The Weekly of Business Aviation

B&G Aviation, based in Georgetown, Texas, has signed an agreement with PWI to become an authorized installation center.

Flight Logistics, a charter provider based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has added a second Citation Bravo to its fleet.

Ruag MRO International, based in Emmen, Switzerland, has delivered a new 19-passenger Dornier 228 to New Central Airservice in Japan.

Innovative Solutions & Support has received the FAA’s Supplemental Type Certification for its patented ThrustSense Autothrottle for retrofit in King Air aircraft.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Viking Air Limited Model CL-215-6B11 (CL-215T Variant) and CL-215-6B11 (CL-415 Variant) airplanes.

Flightstar Corp. has partnered with The Leather Institute.

FlightSafety International has expanded its master technician program to include aircraft cabin systems.

TrueNoord has opened a representative office in Singapore as it works to broaden its global footprint in Asia.

Elit’Avia has implemented Collins Aerospace ARINCDirect Flight Operations System (FOS).

Garmin has received FAA Supplemental Type Certification for the GFC 500 autopilot in the Mooney M20 and 36/A36 Bonanza.

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Leslie Hart has joined the business development team of Vertis Aviation.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is close to the assessment phase of a study for a new commercial aircraft.

The FAA has yet to develop a plan for modernizing its Civil Aviation Registry—despite being required to complete upgrades by October 2021—according to a new audit report from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Bristow Group has joined a growing list of offshore helicopters operators to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a bid to restructure its operation.

Bombardier has sold five Learjet 75 light jets, valued at $69 million at 2019 list prices, to an undisclosed customer, the company says.

Collins Aerospace has announced that Steve Timm has taken over as president of its avionics business unit, five months after the company merged with UTAS.

Startup Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX) has launched a crowdfunding campaign toward building a full-scale demo for its Mobi-One tiltwing eVTOL air taxi.

Boston-based Magellan Jets has launched Elevate, a new private jet membership program, calling it “risk-free membership” with a 30-day satisfaction guarantee.

NBAA has launched a “retargeting” program that allows participants to target those visiting the NBAA website with banner ads as visitors search other internet sites.

Business and general aviation worldwide avionics sales rose 13% in the first quarter of 2019 to $724 million, up from $640 million a year ago.

Piper Aircraft Co., owned by the government of Brunei, has become entangled in controversy amid a global outcry related to Islamic Brunei’s brutal sex laws.

The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will consider Stephen Dickson’s nomination for FAA administrator May 15, paving the way for the agency to receive its first confirmed leader since January 2018.

Airbus’s Vahana eVTOL demo has completed its first full transitions between vertical and forward flight, tilting its tandem wings fully down and cruising at 90 kt.

Startup XTI Aircraft has completed the first series of test flights of a 65% scale proof-of-concept prototype of its TriFan 600 ducted-fan VTOL business aircraft.