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Standard Aero signs parts-support agreement with P&WCs

Standard Aero has expanded its range of small gas turbine engine services with a five-year agreement covering PT6 engine work with Pratt & Whitney Componen
Maintenance and Modifications

Joramco chooses MXI Maintenance System

Jordan Aircraft Maintenance (Joramco) and Mxi Technologies have announced an agreement to implement the Maintenix system at Joramco’s MRO facility on Queen
Maintenance and Modifications

API opens logistics and distribution center in China

Aerospace Products International, a wholly owned subsidiary of First Aviation Services, has opened its newest distribution and logistics center in Shanghai
Aircraft

LoPresti Boom Beams for Hawker 700s

Avmats has joined forces with LoPresti Aviation to deliver LoPresti Boom Beams to legacy Hawker 700s.
Aircraft

JSSI to provide Tip-to-Tail coverage for Avantair

Avantair has chosen JSSI’s Tip-to-Tail airframe maintenance cost-guarantee program to cover its fleet of Piaggio Avantis.
Aircraft

Raisbeck engineering OKs new authorized King Air dealers

Four new installation centers have been authorized as Raisbeck King Air dealers.
Aircraft

Gulfstream Long Beach passes 20-year milestone

This year Gulfstream Aerospace is recognizing the 20th anniversary of its Long Beach, Calif.
Aircraft

Yingling completes first RVSM installation on Conquest II

Yingling Aviation, located on Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, has completed its first RVSM-compliant modification of a Cessna turboprop on a 1979 Conques
Maintenance and Modifications

Pentastar's avionics department honored

The FAA has awarded members of the avionics team at Pentastar Aviation its Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Award.
Maintenance and Modifications

Banyan Air Service celebrates AMT Day with award ceremony

Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport hosted a celebration lunch for its avionics and maintenance technicians on May 24 in honor of Aviat
Maintenance and Modifications

Raytheon receives AMT awards

For the third consecutive year, Raytheon Aircraft’s repair station trained 100 percent of its participants.
Aircraft

Three Maintenance techs make good in Springfield

It’s an axiom of the industry that “to make a small fortune in aviation, start with a big fortune.” So far that has not been the case for the owners of Spr
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Safety

Torqued: The end of the good old days

Everywhere we look in aviation today we can see long overdue signs of an economic recovery and return to the good old days.
Security

Aviation Pass system tracks unauthorized aircraft use

ADT has developed and is testing a private aircraft security system known as Aviation Pass.
Charter & Fractional

FlightWorks opens facility at Manassas

At busy Manassas Regional Airport near Washington, D.C., FlightWorks has opened its third hangar/office facility for charter and aircraft management custom
Airports

Swiss airport offers fly-in banking

The small airport of St.
Aircraft

Crossroads opt for Green FBO

Crossroads Aviation planned to break ground last month on an energy-saving multimillion-dollar “green” FBO building at Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minne
FBOs

KCAC expands to St. Louis

This month Kansas City Aviation Center will open its second FBO and maintenance facility in a new building that it purchased at Spirit of St Louis Airport
Aircraft

Raytheon justifies requests for Hawker 4000 FAR exemption

The long-anticipated type certification of the Hawker 4000 (née Horizon) super-midsize business jet was imminent at press time–but only if the FAA approved
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Aircraft

HondaJet gets green light to enter VLJ fray

Honda announced on July 25 at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., that it will “enter the HondaJet into the growing very light jet market.” According to proje
Aircraft

Farnborough F1 Kestrel flies at last

Some seven years of development finally led to the first flight of the Farnborough Aircraft F1 Kestrel on July 29.
Aircraft

Spectrum prototype crash kills two

On July 25 at about 4:05 p.m.
Airports

L.A. seeks VNY Stage 2 phaseout

Stage 2 jets are under attack again at Van Nuys Airport (VNY) in Southern California.
ATC

Canada launches ADS-B program

By 2009, Nav Canada plans to install ADS-B ground stations around Hudson Bay, which straddles high-latitude airline flight paths between Asia, North Americ
Safety

NTSB urges changes for Saab 340s

The NTSB wants the FAA to attend immediately to “deficiencies” in the cold-weather operating procedures for Saab 340s, as well as the aircraft’s performanc
Aircraft

D-Jet price rises

Diamond has increased the price of the single-engine D-Jet from less than $1 million to $1.36 million, nudging the $1.5 million tag for the Eclipse 500 ver
Aircraft

Republic buys more Embraer E-Jets

Republic Airways late last month exercised purchase options on 30 Embraer E175s, bringing the total number of E-Jets ordered by the Indianapolis-based regi
Accidents

Citation crashes in Iowa cornfield

The NTSB has started an investigation into the fatal July 19 crash of Citation 560 N636SE near Cresco, Iowa.
Charter & Fractional

Dayjet taps first operations base

Per-seat, on-demand start-up operator DayJet said its first Southeast DayBase and maintenance facility will be at Gainesville Regional Airport, Fla.
Aircraft

Falcon 7X splish-splashes closer to certification

Calculation and theory go only so far in an aircraft development program, and last month it was time for Dassault’s Falcon 7X S/N 003 to jump in and get it
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