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Constant Aviation Wins Gogo Business Aviation Award

The Leading Edge Award recognizes the highest-performing dealers for Gogo Business Aviation.
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Accidents

Inadequate Cargo Restraint Brought Down 747 at Bagram

At least one armored vehicle on board shifted rearward as the airplane took off, crippling key systems
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Maintenance and Modifications

Ontic Signs Deal with African Executive Aviation

Under the deal African Executive Aviation will be Ontic's dealer in Africa.
Maintenance and Modifications

Associated Air Center OK'd as ANAC 145 Repair Station

The company is able to maintain, repair and modify Brazilian-registered VIP aircraft.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bell Helicopter Adds Mx Capability at Singapore

The facility is authorized to provide maintenance for all Australia-registered Bell 412s.
Aircraft

Bell Boeing Marks First International V-22 Sale to Japan

The U.S. Navy awarded the joint venture a $332.5 million contract modification to deliver five MV-22 Osprey tiltotors.
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Safety

ATSB Publishes Ag Flying Review

The agricultural flying sector recorded only 13 accidents from May 2014 to April 2015.
ATC

European Commission Approves Co-Funding for ATM Projects

With European Union co-funding, €650 million in public and private investment will be applied to begin air traffic management modernization.
Rotorcraft

Bell Extends Global Market Reach

The helicopter manufacturer is assigning more component subcontracting work to companies in its non-North American customer base.
Aircraft

Cirrus To Live-test Vision Jet Recovery Parachute in Q4

C1, the second of three conforming flight-test SF50s, is currently being outfitted with the ballistic recovery system.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Expands Brunswick, Georgia Mx Facility

Newly constructed 110,000-sq-ft hangar more than doubles the site’s under-roof capacity from a mixture of seven large-cabin aircraft to as many as 16.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Commerce Agency Plans Meetings on Drone Privacy

The NTIA will convene interested parties to develop best practices for drone 'privacy, accountability and transparency.'
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Regulations and Government

FAA Reissues Order on Drones

The agency seeks to clarify the current guidance.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Embraer Sorocaba

The company’s facility at Sorocaba Airport in Brazil offers a welcoming experience for business aircraft operators.
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Airlines

Safety Violations Could Cost SkyWest More Than $1M

The proposed civil penalty is the result of operating six aircraft beyond inspection limits.
Training and Workforce

KLM Academy Chooses APS for Upset Prevention Training

Loss of control in flight represents the most severe hull loss causal factor in commercial aviation worldwide over the past 10 years.
Safety

FSF Benefit Dinner Set for July 30

Annual event raises $100,000 to support the Global Safety Information Project.
Safety

Flight Path Management: Old Issue, New Incident

The crew was too low an a visual approach but later landed safely on an instrument approach.
ATC

FAA Extends SoCal Metroplex Comment Period

Comments are now due September 8.
Regulations and Government

DTC DUATS Warns of Possible Shutdown on July 16

the FAA “intends to shut down DTC’s connections" that allow it to provide aviation weather briefings and file flight plans.
Airports

N.Y. Gains New Port of Entry

International travelers can now clear customs at upstate New York’s Griffiss International Airport.
FBOs

UK FBO Completes Renovation

Renovation is complete at Marshall Aviation Services at the UK's Birmingham Airport.
Aircraft

Luxaviation Takes Delivery of Its First Phenom 300

now operates a combined fleet of more than 250 business aircraft, including 18 Embraer Legacy 600/650s.
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Safety

Safety Standdown U.S.A. Dates Set; Registration Opens

Bombardier Business Aircraft announced that its 19th annual Safety Standdown U.S.A. will take place October 6 to 8 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Wichita.
Charter & Fractional

BACA and UK CAA Team To Tackle Illegal Charters

The Baltic Air Charter Association and the UK Civil Aviation Authority held a joint seminar to discuss foreign carrier permits and illegal charters.
Rotorcraft

Lockheed Martin Emerging as Sikorsky’s Likely Suitor

United Technologies’ (UTC) board of directors was expected to meet this week to discuss the bids the company has received for its Sikorsky helicopter unit.
Airlines

United Grounding Highlights Worries over Cyber Attacks

IATA warns of airline industry’s vulnerability
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Airlines

Vietnamese Airlines Prepare To Fulfill Growth Ambitions

Pen new deals with Boeing to expand fleets
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Aircraft

RIAT and DSEI: British Defense Shows Attract Widespread Support

Paris drop-outs are among many aerospace companies that will be present at two major events in the UK this year.
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FBOs

FBO and Hangar Project Proposed at Belfast

The company is looking to increase space to handle based and transient aircraft.