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Maintenance and Modifications

Textron Aviation Adds Mobile Service Unit in Germany

Mobile service units help get AOG aircraft airborne quickly.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours Repeats on Bombardier Award

For the second year in a row, the MRO company’s St. Louis facility rose to the top of the heap.
Engines

Duncan Selects Atec for Engine Test Cell Expansion

Aircraft services provider will expand heavy maintenance capability.
Maintenance and Modifications

AV8 Reaches Hawker Gear Milestone

Houston-based MRO achieved a three-week turn time on for Hawker landing gear overhauls.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Insitu Drone Headed for Smithsonian Museum

N202SE is the first unmanned aircraft to perform an FAA-approved commercial beyond visual line of sight flight in the National Airspace System.
Rotorcraft

Bell 525 Will Certify with Four Test Aircraft

Progress is continuing despite the halting of flight testing.
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Avionics

SATCOM Direct can now carry SiriusXM

SATCOM Direct scores as the first business aviation satellite service provider authorized to offer SiriusXM services.
Avionics

New App From Cobham Tests ADS-B Capability

The new app meets FAA requirements.
Avionics

Lord expands into flight control systems

Acquisition of Fly-by-Wire bolsters move into electrified aircraft and helps strategic rebalancing between rotor and fixed-wing business.
Aircraft

Hearst Buying Camp Systems

The acquisition is seen as part of Hearst's continuing strategy to diversify into data and information-based companies.
Charter & Fractional

GAMA Pitching for Long-Term Success

Farnborough-based GAMA Aviation has grown substantially in recent years but believes its global, full-service offering is unique.
Charter & Fractional

ExcelAire Opens Teterboro Base

Charter management company plans base, fleet expansions.
Training and Workforce

EAA AirVenture spirit puts the show on the road

If you can’t go to EAA’s AirVenture, maybe a virtual visit is in order.
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Avionics

Bob Hoover Honored at NBAA 2016

Just a week after his death at 94 from natural causes, NBAA pays tribute to the distinguished airman at its opening sessions.
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Avionics

CAE Announces Training Advances

CAE received an endorsement from Dassault aviation, unveiled its customer web portal and announced training advances at the NBAA Convention.
FBOs

W Aviation to Highlight Venezuela Link

As it works on expanding its Fort Lauderdale FBO, the company is introducing its second location, in Venezuela.
Avionics

TechnicAir to Further Develop ADS-B STC

The BBA Aviation company has acquired the rights to a King Air ADS-B STC from FreeFlight, allowing the companies to develop it in partnership.
Aircraft

Esterline Supplies Longitude Cockpit Controls

Luminated cockpit controls are being supplied to Cessna by Esterline Control & Communication Systems.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

ACJ320 Gets First Aircraft VoIP Installation

Installation performed as part of heavy maintenance check at Airbus Corporate Jet Centre.
Avionics

Pentastar Unveils Wireless Charging Unit

Wireless charging allows for less cluttered business aircraft cabins, according to Pentastar and its partner Cobalt Aerospace.
Avionics

CBAA Launches Canadian Schedulers and Dispatchers Scholarship

Hoping to pull youth into all aspects of aviation, CBAA creates a scholarship for schedulers and dispatchers.
Training and Workforce

TrainingPort Reups with AirSprint, Intros Cabin Attendant Training

Company intros cabin attendant training, renews contract with Canadian fleet operator.
FBOs

TNA Displays Smart Semi-robotic Tugs

Florida-based distributor of German-made tugs says equipment can effectively increase hangar or ramp space up to 40 percent.
Avionics

Latitude Technologies Announces New Patents, Contracts and Employees

Trifectas are rare, and gratifying. This year at NBAA Latitude Technologies gets its own.
Training and Workforce

Cessna 150 Raffle Raises Funds for Boeing Stearman Rebuild

That’s some kind of magic, turning a cute little Cessna trainer into the parts and pieces of a Boeing Stearman.
FBOs

Fort Lauderdale’s Banyan Air Service Gets Mexican Certification

Holding civil aviation authority for maintenance from numerous countries is one key to Banyan Air Service success.
Safety

FlightSafety Announces Master Aviator Program for Helos

The program involves two advanced aircraft-specific courses and four elective courses.
Regulations and Government

FAA Warns of Inaccurate ETAs in Oceanic Airspace

The SAFO suggests a reliable way to maintain an accurate ETA in the FMS.
Accidents

NTSB Cites Wind, Unstabilized Approach in CL601 Fatal

Weather at the time of the accident “was near or in exceedance of the aircraft’s maximum tailwind and crosswind component for landing.”
Airlines

Air France-KLM To Launch New Long-Haul Airline

Plan designed to fend off competition from Gulf state powers