The Weekly of Business Aviation

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Cirrus Design Corporation (Cirrus) Model SF50 airplanes.

By Molly McMillin
Under a new contract, Saft, based in France, plans to provide two ULM batteries per aircraft for AVIC MA700 80-seat turboprop regional aircraft.

By Molly McMillin
GKN Aerospace’s Indian Joint Venture, Fokker Elmo Sasmos Interconnection Systems in Bangalore, has received a multimillion dollar contract to build electrical wiring interconnection systems for the Pilatus PC-24.

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By Molly McMillin
Swiss-based H55, a spin-off of the solar-powered Solar Impulse, has successfully completed first flight of a two-seat electric aircraft designed for pilot training.
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The request comes nearly two weeks after an Agusta A109E helicopter crashed on the roof of the AXA Equitable Building, killing the pilot and causing a dangerous fire that required the building to be evacuated.
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By Bill Carey
In a June 24 letter to the Security Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, DJI protested testimony delivered by some of the witnesses who appeared at a hearing days earlier.
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By Tony Osborne
The June 21 delivery of the A319OH (OH - Offenen Himmel, German for Open Skies) restores a capability lost 22 years ago.
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By Molly McMillin
Business aviation flight activity across Europe declined 16% in May compared to a year ago.
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By Graham Warwick
This experimental vertiport is to test the components of an urban air mobility service that could be launched for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, to be hosted in Paris.
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By Tony Osborne
The company looks to resume operations, having entered extraordinary receivership at the end of last year.
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By Molly McMillin
Results by operational category were mixed for the month, with a 7.3% increase in fractional flight activity and a 2.4% increase in Part 91 activity.
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By Bill Carey
The situation presents a risk to civil aviation and the potential for “miscalculation or misidentification,” as evidenced by the surface-to-air missile strike of the Navy aircraft while it was operating over the Gulf of Oman, the agency said.
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By Molly McMillin
One Aviation and its debtors are asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to approve the bidding and other procedures involving a sale of the company’s assets to Citiking International, the company’s debtor-in-possession lender, or to a higher bidder.
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By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is to fly a conventional helicopter using an electric backup system in 2020 as part of flight trials with the French Ministry for Transport.
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By Guy Norris
The company believes its baseline design can economically operate on routes up to transpacific in length while simultaneously defeating the problems of sonic boom and airport noise that killed off the Concorde 16 years ago.
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By Graham Warwick
The first ground runs of the modified Tecnam P2006T light aircraft took place with electric motors and propellers installed.
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By Michael Bruno
Professional association and standards-writer SAE International says it is forming a new committee for applied artificial intelligence (AI) in aviation systems.
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By Guy Norris
Low-boom breakthrough means supersonic transport is ready for prime time, Lockheed Martin says.
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By Bill Carey
The companies said the agreement combines Raytheon’s expertise in supplying the FAA’s Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System and AirMap’s as a service supplier for the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability.
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By Bill Carey
“It’s about time for an upgrade,” says Raytheon in a recent blog post, adding that it “is bidding on the (FENS) contract later this year.”
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By Molly McMillin
The number of used business jets for sale rose 2% in June to 1,772 aircraft, which represents 7.6% of the active fleet, according to a report by Jefferies.
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By Sean Broderick
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. says it has a memorandum of understanding for 15 SpaceJet M100s from an unidentified North American customer.
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By Guy Norris
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are on track to start modifying a Bae 146/RJ100 airliner into an E-Fan X hybrid-electric demonstrator in 2020.
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