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Nov 30, 2020 - 2:15 PM
Thales, StandardAero Fly AStar With 4-Axis Autopilot
Thales/ StandardAero anticipate FAA STC approval of four-axis AStar autopilot by mid-2021.
Nov 30, 2020 - 12:41 PM
Onsite DEF Test Kit Available Soon
New Jersey-based Acustrip has developed the first onsite test kit to detect the presence of DEF in jet-A.
Nov 30, 2020 - 12:28 PM
Air Methods Settles Suit Over Crumbling Pitot Tubes
Air ambulance provider Air Methods will pay $825,000 to settle Justice Department suit alleging it flew a helicopter with crumbling pitot tubes.
Airbus H145 5 blade
Nov 30, 2020 - 12:11 PM
Five-bladed Airbus H145 Gets FAA TC
Airbus’s new five-bladed H145 helicopter has received FAA type certification (TC) with the first U.S. delivery slated to occur early next year.
Nov 30, 2020 - 11:49 AM
American Airlines Begins Trials for Covid Vaccine Transport
Flights between Miami and South America conducted by American Airlines’ cargo operation to simulate Covid vaccine transport began in mid-November.
Nov 30, 2020 - 11:47 AM
Charter Operator Ventura Air Adds Bizjets, Staff
Ventura Air Services CEO 'optimistic' about charter industry's and company's growth despite pandemic.
AW119Kx
Nov 30, 2020 - 11:41 AM
Brazil's Federal Police Orders Six Leonardo AW119Kxs
Brazil’s Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF) has ordered six AW119Kx turbine single-engine helicopters.
Nov 30, 2020 - 8:06 AM
U.S. Bizav Flying Levels Off, but 2021 Climb Expected
Business aviation traffic in North America is expected to hover around 88 percent of normal over the next two months, but 2H21 is expected to be better.
Flexjet Praetor 600
Nov 30, 2020 - 3:48 AM
First Praetor 600 Joins Flexjet's European Fleet
The super-midsize aircraft will be part of Flexjet's Red Label fractional ownership program in Europe.
Nov 27, 2020 - 12:00 PM
HAI Commits To In-person Heli-Expo 2021
The Helicopter Association International said it will hold its annual Heli-Expo trade show next March in New Orleans.