Game

The airport expects to post strong traffic numbers for Super Bowl LI.
FBOs

Northern Ireland FBO Gets OK To Expand Terminal

Global Trek is expanding its terminal now to take account of future traffic.
ATC

Trump Nominee: ATC Reform Requires 'National Consensus'

Elaine Chao said she's aware of the arguments for and against restructuring the FAA, but she was noncommittal on her position.
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FBOs

Gama Aviation Says Try Sharjah To Avoid Dubai’s Airport Bottleneck

Gama Aviation Says Try Sharjah To Avoid Dubai’s Airport Bottleneck
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Aircraft

Pilot Report: Falcon 8X

Dassault’s flagship is a long-range and comfortable traveling machine.
Aircraft

First Flight of Irkut’s MC-21-300 in Sight

Preparations for milestone progress into advanced stages
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Pentagon Demonstrates 'Swarming' of Micro Drones

The exercise at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in October was one of the largest thus far using teams of small autonomous drones.
Airports

California Congressman: FAA a ‘Shill for Corporations’

Congressman Ted Lieu is siding with the city of Santa Monica in its efforts to close Santa Monica Airport.
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Regulations and Government

Thune, Shuster Return To Lead Key Committees

The returning chairman face another reauthorization debate, but Thune first must turn his attention to presidential nominations.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Small Unmanned Aircraft Sets 56-Hour Flight Record

The Vanilla Aircraft VA001 landed with more than half of its JP-8 fuel still available for a longer mission.
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Regulations and Government

More Regulatory Changes Ahead for Bizav This Year

Several major rulemaking actions are scheduled to be adopted in 2017 that will affect general and business aviation operations in the U.S. and abroad.
Regulations and Government

FAA Rule Reforms Third-class Pilot Medical Requirement

The agency released the BasicMed rule at the direction of Congress.
Accidents

Search Teams Continue Recovery of CJ4 in Lake Erie

Seats and debris that appear to be portions of the fuselage have been recovered, along with the cockpit voice recorder.
Aircraft

Gulfstream G650ER Logs More City-pair Speed Records

7,500-nm jet claims two more city-pair records—from Columbus, Ohio, to Shanghai and Taipei to Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Charter & Fractional

U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Flytenow Case

The FAA had determined that pilots who solicit passengers using the website are “common carriers” and subject to commercial transportation requirements.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Battle Creek Upgrades Paint Capability

With 12,000 square feet, the new hangar allows for additional paint capacity and paint schedule flexibility.
ATC

Eurocontrol Handles Civil, Military Traffic in German Airspace

Controllers at the Maastricht Upper Area Control Center in the Netherlands take responsibility for high-altitude traffic over northwest Germany.
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Aircraft

Russian Air Power Prevails over Syria

Moscow has enabled Damascus to advance against rebels.
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Accidents

Business Jet, Turboprop Accidents Down in 2016

According to preliminary statistics researched by AIN, there were 12 accidents of U.S.-registered business jets last year versus 20 in 2015.
Safety

TKS Technology Offers Method To Meet New Icing Regulations

The Cav Ice Protection SLD Guard technology can be retrofitted to any type of existing ice-protection system.
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