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Magazine Issue

EBACE 2017 - ShowNews Day 3

VOL. 1 NO. 1 May 24, 2017

EBACE NEWS

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GE’s ‘Printed Turboprop’ Will Run This Year

May 24, 2017
The world’s most “printed engine,” GE’s new Advanced Turboprop in which additive manufacturing replaces 855 normally made parts with just 12 “printed” components, is on track to run for the first time this year. It will power Cessna’s new Denali aircraft.
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AfBAA Builds Training Momentum

May 24, 2017
AfBAA, the African Business Aviation Association, has signed training MoUs with AATO, the Association of African Aviation Training Organizations, and with JAATO, the Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organization, which has facilities in Europe, Turkey and the UAE.
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Vision Systems for Dimmable Windows

May 24, 2017
Brignais (Lyon)-based Vision’s electronically dimmable windows “offer a sleek, elegant design adapted to the VIP style of business aviation,” the company says
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Two More Years of Business Jet Slump, Says JetNetIQ

May 24, 2017
Operators say they’re reluctant to trade up because they don’t need more capable aircraft, the gap between new aircraft prices and residual values of their aircraft is too great, and they’re unsure about the economy or regulatory environment, among other factors.
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The Helicopter’s Image Must Be Improved Worldwide

May 24, 2017
The helicopter industry in Europe is facing many of the same issues that proponents are battling in the U.S. It would make sense for industry and user groups to work more closely on both sides of the Atlantic to counter the threats and unfriendly perceptions that are combining to limit the functionality of the helicopter.
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Bombardier Flies Green to EBACE

May 24, 2017
Bombardier Learjet 75, Challenger 350 and 650, and Global 6000 jets on show at Static SD15 were flown here using biofuels supplied by AEG Fuels.
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Associated Air Delivers 22nd VIP Completion

May 24, 2017
Associated Air Center, a Dallas, Texas-based cabin completion and refurbishment center, is sharing an exhibit at EBACE with parent company StandardAero. AAC is here to announce two recent narrowbody VIP maintenance and upgrade projects, both delivered in April.
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Cirrus Jet’s Road to Europe

May 24, 2017
Cirrus Aircraft celebrated certification of its SF50 Vision Jet single here this week following an epic journey from the manufacturer’s U.S. factory.
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Fast Five: Shawn Vick, CEO of Global Jet Capital

May 24, 2017
A principal with Global Jet Capital at its launch in 2014, Shawn Vick was named CEO in 2016. He regularly commutes in his well-equipped Cessna 182 from his home in New York's Thousand Islands region to the company's main operations center in Danbury, Connecticut.
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Former CEO of TAG Aviation Has New Quest

May 24, 2017
For the first time in 16 years, Robert H. Wells, isn’t at EBACE. Two years ago, he retired as the high-profile head of TAG Aviation, his employer for 16 years, and also resigned as an EBAA board director, a position he held for 8 years. Rob and wife Edie uprooted from Geneva and transplanted to Seattle, hoping to cultivate old connections in the Pacific Northwest. Then, in January, he was named CEO of Quest Aircraft, which manufactures the rugged Kodiak bush plane.
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Inmarsat’s Ka-Band Satcom Paradigm Shift

May 24, 2017
Inmarsat’s Jet ConneX Ka-band satcom service is soaring, with this week’s announcements by Bombardier, Dassault and Embraer about equipping their aircraft with the high-speed satcom systems.
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DC Aviation Embraces Gogo

May 24, 2017
DC Aviation reported earlier this month that it successfully installed a Gogo Business Aviation Aviator 300 SwiftBroadband system and a Gogo UCS 5000 file server in a Bombardier Challenger 604, marking the first time worldwide that the two connectivity components were integrated into a currently existing cabin of the type, with an EASA STC.
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Honeywell on the Crest of a (Jet)Wave

May 24, 2017
​JetWave Ka-band high speed in-flight connectivity emerges from EBACE with two significant, new applications to its credit.
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Leonardo Showcasing VIP Helicopters at EBACE

May 24, 2017
Leonardo is at EBACE to trumpet its claim to a leading position in the global VIP helicopter market with a 50% share in the multiengine segment.
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News From EBACE 2017

May 24, 2017
See news briefs from the 2017 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition.
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Swiss Pilot Pioneers Life-Saving Helicopter Technique

May 24, 2017
Claude Vuichard has an idea that he is convinced will save lives and dramatically improve safety for helicopter users: the problem is, he has to convince the world to reject 70 years of received wisdom.
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Farnborough: BBJ (Big Business Jet) Heaven

May 24, 2017
Promoting itself as “a key gateway to London,” TAG Farnborough Airport (Booth W36) has the numbers to prove it: a 3.2% increase in air traffic movements (ATMs) in the first four months of this year and a 5.5% rise in large aircraft movements (ACJs, BBJs and their like) during 2016.
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Associated Air Delivers 22nd VIP Completion

May 24, 2017
​Associated Air Center, a Dallas, Texas-based cabin completion and refurbishment center, is sharing an exhibit at EBACE with parent company StandardAero.
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BBJ Max 7: Farther and Roomier

May 24, 2017
Boeing Business Jets is showing a $200,000 model of the new BBJ Max 7 at EBACE. Paris-based Cabinet Alberto Pinto’s design takes full advantage of the extra 6 ft 4 in length of the Max 7 compared to the original BBJ.
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Victor Makes FT Growth List; Sets Sights on $100 Million In Transactions by Next EBACE

May 24, 2017
​Victor, the London-based international internet jet charter marketplace, has been named Europe’s fastest-growing aviation business in the FT1000, a new Financial Times poll of the continent’s most dynamic, fast-moving businesses.
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​Hahn Air for Far Better Connections

May 24, 2017
Hahn Air Lines is quite an unusual winner of the ShowNews Top Ten European Business Aviation Leaders accolade. Revenue generated from its business jet operation is only a tiny fraction of this German company’s core business – the firm has a jet fleet consisting of just three aircraft: two Citation Sovereigns and a Citation CJ4.