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The Weekly of Business Aviation, June 15, 2015

VOL. 100 NO. 23 June 15, 2015
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Regulatory/Legislative

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EPA Takes First Step Toward CO2 Standard For Aviation

Jun 15, 2015
The proposed endangerment finding—made in response to a petition and lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups—is a necessary first step toward rulemaking that will enable the U.S to adopt the international CO2 standard, which is scheduled to be finalized by February 2016.
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New European Regulations Concern London Heliport Officials

Jun 10, 2015
The London Heliport in Battersea currently enjoys an exemption from EASA rule CAT.POL.H.305, which defines additional monitoring rules that operators need to adopt when flying helicopters where there is no assured safe forced-landing capability available.

Suppliers

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Supplier B&B Airparts Doubling Size As HondaJet Workload Grows

Jun 10, 2015
The privately owned company has broken ground on a $4 million, 44,000-sq.-ft. addition to its 39,000-sq.-ft. facility in the southwest part of the city. The expansion is expected to be operational in late September or October.
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Spirit AeroSystems Contacts Machinists About Possible Fabrication Unit Sale

Jun 10, 2015
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said on June 8 that it would only consider serious proposals from the company regarding the proposed sale of the unit, which builds aerospace components. The unit employs more than 900 Machinists union members.
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Bell Opens New Fort Worth Pilot-, Maintenance-Training Facility

Jun 10, 2015
The Bell Helicopter Training Academy hosted the first round of pilot- and maintenance-training students in June.
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Logos Targets Broader Market For Wide-Area Imagery

Jun 12, 2015
Priced at less than $1 million, the Redkite electro-optical (EO) system is designed to broaden the market for wide-area airborne surveillance beyond the military to include law enforcement, border security, disaster relief, event security and firefighting.
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Nextant Aerospace Adds Resale Division

Jun 12, 2015
“By establishing a resale division, we can take a pre-owned Nextant and upgrade it to include new technology features that have been added to current aircraft,” said Aimee Dalton, marketing manager at Nextant Aerospace.
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Dassault Aviation To Open New Spare-Parts Center

Jun 12, 2015
The facility will let customers extend the ordering deadline until 10 p.m. ET for 8 a.m. ET delivery the next morning. It will complement other Falcon distribution centers in San Jose, Little Rock, Wilmington and Teterboro, the company said.
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Gulfstream To Expand Long Beach Site, Add 50 Jobs

Jun 10, 2015
Gulfstream operates an aircraft-service center, a completions facility and a sales and design center in Long Beach. It plans to open a 19,000-sq.-ft. maintenance hangar and nearly 10,000 sq. ft. of support and office space in mid-to-late summer, the company said.
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Rolls-Royce, Liebherr To Team On UltraFan Gearbox

Jun 10, 2015
The 50-50 JV—announced by the two companies on June 10—will be established in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and provide production engineering for the power gear drive-train components.
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Airbus Helicopters Pushes Toward H160 First Flight

Jun 10, 2015
Ground-tests of prototype PT1 began on May 28, as French Prime Minister Manuel Valls toured the company’s facilities at Marignane near Marseille, but company officials will not say whether the aircraft will be able to make its first flight before the Paris air show next week. Organizers of the show say the H160 will be present, but likely only in mock-up form.
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Yasava Wins Customers for New AïanaWave Seat

Jun 12, 2015
The Swiss company said the choice by a number of unidentified clients will be installed in ultra-long range, large-cabin business jets, as well as in narrowbody business aircraft from Airbus and Boeing.

Intelligence

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OIG Initiates Audit Of FAA’s Management Of NextGen Pre-Implementation Funding

Jun 16, 2015
The Office of Inspector General has initiated an audit of the FAA’s management of pre-implementation funding for the Next Generation Air…

Sounding Board

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Sounding Board: Five Minutes With Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare

Jun 10, 2015
Sounding Board is an intermittent column that features leaders of the business aviation industry.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Business Aircraft Flights In The U.S. And Canada Up Slightly In May

Jun 10, 2015
In May, flight activity by aircraft category was positive for most categories, with large-cabin aircraft posting the largest gains, at 4.7% when compared to May 2014, according to Argus International’s newly released TraqPak report.
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Business Aircraft May Activity

Jun 16, 2015
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Recovery Encouraging in European Business Aviation Activity

Jun 12, 2015
The Eurozone has clearly recovered: Its five largest markets, which comprise 56% of total activity, are growing. Markets in Spain and Turkey also increased activity in May.

Research/Development

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NASA Awards Advance Supersonics Research

Jun 12, 2015
One issue is the potential effect of engine emissions from high-flying aircraft on the upper atmosphere, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been awarded $1.2 million over four years to study the global environmental impact from aircraft cruising supersonically in the stratosphere.
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Elbit, Nicarnica To Build Ash Detection Into Enhanced Vision

Jun 12, 2015
With funding from the Eurostars program, Elbit will integrate a volcanic ash-imaging sensor developed by Norway’s Nicarnica Aviation into its ClearVision multi-spectral EVS.

Airworthiness Directives

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Airworthiness Directives

Jun 16, 2015
BRITISH AEROSPACE REGIONAL AIRCRAFT Jetstream Series 3101 and Jetstream Model 3201 aircraft. [Docket No. FAA-2015-2048; Directorate Identifier 2015…

Business Aviation Briefs

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Eagle Aviation Building New Facility At St. Croix’s Rohlsen Airport

Jun 16, 2015
Eagle Aviation, a fixed base operator, is constructing a new facility at Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix and will offer volume fuel sales, hangar space…
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Carbon Fiber Market Expected To Reach $29.08 Billion In 2015

Jun 16, 2015
The carbon fiber composite industry is forecasted to be worth $29.08 billion in 2015, according to a report by Visiongain, a London-based business…
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Northrop Grumman To Host Wichita Supplier Symposium

Jun 16, 2015
Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition are co-hosting a supplier symposium to…
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FAA To Hold Workshops On Draft Environmental Assessment For Southern California Airspace

Jun 16, 2015
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the FAA are seeking public comment on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Southern California…
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MRJ Begins Taxi Tests At Nagoya

Jun 16, 2015
The Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ program began taxi tests on June 8, in which the Japanese regional jet moved under its own power for the first time. The…
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Beldon Universal Achieves AS9100 Certification

Jun 16, 2015
Beldon Universal, a manufacturer of custom universal joints and mechanical power-transmission products, has achieves AS9100C aerospace quality…
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Embraer Chooses Canon MREAL System For Mixed Reality For Melbourne, Florida Center

Jun 16, 2015
Canon USA announced that the Canon MREAL System for Mixed Reality was chosen by Embraer North America to leverage engineering and design activities…
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Landmark Aviation Adds Seven Aircraft

Jun 16, 2015
Landmark Aviation has added seven aircraft to its aircraft management and charter fleet as the company grows. The fixed base operator added two…
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New Leaf Travel Selects Winnipeg Airport For Headquarters

Jun 16, 2015
Canadian low-cost carrier NewLeaf Travel Co. has selected Winnipeg Richardson International Airport for its head office location. NewLeaf Travel will…
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FlightSafety Receives FAA Qualification For Simulator For Upset-Recovery Training

Jun 16, 2015
FlightSafety International has received qualification from the FAA’s National Simulator Program for the first simulator-expanded aerodynamic model…

Appointments

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Appointments

Jun 16, 2015
John Ortega has been named vice president and general manager of Gulfstream Aerospace’s manufacturing facility in Mexicali, Mexico. Ortega replaces Randy Brown, now director of Advanced Aircraft Programs Operations in Savannah, Georgia. He reports to Greg Collett, vice president of initial- and final-phase operations.

Calendar

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Upcoming Events

Jun 16, 2015
Jun. 15-21—51st International Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, Paris, www.siae.fr/EN Jun. 19—The Society Of Experimental Test Pilots, 9th Annual Central…