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The Weekly of Business Aviation - June 23, 2014

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Intelligence

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Intelligence: TFRs To Grow As Election Season Nears, FAA, TSA Officials Say

Jun 23, 2014
FAA and Transportation Security Administration officials, acknowledging that temporary flight restrictions (TFR) are already numerous, warn that the…

Appointments

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Appointments

Jun 23, 2014
ALLAN HOROWITZ has joined McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP in Washington, D.C. as senior counsel of the firm’s Aviation and Transportation Litigation…
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Upcoming Events

Jun 23, 2014
Upcoming Events June 26—National Business Aviation Association Regional Forum, Maguire Aviation and TWC Aviation, Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, Calif.,…

Business Aviation Briefs

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Business Aviation Briefs: Senate’s FAA Fiscal 2015 Budget Caught Up In Partisan Bickering

Jun 23, 2014
The Senate version of the FAA fiscal 2015 budget has gotten caught up in partisan bickering over amendments. The FAA budget was originally approved…
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Business Aviation Briefs: Sugar-Based Drop-In Aviation Biofuel Approved For Use

Jun 23, 2014
A drop-in aviation biofuel that relies on the direct fermentation of sugar has been approved for use, further boosting wider industry hopes of…
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Business Aviation Briefs: Duncan Aviation Plans Open House For New Nebraska Hangar

Jun 23, 2014
A drop-in aviation biofuel that relies on the direct fermentation of sugar has been approved for use, further boosting wider industry hopes of achieving a target of supplying up to 1% of the global annual production of jet fuel from non-fossil or sustainable sources by the end of 2015. The process, developed by energy company Total and California-based renewable products specialist Amyris, becomes the third method of biofuel production to be approved by industry standards developer ASTM along with the Fischer-Tropsch and HEFA (hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids) processes.
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Business Aviation Briefs: Honeywell Aerospace Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary

Jun 23, 2014
Honeywell Aerospace last week celebrated its 100-year anniversary, tracing its beginnings to when Lawrence Sperry demonstrated the first autopilot…
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Business Aviation Briefs: Signature Flight Support Adds Third Licensed Canada Location

Jun 23, 2014
Signature Flight Support has added a third licensed location in Canada under a recent agreement with InterDel Aviation Services at Vancouver…
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Business Aviation Briefs: Signature Flight Support Adds Third Licensed Canada Location

Jun 23, 2014
Signature Flight Support has added a third licensed location in Canada under a recent agreement with InterDel Aviation Services at Vancouver…
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Business Aviation Briefs: Ascension Air To Launch Second Operation In Fort Lauderdale

Jun 23, 2014
Ascension Air, the fractional ownership provider of Cirrus SR22T GTS single-engine aircraft, is planning to launch a second operation in Fort…
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Business Aviation Briefs: Ascension Air To Launch Second Operation In Fort Lauderdale

Jun 23, 2014
Ascension Air, the fractional ownership provider of Cirrus SR22T GTS single-engine aircraft, is planning to launch a second operation in Fort…

Airworthiness Directives

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Airworthiness Directives

Jun 23, 2014
AGUSTA Model AB412 helicopters [Docket No. FAA-2014-0379; Directorate Identifier 2013-SW-067-AD; Amendment 39-17870; AD 2014-12-09] – requires…

Forecasts/Industry Data

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U.S. BizJet Operations Gain Steam

Jun 23, 2014
U.S. traffic continues to strengthen, according to business aviation research specialist Argus, which reports that traffic was up 1.9% in May. U.S…
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Departures, Arrivals, Internals and Overflights (DAIO) Report — Total Flights

Jun 23, 2014
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Airframers/Suppliers

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Mooney’s First New Aircraft Nearly Complete

Jun 23, 2014
Mooney is nearing completion of its first new aircraft produced in five years, the Kerrville, Texas, manufacturer says. The Mooney Acclaim Type S,…

Regulatory/Legislative

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TSA Looking At Ways To Limit ASOs On DCA BizJet Flights

Jun 23, 2014
The Transportation Security Administration is now hoping to have either a program fully in place or a pilot ongoing within six months that would…
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FAA Official: Part 135 Rewrite ‘Will Not Happen’

Jun 23, 2014
A senior FAA official cast doubt on the likelihood that FAA would undertake a comprehensive rewrite to update Part 135 regulations, saying the agency doesn’t have the resources for such an initiative and instead would be more likely to address smaller issues on a case-by-case basis.
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Aviation Groups Seek To Block Burbank Amendment

Jun 23, 2014
Eight aviation groups are urging the Senate to block efforts to pass an amendment that would implement a nighttime curfew at Bob Hope Airport in…

Programs

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Cessna’s Latitude Moves Into Production Phase

Jun 23, 2014
Assembly line work has formally kicked off on Cessna’s Citation Latitude, bringing the new model closer to reaching customers’ hands in 2015. Cessna…

Operations

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NetJets To Receive First Challenger 350 On June 27

Jun 23, 2014
NetJets is planning to take delivery of its first Bombardier Challenger 350 “Signature Series” aircraft during a ceremony on June 27 in White Plains,…

Services/FBOs

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PATS Looks To Expand Under New Ownership

Jun 23, 2014
Moelis Capital Partners’ (MCP) recent acquisition of PATS Aircraft Systems is positioning the Georgetown, Delaware, supplier and services company to…