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The Weekly of Business Aviation, September 1, 2014

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Intelligence

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Intelligence: Google Completes Australia Trials Of UAS To Deliver Goo

Sep 01, 2014
Google has completed initial trials in Australia of using an unmanned aircraft to deliver goods, and is continuing the research with the goal of…
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Intelligence: Cargo Carriers Warn FAA Of Pilot Shortage

Sep 01, 2014
While debate continues over whether commercial airlines face a pilot shortage, Part 135 cargo carriers are warning FAA that the shortage is real and…

Appointments

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Appointments

Sep 01, 2014
TED FICK was selected as CEO for the Port of Seattle. The Port commission is set to publicly vote on the appointment at its next meeting on Sept. 11…

Business Aviation Briefs

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Business Aviation Briefs: Lawmakers Press Foxx To Speed Review Of Medical Certificate Relief Plan

Sep 01, 2014
House lawmakers are continuing to press Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to expedite his department’s review of an FAA proposal to provide…
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Business Aviation Briefs: Bell Breaks Ground In Louisiana For JetRanger Manufacturing Facility

Sep 01, 2014
Bell Helicopter broke ground for its planned facility in Lafayette, Louisiana that will house assembly of the company’s new Bell 505 JetRanger X…
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Business Aviation Briefs: Private Investment Firm New Owner Of Mountain Aviation

Sep 01, 2014
Mountain Aviation, a Broomfield, Colo.-based charter and management firm, has come under new ownership by a private investment firm, a move the…
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Business Aviation Briefs: Rockwell Collins Doubling Size Of Brazil Facility

Sep 01, 2014
Rockwell Collins is doubling the size of its facility in Sao Jose dos Campos as the company’s portfolio in Brazil has continued to expand on both…
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Business Aviation Briefs: MEBAA To Focus On Industry Growth At Dubai Convention

Sep 01, 2014
The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association is planning to focus on industry growth during its next MEBAA convention Dec. 8-10 in…
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Business Aviation Briefs: AOPA Official Landsberg To Retire

Sep 01, 2014
Bruce Landsberg, executive director of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute and president of the AOPA Foundation, is…
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Business Aviation Briefs: Correction

Sep 01, 2014
Correction: NetJets named Robert Molsbergen to head up its Executive Jet Management company in Cincinnati. The Aug. 25 edition of BA misspelled the…

Airworthiness Directives

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Airworthiness Directives

Sep 01, 2014
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS Model MBB-BK 117 C-2 helicopters [Docket No. FAA-2014-0578; Directorate Identifier 2013-SW-048-AD] – proposes to require…

Calendar

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Upcoming Events

Sep 01, 2014
Sept. 7-10—2014 ACI-NA Annual Conference & Exhibition, Atlanta, Ga., http://annual.aci-na.org/ Sept. 10-11—TRAM Aerospoace Conference, Chicago,…

Airports

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Fight Over SMO Intensifies As Ballot Initiative Suits Dismissed

Sep 01, 2014
About 300 people gathered for a recent rally designed to generate support for Santa Monica Airport (SMO) in California as airport opponents weigh…

Airframers/Suppliers

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Cessna Reaches 10,000th Milestone Near GARA Anniversary

Sep 01, 2014
Twenty years after Congress passed the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (GARA), Cessna Aircraft delivered its 10,000th single-engine…
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Gulfstream Targets Full SMS In 2015

Sep 01, 2014
In what started as an effort to meet international requirements for its Appleton, Wisconsin, repair station, Gulfstream is hoping to complete the…

Regulatory/Legislative

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Lawsuits Challenge FAA’s Special Rule For Model Aircraft

Sep 01, 2014
The FAA is facing more legal challenges to its efforts to enforce a ban on commercial unmanned aircraft use until it can get long-delayed…
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Ride-Sharing Programs Mull Options In Wake Of FAA Decision

Sep 01, 2014
Two relatively new web-based ride-sharing programs are weighing their options, with one altering its program altogether, in the wake of FAA’s recent…
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FAA Seeks Detailed Inspections On 6,000 Combustion Heaters

Sep 01, 2014
FAA is proposing increased inspection requirements for Meggitt combustion heaters found on thousands of Piper and Cessna airplanes after a heater…

Programs

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Pilatus Teams Up With TASL To Make PC-12 In India

Sep 01, 2014
Swiss airframer Pilatus Aircraft will soon start assembling aero structures of its turbine-powered PC-12 NG business aircraft in India with the help…
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SAM Aircraft Looks For Buyer

Sep 01, 2014
SAM Aircraft, the Quebec, Canada firm founded in 2009 to build a modern light-sport aircraft with a vintage look, has begun searching for a buyer…

Operations

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European Helicopter Operators To Merge

Sep 01, 2014
London European oil and gas helicopter operators Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen (NHV) and Blueway Group are to merge, in a move that will make the…

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