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The Week In Business Aviation - July 16, 2021

July 16, 2021

Epic Aircraft’s E1000 GX Earns FAA Certification

Credit: Epic Aircraft

Epic Aircraft, based in Bend, Oregon, has earned FAA certification for its Epic E1000 GX six-seat single-engine turboprop aircraft.

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Three Generations Of Priesters To Lead Priester Aviation

Credit: Priester Aviation

Priester Aviation, a Chicago-based aircraft charter, jet card and management company, is transitioning to the third generation of ownership by the Priester family. 

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Forest Service Flagged ‘Issue’ Before Bell Directives

Credit: CAL FIRE

The U.S. Forest Service notified Bell Textron of a “potentially serious maintenance issue” with its Bell medium helicopters just before Transport Canada and the FAA issued emergency airworthiness directives (ADs) requiring operators to inspect the aircraft’s main-rotor hubs for potentially faulty hub strap pins.

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Sounding Board: Five Minutes With John Calcagno, Piper Aircraft Interim President, CEO

Credit: Piper Aircraft

John Calcagno was born in Flint, Michigan, where his family—father, both grandfathers and uncles—worked on the assembly lines. Calcagno entered the U.S. Air Force at age 17. After leaving active duty, he remained in the reserves and finished his degree in accountancy from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. A CPA, Calagno began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Textron Aviation’s Citation Longitude Earns EASA Certification

Credit: Textron Aviation

Textron Aviation’s Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet—the largest aircraft in the company’s product lineup—has earned European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification, paving the way for customer deliveries to begin in the European region. 

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Wheels Up Goes Public: ‘We’re Just Getting Started,’ CEO Says

Credit: Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images

Wheels Up, an on-demand private aviation provider, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange as Wheels Up Experience under the symbol UP on July 14, following its acquisition by Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.

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Hartzell Expands Offerings With Acquisition Of Tanis Aircraft

Credit: Hartzell Propeller

Hartzell Propeller has purchased the assets of Tanis Aircraft Products, a Minnesota-based manufacturer of engine preheat systems for fixed and rotary wing aircraft. 

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Ottawa, Quebec To Fund Electric Aviation Projects At Pratt, Bell, CAE

Credit: Pratt & Whitney

The Canadian federal and Quebec provincial governments together will invest C$685 million ($544 million) in projects at Bell, CAE and Pratt & Whitney Canada to develop technologies supporting the electrification and decarbonization of aviation.

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EHang Partners With Spanish Infrastructure Manager On UAM

Credit: EHang

Building on its concessions to manage highways, railways and tunnels in several countries, Spain’s Globalvia is expanding into urban air mobility (UAM) through a strategic alliance with Chinese autonomous passenger and cargo air vehicle developer EHang.

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Court Favors City In Appeal Of LAX Route Changes

Credit: Los Angeles International Airport

The FAA violated environmental law when it amended flight procedures for aircraft arriving at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) without environmental review, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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