Amy Laboda
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Women in Aviation Shine at Florida Airshow

The industry group is hosting a luncheon and offering other opportunities for women at this event.

Shaw Aerox Offering Show Discount for Oxygen Systems

The company manufactures portable oxygen systems.

30 Years of WAI: Making It Count

WAI conference hosts dozens of educational sessions, several of which were directed at women interested in careers in business aviation.

WAI Hosts Hiring Frenzy

The U.S. Air Force is conducting onsite interviews for the first time at this week's WAI conference.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Business Accelerates in 2019

Sales, deliveries, equipment development, and support alliances mark 2019 as a busy year for Bell.
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Rotorcraft

Milestone Poker Fundraiser Reaps Rewards for HeliOffshore

Poker fundraiser supports HeliOffshore's work to enhance safety for its member operators.
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Rotorcraft

EuroTec Delivers 407GXP, Completing K-Max

EuroTec has delivered a Bell 407GXP for Swiss VIPs and is near completing a Kaman K-Max for Rainier Heli.
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Hillsboro Creates New Heli Academy

Hillsboro Aero Academy has launched a new division and campus with its Hillsboro Heli Academy.
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Rotorcraft

PACDelivers EMS Airbus EC135P2+

PAC International has delivered its fourth EMS-congigured Airbus EC135P2+ to Wake Forest Baptist Health AirCare.
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Rotorcraft

Whirly-Girls Awards $235,000 in Scholarships

Whirly-Girls International gave scholarships to 24 deserving women during Heli-Expo 2019.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Air Methods Signs Analysis Program with Spectro Jet-Care

Spectro Jet-Care will provide healthcare analysis services for the 450 helicopters that Air Methods owns, leases, or maintains.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Brightwater Aviation Plans UAG Acquisition

United Aero Group acquisition to expand BrightWater Aviation portfolio.
ATC

Industry to Congress: Continue Funding Contract Towers

The program provides a unified approach to ATC, the industry groups remind Congress.
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety International Begins G500 Pilot Training

FSI’s new LEAP program aims to give the next crop of aviation industry leaders a leg up on their career paths.
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Airports

Aviation Relocation Int'l, Wingspan Teams On Chandler Hangar-industrial Project

Aviation Relocation International is marketing the Chandler Airpark project with Wingspan Business Investment.
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Avionics

FlightAware Expands ADS-B Network and Airborne Coverage

From engine-start to shutdown, business operators can track their aircraft with real-time notification.
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Aircraft

Viking Air Preps for Fire Season, Updates Water Scooper Line

The company is contemplating adding CL-515 to fleet of water scooper aerial firefighting aircraft.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Florida Jet Center Finishes First ADS-B upgrade on Learjet 55

STC-solutions using Garmin and Apple products are breathing new life into some workhorse airplanes.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Seacoast National Touts Benefits of Small Financing Firm

With a 90-year history, Seacoast National Bank’s aviation finance division stakes out its own territory.

Flightdocs Intros Flight Department Management System for Bizav

Building on its solid maintenance management program, Flightdocs gives its enterprise customers precisely what they asked for.
Regulations and Government

Caribbean Air Alliance Aims To Solve Regional Issues

Principals from several operators in the Bahamas and Caribbean and the government ministries they interact with have agreed to form the alliance.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

GojiBox Makes Its Debut at EBACE 2018

In-flight entertainment server features geo-triggered entertainment.
Safety

Medaire Highlights Response Center and Tailored Offerings

There is far more than cholesterol tests available at the Medaire booth.
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ATC

Testing Proves Multiple Remote Tower Operations Can Work in Europe

SESAR 2020 is creeping up on the ability to centralize ATC tower control on the European continent.
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Avionics

Foreflight Mobile App Expanded To Include Europe

Eurocontrol is complicated; Foreflight’s European mobile app intends to make flying the continent easier.
Engines

U.S. Customers Take Delivery of the Rotax 915 iS

Turbocharging takes the Rotax 915 iS to 15,000 ft at full power.
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Engines

Jabiru Engines Names U.S. Distributor

Participation complements Arion's kit and LSA manufacturing business.
Aircraft

European Gyroplanes Represented at Sun ’n‘ Fun 2018

On the main flight line and in the light sport Paradise City area, attendees find nearly a half-dozen different models from two European manufacturers.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Drone Zone Features VR Headsets and Frst-person Views

There is nothing better than “being there” and this year’s drone models at Sun ’n‘ Fun give operators exactly that feeling.
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Aircraft

Sun Flyer 2 Makes First Flight

The Sun Flyer 2 prototype is designed to cut the cost of flight training dramatically by using an electric engine powered by EP Systems batteries.
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